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Published: 2007-05-18 05:25:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1216; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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I had a good critique of Smooth Sailing from Tangledweb [link]which fired me up to redo the shot. Original is here [link]
and the improvement is better exposure by manipulation of the Raw file and toning down the toning is PS... I also left a little more foreground in the shot. See what you think!
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i honestly couldn't decide which i like more! the other has more mood, but this has a postcard feel to it... beautiful
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Postcard helps me to categorize it.. thats a good thing!
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well i am not a photographer but i didn't like the big one on it and then you cut it to keep only the fphare and a little about the round thing i just love it now!
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Hmmm...it's a definite toss up. I really like both to tell you the truth. The first version added a bit more mystery to it. However the lighting in this one is just superb. I like 'em both!
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Thanks for adding to the feedback!
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I myself prefer this image, but the other one is good too all depending on what your mood is set at for the day you could say. This image is brighter and more inviting where you can sit and just look at it for a good while. While the other image does have a darker mood setting to it, but it's good in its own sense. I'll probably be in a more dramatic mood tmr, therefore your other image should suit me perfectly
great work on both. This picture turned out a bit grainy, but overall great processing job to bring out the lighting in the right places.
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I believe this one's the best in the whole series.
It's the one who appears do be "normal" and not over-processed.
Besides, this foreground adds a lot of impact.
The image is a little grainy, though, but probably just in the low res.
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The grain seems to be caused by my layer technique. By duplicating a layer that has been adjusted using the channel mixer set to b/w and blended back using the soft light option. I pump up the colours and then fill/opacity it back into the orginal but it seems to accenuate or cause noise? Maybe I need to add a bit of guassian blurr to the adjustment layer... must have a go... any ideas on this tech?
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Well... to be honest... no.
But adding a gaussian blur may do the job.
Or you can try NeatImage... it's a free software specially designed to remove noise.
Check it out and then tell me how it went!
Good luck!
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this is *technically* perfect.... i kept going back and forth to the original and this one. although the original gives me a totally different mood, a darker not necessary gloomy but sentimental and this gives me the feeling of quiet and solitude. both works well.
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great feedback, thanks!
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This works really well, colours are not over the top, PS treatments is excellent.
Great work.
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Like it a lot. The foreground gives it a lot more impact
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Mmhm, really like this a lot (and I like it more then the original). The sky is a bit grainy though, but when it comes to colours, they're an eyetreat here with such vividity. This is a view worth watching for a while, maybe having a picnic or just sitting in peace, enjoying. I was pondering for a while whether that windowframe on the right bothers me or not and I still haven't reached a conclusion; on the other hand it does stabilize this shot and yet it keeps drawing my attention.. Either way, neat shot!
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Its much better indeed. Seems like things are much balanced now
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ladies and gents we have a winner. still dig the moody exposure in the other though.
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we had a weird sky tonight in port.... sun under hazy rain clouds which lit up the sky orange over the CBD and a brilliant double rainbow shook our bells... and my camera at home in the unit! Would have been amaaaazing over the lighthouse but I was at work!
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It's different now ... though I wouldn't say, that is it better ... except for the shadows, which tell the truth it looks like earlier in the day now ... I liked the dramatic feeling of the other version two ... the crop is a bit better now ... one thing that you should take a look at is the color noise on the water and the sky now beacause you boosted the dark areas so much ...
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swings and roundabouts! I like the effect of a b/w softlight blend layer but it does add noise.... I haven't got round to getting neatimage.... should I?
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I already have neatimage, I think you can d/l it free without paid... I really love this program, you can add your camera profile and it reduce very well the noise , you can add sharpness, many things like that !! I don't know if it worth the money... I never paid for something on the net... also, i'M totally agree with Andreas with his comment...
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You never paid for anything??????.....................me too! hehheh!
I'll download the free version but I think with 8MP and 100 iso the only noise is what I am producing with PS so will work on that too!
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Try it first ... I can't tell if it's worth the money ... I'm actually quite happy with what the Photoshop Reduce Noise does and use it very often ...
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