What would you have done differently (Final)

[who10]

I've been experimenting with a host of enhancement techniques, curious what some of you would either recommend or have done differently...

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_1457org.jpg

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_1457web1.jpg

Thanks... David

Initial post for those who want to see it...

http://www.haskellct.com/photos/CRW_1457web.jpg

[Moppie]

What about cropping out the seagul and a large amout of the waves.
Make the cliff the center of attention.

At the moment the waves, comeing in at an angle seem to drag my eyes off the cliff, which when looked at with out the distraction suddenly becomes quite an amazing structure.

[Big_B]

I'm not an expert on enhancement techniques, so I can't give you any sensible suggestions on how to improve the picture. FWIW the second picture looks over enhanced and personally I prefer the first.

Cheers,

BB

[aam1234]

I agree with BB, the photo is a bit too saturated.

[Molydood]

you do seem to have done a good job of removing the haze though, perhaps just turn down the saturation a notch, and try and sharpen the seagul up a little.

[minatophase3]

David,

I like the crop of the second one better but the blurred seagull bothers me a little. I think the second one is too enhanced an much prefer the first one.

I would try using the second crop and enhance the fog/haze over the water and the left part of the cliff and apply some lighting to the right side of the cliff like the sun is trying to break through the fog.

Just a thought, but since the fog/haze is already there why not try and use that to your advantage?

Tim

[who10]

What about cropping out the seagull and a large amount of the waves.
Make the cliff the center of attention.

At the moment the waves, comeing in at an angle seem to drag my eyes off the cliff, which when looked at with out the distraction suddenly becomes quite an amazing structure.

I like the idea Moppie, I think I’ll take a shot at cloning out the sea gull instead, and crop less foreground water out.
Thanks for the input.

I'm not an expert on enhancement techniques, so I can't give you any sensible suggestions on how to improve the picture. FWIW the second picture looks over enhanced and personally I prefer the first.

Cheers,

BB

I agree with BB, the photo is a bit too saturated.

Big_B/aam1234 – agreed, I need to reduce the saturation quite a bit… during the processing I was amazed at how much control I had over each separate tone range that I ultimately paid too little attention to what I was actually doing to the image…


you do seem to have done a good job of removing the haze though, perhaps just turn down the saturation a notch, and try and sharpen the seagul up a little.

Molydood – hadn’t thought of sharpening the seagull by itself, that’s a good idea (I’ll compare that with cloning him out altogether). Thanks for the comment on the haze affect… this was my secondary goal (bringing out color separation in the water was my primary target – just grew too enamoured with the process!

David,

I like the crop of the second one better but the blurred seagull bothers me a little. I think the second one is too enhanced an much prefer the first one.

I would try using the second crop and enhance the fog/haze over the water and the left part of the cliff and apply some lighting to the right side of the cliff like the sun is trying to break through the fog.

Just a thought, but since the fog/haze is already there why not try and use that to your advantage?

Tim

Tim… cropping the image really emphasized the seagull’s focus problems more than I had hoped :? . I may need to crop him out entirely as was suggested by Moppie. I like your thoughts about the haze/cliffs…


Thanks everyone for your feedback… :D I’ll give it some work this weekend and post the results of your inputs.

David

[Rendezvous]

Well.. the seagull is pretty much beyond help, but here's what I came up with. Hope you don't mind me playing with the image, let me know if you do.

http://mrdj.250free.com/Seagull.jpg

I rotated it a little to make the horizon more level, and I played with the levels, and gave it a quick sharpen.

[who10]

... Hope you don't mind me playing with the image, let me know if you do.

Nice job Rendezvous.. hope you had fun playing with it. I especially like your final crop and the work you did leveling the waterline.

To everyone who commented, thanks...

My final version sits at the head of this thread - all in all, the picture was salvaged from the "trash" folder and alas that's where it will return.. but it was an interesting Photoshop experience :D

David