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View From a Balcony - Jan
2012
How I Did
It
I have to
start out by telling you what I didn't do to this image, and
that is crop it. What you see is right out
of the box. We were sitting on a balcony having a lunch and
at the same time were admiring the view below. As you can guess, we
were pretty high up a hillside. I took some good shots toward
the groung, but then looked up and saw this basket of flowers
flowing down from the terrace above us. So, I started concentrating on shooting it.
It was later in the afternoon and the sun was casting a
golden glow on the sides of the buildings. The flowers and their
basket were almost right in front of me. I really didn't need to do
too much to the flowers nor the basket. Just applied a little
levels and a slight curve to highlight them slightly. Then I
used Topaz adjust to fine tune them. Hope you like this
offering!
COMMENTS:
| Marti Buckely |
In
this image, the brightest parts are of the building and it distracts
me from the hanging flowers. I'd be curious as to what
settings were used for this image. It seems that a lower Fstop
(say wide open) would have blurred out the building more allowing
the flowers to take center stage. It's pretty but not a strong
shot. Sorry Bob - liked your last couple of offerings
better.
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| Dianne Glick |
The colors in this image are particularly
wonderful together. I read your comments about cropping and
then tried to figure out where I would crop - difficult
choices. My eye does wander to the bright yellow - perhaps you
could tone that down a bit and bring the eye more to the
flowers. I think it would be a difficult shot for me to edit -
I'm sure Marti will have some suggestions. Where were
you? Italy, Greece??
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| Jo-Ann Devine |
Nice subject
matter. Photo is
a bit too bright or over exposed. The upper left hand corner is
distracting. The flower pot, and leaves are nice and sharp.
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| Nancy Brown |
Lovely light, cascading flowers and use of Adjust. And
a really nice color palette of soft gold, orange and fushia! I
would just darken the corners a bit to keep the eyes on the
flowers. And have you tried flipping it?
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| Joe Zaia |
Bob, I
would liked to have been at your warm, relaxing and romantic
setting. I am sure you have wonderful memories of this place and
that the original cascade of flowers was beautiful, but I hope you
can forgive me if I do not see what you see in this photo. It
appears to me that the warm afternoon light did not do justice to
the flowers and leaves. Apart from the harsh light, the background
is distracting and I could not find a focal point for my eye to rest
on. As I said, I do not see what you see in this picture, but what
you see is really what counts.
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| Larry Hegstad |
A very pleasing image and I can well understand
why you were attracted to the scene. The textures and lines in
the gate are lovely and for this reason, my one suggestion would be
to show a bit more of the gate.
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