grainy blurry peer

[anghelrox]

Hi guys,

This is a shot that I tried to process with Photoshop. I, personally, like the blurry grainy look ... What do you think? Should I have done something different with the shot?



Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 72 mm
ISO: 220
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

[GothamCity]

I love grainy looks, but I'm not so sure about the blurry. I can kind of see the tiny rails and the blur makes it look a little too busy to me. I think I would've liked to see the rails a little more clearly, especially since the water and sky are a bit flat, the picture just feels blurry and cloudy without enough detail, but I'm not a proffesional so I don't know

[Trader]

I have to agree that the blurring (or camera shake) doesn't improve this image. I would also crop out a some of the solid blue sky on the top of the image, it does not add any quality.

[Japaslavian]

Originally Posted by Trader

I would also crop out a some of the solid blue sky on the top of the image, it does not add any quality.

I would actually say the exact opposite.
The gradient created by the fog is really nice, and having a little more negative space would really help balance out the image.

As for my opinion of what you could do next time...
I think many photographers think that they need to get the entire subject into the frame, instead of making the best of what is available. I would try something like this:

(excuse the poor clone job, but it gets the point across).

Gives if a little more atmosphere and mood, as opposed to something that is more documentary.

[kencaleno]

Why no tripod?

[fletch]

I'm gonna add my voice to the "hold it steady" brigade.

The tranquil minimal scene is suited perfectly to the erie gradient in the fog and mininal muted colours. The busy/blury pier ruins that. If it had been pin sharp I'm sure you would have had a really good shot. How come its so blury given the 1/500 shutter speed you used. Is it a PP trick?

[anghelrox]

I have proccesed the photo ... and yes... it is blurry because I applyed some blur to it. Here is the original photo ...



I wanted to create a dream kind of image ... and that's why I tried to blur it ...

[fletch]

Do what you did before but instead of bluring the pier, sharpen it. I think it will look great. (If you can share your work flow so we can all learn from what you did)