Murky Waters (C&C)

Shrimp · 05-07-2006 1:37am #1

Thanks for viewing..

CONMIKE12 · 05-07-2006 2:47am

Really excellent shot.Moody ,atmospheric and beautiful muted colours.Very much the kind of stuff i like with good play on light and shadow.Much post processing?All in all,something to be proud of.

Zillah · 05-07-2006 5:08am

Composite? Its quite nice but I'm wondering where the greenish colours in the water are being reflected from.

mikeanywhere · 05-07-2006 7:52am

Zillah wrote:

I'm wondering where the greenish colours in the water are being reflected from.

Photoshop perhaps

Love the picture, excellent work.

johnny b · 05-07-2006 11:58am

nice shot - well composed. think iv the same shot on a neg somewhere. again with the green comments, but i kinda like it. never seen a tobacco sky like that either so its neither here nor there with the colours. id say remove a little of the green,so it doesnt jump out at ya and itd be spot on

440Hz · 05-07-2006 1:51pm

Stunning sky, wonderful colours and tones, beautiful light with lovely exposure. I wouldnt change a thing here, excellent work shrimp. Quality image. Mag worthy shot in my opinion.

elven · 05-07-2006 2:39pm

Yup, I love the tone, it looks like the green is just a reflection of an extra bit of sky that has been cut off at the top. It's maybe a bit distracting but I can't say I'd complain if I'd taken it!

It's a very atmospheric shot, that you can easily imagine yourself at the scene.

If I was going to be picky, the shrub at the front is what lets it down. Gets a bit busy in that corner, takes away from the dramatic sky a bit.

Can you give us some processing info? Would be quite interesting to see.

Shrimp · 05-07-2006 5:01pm

elven wrote:

Can you give us some processing info?

I added a semi-sepia tone, then boosted the contrast of entire photo. The water already had this green colour so I wanted to emphasise that, I increased the green and blue channel of that area. Then I bumped the contrast a tiny bit more, and finished with some selective sharpening.

Thanks for the comments!

Roen · 05-07-2006 5:25pm

Good work in both the shooting and post processing. Where is that lake by the way?

Shrimp · 05-07-2006 5:40pm

It's Lough Talt, County Sligo

Roen · 05-07-2006 5:46pm

Cheers!

rymus · 05-07-2006 5:57pm

elven wrote:

If I was going to be picky, the shrub at the front is what lets it down. Gets a bit busy in that corner, takes away from the dramatic sky a bit.

Agreed, that damn twig is far too distracting. Great shot otherwise though.

Murky Waters (C&C)

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