First Framing attempt Photo

Photographer’s Note

Saint-Simeon, Charlevoix county

After a good night of sleep , Day two of our four days trip is starting. I wanted to wake up early to see the sun rising. As we were on the North shore of the Saint-Lawrence river, we had a great spot for capturing good images. Image taken from the balcony of our room looking South toward Saint-Pascal of Kamouraska.

I require your indulgence, as I am now doing my first attempt in posting a framed shot.

Well, It took some time but I posted two WS with titles and Signatures ( to look more ''professionnal'') Your comments will be appreciated.

Cheers!
Robert

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mortijo (12212) 2005-10-09 11:47

Well, for a first frame it is not bad at all. The picture ressembles more a painting than a photo, so a good frame is absolutely needed. Usually text is added by creating a text layer.

pady (4800) 2005-10-09 13:37

Very nice colors. It's pure, aesthetics; i like it.

Gromit (442) 2005-10-09 17:47

Hello Robert quel beau lever du soleil. Que de couleurs magnifiques! Pour ton cadre perso je le trouve un peu massif, c'est certain que ça prend de l'espace pour inscrire le titre. As-tu songé à mettre de la transparence dans ton cadre?

Pffffff pas drôle ton voyage. Se lever le matin et avoir une telle vue de son balcon je te plains :o))

Louise

erdna (5348) 2005-10-09 19:55

It is a success Robert! Both the picture and frame are pretty.

Andre'

danielswalsh (13320) 2005-10-09 21:01

Hi Robert;

Ah yes, I remember my first framing attempt...
Hahaha...

You did a great job, very similar to the type of frame I often use. The only thing your frame is missing is a slight tough of sharpness for optimum effect. The reason it's not as sharp as it could be is because you added the frame before you re-sized (correct my if I'm wrong).
One suggestion- try resizing your image to 720-750 before applying your frame.

The photo: Very nice, I like the range of colors from the blues to the orange-yellows.
Nicely done!
- Dan

SophieL (6028) 2005-10-10 10:25

Pour la technique du cadre, ça me semble impeccable! Sobre et simple, mettant bien en valeur la photo, peut-être que la bordure extérieure est trop large. Je ne suis pas très objective car ça ressemble pas mal à mes propres cadres, que j'aime bien! :^)
En ce qui concerne les WS, c'est toujours OK pour la technique (la police du titre est peut-être un peu trop "stricte" mais c'est une histoire de goût). Ceci dit personnellement je n'aime pas trop les titres sur les cadres (ou alors discret) et encore moins les signatures sur la photo (mais là encore, histoire de goût).

Et la photo dans tout ça? Elle est vraiment très belle, avec les profils des montagnes et des nuages et ces superbes couleurs contrastées, elle méritait un cadre qui la mette en valeur sans la dénaturer, bien joué.

jbweasle (9294) 2005-10-11 16:05

Robert, a very tranquil shot. I feel at peace with the gentle waters and the warm colours of the sky. As for the frame, I think this one works well to separate the image from the beige background of TE. The light colour of the sky is too much like the background colour so a dark frame is needed to give contrast. I use frames less than I used to (except for a thin black border) because often they don't add to the photo unless it's needed to give a contrast to the colours in the image. As for text - in my view it makes the photo look like a postcard and in most cases is destracting. Most of the signatures I see on TE just look pretentious and they are particularly awful when they overlay the picture itself.