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[Soreenkid]

non sequitur hdr is not for the web problem with shooting fireworks is well... they're fast! This is actually three shots split seconds apart, taken on a tripod... as i'm sure you've just read

dunno why you're telling me what I already know?!

 

[boskysquelch]

hmm sorry but viewing at work with a standard monitor, for graphic on the web you have to consider what kit your audience may be using...

:thinks: ,,, if you reduced your image size by half it would be considerably improved for the viewer.

 

[pengaleng]

*smirk*

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

non sequitur hdr is not for the web problem with shooting fireworks is well... they're fast! This is actually three shots split seconds apart, taken on a tripod... as i'm sure you've just read

dunno why you're telling me what I already know?!

cos if we are going to critic your work online then we need to see it in the best possible light in order to beable to comment.... so using s a process which will not show on a 72dpi screen would mean in order to get accurate comments you'd need to take round to each persons house or exibit it some where with good lighting condititions and get them all to come view it then pass comment on it i guess

squelch are you suggesting i reduce the image slightly... i'm just not getting it your hinting at summit, i can tell <bright spark me>

 

[alef]

battle of trafalgar re-enactment on wednesday, and yeah... its another B&W

Colour is for the paint

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-cs2-hdr-32bit.html?source=rss

I think it's very The melting effect of the fireworks is the strong point. Hadn't read about HDR before, though doubt I'll ever use it, interesting to learn.

 

[Soreenkid]

It is worth experimenting with, I`ll upload some pictures later if I get time / away with it.

They're copyrighted now and no longer my property as such, but I`ll see if I can upload a nice big 14MB tiff or something at 300dpi

(so garf can print it out and crit' it - hope your paper, monitor, and printer are all profiled )

 

[Soreenkid]

http://www.oxygenkiosk.net/albums/June05/traf200.jpg

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

(so garf can print it out and crit' it - hope your paper, monitor, and printer are all profiled )

sorry blud i'm not buying a £5000 printer to look at your onw shot

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

http://www.oxygenkiosk.net/albums/June05/traf200.jpg

that's nto very black and white

more noir et rogue

 

[boskysquelch]

that's nto very black and white

and the script is not reaaaaaally in keeping with the content..graphically and demonstratively the shot feeeels curvy <<<the obvious! #whizzzzz__bang_pft<clues!...and also the historical implication of the content on the text puts the given font an anachronistic feel....saaaaaaaawt i awwt...give it a bit of curly my son!...Copperplate or somecurvysomesuch!...Regency woodbloock/lead font...like in 18th Century newspapers/posters?...do some research and see the type of type they were using back then/other type of type of stuff nautical historical jobbie...the 'given' is too Art Deco/1920's/Agatha Christie/Poirot/PG Woodhouse....I'm just saying sometimes you can't reinvent the wheel and that there are some things that work some tings that don't...aight?..ooooooooooooor go the who'll hog...and zap and zoooooooom it into the 21st century with liquid/mac type crystal/gel space agey fonts and give the info-detail a feels of now..and the background being the reaaaaaaal paaaaaaast....crit on!

 

[pengaleng]

ha! I knew he was shit!

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

and the script is not reaaaaaally in keeping with the content..graphically and demonstratively the shot feeeels curvy <<<the obvious! #whizzzzz__bang_pft<clues!...and also the historical implication of the content on the text puts the given font an anachronistic feel....saaaaaaaawt i awwt...give it a bit of curly my son!...Copperplate or somecurvysomesuch!...Regency woodbloock/lead font...like in 18th Century newspapers/posters?...do some research and see the type of type they were using back then/other type of type of stuff nautical historical jobbie...the 'given' is too Art Deco/1920's/Agatha Christie/Poirot/PG Woodhouse....I'm just saying sometimes you can't reinvent the wheel and that there are some things that work some tings that don't...aight?..ooooooooooooor go the who'll hog...and zap and zoooooooom it into the 21st century with liquid/mac type crystal/gel space agey fonts and give the info-detail a feels of now..and the background being the reaaaaaaal paaaaaaast....crit on!

