Merlion

ruikang89 · 23rd December 2008

Found this photo in my old archive and decided to do some editing.
Tweaked the channel mixer in photoshop cs2 to give out a warmer colour in the sky. (originally the photo had a nasty blue tinge)
Is the editing overly done?
What kind of feeling does it convey to you after you have seen it?
Pardon the amount of noise because this is taken with a K800i, and I couldn't tweak the channel mixer without bringing out the noise as well.

timotheus · 23rd December 2008

yeah, looks a little too warm for me to be honest. not sure about the other photographers

cabbySHE · 14th March 2009

Doesn't seems like a good angle to shoot the Merlion.

bluemystery · 14th March 2009

1) colours too warm. Tone down abit.

2) Merlion shud be more to the right.

3) Angle to see more of the face.

4) Itd be ideal if u could see the end of the water stream foaming at the bottom...

labla · 14th March 2009

hello my junior :P haha your previous shots have impressed me more. Hahaha. Did the NMA get the Tamron 17-50? cos i thought i saw it when i went back to get my results.

night86mare · 16th March 2009

the palette is too much on the red side, have you calibrated your monitor?

the angle can work, but you have chosen to put this too close to the centre, the right side of the picture only serves to distract. you can always crop it off.

other than that, it is a decent picture for a camera phone shot, keeping that in mind, but it is by no means a stunner. the merlion is hard to shoot because every tom, dick and harry has been there, (at least the toms, dicks and harries into photography).. so you really need to produce something different, be it because of great complementary lighting, or a fresh angle. here you have not done the latter, and neither is the former present. so..

cabbySHE · 17th March 2009

Talking about something special, once I saw a guy half submerge in the water to get a frontal view of the Merlion. Was wondering how he get into the water or did that shot win him any award or prizes ? Well, sometimes photographer can do things out of the ordinary.

marvintheroundone · 22nd March 2009

The 17-50 did not belong to NMA...
Its the camerawomen's personal lens

Shen siung · 22nd March 2009

To me the colours are fine, just don't like the back ground showing IR constructions (though very small)

Blur Shadow · 23rd March 2009

1. Far too much red in the picture.

2. The composition is unflattering.

3. Why shoot the back profile of the Merlion?

cheryl852 · 8th April 2009

imo, though the colors are warm, i think they look v pretty.
i tot maybe a better angle can be used to take the merlion haha..

cy_j · 8th April 2009

If the aim is not realism, then I find the colors a non-issue. Since you were at it, you could have gone on and cloned out the cranes in the background.

And the angle of the Merlion is unique, not the boring side or front views normally seen.

23rd December 2008	#1
ruikang89 New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 19	Merlion Found this photo in my old archive and decided to do some editing. Tweaked the channel mixer in photoshop cs2 to give out a warmer colour in the sky. (originally the photo had a nasty blue tinge) Is the editing overly done? What kind of feeling does it convey to you after you have seen it? Pardon the amount of noise because this is taken with a K800i, and I couldn't tweak the channel mixer without bringing out the noise as well.

23rd December 2008	#2
timotheus Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bukit Timah Posts: 58	Re: Merlion yeah, looks a little too warm for me to be honest. not sure about the other photographers __________________ Deviantart

14th March 2009	#3
cabbySHE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,220	Re: Merlion Doesn't seems like a good angle to shoot the Merlion.

14th March 2009	#4
bluemystery Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 130	Re: Merlion 1) colours too warm. Tone down abit. 2) Merlion shud be more to the right. 3) Angle to see more of the face. 4) Itd be ideal if u could see the end of the water stream foaming at the bottom... __________________ Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still

14th March 2009	#5
labla Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lentor Posts: 458	Re: Merlion hello my junior :P haha your previous shots have impressed me more. Hahaha. Did the NMA get the Tamron 17-50? cos i thought i saw it when i went back to get my results. __________________ http://phototalking.blogspot.com/ Price Guide Contributor

16th March 2009	#6
night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,222	Re: Merlion the palette is too much on the red side, have you calibrated your monitor? the angle can work, but you have chosen to put this too close to the centre, the right side of the picture only serves to distract. you can always crop it off. other than that, it is a decent picture for a camera phone shot, keeping that in mind, but it is by no means a stunner. the merlion is hard to shoot because every tom, dick and harry has been there, (at least the toms, dicks and harries into photography).. so you really need to produce something different, be it because of great complementary lighting, or a fresh angle. here you have not done the latter, and neither is the former present. so.. __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎

17th March 2009	#7
cabbySHE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,220	Re: Merlion Talking about something special, once I saw a guy half submerge in the water to get a frontal view of the Merlion. Was wondering how he get into the water or did that shot win him any award or prizes ? Well, sometimes photographer can do things out of the ordinary.

22nd March 2009	#8
marvintheroundone Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bukit Gombak Posts: 151	Re: Merlion The 17-50 did not belong to NMA... Its the camerawomen's personal lens __________________ To capture the beauty of God's Creation...This is my photography

22nd March 2009	#9
Shen siung Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,401	Re: Merlion To me the colours are fine, just don't like the back ground showing IR constructions (though very small)

23rd March 2009	#10
Blur Shadow Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,285	Re: Merlion 1. Far too much red in the picture. 2. The composition is unflattering. 3. Why shoot the back profile of the Merlion?

8th April 2009	#11
cheryl852 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yishun Posts: 338	Re: Merlion imo, though the colors are warm, i think they look v pretty. i tot maybe a better angle can be used to take the merlion haha..

8th April 2009	#12
cy_j Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newton Posts: 727	Re: Merlion If the aim is not realism, then I find the colors a non-issue. Since you were at it, you could have gone on and cloned out the cranes in the background. And the angle of the Merlion is unique, not the boring side or front views normally seen.