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IMAGE DOCTOR

Look up

The gondolas on this fairground ferris wheel and the dramatic

clouds in the background attracted Wayne Sherriff. He writes: “One

Raw shot, pointing almost vertical, no filters, converted to three

TIFF images with one EV separation. The sky seemed washed

out so I opted for an HDR tone mapping treatment followed by

further processing in Photoshop. I cropped to square format to

reduce superf luous sky and produced a sepia toned version. This

was then layer blended with the tone mapped image to remove the

blue-grey tones of the sky to accentuate the wispy clouds and reduce

the brightly coloured gondolas to a smaller range of tones while

retaining their predominant reds.”

This is an interesting, texturally rich image with good colour

and a strong point of interest. The vertical shooting angle, square

format and diagonal framing also make it possible to view this shot

vertically and horizontally. There are lots of extraneous bits and

pieces – wire and metal posts – that would usually be distractions,

but in this case they just add to the mystery. This has the feel of

a movie poster: graphic, interesting and eye-catching. It would

have been nice to have one of those red buckets in the foreground,

but we can’t always have it all. Fantastic presentation and good

treatment. Well done!

SAIMA’S TIP: Bending your knees or perching on a wall, looking

up or down or under or over around, can help provide those unusual

points of view that can make an image stand out from the crowd.

TITLE: Upwardly mobile

PHOTOGRAPHER: Wayne Sherriff

DETAILS: Nikon D80,  Sigma 10-20mm lens @ 10mm, 1/250s @

f/8, 125 ISO, handheld.

THIS MONTH’S WINNER!

AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY JUNE 2016