It is a good base image in my opinion. I like your entry better because it makes it a unique presentation and shows that you gave some thought to composition and editing. That opening through the tree like a tunnel is very interesting!
It is a good base image in my opinion. I like your entry better because it makes it a unique presentation and shows that you gave some thought to composition and editing. That opening through the tree like a tunnel is very interesting!
I totally agree, your entry is a much stronger image -- glad you were able to go back and get it.
I wonder how close you could get to your entry using the Sphereize filter on your outtake and "cropping" to a circle.
I just tried Spherize on my outtake, but couldn't get a satisfactory result. I was too close to the tree to get any useful background and don't have any shots taken from further away.
I just tried Spherize on my outtake, but couldn't get a satisfactory result. I was too close to the tree to get any useful background and don't have any shots taken from further away.
I was worried about that. Just as a test you could try adding some more canvas around the shot and see if it could have worked with a shot from farther away -- might come in handy on a future entry to know how much more background you need ... ;-)
I wonder if such a radical post-processing transformation would be legal under Standard rules? After all, it adds a lot of new black pixels to the corners, and I recall that adding new pixels (for example, expanding canvas) as a no... On the other hand, stereographic panorama (little planet) conversion does similar thing, and it seems to be legal...
I wonder if such a radical post-processing transformation would be legal under Standard rules? After all, it adds a lot of new black pixels to the corners, and I recall that adding new pixels (for example, expanding canvas) as a no... On the other hand, stereographic panorama (little planet) conversion does similar thing, and it seems to be legal...
I'm pretty sure that generative expand would not be legal but I didn't have any photos taken from a suitable distance to test Paul's idea on. And even if it was, some of the background created by generative expand was very poor quality.
