Water Earth and Sky

[Hope C.]

It's amazing what bumping up contrast and graduated filters can do to a picture.

Original:

Hate the crop on this... but it's on the other computer so I can't fix it

Edited:

This was part of an experimental assignment for a photography class I took in the fall of 2008. We had to come up with something themed to the "light at the end of the tunnel"

[Saknika]

I agree that it definitely needed more contrast, but I'm not too fond of the huge chunks of black, and it still didn't do anything for a very over-exposed sun; except to really force all your attention there. I'm really not too sure how I feel about the shot itself, but I do feel that a vignette would be far better than just adding masses of black at the side.

[ScottWood]

While the edit is better, I would like to see you turn the opacity of the grad filter/contrast down some, it is just a little too much. The lens flare is also very distracting to me, I would like to see it gone, but the biggest problem for me is the horizon being in the middle of the frame.

[shp]

The edited one is better than the original, as the sun in the original one is very bright. However, all that black around edges is a bit distracting, and so is the red flare. You could use less black or simply use a field of depth on the island and the sun, try to get people to notice these firsthand.

[MarianMurdoch]

Esperanza, may I play with your image to demonstrate something?

(I still think we should have a place in our profile to say whether it is okay to play with our images or not. It certainly would save back and forth time)