C & C Frost

I just shot this the other day and it was a lot of fun, but it feels a little flat and I am not sure if the image is just not sharp (because of the lens that I used) or slightly out of focus. Also it was through a pane of glass that is slightly tinted and (as is evident) very dirty. :( Also the compression required for the forum width is really destroying the little detail that it had originally. Here is a link to my flickr with the pic.


This was taken with a Canon 10D EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ f/4.5 1/125 ISO 100 I also had a set of extension tubes on there to make the macro shot. With that I assume that the real f number is a lot worse, but I don't know how long they were nor do I know how to calculate it. All comments, critiques, etc. welcome.


Enjoy!


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I edited the photo for you in DPP, a picture is worth a thousand words. It makes it easier that way.


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John.

Hmm. It does make it look less flat.

Very nice and interesting!

Here's my go at editing, hope you don't mind!


http://www.crosbyharbison.com/files/frost.jpg


I didn't like the top part; I found it distracting.

This is very nice editing. It looks like a tattoo in reverse.

I see what you are saying about the distracting corner. It does kind of need some modification there. I wish that it didn't have to go though because the feather like look of those especially are really pretty. I might mess with it some and see what I com up with.

Here is how I decided to edit it. I don't really like vignettes very much but I think the distractions and things were removed. Also I like the sharpness a little better as well as the color. It does not seem to be too flat.


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I would enjoy some comments on the crop here. I really think it pulls things together that were missing in the original.

Nice Frost. Was that home or dorm? I might push your bright end to be more pure white, and up your saturation another bit. The new picture is definitely better than the original. If you have some time you could clone out the white dots. Other than that, cool shot. Our frost has never been that interesting here.


dan

This is dorm. As I said earlier it was two pains of glass I was shooting through and the dots were inevitable. I don't currently have a photo editing program so I will have to mess a around with some free ones to eliminate the specks. Also I think a little more satruatiion might be ok but I think the blue tinge on the ice makes it look colder and more frozen like. Just an opinion.

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Originally Posted by Flaming

I don't currently have a photo editing program so I will have to mess a around with some free ones

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i've been experimenting with Gimp2......another poster mentioned it on another post and thought i would try it, even though i have CS4 installed.......i love freeware.....you should give it a try. just google gimp2

Gimp is ok. Gimp is really weird on a mac so that really disappointed me. I also don't understand how it works.


Also do any of you know how I could get DPP for my mac since the 10D that I have lost its software a long time ago?


Thanks, Samuel

only thing i can think of for your missing DPP, is find someone in your area that has the sofware discs and beg/borrow/steal the mac disc off of them, or maybe inquire at your local photo shop.


jim

Wow, that's very cool! For whatever reason, this has the look of some sort of deep-sea plant, to me, which makes the frost look all the more other-wordly. Either that, or it's because I'm in Phoenix, and I don't think we've ever had frost like that, even on our most 'fridgid' winter mornings. [:)]

Thanks Jim, I'll check with the photographers around here and see if any will be so kind.


Aaron, Thanks so much. I have only seen that frost a couple of times and usually it is then the window is really cold. Therefore it makes sense that Phoenix would not have much of the frost. I think the morning that I took those it was -15 F outside. It also helps to keep the room really humid so that there is always water to freeze sitting on the windows. :P


Samuel