Helpful Posts: These three images are the result of an outing up the Brisbane River to Queensland University a couple of weeks ago. I am particularly interested in people's opinions on the post processing. I have pumped up the colours more than I would normally do and I wondered whether I have gone too far. Any other helpful comments or criticisms are welcome of course.
1. Dusky moorhen
2. This duck really does have a blue patch on its side
3. It's a small world
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20th February 2014, 02:27 PM #1
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20th February 2014, 02:55 PM #2
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The water is distracting but in a good way, it really brings out the depth of the image so much that you almost ignore the bird.
Nice image.
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20th February 2014, 03:11 PM #3
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Hi Tony, on your last image I would try a tighter crop around the lizard: I think it gets a bit lost in the image. I think you should color to your tastes and what you're trying to achieve. On your last image, I would have colored the water plants differently and applied a different overall tint. However, that's my tastes.
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20th February 2014, 03:27 PM #4
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Lovely; i specially love #3...
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20th February 2014, 03:51 PM #5
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Very nice,I most like #2 and #3. I would leave #2 as it is.I don't know PP yet,so the others might help you
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20th February 2014, 08:35 PM #6
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Possibly #2 is fractionally strong on colour but not to a point which would cause me any problems.
Like Karm said, I would also crop the lizard closer. But chiefly to remove some of that out of focus wood in the bottom right corner. I find it a little distracting.
If this was sharp, but with some softness on the background, I would consider leaving it as your image size to make a 'wetlands scene plus lizard' instead of having the lizard as the main subject.
Some good shots though.
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21st February 2014, 02:52 AM #7
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#2 is very nice but the rocks are a bit distracting and fighting for attention...so I prefer #3 instead...
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21st February 2014, 06:58 AM #8
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Thanks for all your replies. Much appreciated.
In #2 and #3, the bird and lizard were meant to be just part of the overall scene. That's how I thought about them as I took the pictures. I will take up the suggestion of cropping the lizard closer but only slightly to get rid of the out of focus log. The lizard in particular I thought could never be good enough to be the subject on its own even if I had zoomed in on it. In #2, the water and grass growing in it were meant to be the main features.
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