Fountain

sail2horizon · 7th March 2006

What do you think of this pic? Is the surrounding to messy?
C&C are welcome to improve this shot. TIA.

Trigger Happy · 8th March 2006

no apparent depth between subject and background - flat. tones and colour are also very close, so makes the contrast even harder to tell. were you too focused on trying to frame the subject?

lycan · 9th March 2006

Not contrasty, perhaps you could tweak the colors a little bit?

sail2horizon · 9th March 2006

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy

no apparent depth between subject and background - flat. tones and colour are also very close, so makes the contrast even harder to tell. were you too focused on trying to frame the subject?

I guess so. Thanks for pointing that out, didn't notice about that though (maybe from my noob eye). Will pay more attention to that next time. Thanks.

shojibake · 10th March 2006

Framing wise, the leaves do lead the eyes to the subject. But colour/contrast wise, everything is too flat. What would really work if you're not too against photoshop is to use some of the cross processing actions to tweak the colours.

Verywierd · 11th March 2006

Perhaps either a) pull back and move the statue a little off centre to make it look like something glimpsed through a hole in the leaves, or b) zoom in a bit more so the the DOF blurs the leaves and "suggests" a frame without being such a strong element of the picture.

Note that I am talking about small adjustments/differences in perspective, not major movements.

Broch · 24th March 2006

I agree with them, it looks a bit flat. You need to adjust or play with the colors...Goodluck!

7th March 2006	#1
sail2horizon Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Posts: 71	Fountain What do you think of this pic? Is the surrounding to messy? C&C are welcome to improve this shot. TIA.

8th March 2006	#2
Trigger Happy Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cockroach-infested parsee lees Posts: 1,331	Re: Fountain no apparent depth between subject and background - flat. tones and colour are also very close, so makes the contrast even harder to tell. were you too focused on trying to frame the subject? __________________ Many are culled, few are chosen

9th March 2006	#3
lycan Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Asia Posts: 269	Re: Fountain Not contrasty, perhaps you could tweak the colors a little bit?

10th March 2006	#5
shojibake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 385	Re: Fountain Framing wise, the leaves do lead the eyes to the subject. But colour/contrast wise, everything is too flat. What would really work if you're not too against photoshop is to use some of the cross processing actions to tweak the colours.

11th March 2006	#6
Verywierd Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 242	Re: Fountain Perhaps either a) pull back and move the statue a little off centre to make it look like something glimpsed through a hole in the leaves, or b) zoom in a bit more so the the DOF blurs the leaves and "suggests" a frame without being such a strong element of the picture. Note that I am talking about small adjustments/differences in perspective, not major movements.

24th March 2006	#7
Broch New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 27	Re: Fountain I agree with them, it looks a bit flat. You need to adjust or play with the colors...Goodluck!