Tea - Fountain

[Chevvyf1]

Just been here for "Afternoon Tea" today

This is from a previous visit


HOW ? could you improve it ?

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[StephenL]

Re: Tea - Fountain

What a fascinating sculpture! As a record shot it's fine - maybe a vignette to draw the eyes to the centre.

But I would also take separate photos of specific parts of the sculpture, concentrating on details.

[Imageryone]

Re: Tea - Fountain

Hard sharpen to bring out the water droplets.
Lighten Shadow by +15
Saturation +15
All in FastStone
Hope you approve?

[sponner]

Re: Tea - Fountain

similar but more so

[sponner]

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b and w for drama?




Not convinced by my efforts, if I were to revisit i would try and separate the fountain and water from the bg with dof.

[crimbo]

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IMHO you need to isolate the subject... reduce depth of field

[tomphotofx]

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I think I would have adopted a lower viewpoint to isolate the sculpture from the background then honed in on various pieces using a wider aperture to give more DOF.

Working with what you have here I darkened the background and added a mild blur to separate the sculpture, tweaked the sculpture and added a small amount of sharpening to make it stand out from the background. Plus did a B&W conversion to give another take on it.

Hope you like it.

Tom

[OM USer]

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A nice picture to start with but I do like the colour edit from Tom, above. Makes it seem like the sun is shining on the statue a bit more.

[alfbranch]

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Looking at how little water is sprayed by this fountain a fast shutter speed in that light does not show the water well.

I would suggest a neutral density filter and tripod a 1/4 of a sec should do it.

[Chevvyf1]

Re: Tea - Fountain

What a fascinating sculpture! As a record shot it's fine - maybe a vignette to draw the eyes to the centre.

But I would also take separate photos of specific parts of the sculpture, concentrating on details.

Stephen, it is "The Fountain of LURVE" at Cliveden, Nr.Maidenhead in Berks.

I do have lots of images of "the pieces". My objective here, was to capture the Fountain and Water Droplets

[yorky]

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I find the sharpness of the water droplets distracting, I would have prefered a slower shutter speed rather than the fast one.

[Chevvyf1]

Re: Tea - Fountain

I find the sharpness of the water droplets distracting, I would have prefered a slower shutter speed rather than the fast one.

Next visit, I will take a slow shot for the Milky water Not to my taste I am afraid I like to see the droplets ... its a fountain and its water I wanted to catch

[Chevvyf1]

Re: Tea - Fountain

Looking at how little water is sprayed by this fountain a fast shutter speed in that light does not show the water well.

I would suggest a neutral density filter and tripod a 1/4 of a sec should do it.

Cheers Alf - good advice thanks I shall next visit Tea at Cliveden is rather nice

[Chevvyf1]

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A nice picture to start with but I do like the colour edit from Tom, above. Makes it seem like the sun is shining on the statue a bit more.

I too favour Toms treatments EXCELLENT Tom Thank You

[alfbranch]

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Cheers Alf - good advice thanks I shall next visit Tea at Cliveden is rather nice

Even a 1/10 sec will make a difference