Helena Reservoir

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Helena Reservoir

Postby gunn parker on Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:56 am

Here is a pic taken of the Helena Reservoir near Mundaring, Perth.
The photo was taken from a spot called North Ledge and has had the brightness/contrast adjusted and also unsharp adjusted, then croped a little.
What do you all think
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Postby darb on Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:00 pm

Gday Gun, a fellow Perthite I see.

A great location up there, were you hiking?

in regards to the photo composure, personally id go for a tighter frame, making the waterway the core element and the green and blue of the sky minimalist, to give it more impact. (even see if you could get it so the trees are in the sky at all ... a 3 layer type thing) Also perhaps a polariser may have given a nice dark blue sky and some more sensual greens.

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Postby macka on Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:44 pm

The blues look a little bit unreal. Did you alter them at all? Perhaps you could have stepped to the right a little bit so that the water was continuous from the background into the forground.

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Postby gunn parker on Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:38 pm

I have had a play with this image to see if I can get it better, my skill with photoshop need work though,
The pic was taken on a day out in my 4x4 although I have walked the south section of the Bib track from Kalamunda to Mundaring.

Does this version look any better?
thanks

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Postby Oneputt on Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:51 pm

gunn to my eye the blues look oversaturated, which makes the sky an unreal colour.
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Postby olrac on Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:22 am

i did a real quick and nasty crop (screen dump and paint) and maybe cropping portrait might work

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Postby Big Red on Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:17 am

the sky colour spoils all the pics but the composition is good.
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