...my first steps with the camera...

Venus · 15 Jun 2006 at 00:45

Yeah, well that's how my pic looks like. Would be awesome to get some comments what I can do better!

yak.h'cir · 15 Jun 2006 at 00:50

Thats a really really great picture! Exposure is spot on. Looks very cold. :eek:

I like the composition with the fence and the path with the people walking and horizon, only could be improved slightly by having the tree a little further to the right i think (theres a thing about the rule of 2/3rds in the sticky).

Well done!

Joe T · 15 Jun 2006 at 18:47

That aint arf bad mate!

The only thing that spoils it is having the tree dead centre. I think it would be better 1/3rd across the frame from the right hand edge.

Good work.

Darryn · 15 Jun 2006 at 19:11

Hope you dont mind, this is more the crop id have gone for, its a very nice capture, showing a great sky and interesting subject.

and here it is again after a bit of HDR type tweaking.

sproutpunx · 15 Jun 2006 at 22:40

Thats a really good photo! Not sure about the tree, I think the others are right about positioning, but looks really well exposed, and good colours!

and here it is again after a bit of HDR type tweaking.

Not sure if this works really, think it was better as a silhouette. The crop is better though.

Sleepyd · 15 Jun 2006 at 23:54

I like the original composition - it has a nice natural feel, the 1/3rd 2/3rds landscape sky works perfectly - full marks for that.

However, I do think the white balance isn't right as the snow looks blue in the original and adjusted versions later on.

Here's my edit, I'm no photoshop expect - I just took quite a bit of the blue tinge out of it. YOu'll get a more accurate result by tweeking the white balance manually from the RAW file.

Better/worse?

yak.h'cir · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:04

I prefer Venuss' version. The colour in that one seems more natural to me.

China Man · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:05

I like the orginal snow colour,

make you feel cold and inside the picture feeling it

China

A5H · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:06

How about with the original sky. To keep more of the blues. And then over exposing the snow area slightly?

better/worse?

Darryn · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:06

Ive got to agree, I didnt notice until you pointed it out but the snow is blue...

yak.h'cir · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:11

oooo, bags of atmosphere in Deeders pic!!

Venus · 16 Jun 2006 at 00:21

I like the last version. Amazing how much you can make out of a pic. Thanks for your commands! Try to think of those things when taking my next pics!

Richard T · 16 Jun 2006 at 09:12

Venus said:
I like the last version. Amazing how much you can make out of a pic. Thanks for your commands! Try to think of those things when taking my next pics!

last pic for the win

Great shot in the first place Venus

brocksta · 16 Jun 2006 at 11:33

i like the last one's sky, but the tree and people in the shot have gone a bit weird.

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 12:24

yak.h'cir said:
oooo, bags of atmosphere in Deeders pic!!

Noise too

It does seem like the best edit though.

Clown · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:17

DreederOcUK said:
Ive got to agree, I didnt notice until you pointed it out but the snow is blue...

What's that on the people's backs though? It's sparkly.

themask70 · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:41

I love the orignal one Venus, great shot. Perfect infact

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 21:08

Clown said:
What's that on the people's backs though? It's sparkly.

Its noise produced from over processing.

james.miller · 16 Jun 2006 at 21:19

yeah it doesnt look too nice with all that noise. just look at the tree