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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:33 am
Tips, comments, anything all welcomed
Nick
Tips, comments, anything all welcomed
Nick
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:33 amTips, comments, anything all welcomed
Nick
Re: edit this entry
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:43 amVery nice, Nick! :)
A few suggestions for you consideration:
1) I seem to remember that you are using Gimp, an editor with which I am unfamiliar. If there is a way to smooth out the sky that might be beneficial. In an 800 pixel wide image it is reasonable to expect less grain than that. Even Irfanview now has filters which can improve things in that regard, although you wouldn't want to smooth things out so much that the clouds lose their character. ;)
2) Compositon: You really do need to stop clipping off parts of the plane. Clipping is fine IF it enhances the image. This clipping does not enhance the image. As a viewer, it makes me feel uncomfortable. You could reposition the plane so that all of it shows OR clip it in an artistic, enhancing manner. If the plane looks too "cramped" with all of it in the image then simply make the plane a bit smaller.
3) Blending: Look at the image but don't just look at it, pay attention, actually "see" it. Do you see how the plane doesn't blend well with the background? Do you see how the background and the main plane look like two entirely separate entities? That's where "blending" comes in. Blending means that the plane looks like it fits naturally into the background. Does it look that way to you? If not, then you have work to do, hee, hee! ;)
Best of luck in the "Edit This", Nick! :)
A few suggestions for you consideration:
1) I seem to remember that you are using Gimp, an editor with which I am unfamiliar. If there is a way to smooth out the sky that might be beneficial. In an 800 pixel wide image it is reasonable to expect less grain than that. Even Irfanview now has filters which can improve things in that regard, although you wouldn't want to smooth things out so much that the clouds lose their character. ;)
2) Compositon: You really do need to stop clipping off parts of the plane. Clipping is fine IF it enhances the image. This clipping does not enhance the image. As a viewer, it makes me feel uncomfortable. You could reposition the plane so that all of it shows OR clip it in an artistic, enhancing manner. If the plane looks too "cramped" with all of it in the image then simply make the plane a bit smaller.
3) Blending: Look at the image but don't just look at it, pay attention, actually "see" it. Do you see how the plane doesn't blend well with the background? Do you see how the background and the main plane look like two entirely separate entities? That's where "blending" comes in. Blending means that the plane looks like it fits naturally into the background. Does it look that way to you? If not, then you have work to do, hee, hee! ;)
Best of luck in the "Edit This", Nick! :)
Re: edit this entry
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:53 pmOk. All taken in Ive been having trouble with making it look natural, and i dont really have a blending technique 
. Does anyone know of a website where I can consistently get good photos for composites? Because thats been my main problem.
Thanks for all the advice, it was surely needed
Nick
Ive been having trouble with making it look natural, and i dont really have a blending technique . Does anyone know of a website where I can consistently get good photos for composites? Because thats been my main problem.Thanks for all the advice, it was surely needed
Nick
Re: edit this entry
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:30 pmOk. All taken in
Thanks for all the advice, it was surely needed
Nick
http://www.screenshotart.com/index.php?showtopic=25711
Your picture looks nice, but I agree with Harry's comments.