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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22106} 1/5/2006
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Here is the original shot - I like to post the originals every once in a while, because I like people know that I do mask seperate components in my photographs in Photoshop and rebalance the colors and levels. This is a good example because of the massive difference in bright light and the heavy shade inside the canyon.
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 1/5/2006
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Oh - hi Michael, nice to see you next to me and with such a shot then :)) Very beautiful, i like the magic of the opening and the reflection of it! All those canyons in America, some with white rocks and other with black.... Good Work! (maby a little change in shadow adjustment could make it EVEN better...)
Jeanette
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185017} 1/5/2006
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Hi my older friend, Interesting comparison, and I quite agree, not as successful, but it's giving the previous version a run for its money, though.
The geological lines in the cliff wall on the left act as a very strong guidelind for the eye, drawing the attention towards the water at the end of the canyon, and not so much to the sunlit parts that are the predominant subject in the alternative portrait format version. The reflection of the wall on the left even emphasises this effect. I think those rather strong elements make the right face of the cliff more a peripheral elemement in the composition, which might well be the reason why we think it's less successful. Nonetheless a good shot, very well exposed.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22106} 1/5/2006
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Hugo -
Exposure - look at the original to get a feel of the lighting, about 2 or 4 stops. Exposure is all in the masking I'm afraid to admit. Thanks for the commentary...
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Paul Lara
{K:86876} 1/5/2006
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I agree landscape is not as dramatic as your other shot.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185017} 1/5/2006
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Hi Mike, Eventhough I wrote my comment while you were probably posting the original, I did look at that one too, but it doesn't really change my opion on the exposure. Yes, the masking does somewhat improve it to some extend, but the details where already there, and already discernible. What your PS did is increase the midtone contrasts a bit, and increase the saturation, and even perhaps the hues, making the individual layers in the left face come out more strongly. The credit goes to you and your camera....:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Ace Star
{K:20916} 1/13/2006
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wonderful shot! like it alot ... good work :)
same goes to original .. no big diffrence!
regards
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