Water Wheel

Shot this a few days ago in Vermont.

Please tell me what ou think

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Went back and edited grass at bottom of picture for hue:

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It looks good to me, I don't see anything at all wrong, I'm sure there's room for some improvement, but I can't see any right now.

I do see that the really red tree on the upper left is something that keeps drawing my eye to it. I hate to suggest it, because it's so pretty and red, but it needs to be yellow, or green. I wish there were more of that actually, but since there's not, that's my only suggestion.

Really a pretty shot you made, I like it a lot.

Randy

I agree for the most part, except the sky seems a bit blown and lacking in contrast. Unless that's one giant cloud covering the right two thirds of the sky in the frame. That can be brought down a bit. Rest of the shot looks great to me as well.

He's right, that slipped by me...

Also, the cloning job that you did on the grass shows quite a bit, had you not mentioned the grass, I may not have looked again, but, since you did, I see repetitiveness in it quite a bit. You may want to break that up some more.

Randy

The trick I use for cloning and breaking repetitiveness, for what it's worth, is to click off a few clones from one source, then stop and pick a new source before continuing. It takes more work but helps keep it looking real. Also I clone in various directions, and at the end, clone from yet another source over my initial cloning just to break it up a little.

It was very cloudy that day, in fact sprinkling a little. A bit of blue sky opened up but it was a little to far off so most of it did not make the frame. In fact I hung around as long as I could without being late trying to wish the cloud closer to the building.

Will go back and work on the grass. Did not see that.

Well, a couple of things you can do in that instance (for next time).

The first would be to compose with minimal or no sky in the frame.

Another option that involves gear can be to use an ND filter, with a slightly longer exposure time, which would help to bring out some contrast in the sky and clouds. I can see it, it's there, on the left of the frame.

Finally, you could take 2 shots, one exposed for the sky, one for the subject, and place them onto layers in Photoshop, and use masks to make one image from the good sky and good subject. If you have photoshop, this option requires only time.

My choice would be to compose with as little sky as possible in this particular case. I think there was enough contrast in the sky that could have been brought out more.; I.e., it doesn't look like a solid gray overcast moment in your picture. If it were, most of these suggestions except composing without sky would produce little, if any, useful improvement.

Hope this is helpful or at least food for thought.

It was very helpful. Thanks! I do have Photoshop. I also have a bunch of exposures taken at different settings but same camera position. I will look through and see if maybe I get lucky. In the very least I will remember for next time.

Thanks again

If you get back there try taking a shot on a angle from back aways of the right front corner of building, it might show the water coming down the box and onto the water wheel for more perspective.

Love the smell of the Balsams in NH

Bianchi wrote in post #15088685
If you get back there try taking a shot on a angle from the right front corner of building, it might show the water coming down the box and onto the water wheel.

Great suggestion. And I'd want to see the sky less exposed as some have mentioned.

Well so much for getting any new photos. I went back this morning and there is a big excavator sitting in the field in front of it. Not sure what work they have planned but in either case most the leaves are gone as well. Will have to go back through the other shots I have and see what can be done with the sky.

Nice clean, sharp, good comp and colors. Well done! The upper portion of the sky is blown out. May want to crop it.