Clothesline

Another example from the Ed Heaton workshop. I purposely went with a large aperture trying to create a bokeh effect. That worked well but the day was becoming overcast and I think that the image might be a bit dark. With not much of a color difference between the focal point and background, should I lighten up the entire image?

EXIF: D300, Nikkor 17-55 @ 55mm, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

(The rest of the workshop images are in this Gallery.)

Not sure about the lightening of the whole image Eduard. I think it conveys well the overcast day. Makes it more meaningful that the clothesline is empty. I might just warm the color temperature though… or not.

Marcel said:

Not sure about the lightening of the whole image Eduard. I think it conveys well the overcast day. Makes it more meaningful that the clothesline is empty. I might just warm the color temperature though… or not.

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Excellent recommendation Marcel and one I wouldn't have thought to try. So something like this?

Eduard said:

Excellent recommendation Marcel and one I wouldn't have thought to try. So something like this?

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Maybe that's too much. How about in between. Anyway, you'll be the judge. I kind of like the darkish mood of the first one but like the color balance of this one better...

I did go over the top to see how it would look. Thanks for the recommendation as it gave me an avenue to explore.

I hope you won't mind me showing you my preference. That's all it is, my preference.

Don't mind at all. I do like the foreboding apect to the image.

I would try the burn tool in PS on the bright bits...It will dull them a bit...

grr... I want that lens

My cut on this pic would have been something like this. One of the things I do when looking at a pic
or scene, is ask myself if the colour is important or adds anything to the pic. Otherwise it's a distraction.
I kept the surrounding highlights because they emphasize the peg. I then just concentrated on the peg alone, which seems the most important element.
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I gotta say I like all of the different versions presented, including the B&W, they all offer a different "feel". Very interesting shot

jdeg said:

grr... I want that lens

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I meant to ask you how you liked it when you rented it a while back. Or was that the source of the comment? :biggrin-new:

westmill said:

My cut on this pic would have been some thing like this. One of the things I do when looking at a pic
or scene, is ask myself if the colour is important or adds anything to the pic. Otherwise its a distraction.
I kept the surrounding highlights because they emphersize the peg. I then just concentrated on the peg alone.
which seems the most important element.
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Another great observation. Gonna have to play around a bit more with this image.

Eduard said:

I meant to ask you how you liked it when you rented it a while back. Or was that the source of the comment? :biggrin-new:

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haha, yeah. All the photos that were taken at CES were taken with that lens. Like the cover photo on the facebook page, and these: http://nikonites.com/content/277-d4-ces-pma-2012.html