Solve an internal debate?

[Rob]

February 15, 2007 at 4:06 pm

I hate to be the one to disagree with everyone else, but to be perfectly
honest, I don’t much like either of them Peter. If I had to choose one though,
it would be the second. The first just seems overcooked to the point of
being almost cartoonish and unnatural. I’m all for postprocessing, but the
uniformity of the colour blue in both these shots is overpowering and just
distracts me from seeing the detail of either shot.

Sorry to be a bit negative, but I’m sure you wanted honest feedback.

Rob.

[petercox]

February 15, 2007 at 4:35 pm

Rob –
The first is definitely one that people either love or hate, although it proves more popular than not. Both were taken unfiltered on Velvia, and the light at the time was very blue. The first one was an early attempt at postprocessing and I accentuated the blue because of the mood it evoked – to an extreme.

I’m not terribly keen on it myself, but it’s an example of poor technique resulting in art =)

Cheers,
Peter

[andy mcinroy]

February 15, 2007 at 11:10 pm

Peter,

Is there any reason why you didn’t straighten up your horizons?

You seem to be pretty clued up on your postprocess. Sorry for labouring it, but to me this is fundamental to good landscape. It really takes the edge off what should be 2 good photos.

You’ll have gathered by now, I have a little thing about horizons. God help me if I post any.

Postscript. Ah Peter … …. I’ve just noticed your tutorial on straightening !! Perhaps you could read it for some tips. LOL.

Andy

[petercox]

February 16, 2007 at 9:28 am

Andy –
You know, you’re absolutely right! I’m generally pretty picky about my horizons, but for some reason I never noticed it was askew on that first image. The second one I’ve never put into production, so I didn’t do a thorough job on postprocessing it.

I’ve just corrected that on the master file.

Cheers,
Peter

[petercox]

February 16, 2007 at 9:33 am

Andy –
Yes, particularly embarrassing after having posted that tutorial. *grin*

Peter

[dan_c]

February 17, 2007 at 7:37 pm

I prefer the first. Did you use tungsten as white balance or close to tungsten?

[petercox]

February 17, 2007 at 9:25 pm

Dan –
Both of the photographs are from Velvia transparencies – so white balance isn’t something I could set. There was a lot of blue in the scene, and Velvia shot under those conditions accentuated that.

Cheers,
Peter