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NZ Lighthouse shot

Postby LIVE4EVA on Tue May 15, 2007 12:08 pm

Hey Everyone,
I was going to wait till i got home in a month to put this on but i wanted to see if there were any suggestions for improvement on this particular photo.
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Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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Postby Reschsmooth on Tue May 15, 2007 12:23 pm

My honest feedback (qualified, as always, by not having a calibrated monitor when viewing):

1. The foreground could do with some lighting?
2. Horizon straightening?
3. I imagine the lighthouse has a conical shape to it, but it seems like it is leaning back and to the right.

Apart from that, the selective colour looks good and the B&W conversion is good, although I would try to increase the contrast a bit.

Good job.

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Postby LIVE4EVA on Tue May 15, 2007 1:52 pm

Thanks for that, i find it always pays to have someone else look over pics just to spot the little things that i have missed.
Will try some corrections and hopefully get it looking better.
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Postby radar on Wed May 16, 2007 9:22 pm

I do like the photo but I think it would look best as a full b&w and as Patrick mentioned, more contrast would help too.

Which part of NZ is this one in?

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Postby LIVE4EVA on Fri May 18, 2007 3:07 pm

Its just up from the Ngawi on the far south-east of the North Island (about 4 hrs from Wellington)
Thanks Again for the advise guys
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