First Decent Photoshop I did...

[benjamin380]

well,it's wondelful,graphic of mystery,i like it very much!

[saiko]

Nice work for the starting !

Keep it up dear.

:)

[avinashlobo]

It's an interesting composition, but suffers from a few flaws.

- Sun is shining brightly, yet stars are clearly visible.:eek:

- Perspective/scale issues with the boat. As it is now, the boat & the guy would have to be gigantic considering their distance from the camera / relation to the island.

- The large planet is so close that you can see the relief off the surface. This would generally translate to catastrophic consequences for both planets.

- The lower half of the image seems redundant as it's not really adding anything to the image. Also having desaturated everything, the water doesn't really look very appealing.

- The clouds do not respect the perspective at all. Looks like the camera was actually amongst the clouds when the picture was taken.

I do realize that it's a fantasy composition and more likely a casual exercise in Photoshop, but these were the things that jumped out at me right away.

Good luck. Keep posting stuff.

[saiko]

Here is the imageMakuOnline posted:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9556/fantasyislandbymakuonline2et.jpg

It's an interesting composition, but suffers from a few flaws.

- Sun is shining brightly, yet stars are clearly visible.:eek:

- Perspective/scale issues with the boat. As it is now, the boat & the guy would have to be gigantic considering their distance from the camera / relation to the island.

- The large planet is so close that you can see the relief off the surface. This would generally translate to catastrophic consequences for both planets.

- The lower half of the image seems redundant as it's not really adding anything to the image. Also having desaturated everything, the water doesn't really look very appealing.

- The clouds do not respect the perspective at all. Looks like the camera was actually amongst the clouds when the picture was taken.

I do realize that it's a fantasy composition and more likely a casual exercise in Photoshop, but these were the things that jumped out at me right away.

Well, I dont see much of an issue with the pespective of the image either with the boat or the sky.

The glow, which you are thinking as Sun might be moon or some other planet with brightness less brightness. In fact I have some photographs of moonlit night which I took with long exposure has got very similar situation as above where moon is glowing with much more brightness yet the stars could be seen.

And about the catastrophic consequences you are talking about.... you should remenber this is a Fantasy world. :)

I agree with your point about the composition of the image.

Regards,
saiko

[avinashlobo]

Good point about the long exposure night shot. Hadn't considered that. I have a couple of those myself.

Still think the clouds could be a touch more skewed.

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[Taltos]

i have to concur about the size issue of the boat...it was the first thing which looked odd to me...
also, the concernns listed seem valid to me, but then it *is* a fantasy piece, so it's not that important to correctly interpret orbital physics. :)
keep it up!

[dbates]

I didn't really notice the size of the boat at first. It looks a little bit odd now, but not too much. The one crit I have is about the planets--the large one is lit differently than the small one (a moon?) in front of it. I.E., the small one has a sharp rim of light, but most of it is dark; but the large planet has a soft gradient of illumination. Wouldn't they be lit the same?

[-NG-]

Nice work. Although there are some flaws indeed.(wich could be just personal taste) I find the transition between the stars and the water/clouds a bit to stark, try fading it out more so the transition looks more natural, or adding a inbetween color to aid in the transition.

[umfridus]

Come on guys, it's a fantasy shot (and a nice one at that). So no need to take it apart because some parts don't look real or the physics doesn't behave correctly.:)

That said, the following points may be considered:

1. The lighting on the two planets in the sky is a bit strange. Half of the further planet is illuminated but only the rim of the nearer planet is (yet the light is even more intense). Assuming the light source is a star not too close to either planet, there shouldn't be such a difference.

2. The clouds are the most awkward part of the composition. They seem very far away in some places (a tiny island in the distance is visible), but very close in others (apparently shrouding the top of those towers). Their thick, sticky appearance doesn't mix well with the rest.

[graphicdude]

Nice Rendering I Like The Great Use Of Color In It It Comes Together Real Nice...

[avinashlobo]

Come on guys, it's a fantasy shot (and a nice one at that). So no need to take it apart because some parts don't look real or the physics doesn't behave correctly.:)

That said, the following points may be considered:

1. The lighting on the two planets in the sky is a bit strange. Half of the further planet is illuminated but only the rim of the nearer planet is (yet the light is even more intense). Assuming the light source is a star not too close to either planet, there shouldn't be such a difference.

2. The clouds are the most awkward part of the composition. They seem very far away in some places (a tiny island in the distance is visible), but very close in others (apparently shrouding the top of those towers). Their thick, sticky appearance doesn't mix well with the rest.Problem with the "it's a fantasy shot" argument is that every single critique thrown at it could be reduced to "it's ok because it's a fantasy shot", including the two you have mentioned.

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