I am a Tourist #2

trotsky from london, United Kingdom

personally i like the contrast...and i love the shot!

4 Jun 2008 1:56am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Hi Rhys!...this is a really great landscape photo. I love it!
(as to your question about contrast - the sky is perfect but maybe there's a bit too much contrast in the foreground rocks. There's also a contrast halo around the top of the right hand post which is something I struggle with a lot in conversion work too and I received the following advice yesterday on this issue in another forum from a graphic designer and photographer called John Leech:
"The halo comments are interesting. I find I get these in extreme b&w conversions from time to time. If they are an issue it is quite easy to touch them up. I use the clone tool with a small soft brush - the two crucial setting are 'darken' so that the brush only applies to the light fringe, and 20% so that you can build to the value subtly, and take a selection point from the lighter side. It is amazingly fast to run around an object using this - you may find the 20% worthless and 90 or 100% easier. As always, use it on a dupe layer so that you can turn it on and off to monitor 'progress'."

4 Jun 2008 2:08am

Eye Spy from Menorca, Spain

Breathtaking.....

4 Jun 2008 2:21am

Mandy from Newcastle, United Kingdom

I like it but it's too sharp, you practically took my eye out with one of those rocks!!

4 Jun 2008 2:35am

Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States

I would still crop out about an inch at the bottom - the rocks distract my eye from the rest of the image - the poles, the castle and that stunning sky are enough layers IMHO.

4 Jun 2008 5:30am

Margie from Auckland, New Zealand

Rats, I missed the first image. I like this though - especially the composition. Very dramatic and moody.

4 Jun 2008 5:36am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Perhaps a bit too contrasty. But the image is so well composed and so interesting who's going to care?

4 Jun 2008 6:19am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Much better now Rhys....this is a really top class image!

4 Jun 2008 6:36am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Very good, I missed the first image, But this is Fantastic

4 Jun 2008 8:08am

Giannis from Athens, Greece

Nice work. I really enjoy it.Greetings Giannis

4 Jun 2008 8:22am

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

I think this looks fine on Aminus3, but I can imagine it being too sharp blown up big. Nevertheless, its a cracker of a shot.

4 Jun 2008 8:56am

Anthony Lambert from Germany

I´m off to poke my own eyes out.I am just not worthy of looking at your fantastic work......

4 Jun 2008 9:32am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

hey mate -- great shot, but before i read your comment on the picture i was sensing something quite distracting in the foreground...? i guess now that i have read your statement, i could chalk it up to contrast in the rocks... so what are you options? i think the smoothness of the sky is not able to compete with the lower third of the picture as there are so many details... don't think i have ever seen something like this before... what does this pic look like in color? maybe the blue would help to outweigh the texture of the rocks? all the same -- you have gorgeous photos! keep up the excellent work! :)

4 Jun 2008 10:44am

zOOm from Paris, France

I love the hight contrast here, really emphasizes textures on the wall of the castle and on the stones too... are we near the sea ?

4 Jun 2008 12:03pm

Mandy from Newcastle, United Kingdom

Much, Much better, I would love this one on my wall now!!

4 Jun 2008 12:53pm

fcofont from Valencia, Spain

Wow!, a really beautiful composition, I think the high contrast fits very well in this image. On the other hand I agree with Betsy I'd crop out a bit at the bottom but I think it´s a matter of taste :) . Anyway great, great capture!

4 Jun 2008 2:46pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Great shot, angle and composition. As mentioned by others, the foreground has too much contrast.

4 Jun 2008 3:41pm

Sean from Champaign, United States

I can't quite decide if this is too "contrasty" or not, but man, this is a stunning shot, Rhys. Great work.

4 Jun 2008 11:43pm

Oswegan from Lake Oswego, United States

That's a really cool technique that Ian talks about. I use that same tool a lot, but usually for taking out spots or other distracting elements. I hadn't thought about lowering the opacity of it like that and putting it in its own layer. Though, that's exactly how I do my buring and dodging layers. It makes perfect sense, especially when dealing with something as simple as sky. I guess I would agree with the assesment of the foreground being a little contrasty and sharp. Only because it keeps drawing my eye in, which distracts me from the rest of the image, which is great by the way.

5 Jun 2008 3:48pm

mal from Sudan

I like it, punchy contrast works for me. mal

26 Jun 2008 6:29am

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