self portrait on a babbling brook

[crazzy88ss]

http://flickr.com/photos/stephenkirsh/2191560372/

f22
3 seconds
iso 200
12mm
I used a wireless remote to trigger the camera.

This was my set up (took w/ camera phone): http://crazzy88ss.statichost.co.uk/p/setup.jpg

Same thing, only with out me, and horizontal instead of vertical.



http://flickr.com/photos/stephenkirsh/2191560370/

[Olivier H]

The composition of the portrait is nice, but nothing really pops in he shot.
Maybe you could play a bit with contrats and/or color balance to give the picture a bit more kick?

I'm not sure, but aren't you out of focus?
Aaah ok, my bad, the exposure time is 3secs, so you may have moved a little during the shot.

[Olivier H]

If you're ok with it, I could modify your photo with The Gimp : a bit of Levels and a bit of color balance could enhance the shot.
If it's ok for me to repost a modified picture, let me know, i'll post it.

[crazzy88ss]

ya go ahead, lemme see what you got.

[bigdoggold]

Your WB is off to me...to blue of an image. Your skin tone is way to blue. IDK if you were in Auto WB or not, but it just makes a good photo, look not bad, but wrong in color.

[crazzy88ss]

Originally Posted by bigdoggold

Your WB is off to me...to blue of an image. Your skin tone is way to blue. IDK if you were in Auto WB or not, but it just makes a good photo, look not bad, but wrong in color.

I was in "sun light" WB all day, and I forgot to change it for this shot. I'll go and tweak it.

[crazzy88ss]

is this better?

[Olivier H]

Yay cool! The new white balance is warmer, it adds something to the "nature" side of the shot.

I myself gave a try. I saw the histogram was pretty centered -> lacks dynamics, lacks contrast. I compressed the histogram (a bit too much actually, but that's for the demo ).
And I played with color balance to warm the whole thing a little.
I don't say that the shot is really better that way, but I mocked up something that (for my taste) would give the idea of what I think of "better".



As I said, I cropped the levels a bit too much and your skin is a bit burned. And I lost some details in the frontmost rocks also.

EDIT : editing from a RAW may have helped keeping more information

[The Weird Witch]

The pose seems a little unnatural/out of place, also if the image is meant as a self portait then perhaps putting yourself in the foreground is a good idea?
I like the smoothness of the water though.