[water]

Usual scanned slides.Near Broadford looking to Raasay in the background [I think!!].


and a view of Dunvegan


For anyone who has not visited Skye it really is a great place for photography.Having your own transport would be a big bonus but it is possible to get around using local buses,the post-bus service and your thumb! .

[Rob Barron]

I like the sky in the first picture, it has great detail and is very powerful. The FG is a bit too dark and featureless and the water doesn't look realistic for some reason as the colour is too strong and the lighting doesn't match. It has a darker area to the left of the water and then a light reflective area to the right but with the sky we see the light is far over to the left so I am not sure where the light reflection is coming from. It might just be that you have boosted the saturation a bit strongly, I am not sure.

Compositionally, the 2nd one is a lot stronger. The two diagonal lead in lines of water coming from the left and right corners coupled with the strong arrow form of the rocks with the rbight lichen on them all points your eye into the picture. The oranges are very strong which suggests maybe a touch of strong saturation again there though I know these are slide scans so colour tends to be stronger in those.

Second is definitely my fave of these two

Cheers,
Rob

[skipper954]

I know zero about slide scanning. However both of these appear to me to be a bit oversaturated. I think that if you brought the sat down a tad and maybe lightened the first one a bit, you would have some very good images.

skip

[water]

Originally Posted by Rob Barron

I like the sky in the first picture, it has great detail and is very powerful. The FG is a bit too dark and featureless and the water doesn't look realistic for some reason as the colour is too strong and the lighting doesn't match. It has a darker area to the left of the water and then a light reflective area to the right but with the sky we see the light is far over to the left so I am not sure where the light reflection is coming from. It might just be that you have boosted the saturation a bit strongly, I am not sure.

Compositionally, the 2nd one is a lot stronger. The two diagonal lead in lines of water coming from the left and right corners coupled with the strong arrow form of the rocks with the rbight lichen on them all points your eye into the picture. The oranges are very strong which suggests maybe a touch of strong saturation again there though I know these are slide scans so colour tends to be stronger in those.

Second is definitely my fave of these two

Cheers,
Rob

Yes,when I look at it afresh, my attempted localised adjustments have not worked at all well.I will have another crack at the first one as I feel that rectifying the badly done ajustments,cropping the base and maybe also a bit off either side,may be worth the effort.Maybe!.
I am hoping to purchase 'Photoshop CS2 for photographers' by Martin Evening from ebay to try and improve my lightroom skills.Anyone use this book or recommend an alternative?.

[water]

Originally Posted by skipper954

I know zero about slide scanning. However both of these appear to me to be a bit oversaturated. I think that if you brought the sat down a tad and maybe lightened the first one a bit, you would have some very good images.

skip

Hi skip,agreed re oversaturated a bit on the 2nd shot and am not happy with the hill above the village.Must try harder. On 1st one,it has quite a few problems but i dont feel it is oversatutated.I feel it lacks any 'sparkle'.Cropping the base will I hope begin to help.I may look upon this slide as a challenge and keep plugging away till either I master it or it masters me!!

[fionaB]

ahhh these bring back memories for me!....... i love both of them, but perhaps that is a personal thing cos i have so many fantastic memories of a huge amout of time spent up in that area.....

re the book: my bible is Scott Kelby's " photoshop CS2 book for digital photographers". its a brilliant book and very easily understood, although some foks dont like his style of writing me personally dont mind it!
ISBN : 0-321-33062-5

Fi

[water]

Originally Posted by fionaB

ahhh these bring back memories for me!....... i love both of them, but perhaps that is a personal thing cos i have so many fantastic memories of a huge amout of time spent up in that area.....

re the book: my bible is Scott Kelby's " photoshop CS2 book for digital photographers". its a brilliant book and very easily understood, although some foks dont like his style of writing me personally dont mind it!
ISBN : 0-321-33062-5Fi

I had a borrow of this book from library and liked it.Maybe I will check it out again and see what ebay/amazon has to offer.

[j sotelo]

Fiona I like what you said..Scott Kelby is my favorite photographer and my favorite author and my favorite photoshop guru if you read what he writes you could never go wrong..Look for the Digital photography book it has a lot of good ideas and you know that you can download adobe photoshop killer tips and photoshop tv Podcasts wich are also scott's... FOR FREE.... go to their web site www.photoshopuser.com ...I didnt put it as a link I just wrote so copy and paste...

[erick]

very nice light on the first one