As I have mentioned, Brian, the red roof (and the vegetation around the
house) has been cooked in an effort to see what Eastway had done with his
image. I can't be sure what shade of red you are seeing, but if it looks
overcooked to you on your screen, then it's overcooked. In Eastway's too :-)
but I don't disagree, it almost certainly attracts the customers (until they
see his prices).
Don't worry about the Wacom Cintiq he spoke about, I reckon that is
completely irrelevant, you could achieve just the same with a mouse.
I also take your point about not "seeing" sky that is washed out - in the
same way, I all too frequently don't "see" a clear colour cast in my images.
But isn't that what posting images is about, getting a different view?
Piers
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Subject: Re: [OM] Peter Eastway and Phase One
Piers wrote
I don't wholly agree with Chuck that Eastway's work is overcooked HDR stuff
(in fact, he himself says: " I am not a big fan of HDR (High Dynamic Range)
photographs, but I gave an HDR photograph first place in a competition not
so long ago. Personally, subjectively, I didn't like the photograph much,
but as an example of its kind, it was
superlative.") I confess that I didn't
much look at the portfolios, paid
more attention to the written material. As a result, I do agree with you,
Brian, that there are things to take on board, because some of his examples
seem to echo the comments you have received here regarding your own images
:-) How about this
one:
http://www.betterphotography.com/index.php/peter-eastways-blogs-sp-19033/pet
[1]er-eastways-blog/773-svartifoss-iceland-just-another-waterfall
I
think it is indeed overcooked, but I think (hope!) you might recognise in
the original raw overexposure of highlights which has been recovered in
processing.
But I did take a quick look at his Scotland portfolio (well where else do
you think I would look?) and was a little surprised to be able to recognise
one scene from the thumbnail! Again, overcooked, but well framed, even if it
is a well-trodden route for photographers.
My own take on the scene is from
a different angle - largely to avoid
getting other photographers who
"chance" to be there in the
frame:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14101 [2]
There is a
lot less headroom in E-1 files compared to later models - but it's
surprising how much more there was to be had using the latest LR processing
model. Thankfully!
Piers
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Piers, I did read
where he painted the colour in (waterfall photo) with some kind on pen in a
WACOM tablet. I have neither.
I do seem to have reduced sensitivity
to blown highlights, compared with some persons in this group. If there's a
white sky above a vitally important subject that hogs all the attention -
then I don't even SEE the sky.
A bunch of leaves behaving
like mitrrors in a forest shot are something else though.
Tell me, was
the roof of that remote Scots little house actually that shade of shocking
red? Or is it overcooked. ?
I actually think that Eastway's
colour modification, which seem to be sensitively done, are likely to
attract buyers if applied judiciously to local iconic shots.
Brian.
Links:
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[1]
http://www.betterphotography.com/index.php/peter-eastways-blogs-sp-19033/pet
[2]
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14101
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