Leaves and Rapids

[stevesutt89]

I took this picture a few months ago in Washpool National Park near Grafton, NSW, Australia. I'm not quite sure what it is but, the rapids just don't seem to work. I'm not quite sure weather its just that their on a slight angle or not.



Any thoughts/comments/criticisms welcome!

The full colour version is on My Flickr


PS how do I get it so that every time i leave a post it puts a link to my flickr and a comment at the bottom of my post automatically?

[Nicole]

First, I think it's the angle that makes it look kind of off... at least to me

Second, when you post a picture from Flickr, click on "All Sizes" which it appears you're doing. Then click on box #1 (the one that says "Copy and Paste this html into your Webpage"). It's heaps longer than the static link. Copy and paste that text to here and it will automatically link back to the photos. PM me if that doesn't make sense and I'll try to explain better.

Ok, duh, I think I totally misread your question. The way to put your Flickr address at the bottom of each post is to put it into your Signature as a link. Click on "Quick Links" at the top of the page, then "Edit Signature" then you can type something like "My Flickr Page" and highlight the text and then click the little link button (the globe with the chain) and paste the link and it will format it up for you. Maybe that's the question you asked

[The Mighty2006]

Go to Edit signature in the Control Panel to the left of this page. You can add things to your signature in the box that pops up, similar to writing a message. You can put your link there and it will show up in your signature each time you post.

[The Mighty2006]

darn beat me by that much...

[Nieton21]

for the angle thing you asked about, Possibly less of a blur in the water (i.e. faster shutter speed) would make the angle less exagerated, it seems like there are too different planes the one with the water and the one with the leaf, it seems like they don't fit exactly together. Also maybe if you got a little higher and could see more of the water behind of the leaves and less of the one on the big slope you would get a better sense of the shape of the land. These are just some ideas, I hope they help, I like the editing with the leaves really nice subjects

[stevesutt89]

Now, lets see if this works. If all went to plan, there should be a link to my Flickr at the bottom of this page.

Any more thoughts on the photo?

[Saralonde]

It works !

I agree with everyone about the angle of the water. I also think there are competing subjects in the shot. Which is more important, the isolated leaves or the wildly rushing water?

[jiminyClickit]

stevesutt89,

Or . . . water moves, your eye follows, even in a photo. The leaves' position jerks your vision away from the flow. Edit or retake.

[stevesutt89]

jiminyClickit,

Wow! Thats amazing! As that photo was taken in a fairly inaccessable part of the national park, i suspect i shall never be able to return there, so my only option is re-editing. I'm fairly new to serious post processing, so can you give a general overview of what you did, so that i can have a go on the original image?
(I'm using The Gimp, if that helps)

[jiminyClickit]

stevesutt89,

Your photo gets the credit, it just needed parts moved some. Thanks for "Wow!" That's the goal.

I use an old version of Adobe PhotoDeluxe, so the terms will vary from Gimp and most other programs. You can follow the intent to your actual function name.

If you have a little experience, you know to use layers when changing this much of your original. Simple Copy/Paste functions in the View function (Show Layers, something like that) will give you a working copy, which lets you start over if necessary, work on separate parts without damaging others, etc.

-Using a Select function (mine is Trace, you may have Lasso, etc.), draw around lowest boulders as close as possible, including leaves.

-Copy, Paste, Mirror (horizontally flip), place exactly in position. Erasing and blending the edges of this reversed image will be the Wow part, if you take your time.

-If you haven't done this before, Layers allows you to erase top image without disturbing copy under it. You can "turn off" underlayers if it makes erasing easier.

-Cloning out the original leaves will take attention and patience. If you have a crosshair indicator (showing where you're cloning from), moving it around while covering original leaves on the surrounding boulder surface will lessen chance of "repeats," the telltale cloning giveaway.

-It's deceptively simple. If you expect to maybe do it more than once, it'll lower the anxiety. Save your original, you'll have no problem. Relax, enjoy.

If Gimp turns out to be too different, several members are using it. Ask again for anything that isn't clear.