Capture the Moment - Comments required

Derek W · 14 Nov 2010 at 12:45

Thanks for all that commented on my other Great Outdoors topic, the images i put in are currently being judged and will find out at the start of December what sort of marks I get from that.

The next of the competition themes is 'Capture the Moment' and going by the previous theme (Movement) the judge can be quite critical of the processing used e.g colour casts on prints etc so wanted to get some feedback on these two shots which I'm going to use. Both have been cross processed to a degree and I know that style isn't to everyones tastes so any advice on processing the shots differently will be welcomed.

Phate · 14 Nov 2010 at 14:09

Id like the first with different processing, seems very flat to me.

Derek W · 14 Nov 2010 at 14:18

Phate said:
Id like the first with different processing, seems very flat to me.

I know what you mean, there's a lot going on in the background colour wise so since the guys wearing quite dark clothing he's blending into the darkness quite a bit. I was thinking about trying to put in a fake blur to the background to make him pop out a bit more but unsure as to whether it would just look crap

Derek W · 14 Nov 2010 at 14:26

i guess i could replace the biker with this shot of him, but again reprocess it differently

Phate · 14 Nov 2010 at 14:27

Prefer that shot matey

startrek2 · 14 Nov 2010 at 19:39

i think the second the biker is less visible to dark all his upper body .. prefer the first and id blur the background ie change his depth of field..

Derek W · 15 Nov 2010 at 20:49

Not hugely different on the processing but I missed out on the cross processing. Adjusted the levels, added a black mask to the background whilst retaining the biker in the original process to make him stand out a bit more. Added an unsharp mask then decreased the saturation but increased the vibrancy. Better or worse than whats already there or is it missing something? Suggestions welcome