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?阿瓜: thanks for your love. 
阿搜: rotation is one PS skill that I have not mastered. Need to do some reading first. Was standing in the water at the time and I want to keep the tripod low and a vertical crop. It's such a P.I.T.A to check the viewfinder at that position. Maybe a vertical grip would help ?
阿搜: rotation is one PS skill that I have not mastered. Need to do some reading first. Was standing in the water at the time and I want to keep the tripod low and a vertical crop. It's such a P.I.T.A to check the viewfinder at that position. Maybe a vertical grip would help ?
#32 is my pick too!
I am glad DX Agua picked the same as I do. Looks like we all have the same vision.
it is little inperfect about it. I modified it a bit to make it look better to my eyes. Everyone obviously has a different view, some people may be more appealled by the unusual blueish cast, some may not. by anymeans, I am not convincing anyone here. I uploaded it just for a different view. I hope Fad does not mind. If you do, I appologize and I'll take it out right way. Also, viewers must be adviced that this photo belongs to Fad, not me, he has the copyright!
Aside, this photo, I found all GNDed photos contain more or less blue cast. In certain circumstances, it is desirable. For rest, I may kill an otherwise great photo. It is just my opinion though.
Modified #32 (copyright by Fad)
Does it look better?
I am glad DX Agua picked the same as I do. Looks like we all have the same vision.
it is little inperfect about it. I modified it a bit to make it look better to my eyes. Everyone obviously has a different view, some people may be more appealled by the unusual blueish cast, some may not. by anymeans, I am not convincing anyone here. I uploaded it just for a different view. I hope Fad does not mind.
If you do, I appologize and I'll take it out right way. Also, viewers must be adviced that this photo belongs to Fad, not me, he has the copyright!Aside, this photo, I found all GNDed photos contain more or less blue cast. In certain circumstances, it is desirable. For rest, I may kill an otherwise great photo. It is just my opinion though.
Modified #32 (copyright by Fad)
Does it look better?
最初由 Xterra 发布
#32 is my pick too!
I am glad DX Agua picked the same as I do. Looks like we all have the same vision.
it is little inperfect about it. I modified it a bit to make it look better to my eyes. Everyone obviously has a different view, some people may be more appealled by the unusual blueish cast, some may not. by anymeans, I am not convincing anyone here. I uploaded it just for a different view. I hope Fad does not mind.
Aside, this photo, I found all GNDed photos contain more or less blue cast. In certain circumstances, it is desirable. For rest, I may kill an otherwise great photo. It is just my opinion though.
Modified #32 (copyright by Fad)
Does it look better?
Thanks, Xterra. I don't mind your PS at all. It's certainly an interesting experiment but in my view it ss a bit un-natural. The time when this photo is taken is at Sun set and the sun is behind the trees. In your version, the foreground is so bright that it looks like the sun is shining from behind the camera.
Not sure the blue cast is due to GND. I don't have enough shots to confirm it. I tend to believe it's more due to white balance setting.
THis shot would be better if the GND is 3 or 4 stop soft as the contrast is higher than 2 stop. I tried to avoid blown out highlight and thus a bit mute tone.
BTW, how do you guys like #31 ? I wish I could backup a bit more but there is a big tree behind me. The stuff at right side make the composition quite balanced.
I am glad you don't mind. As for the scene itself, I could only imagine and guess what the original scene looks like based on your photo, since I was not there. However, if you use 3-4 stop soft, you may see your photo more like the one I PSed. but, what do I know? I don't even own a GND.
It would be interesting if you can post one with 3-4 soft, let's compare. Obviously, this is a big favor to ask, I don't expect you do that at all.As I always say, hardly there is a perfect photo straight out from camera, there is always a need for a fix. That is why the post process so important. If you like those photos, you should correct all those problems, and make it better (if not perfect), never mind if it is GND or white balance or anything else. I found PP is part of the fun of photography.
As for #31, here is my opinion (let's skip the good parts of its):
1> it lacks of interest. I found it was hard to rest my eyes in one spot. My eyes kept traveling between left and right, up and down to understand what exactly you attempt to show us.
2> it lacks of texture. #32 was great in comparison, because it has a sky full of texture and colors too, then the foreground comes the stones and mirror like water. the peacefulness is right there to feel. my sight naturally sits back abit to cover the whole picture. It did not happen when I saw #31.
3> it does not balance off itself. the weight at each side is not even close.
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最初由 fad 发布
阿瓜: thanks for your love.
阿搜: rotation is one PS skill that I have not mastered. Need to do some reading first. Was standing in the water at the time and I want to keep the tripod low and a vertical crop. It's such a P.I.T.A to check the viewfinder at that position. Maybe a vertical grip would help ?
fad: here is a little howto (for startrack too):
Select the measure tool (pull down icon from the eye dropper tool icon), draw a line along your photo's horizon. Choose Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitray, the rotation angle is pre-filled by PS for you. (nice?
).最初由 Xterra 发布
I am glad you don't mind. As for the scene itself, I could only imagine and guess what the original scene looks like based on your photo, since I was not there. However, if you use 3-4 stop soft, you may see your photo more like the one I PSed. but, what do I know? I don't even own a GND.
As I always say, hardly there is a perfect photo straight out from camera, there is always a need for a fix. That is why the post process so important. If you like those photos, you should correct all those problems, and make it better (if not perfect), never mind if it is GND or white balance or anything else. I found PP is part of the fun of photography.
As for #31, here is my opinion (let's skip the good parts of its):
1> it lacks of interest. I found it was hard to rest my eyes in one spot. My eyes kept traveling between left and right, up and down to understand what exactly you attempt to show us.
2> it lacks of texture. #32 was great in comparison, because it has a sky full of texture and colors too, then the foreground comes the stones and mirror like water. the peacefulness is right there to feel. my sight naturally sits back abit to cover the whole picture. It did not happen when I saw #31.
3> it does not balance off itself. the weight at each side is not even close.
Xterra: appreciate your detailed and honest critique of the photo. This is exactly what I'm looking for. Though I may not agree with you totally, it does provide a different perspective of thinking. A great way to learn !
All of us should probably follow your sample and give more comments especially critiques - myself included.
最初由 阿瓜 发布
fad: here is a little howto (for startrack too):
Select the measure tool (pull down icon from the eye dropper tool icon), draw a line along your photo's horizon. Choose Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitray, the rotation angle is pre-filled by PS for you. (nice?
阿瓜: thanks a bunch for the tip.Works great. It saved my time to look up it in the book. Here is the re-leveled and re-processed version. Adjust color temp a bit during RAW conversion.
