[dogdots]

Hopefully this is a bigger picture then my previous one so you can critique it.

[Dabhand16]

That's better! I like this shot - you have caught it well. From a composition aspect, I think it was said before, I would like to see them on the top LH third to give them space to fly into, and I think it might improve things if the sky/clouds were darker. This is an easy fix as all you need to do is to select the sky and darken it with a levels tweak.

[Markulous]

Maybe something a bit more like this?



Colour replace, canvas size, spray paint the join, sharpen, border

[Dabhand16]

Yep - just like that, but I can see the join!

[P-E]

Has the sky gone a sort of violet colour in Marks edit.........I'm colour blind by the way.

Nice shot

[Markulous]

Originally Posted by Dabhand16

Yep - just like that, but I can see the join!

Originally Posted by P-E

Has the sky gone a sort of violet colour in Marks edit.........I'm colour blind by the way.

Well, at least you have an excuse, P-E! My excuse? Will rubbish monitor do? Or just being over-hasty?

[P-E]

So it has got a sort of violet tint?.......if it has maybe I'm not colour blind after all

[dogdots]

Markulous what photoshop program did you use to do this? Can it be done on Elements 4? I gotta play with my photoshop. Those planes were sure kissing up to the edge of the frame I like how you did this--gave them some room to breath. The sky may have changed some, but that is ok. Thanks.

[Markulous]

Originally Posted by P-E

So it has got a sort of violet tint?.......if it has maybe I'm not colour blind after all

Maybe a touch of the violets, so maybe you only a touch blind!
Actually, can believe anything out of this LCD monitor!

Originally Posted by dogdots

Markulous what photoshop program did you use to do this? Can it be done on Elements 4? I gotta play with my photoshop. Those planes were sure kissing up to the edge of the frame I like how you did this--gave them some room to breath. The sky may have changed some, but that is ok. Thanks.

Used PS CS but most graphic editors will do the same. I intensely dislike Color Replace as it lacks subtlety (fine for a graphic image but not photos) but it was a 'quick and dirty' edit - and the image is way smaller than the full size shot (and so lacks the subtle detail/tones of the full size). Actually, I'd probably usually use Hue/Saturation to modify the Cyan/Blue of the sky on a seperate layer

[Charlotte]

Much better size dogdots

Brief critique, as there's not really much to say, since it's a pretty straight forward record shot.

I really like the juncture of the formation which you've captured here. It's amazing how damn close they look to each other I'm assuming they're not really quite as close as they look, but it just looks that way from a perspective point of view (although I'm sure they are pretty close together). Therefore you did jolly well to get this very neat shot

Exposure is a bit flat 'cos you had dark planes against a light sky to meter for, so again you did well to get them both within the same exposure. A little tweaking, like Mark did (but with a real-looking sky ) is all this needs, as well as room to breathe, as has already been covered.

All in all, a very good shot which just needs a little work to make it a great shot

[dogdots]

I will use this shot to figure out my Photoshop. Figure it is the best picture to learn with. Yeah, that dang sky. It was a hot almost clear day. So...I will play and learn with this picture. I will then maybe post it again in here and get critiqued (did I spell that right ) on my photoshop ability cuz I don't think it will be very good. Thanks everyone for your imput---it has been very helpful.