i understood that



more booze for me

 

[Soreenkid]

---8<--- BIG SNIP ---8<---

It is Century Gothic, quite a me old bean - very ICA init.........><,

and its for a mailer for a contemporrrrrary exxxxyhibition that compliments past and present within its corporate identity.... (blah blah fuck it I can type like you) loads of shit about appealing to target audience, for the mailer show... nautical history students mainly from the uni

i am fucking saul bass when it comes to typography, dude - i still get people ringing me up for type stuff - cos I f'ing rawk! Keep pondering about doing an MA in typography

 

[boskysquelch]

Oh yes I forgot myself. You are right.

 

[Soreenkid]

nah, you just can't teach an old dog new tricks

 

[dlx1]

Crit one: If I sit still no one will see me
Crit two: Fresh Air

 

[alef]

Crit one: If I sit still no one will see me

Great contrast of bright colours, depth of field to good effect, moth/butterfly upside down unusual so more interesting.

Crit two: Fresh Air

Does nothing for me at all, sorry.

 

[Soreenkid]

Crit one: If I sit still no one will see me
Crit two: Fresh Air

butterfly is pretty but its quite stock image like, its hard to take a photo of fauna with out making it look like stock.

As alef says, the second one does nothing for me - but I guess the framing is quite nice.

 

[chooch]

So what does the infinitely patient panel make of this one and this one?

 

[tangerinedream]

So what does the infinitely patient panel make of this one and this one?

I like both of them, especially the second one - the water looks a bit like sky and it makes me think of thirst or something like that. The ground seems desperate for water.

 

[tangerinedream]

One picture and another

any responses welcome.

 

[Firky]

So what does the infinitely patient panel make of this one and this one?

first one could be cropped a bit tighter, or have a tighter DoF, I just think there's too much of the ground, and your eye is pulled awkardly up to the bike. Lose a little bit of the ground, and it would be easier on the eye.

Second one's canny good, nice contrast in textures

 

[Firky]

One picture and another

any responses welcome.

I like the second one, looks like's jumped over the traffic cones or being chased by them

 

[chooch]

first one could be cropped a bit tighter, or have a tighter DoF, I just think there's too much of the ground, and your eye is pulled awkardly up to the bike. Lose a little bit of the ground, and it would be easier on the eye.
Second one's canny good, nice contrast in textures

Good advice. Ta.

 

[Structaural]

You've nearly pulled off a fun trick of having the statue sharp and everything else appear moving. 'Statue walking' is a good title for it. Was your flash turned on? The highlights on the statue I find a bit distracting, though perhaps they're just from the sun. Maybe try this same idea a few more times and see if you can get it how you'd like it?

Thanks alef - I might try for a sunny day - I don't think the flash triggered but I could be mistaken as it was on night settings.

 

[Barking_Mad]

Ohh go on then Ill allow people to have a crit at my photos! A couple of silhouette type ones. The first taken in Whitby, North Yorkshire and the second taken in Leeds for a photoshoot for a friends band.

Whitby at dusk

Band silhouette


edit : the band photo was converted into b&w and had the photoshop equivalent of an orange filter applied to it.

 

[Structaural]

actually, HDR is probably the greatest feature Adobe have put in Photoshop.

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-cs2-hdr-32bit.html?source=rss

Cool!! - I didn't know that! [goes and buys tripod]

 

[Structaural]

Ohh go on then Ill allow people to have a crit at my photos! A couple of silhouette type ones. The first taken in Whitby, North Yorkshire and the second taken in Leeds for a photoshoot for a friends band.

Whitby at dusk

Band silhouette


edit : the band photo was converted into b&w and had the photoshop equivalent of an orange filter applied to it.

Beautiful shots - I love the Whitby one.

 

[Soreenkid]

Cool!! - I didn't know that! [goes and buys tripod]

Another one converted.

 

[Structaural]

Another one converted.

I could have done with one for this shot - but it's interesting enough without the background sharp - long exposure was used...

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