1st Place Eye-on-the-Weather by thubleau by Canon DSLR Challenge

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Eye-on-the-Weather
by thubleau


14/10/2005	thubleau

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Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Nov-2005 05:58
i can see what your saying about the right side after a closer look. maybe I feathered too much when i went along the straight line of the polygon lasso. it looks like some of the cloud has spilled over onto the brick and as i cloned the edge from both sides it looks like a mismatch about 5-6 courses down. the intensity of the light on the white was done intentionally by removing the blue cast from the white part of the picture other than that there was no painting with brush done to the image. eric

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Nov-2005 03:15
BTw the top is not totally white only the dome on the top and the iron supports the mid level is unpainted sandstone. eric

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Nov-2005 03:11
Just imagine Victor that the light is low on the horizon coming through the cloud and is diffusing the cloud and hitting the lighthouse low down. The storm clouds are gathering from the right and moving across the image,hence the darkness on the right side and at the top as the dark cloud does not silhoutte the mirror tower,only the partial scattered light hits the tower from the leat and provides a slight transparency of the tower to the left. As for cloning, the edge of the tower to the right was made more definitive by laying down the polygon lasso along the edge and cloning the cloud to the edge of the tower. eric

Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Nov-2005 09:17
I should probably stop looking at this picture. Before my comments, let me just say I gave it my highest vote. Nevertheless, there are some things that bother me about the picture. Most important is the brickwork on the right side of the tower. I'm guessing there was some cloning done, and, unfortunately, that messed up the curvature of the brickwork lines. I'm also curious how the top dome got so dark. Isn't it white, just like the domes on the bottom (which now look almost silvery)? That makes me wonder how much of the darkness in the sky, especially on the right, was more of a paint job than a photo. Or maybe it's a composite. Anyway, I can't help seeing these things now, and that sort of ruins the first impression I had of the picture. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Nov-2005 07:54
Thanks Shu.....let's see what happens !

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Nov-2005 01:11
I just dropped by again because this image always grabs my attention each time I open this gallery. Truly outstanding, or did I say that already....LOL shu

Guest		14-Nov-2005 22:17
Eric, this is a very dramatic image and you've handled the light so beautifully. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Nov-2005 20:34
Thanks guys eric

caveman_lee		13-Nov-2005 11:10
An impressive shot. The composition and exposure are excellent.

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Nov-2005 23:44
Stunning Gary W

Shu		11-Nov-2005 23:07
Outstandng image. Great contrasts and beautiful color! shu