Ray對老船長長城幣的評論:
Well, my first comment is that I wish US coins had such beautiful quality and subject matter. Just beautiful. Given the subject matter, the lighting is extremely important to get a "natural" feel in the image, and I believe the photographer did this well. It looks like a single light, at around 2:00, was used and this has highlighted the sky and the surfaces as if it were the sun shining down at 2:00 in the afternoon. The luster it picks up in the sky and in the lower right of the coin, and on the surface of the walkway upper right, is very aesthetically pleasing.
My critique has 4 areas:
1) It looks like the contrast is a bit low
2) As with many of the other images presented, the photographers are being very conservative with sharpening. In most cases (including this one) I'd prefer to see just a little more sharpening applied
3) I don't have the coin in-hand, but it appears the coin may be more colorful than is being depicted here.
4) I'm not fond of the slight reflection that is hitting the coin from 8:00. It is apparent in some highlighting of the raised edge of the field at lower left, and elsewhere on the coin as well. I don't know if this was intentional but I feel it distracts from the overall contrast.
I've taken the liberty to make some minor changes to address items 1,2,3 above, see the image below. I can't address item 4, it must be addressed with lighting modifications.
我的第一個看法是我希望美國硬幣也有如此美妙的質量和主題。非常漂亮。這個主題決定了用光務必要為圖像增加“自然”的感覺。我認為攝影者恰如其分地做到了這一點。似乎是2點鐘方向使用了一盞燈,照亮了天空和表面,像是下午2點鐘的陽光。它在天空中、錢幣右下角以及右上方坡道上產生的原光具有非常令人愉悅的美感。
我的意見包括以下四個方面:
1)對比度看起來有些不足
2)和其它上傳的圖像一樣,攝影者對銳化過于保守。在絕大多數情況下(包括這張),我覺得可以多用一些銳化
3) 我沒有見過這枚幣,但是幣上的色彩似乎比照片中的更濃
4) 我不太喜歡8點方向的微弱反光。這些反光出現在左下角底板邊緣的突出部位,以及幣上的其它地方。我不知道是否這是有意而為,但我覺得它們對整體的對比效果有干擾。
我自作主張地做了一些細微的調整,以修正上面的1、2、3點。見下圖。我無法解決第四條。這個得調整燈光才能解決。