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Images => Critique => Topic started by: Somnath Goswami on February 25, 2016, 15:32:02
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Please forward your most valuable opinions .
D810, nikon 14-24, ISO 64, F13, SS 1/15 , handheld
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1497/24959253360_6fb58a9197_b.jpg)
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The horizon might be levelled? The overall contrast could do with some enhancement.
Otherwise a nice mood, although in a detached manner. Meaning, getting closer would be beneficial.
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It's a most valuable photo :)
The only thing that I could think of is that if you had shot it @14mm, you might have shot it @24mm and got the dogs to be a bit larger in the frame...
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Wonderful warm tones, I like the clouds reflected on the ground around the silhouette of the dogs
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Thanks all for your valuable suggestion.
I tried to correct the horizon but the sea surfs were breaking at an uneven angle so failed :-(
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Somnath, a horizontal horizon is quite important the other angles will be what they will be. But what a lovely image!
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Romantic but not Kitsch.
I feel Bjørn is right concerning the horizon, although it is difficult to see wth the shore line at an angle
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Thanks Mike and Frank. Yes the tilt is there. Has to be corrected.
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Lovely image. My first thought was also a straight horizon and a tighter framing. Colours are very nice.
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And I also like the space as well.
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Somnath, I really like the image. Colours, reflected clouds and composition. The horizon doesn't bother me but I really never 'cracked' the 14-24 2.8 , why I sold it. I was always shooting at 20mm-24mm except for environmental portraits with the subject very close. Seems as if every time I get that type of sky I am at home and 30 minutes away from any location to make use of it >:( . Maybe we'll get one of our big storms in April :)
Thanks for posting .
Tom
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Straightening the image is a must, as others have noted. I would also crop the image to give the dogs more real estate, it will give the photo much more impact.
Consider that an image like this can be printed at much larger sizes than other images without looking bad because of the lack/unimportane of fine detail. The colors, gradients and elements of the picture are it's strong points by far. Don't worry about losing megapixels with the roatation and cropping.
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Sorry for all the opposing opinions, but I like the way the picture is composed. We're at a beach, where the sky, horizon and the sand are the only elements beside the dogs. The dogs has an interesting interaction, but the other elements has little going on because of little contrast. I find that if you increase the contrast in the sky, in the beach to get the reflection from the sky to really stand out, the picture will have plenty going on. The foam dots in the bottom left corner also helps to frame the scene.
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Somnath, I thinks the pleasant atmosphere is beautifully captured.
I tried to align the horizontal line with the edge of my computer screen and found that you only need to adjust it ever-so slightly. As you say, the surf might make the image feel oblique, even if you correct the level perfectly.
Nevertheless, I love the atmosphere.
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I did the same as Akira, with the same result.
I think it is a lovely image, and would perhaps trim a little off the bottom of the frame, but no more than a little.
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My gratitude to all you great photographers for spending time. Thanks for the encouragement and pointers. I am really touched
Regards
:)
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If this is the full frame, then the split-second decisions of composition look good to me. Some combination of distortion correction and rotating the image might make the horizon "seem more correct". Agree that the midtone contrasts could be heightened a bit...or maybe alot?
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If this is the full frame, then the split-second decisions of composition look good to me. Some combination of distortion correction and rotating the image might make the horizon "seem more correct". Agree that the midtone contrasts could be heightened a bit...or maybe alot?
Thanks , yes this is the full frame , or almost 95% of it. Will work on mid tone contrast and other issues as suggested.
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how is this?
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1478/25300766281_8db0383237_b.jpg)
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Better. I, personally, would still,crop tighter towards the dogs. Also, since this is in the critique section, I would have opted for a higher iso and shutter speed. Non-blurry dogs would be well worth the negligible grain in my opinion.
In shots like this, it is easy to forget about the focus of the image. It certainly feels like the dogs, but the beautiful environment can be tempting to lean on as well, which is what I feel happened. The choice of settings, focal length and composition was made to enhance the environment, while merely keeping the dogs at a good spot in the frame. If the priorities had been reversed, focusing on the dogs' interaction while keeping the environment well framed, the image would have more impact.
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Somnath, it looks better.
I see you have pumped up the saturation, or have you pumped up the blacks, or you have pumped up the contrast :)
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Thanks Tristin & Jakov
Somnath, it looks better.
I see you have pumped up the saturation, or have you pumped up the blacks, or you have pumped up the contrast :)
Pumped the contrast and played with the curve a bit :). Also rotated a little bit . The horizon is not fully parallel even now. :-(
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Pumped the contrast and played with the curve a bit :). Also rotated a little bit . The horizon is not fully parallel even now. :-(
Sommath, I think you also made the horizon perfectly level. This is good, but by doing this, you would have to trim a wee-bit of the entire fram to make it rectangle again, which cut out slightly more space.
To me, the seemingly redundant peripheral space is one of the critical elements of this pleasant image. So, you may want to correct the horizon from the original image and just trim the edges to make it rectangle, so that you can retain the peripheral space as much as possible.
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Sorry I disagree with Akira, I don't think the horizon is level, also I really like the space around the dogs!
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Sorry disagree with Akira, I don't think the horizon is level, also I really like the space around the dogs!
Mike, please try to align the horizon in the image with the edge of your computer display by scrolling this page up or down. The second version is more perfectly leveled than the initial one.