Please post no more than five images a day and respond to as many images as you post. Critics, please be constructive, specific, and nice! Moderated by gahspidy and mtbbrian.
By posting on the Photo Critique forum you agree to post only your own photos, be respectful, and give back as much as you receive. This is a moderated forum and anything abusive or
off-topic will be removed.
Don, the colors are way too saturated to the point where the image is breaking down and losing quality. the buildings in the distance lok very lens distorted. What were your settings, and what post processing have you done? Also, I noticed you have saved this file as a BMP (bitmap). It is better to save a photo in the Jpeg format.
What makes you think this is a bitmap. It is a jpeg. My usual host site was down so I had to paste this into my own home website.
I added barrel distortion to the image to make the image a little more interesting. The straight view looked dead to me. The colors are saturated but really capture the actual look of the trees better than the original photo. It's artistic license and it pleases me.
I'm not wild about the distortion in the buildings but the color in the trees and the distortion of the houses within as compared to the city beyond makes for a pretty interesting photo. And, if you like it then that is what this is all about. Keep shooting.
I like it. I find the bending of the buildings in the background adds an interesting touch, but the "burnt grey" of the houses in the middle is a bit distracting. As for the color of the trees, I find them very believable. I grew up in "The South" where we do not have such flamboyant fall turnings, so I always assumed that pictures I saw of New England were just pastel fakes. But then I was in Vermont one fall... and the colors were exactly like the pictures I had seen. We planted a maple tree in our yard, and occasionally we get one or two red or yellow leaves, so I really like seeing this palette, especially the red.
I'm not big on the distortion of the buildings. The colors are a bit to saturated for me.... I notice that when first looking at the photo, my eye is immediately drawn to the grey on the house in the middle of the photo.
if you're going to add grey like you did, you have to feather your selection first. Sharp edges of colors look very photoshopped.
Another easy way to make the added color look more natural is to do it on a seperate layer, then change the blend mode of that layer to color or overlay. You will still want to feather your edges, but changing the blend mode will let the texture and detail come through.
"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
Don, I apologize, this is a jpeg but it only allows me to save it as a bitmap for some reason and I thought it must have been originally a bitmap. I had wanted to look at it in PS. You have an interesting effect with the barrel dist. and the saturation.
Don - The colors are nice against the mostly B&W background, though I agree that they seem to be overly manipulated. Is this real? I think a good rule of thumb with all post-processing should be handled like drinking alcohol - in moderation is fine, just don't overdo it.
The background tilt is different. Not sure it's something that was a complete success, but expts are what we're here for. -GB
Photography Software and Post Processing Forum Moderator. Visit here!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to edit and repost my photos as part of your critique.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by livin4lax09
