Autumn leaf

JMitchell · 25-10-2007, 22:03

Wondered what you thought of this. Considered a crop and then thought against it cos I quite liked the perspective it gave seeing above the grass....

TFL, all comments and in depth critique welcomed,

Jack

P-E · 25-10-2007, 22:29

Nice use of selective colour Jack.

Boofers · 26-10-2007, 00:28

Good charcoal b+w, like um', colors work good. You could have cropped this a number of ways, but seeing you liked it, that is what counts in the end.

JMitchell · 26-10-2007, 00:39

Actually I've decided I prefer this conversion....what you think?

GainfulShrimp · 26-10-2007, 11:49

Yup, that second one is excellent and more natural looking than the first. I really like it, nice one!

JMitchell · 26-10-2007, 11:58

Thanks. I'm thinking about getting that second one printed. I know it's not the best photo I've taken, but something about the culmination of all the elements in it makes me really like it, especially the dew drops and the stunning leaf colour (which is COMPLETELY unchanged from in camera, and it did a good job, it looked like that in real life too

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Geir Andersen · 26-10-2007, 12:12

Personally I really like the second one. First one does feel a bit artifical.
Colour of the leaf is really striking

Rob Barron · 26-10-2007, 12:14

Well, it can't be quite completely unchanged Jack as it is different in the 2nd version to the first version! I like the 2nd one much more as it has a bit of bite to it, shows the colours very nicely. I am sure you'll get a print to be proud of

Cheers,
Rob

JMitchell · 26-10-2007, 12:16

Eh? Different? No it's not...?

Geir Andersen · 26-10-2007, 12:21

Think it's looking different because it's brightened/lightened.
Colour looks the same on my screen.

JMitchell · 26-10-2007, 13:25

That's what I thought...seeing as it's the exact same layer, and I only fiddled with the other one....

EDIT: actually there might be the minutest of differences cos it's a different shot, with more space at the bottom, but still, the colour is as was.......(now that is an ending to a sentence!)

dehno · 26-10-2007, 15:42

i like the little hint of colors in the second one...although i really liked the first one as well..

**Dabhand16** · 26-10-2007, 18:18

# 2 for me too

I also thought it was a different shot due to the leaf with the highlight on it halfway along the bottom edge to the RHS from the coloured leaf is higher in the frame, the light thing above this leaf just below the grass line is in a different place, the ends of the grass in the FG are in focus and the light patches on the LHS of the frame are more pronounced than the original.

I'd clone these out before you get the print done, and try cropping the RHS to decenter the leaf.