It's been super busy around here not to mention days of rain, but I try to do something, anything, photographic every day. Here's an In The Round of a spring blossoming tree (Dogwood) from 2 weeks ago.
12 images/layers
Bottom layer 100% opacity
Aligned and organized the others on top according to the effect I liked.
Adjusted opacity and masked accordingly
Looking forward to trying In The Round on a person per Alan's article ... https://www.alanbrownphotography.com/an-overview-of-humanessence-techniques. Thanks for answering my question on this topic
Hope you are all well and enjoying spring!
Nice. The lighting is more dramatic.
Hi Jennifer, what a wonderful picture.
If I have to look for one are of possibly improvement it would be in the area at the top of the image. For some reason I find my eye drawn to the contrast between dark & light foliage.
If you feel the same you could try remediating this, but here is a simple crop just to provide a comparison.
Either way, I really like this image. As Rich indicates the lighting is wonderful.
BTW - Spring is just starting to hit our neck of the woods. After seeing your work, I can't wait to get back out once nature catches up.
Hi Alan!
I get exactly what you mean - the contrast does cause the eye to go back and forth. I guess it could be worked on in the layering/masking process too especially if I want to keep the original crop. Thank you for pointing it out; I appreciate it!
Hope you're getting the chance to get out now. We are having a beautiful week of weather after days and days of rain!
Indeed, the weather is glorious in Vermont this week and I have been out some.
One tip to try - with these types of shots being so forgiving you can rectangle marquee the top section in PS and use content-aware fill if you want to retain the format. It's worth a try.
I do love this shot, it seems to get better on each viewing.
Hi Alan!
Actually, in the past year I discovered the content-aware feature (select then press back space), and delightedly selected/backspaced EVERYTHING. It was a lot of fun when I discovered it. Anyway, I've been practicing lately using the advice you've given in different posts. Chris discussed his lack of interests in these types of photos because of the lack of texture which is something I feel as well. Do you have any advice for that? I think having texture would be easier in ITR than the other techniques. I've been trying to pay attention to this in my practicing lately.
Hope you did end up getting out this week. I believe New England is glorious any week of the year especially VT!
Sorry Jennifer, just seeing this for some reason (I don't believe I received an alert....).
Although Chris has an extensive knowledge of photography his tastes are very narrow, and I don't think he can be considered the norm (although I do love the guy!!!!).
That said, I do think that many ITR images fail because during the layering process they just become 'muddied'. I feel this is case of the process overtaking the desired end result.
I think this can be overcome by preserving a controlled amount of detail where needed.
This can be done by duplicating layers of interest and using masking and opacity to subtly bring back detail.
The muddy-ness is the hard part for sure, Alan. You are very right on its effect if not carefully edited. Thanks to your information, I am really starting to see the difference and appreciate this art form.