Helpful Posts: I finally got out to do some photography yesterday. Came across this wonderful old, delapitated boat. Behind the boat was an old building and I just can't make up my mind wether it looks best with a hint of the building showing or if the solid black looks better. I did feel that in the original there wasn't enough separation between the boat and the building which is why I have gone the direction I have. What do you folks think? I know the final decision is up to me but sometimes extra eyes are beneficial in seeing a scene with a fresh viewpoint.
Oops! After uploading I see that the second image has some streaks in it. I will fix those.
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Thread: Stranded
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1st November 2016, 04:10 AM #1
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1st November 2016, 04:14 AM #2
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Re: Stranded
Great color and texture in the first one!
The reason I don't like the look of the second one is that I can't imagine that the wall being so close to the boat would be lit so dramatically different than the boat and grass. Another way of putting it is that the tonalities of the wall in the second one look unrealistic, which is not a good fit for me with the rest of the image that looks so very realistic.
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1st November 2016, 04:40 AM #3
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Re: Stranded
I agree with Mike, Rita. You need some light on the background. You might decide to tone it down a little from what it is in the first image, but I find the 2nd way too dark.
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1st November 2016, 06:28 AM #4
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Re: Stranded
Excellent images
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1st November 2016, 08:41 AM #5
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Re: Stranded
Nice set.
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1st November 2016, 09:00 AM #6
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Re: Stranded
I prefer the fist image. The only change I would make is to clone out the two grey pipes/cables in the stern quarter; I found them a mild distraction.
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1st November 2016, 09:53 AM #7
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Re: Stranded
On the second one Rita, you can put another background -- the beauty of being a photographer/editor is that you can do this in pp later on. And while you are at it, why not separate the background and light it separately before putting it back at the back of the boat? Just a thought...
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1st November 2016, 04:35 PM #8
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Re: Stranded
Thanks for the comments all.
Mike & Greg, thanks for your feedback. I have been leaning more to #1 too. On this note I will pursue this version
Richard, I never noticed the cables/wires? Now that you have mentioned them I see them.....not for long I will get rid of them.
Izzzie, interesting thought to lighting (in pp) the bg before putting it back. I am slowly learning to work more with lighting effects so I will try this out even though I can't picture it at the moment
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