Bad Colour reject???

Aleks Stefanovic · 09-07-2009, 07:15 PM

Stumped on this one.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...key=1044220747

bigbassloyd · 09-07-2009, 07:50 PM

It needs some more saturation, and should be good to go. The colors are a bit dull, and lifeless.

Loyd L.

steambrake · 09-07-2009, 08:05 PM

I agree it needs more saturation...but I think I'd pull out some blue and sharpen a bit as well.

Stephen

asis80 · 09-07-2009, 08:09 PM

Yes, just a hit with saturation and you should be good to go if they accept the angle/composition afterwards.

Aleks Stefanovic · 09-08-2009, 01:04 AM

Thanks for the advice guys, added 5 to the saturation and here's the result.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphot...=296460&nseq=2

asis80 · 09-08-2009, 01:08 AM

PhotoID: 296460
Photograph © Aleks Stefanovic

Good job Aleks, and good job for proving me wrong on the cropping, haha.

Ben

Dennis A. Livesey · 09-08-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by asis80

PhotoID: 296460
Photograph © Aleks Stefanovic

Good job Aleks, and good job for proving me wrong on the cropping, haha.

Ben

I too would have thought this one would be dinged for bad cropping. Too much ground, not enough sky I would say.

asis80 · 09-08-2009, 02:10 AM

No, it's pretty much centered. You were 1/4 right, haha.

Ben

lock4244 · 09-08-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

I too would have thought this one would be dinged for bad cropping. Too much ground, not enough sky I would say.

I think the ground and sky are pretty much in balance... the station's tower may block some sky, but other than that they appear balanced.

Dennis A. Livesey · 09-09-2009, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

I too would have thought this one would be dinged for bad cropping. Too much ground, not enough sky I would say.

While the elements of the photo can be "balanced" by measuring with a ruler, doing this screws up the composition I feel. Too much ground in this shot makes the image bottom heavy.

Thus, compositionally speaking, off-center=better.

Here's my take with the image. I would have included more sky if it was there.

Of course, it's in the DB now so this is just folderol on my part.

JRMDC · 09-09-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

Of course, it's in the DB now so this is just folderol on my part.

My folde-whatever is different from yours.

(Nice word choice, BTW!) I find yours cramped, especially at the bottom but also on the left, and greatly prefer the accepted. I might have cropped just a bit from the bottom, to get rid of the shadow on the bottom edge, but that is all.

Dennis A. Livesey · 09-09-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JRMDC

My folde-whatever is different from yours.

(Nice word choice, BTW!) I find yours cramped, especially at the bottom but also on the left, and greatly prefer the accepted. I might have cropped just a bit from the bottom, to get rid of the shadow on the bottom edge, but that is all.

Well, that is the risk in not working from the original.

I agree my crop isn't very good either except for the fact I like it better than the accepted one!

I would like more top, more of the building on the right, and yes, more on the left.