Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - cracked earth tree

mjurkowski · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 51

What do you think? LCV?

mikenorton · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:53 pm

Why does the tree have 2 shadows?

veinglory · Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 1223

I think it would be better with the shadow toned down or removed.

mjurkowski · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 51

The lower one is a reflection - not shadow. Didn't know it looks like 2nd shadow.

fraiseap · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:23 am

I take it this is an illustration. I like it and I think it does have CV. I would get rid of the shadow and keep the reflection. Maybe add a bit of color to the reflection. (not as much as the tree itself).

mjurkowski · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 51

Softened and reduced the shadow, reflection made more reflective :)

Let me know if it's still difficult to distinguish shadow from reflection. If yes, I'll remove the shadow.

tnx

mikenorton · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:03 pm

It's hard for me to tell when viewed at this size so I'll ask, is there detail in the reflection? In my pictures that have both reflections and a shadows there is detail in the reflections and the shadows are darker than the reflections. But I am looking at pictures where as you are posting a vector (it is a vector right?) and as the creator of the vector you can make reflections and shadows as dark or as detailed as you want. I might be comparing apples to oranges but that is the way I have photographed it in the natural world. Please don't get me wrong, I like it but I'm viewing it through a photographers eye and photographers are probably not your market, so I think that you should do what you feel works best. If you can't decide between shadow and no shadow then upload both and let the buyer make the decision.

mjurkowski · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 51

Here's a crop with both reflection and shadow visible. What do you think now? You're right this picture is specific (a lot of white) and when's small - difficult to recognize details.

Sorry for bothering too much. It's for my first 10 so that's why :)

No, it's not vector. It's 3D rendering.

mikenorton · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:41 pm

I like the detail in the reflection it helps to show that it is a reflection. I say upload it and see what happens. Now to show my ignorance, what is the difference between a vector and a 3D rendering?

veinglory · Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 1223

I like the shadow but IMHO it would be better without the reflection. The reflection is distracting and rendered in so much more detail than the crack that it seems odd.

mjurkowski · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 51

mikenorton · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:25 pm

Thanks for the explanation, they both sound complicated.