Does this Fit the Forum?

[Eric Swenson]

This is a re-edit of the original image:

All and any C&C is welcome. Hope you enjoy.


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Eric Swenson. 16 years young and hoping to learn as much as possible.

 

[Brian Moore]

I'd say landscape, Eric, as well as architecture, since the ship is architecture in a sense.

 

[Eric Swenson]

Well I guess that works well then huh. Amusing how it happens to be a Landscape and Architecture forum section. LOL.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I love the split screen, inside and outside effect of this composition - well spotted!

 

[Eric Swenson]

I've put up a re-edit with different contrast levels on the brighter half of the image.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's very cool - I like the slightly surreal effect of the clouds - and the level of detail in the shaded side is quite excellent.

A very compelling photo - reminds me of those half in, half out of the water camera shots you sometimes see in Nat Geo.

 

[Darren Bradley]

I like the split screen look of the photo, too.

 

[Thomas brookes]

Yes Eric nice!!! Getting 2 shots for the price of one here!! Nice shot

 

[Pete Askew]

Very interesting composition Eric and, like the others, I like the split in the image. I would be tempted to crop a little off the left to shift the split to the exact centre though. It was, I imagine, tricky exposure to balance. I guess you might be able to squeeze a little out of the areas in shadow if you process the original image twice (assuming it was shot in raw); once for the right side and once for the left and then combining them as 2 layers in PS. Then use a layer mask to combine them as appropriate. Generally though, really well observed and realised.

 

[Paul Lange]

I agree that having the split dead centre will work really well. If I may make a suggestion, IMO the blue thingy on the side of the ship is a little too saturated and the mountings have a blue tinge. You may like to reduce the saturation of these and possibly change the luminance too. I think they would contrast nicely with the blue in the sky. Not sure it will work but it's just what I would try. It really is a lovely image.

 

[Eric Swenson]

Very interesting composition Eric and, like the others, I like the split in the image. I would be tempted to crop a little off the left to shift the split to the exact centre though. It was, I imagine, tricky exposure to balance. I guess you might be able to squeeze a little out of the areas in shadow if you process the original image twice (assuming it was shot in raw); once for the right side and once for the left and then combining them as 2 layers in PS. Then use a layer mask to combine them as appropriate. Generally though, really well observed and realised.

It was shot as a .ARW raw file, then converted to .DNG before being processed entirely in lightroom. I could take it to photoshop and work with it in layers but it's been a while since I've done any serious photoshop based editing. I may just stick to trying to achieve the same effects in LR. Thanks!

I originally tried 6 times when taking this photo to achieve the exact balance of inside and outside the ship that I was looking for. However, the deck of the ship was severely underexposed and the outside was somewhat overexposed, but I knew that I was going to be processing it, so I simply checked to make sure it held data for the shadows and highlights, which it did.

 

[Eric Swenson]

I agree that having the split dead centre will work really well. If I may make a suggestion, IMO the blue thingy on the side of the ship is a little too saturated and the mountings have a blue tinge. You may like to reduce the saturation of these and possibly change the luminance too. I think they would contrast nicely with the blue in the sky. Not sure it will work but it's just what I would try. It really is a lovely image.

It seems as though LR has decided to mess with the saved edits of the image in its catalog, so I'm starting from scratch again on this photo, but I'll definitely keep the mountings in mind. Thanks!