Andrei Barbier March 30, 2020 - 1:07 pm

Minsk sea reflection

Hi,

Here is one of my latest shots made and I'd be very thankful to see your critiques related to composition, post-processing etc.

Thanks a lot in advance!

3 Comments

Chris Jablonski March 30, 2020 - 7:43 pm

Nice image as it is, Andrei!

In terms of composition, I'd like a little more open water (if there was any!) to the left of the trees, which seem just a little jammed-in at the left.

There seems to be a pale band running through the trees, starting above water level at left and rising up into the canopy at right. It doesn't quite look natural, and I suspect is a processing artifact. I can imagine that in your place I'd have wanted to "lift" the shadow tones from the RAW or SOOC jpeg, and that artifacts could then creep in.

Overall, it's still a pleasing image. Beautiful colours, and I very much like the overall concept. Hope to see more from you.

Andrei Barbier March 31, 2020 - 2:54 am

Chris Jablonski

Thanks a lot Chris Jablonski for your constructive feedback! The pale band you noticed, is a mist, so I couldn't get rid of it. (

Chris Jablonski March 31, 2020 - 8:17 am

Andrei Barbier

Well, Andrei, if it was there at the time, it's NOT an artifact. I was mistaken in that case. I wondered about mist, but the darkness below seemed puzzling, as mist tends to settle low. You were there, I wasn't!