Overdone?

12 years 7 months ago #149332 by KCook
The tripod can stay or go. Dunno if HDR was used, but the tones are unsettling, more like an artist's rendering than a photograph.

Kelly

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12 years 7 months ago #149349 by Scotty

KCook wrote: The tripod can stay or go. Dunno if HDR was used, but the tones are unsettling, more like an artist's rendering than a photograph.

Kelly


Which tones are unsettling?

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12 years 7 months ago #149352 by MLKstudios
I think Kelly is referring to the HDR bits. :)

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12 years 7 months ago #149355 by Scotty

MLKstudios wrote: I think Kelly is referring to the HDR bits. :)


No HDR actually. Aggresive fill in ACR editor and multiple agressive sharpening methods.
I what you mean though. This is one RAW btw.

Colors are pretty accurate though.

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12 years 7 months ago #149375 by KCook

Scotty wrote:

KCook wrote: The tripod can stay or go. Dunno if HDR was used, but the tones are unsettling, more like an artist's rendering than a photograph.

Kelly


Which tones are unsettling?

The floor and ceiling. The tones are so dead even, from near to distant, that they have an artificial look to them. I don't think sharpening is much of an issue in a image this small.

Kelly

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12 years 7 months ago - 12 years 7 months ago #149394 by Scotty

KCook wrote:

Scotty wrote:

KCook wrote: The tripod can stay or go. Dunno if HDR was used, but the tones are unsettling, more like an artist's rendering than a photograph.

Kelly


Which tones are unsettling?

The floor and ceiling. The tones are so dead even, from near to distant, that they have an artificial look to them. I don't think sharpening is much of an issue in a image this small.

Kelly


I get what you're saying.

Btw sharpening create tone and texture if done right. Not talking USM.

It terms of brightness its enhanced like you're talk about. Its pretty close to the original.

Thanks for the critique though, i knew it wasnt perfect putting it up..and I think you have some very valid ideas.

Cheers.

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12 years 7 months ago #149401 by proverbs3photos
awesome!!


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12 years 7 months ago #149420 by icepics
Your title of the post was - overdone? Apparently you already knew the answer to your own question. I tend toward Kelly's description of it having a more artificial look, but not extremely so.

The other tripod gives it some interest - w/the photographer in the center of the shot, what happened - did he wander away from it or set it over there out of the way? was someone else set up there but we don't see them in the photo? - we now know the answer since you told us the story of the photo, but the viewer wouldn't know. Tells a story w/a bit of it untold with the empty tripod there.

Sharon
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12 years 7 months ago #149431 by Stealthy Ninja
Nah the tripod just looks like it was a mistake. Don't make excused for Scotty. :p
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12 years 7 months ago #149436 by Shanna-Marie
Excellent shot Scotty, I like it just the way it is. :)

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12 years 7 months ago #149461 by Stealthy Ninja
BTW you guys are all nuts. The composition of the photo naturally draws the eye into the centre subject. Leaving in the tripod on the right just distracts the eye and gives a feeling of unevenness to a picture that's all about symmetry and direction. It's not like it's a freakin' dark and dingy place where a bit of tension will be beneficial anyway.

It's like building a mc'donalds on that top of one of the domes of the Taj Mahal. It's just breaking the symmetry for no good reason.
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12 years 7 months ago #149474 by icepics
Why does it need to be symmetrical? And if you don't want something in your photo why not change your vantage point? Digitally removing something later seems like a lack of composing the shot well in the first place.

Sharon
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12 years 7 months ago - 12 years 7 months ago #149481 by Stealthy Ninja

icepics wrote: Why does it need to be symmetrical? And if you don't want something in your photo why not change your vantage point? Digitally removing something later seems like a lack of composing the shot well in the first place.


A: It IS symmetrical, that's the whole point.
A: Because then you'd lose the angle you want and the symmetry.

Sometimes getting the angle you want is worth having the extra work of digital post processing. In this case Scotty should have removed the 2nd tripod before taking the shot, but I guess he didn't realise it was gonna be such a nice shot. So now he has to remove it digitally.

Glad you see the 2nd tripod is a mistake and should be removed. Yeh I agree next time he should be more careful with the shot and make sure the 2nd tripod is gone.

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12 years 7 months ago #149614 by rob vorderman
As far I'm concerned the tripod can stay, it fills up all that empty space in that corner.
A little less sharpening would be more pleasing but that is just me.

But scotty if you like it that's all that matters. :goodpost:

Rob.


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12 years 7 months ago #149630 by Scotty
Thanks rob.

I'm going compromise and edit out half of the tripod.


BTW I editing the original posting..so you click on it it gives you a larger resolution picture.

Check out the larger size.

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