My Guitar

LA Smith wrote in post #16244832
Blues is good...Blues is real good!

Blues is VERY good

mojo_plasma wrote in post #16244814
Kewl... good job on the spot. I hadda just crop it
I notice that even tough you turned up the contrast, it seems more even than in the original. ...interesting...
Other than that I must admit I don't see a big difference... fault being totally mine! I have terrible eyesight I don't see subtle changes too well... PROLLY not something I should admit as a wanna be photog!
but anywho...
I appreciate you taking the time to help. I will go back over your settings and try to recreate it in PS!

I checked out some of your shots on the picasa thingy... those stormy landscape shots are great!!

I tried to keep the edits subtle, just mostly toning down the highlights on the far right for the most part. It's much easier to see differences when you're toggling edits in Lightroom on/off.

Thanks for the compliments on my landscapes, we've had some great days for skies this summer. Usually we get most of our storms rolling through in the spring, but for a while it was day after day of pop-up afternoon/evening showers that can make for some great skies.

Overall, I like it. I like the shallow DOF here, but I do get feeling as if you cut too much off; similar to compositions with cut off limbs when photographing people. I think you could have maintained the same perspective, but maybe adjusted the framing just a bit to capture a little more of the guitar.

drvnbysound wrote in post #16252739
Overall, I like it. I like the shallow DOF here, but I do get feeling as if you cut too much off; similar to compositions with cut off limbs when photographing people. I think you could have maintained the same perspective, but maybe adjusted the framing just a bit to capture a little more of the guitar.

I see what you mean after looking at it. I don't mind cutting off the neck like I did, but I wish I had back away a few more inches and gotten the rest of the body on the side closest to the camera in the shot.
Thanks for the input

Sure... I don't mind that the neck is cut off, but I think I would have liked the picture better if I could have seen more of it.