Circular Quay in Sydney

StrifeYun · 21st February 2008

C&C

I like the "glow" from the sunset, but i think something seems to be missing, maybe some darkening around the sides ?
sometimes i feel the picture to abit "fake".

How do you guys feel ?

Thanks.

hehe thanks eikin (on write up) hee paisei nv read the T&C for Critic Corner :x

eikin · 21st February 2008

short writeup? http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273376

night86mare · 21st February 2008

the darker parts are blueish, that, i find, other than during night photography gives the picture a very fake-ish feel

i might be wrong, but it does seem like the picture has been oversharpened, the buildings are too sharp to me

the lighting also does not seem very right - for example building on leftmost should be evenly lighted, but the top is darkened - use of filter or uncorrected vignetting perhaps. the former is unavoidable, the latter can be removed

i tried messing around with the color balance

personally, i also think the composition is not the strongest it can be, if there was space to the right of the frame, maybe taking a frame slightly to the right and excluding that building on the left might be better

StrifeYun · 22nd February 2008

Hmm now that you mentioned, it does seem abit over sharpened.
wanted to fit in the boat thats why the building on the left.
Image was a HDR. think i need more exp. adjusting the colour.
A slim filter was used. should play around with the vignetting.

Thanks for you inputs

Originally Posted by night86mare

the darker parts are blueish, that, i find, other than during night photography gives the picture a very fake-ish feel

i might be wrong, but it does seem like the picture has been oversharpened, the buildings are too sharp to me

the lighting also does not seem very right - for example building on leftmost should be evenly lighted, but the top is darkened - use of filter or uncorrected vignetting perhaps. the former is unavoidable, the latter can be removed

i tried messing around with the color balance

personally, i also think the composition is not the strongest it can be, if there was space to the right of the frame, maybe taking a frame slightly to the right and excluding that building on the left might be better

ssping83 · 22nd February 2008

compositionally i think like the picture a bit not balanced.. esp on the bottom half.. maybe coz of the boat (facing inwards) ba.. and the half a building that was chopped off..

but the colours are quite rich (maybe too rich? ha).. you boosted contrast and saturation by a lot ah? =)

21st February 2008	#1
StrifeYun Member/Tangshooter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Serangoon North Posts: 1,996	Circular Quay in Sydney C&C I like the "glow" from the sunset, but i think something seems to be missing, maybe some darkening around the sides ? sometimes i feel the picture to abit "fake". How do you guys feel ? Thanks. hehe thanks eikin (on write up) hee paisei nv read the T&C for Critic Corner :x __________________ *Canon* EOS "Luxury" [flickr] Last edited by StrifeYun; 21st February 2008 at 04:56 PM.

21st February 2008	#2
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	Re: Circular Quay in Sydney short writeup? http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273376 __________________ APAD

21st February 2008	#3
night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,307	Re: Circular Quay in Sydney the darker parts are blueish, that, i find, other than during night photography gives the picture a very fake-ish feel i might be wrong, but it does seem like the picture has been oversharpened, the buildings are too sharp to me the lighting also does not seem very right - for example building on leftmost should be evenly lighted, but the top is darkened - use of filter or uncorrected vignetting perhaps. the former is unavoidable, the latter can be removed i tried messing around with the color balance personally, i also think the composition is not the strongest it can be, if there was space to the right of the frame, maybe taking a frame slightly to the right and excluding that building on the left might be better __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎

22nd February 2008	#5
ssping83 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bishan Posts: 968	Re: Circular Quay in Sydney compositionally i think like the picture a bit not balanced.. esp on the bottom half.. maybe coz of the boat (facing inwards) ba.. and the half a building that was chopped off.. but the colours are quite rich (maybe too rich? ha).. you boosted contrast and saturation by a lot ah? =)