Pl. give Critique on first attempt Landscapes

[mukund2]

Hello to everybody

Pl. give your C&C for my first attempt to Landscapes art.

#1
http://m1.freeshare.us/126fs4335031.jpg (http://freeshare.us)
#2
http://m1.freeshare.us/126fs4334981.jpg (http://freeshare.us)
#3
http://m1.freeshare.us/126fs4334892.jpg (http://freeshare.us)

[shniks]

Great pictures, I really like the composition. The greens in the 2nd are a little too saturated though, looks a bit unnatural. And the 1st and 3rd dont look straight, they just need to be straightened out a bit.

Love the frames, well done!

[wayne_eddy]

agree with shinks there. too much saturation in #2 & #3.

see if you can get a copy of digital velvia by Fred Miranda - a great PS Plugin

[Picture North Carolina]

I think the composition of the shots is good, and except for the easily fixed crooked horizon on 1, it is the best. However, on 2 and 3 my guess is you used special effects filters in photoshop. In my opinion, they don't work - i.e., the graininess, over-saturation and blown/faded-out mountain tops on 3.

I think 2 and 3 have enough merit to stand on their own without special effects processing. The rolling green countryside in 2, and the foreground grass in 3 with its textures and colors are beautiful. Can we see them again without the effects? /Dan

[glitch]

#1: Not the most interesting of shots, proabably due to the time of day and the weather. Without any interest in the sky (variation of colour, cloud formation, etc) it feels a little sterile for me. Not too keen on the objects poking up out of the bottom and bottom-right of the frame and could use a crop for removing them - I'm finding my eye wandering to them rather than looking at the rest of the shot. I don't actually find the scene interesting but that's probably personal preference - I feel there needs to be a focal point and I'm not seeing one. +1 on the horizon comments too.

#2: Could be a lovely shot (my fave location of the 3) but you've PP'd the hell out of it and lost the beauty of the scene. I'm wanting to see variations in the colours of the colours of the hills and meadows and a dramatic sky to boot, but it's more comedy than drama. Far too much PS work as has already been stated. Can we see the original?

#3: Very twee and a bit 'chocolate box' for my tastes, but each to their own. I feel like I've been on the piss though; the horizon's got me going one way, the wall's got me going another. Unfortunately this is also suffering from being put through too much PP.

Second shot is definitely my winner, if we can be treated to the original with some judicous PP'ing I feel you have a great shot there and a solid foundation on which to progress.

[Duncaji]

No 2&3 Def been too heavy handed with the Saturation, which for me has spoiled them for me.

[Broncobear]

#1 is the only one I personally like in accordance to what some other's have already stated but i would have used a UV filter to decrease some of the haze.

[mukund2]

Hi brothers

shniks
wayne_eddy
CannedHeat
Broncobear
Duncaji

Without your valuable feedback it is impossible to improve.

[wayne_eddy]

mukund2: what are you using for your frames?

[mukund2]

wayne_eddy I use PS CS2 for PP is it that you aksed?

[wayne_eddy]

wayne_eddy I use PS CS2 for PP is it that you aksed?

I'm after a program that will make frames and text like the ones you have around your images.

I would prefer a CS2 plugin.

[mukund2]

Wayne Eddy I use cs2 to creat frames around images. I have tried few readymade plugins but I didn't like the appearance.

[Hellashot]

All 3 pictures at too saturated. 2 and 3 are moreso than number 1. Tune them down to a tolerable level.