Response to Dramatic Light (Response #98)

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rValley said 613 days ago:

I like the texture and light the corn stalks provide. The structure to me needs a bit more work regarding the haloing, and also needs a tad more contrast. The clouds are very sci-fi, but to my eye, are a bit much, and a little dark on the upper portion.

rValley said 613 days ago:

trzebiat said 613 days ago:

I am not the biggest fan of such exaggeretaed, unreal images, but - yes - it is impressive.

King said 613 days ago:

This is just downright scary.

philippe said 613 days ago:

HDR! Cool!

Montage said 613 days ago:

I love this shot. But from my experience you'll get a whole heap of people saying it's too overprocessed. Shame.

mitchh said 613 days ago:

Wow. This certainly fits the theme! Did you combine multiple exposures (one for sky, one for foreground)? Very effective. The corn looks otherworldly.

One complaint: I would like to see more room between the right edge and the end of the sprinkler system.

EssPea said 611 days ago:

"I love this shot. But from my experience you'll get a whole heap of people saying it's too overprocessed. Shame."

The shame is that a perfectly good picture was demolished.

philippe said 611 days ago:

EssPea, you read my thoughts.
I'm glad this one is featured.

AbsolutelyN said 610 days ago:

Where is the dramatic light? I only see drama attempted to be forced into the picture as an afterthought.

philippe said 610 days ago:

Oops! I think I agree with montage, not with EssPea.

jertel said 608 days ago:

Thank you for both the support and honest critiques. This image is certainly "over processed", but that was the intention. This originally appeared on my photoblog: <a href='http://www.thesefleetingmoments.com' target='_blank'>These Fleeting Moments</a>, which briefly describes this image. This was not "a perfectly good picture" to start. It was a quick snap, with numerous blown out areas and as such, was not originally going to be used on my blog. This is one tone mapped tiff with a lot of curve and selective coloring work. The original can be seen by <a href='http://www.thesefleetingmoments.com/other-images/Land-Of-The-Water-Dragon-original.jpg' target='_blank'>clicking here</a>.

Thank you,
Jason
<a href='http://www.thesefleetingmoments.com' target='_blank'>These Fleeting Moments</a>

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