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mauvais
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I like that! Inventive, and it's worked well - loads of colour, lots going on, and very abstract. Looks - whether it did or not - like it's taken a lot of thinking and planning.
Edit: I think the following are all a bit dark; that's back to my monitor profiling/Photoshop problems. Oh well - they print properly!
Here's some I did today - a few too many, I know, but couldn't decide! All taken in Lytham/St. Annes with the D70; telephoto and kit lens equally.
Pier Sunset - a blend of two RAW conversions, but you can see the halo around the roof. Nearly there but not liking that - must be fixable; any tips?
Night Boat - my favourite, little blurry on the original maybe. Taken in the almost-dark as a bit of a guess!
RNLI Building - like this a lot, but not sure why; maybe cos it's my first really successful attempt at slow water reflections. Nicely exposed, I thought.
Silhouettes - maybe needs cropping but I've already thrown away quite a lot of it
Light Pollution - it was dark; this is a 30 sec exposure, and the light is almost all streetlights from Southport
Dunes - finally a simple idea, think I did it OK. Oversharpened by my batch convert though.
Edit: I think the following are all a bit dark; that's back to my monitor profiling/Photoshop problems. Oh well - they print properly!
Here's some I did today - a few too many, I know, but couldn't decide! All taken in Lytham/St. Annes with the D70; telephoto and kit lens equally.
Pier Sunset - a blend of two RAW conversions, but you can see the halo around the roof. Nearly there but not liking that - must be fixable; any tips?
Night Boat - my favourite, little blurry on the original maybe. Taken in the almost-dark as a bit of a guess!
RNLI Building - like this a lot, but not sure why; maybe cos it's my first really successful attempt at slow water reflections. Nicely exposed, I thought.
Silhouettes - maybe needs cropping but I've already thrown away quite a lot of it
Light Pollution - it was dark; this is a 30 sec exposure, and the light is almost all streetlights from Southport
Dunes - finally a simple idea, think I did it OK. Oversharpened by my batch convert though.
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
Johnny Canuck2 said:
Bugger just noticed a bit on it - that's what you get for taking it throgh a window - damn & blast
KoD
mauvais
on reddit or something
It's too big for me to see on this crappy monitor, but you know what? I'd fake it and copy in the left chimney to the right with a bit of Photoshop wizardry; should be easy. The bloom really takes away from the image, but if you put that back in you won't be able to tell (due to it being B&W)KeeperofDragons said:
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
mauvais mangue said:
I'll give it a wirl, not very au fait with photoshop but I'll get Hocus to help me when he gets back
KoD
mauvais
on reddit or something
I'm ill and stuck indoors today. Instead of doing revision for my exams, I thought of a much better idea - see what I could find to take photos of in the house.
Here's my favourite:
and here's a big bar of soap too. Stuck a paperclip in it, hung it in front of the window, PS'ed out the little bit of wire afterwards.
Here's my favourite:
and here's a big bar of soap too. Stuck a paperclip in it, hung it in front of the window, PS'ed out the little bit of wire afterwards.
alef
Needs to take more photos
The high level of detail and good use of depth of field make these stand out. They also give these shots the look of advertising or glossy publications, so not quite so arty -- whatever that means!mauvais mangue said:I'm ill and stuck indoors today. Instead of doing revision for my exams, I thought of a much better idea - see what I could find to take photos of in the house.
Here's my favourite:
and here's a big bar of soap too. Stuck a paperclip in it, hung it in front of the window, PS'ed out the little bit of wire afterwards.
alef
Needs to take more photos
Generally I haven't been taking many pictures in recent months, though got a few shots over xmas while visiting Washington DC.
This lady has been protesting in front of the White House for a number of years:
Resist or Die
This lady has been protesting in front of the White House for a number of years:
Resist or Die
alef
Needs to take more photos
Here's another:
Skim leaving the metro
Skim leaving the metro
alef
Needs to take more photos
Last one:
Metro station
Metro station
mauvais
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Reet - this monitor's too dark so I lose a bit of detail, bear that in mind.
'Resist or Die' is a pretty powerful image, and I like it. It looks like she's going to die before too long. Is she the American answer to Brian Haw? Composition wise, I would prefer more around it, but I always do. It could do with much more on the right to cover the whole of whatever she's holding - never mind the aspect ratio. It could do with a little more at the bottom just to push the badge back into the frame, and then maybe a little more at the top to add some balance. Maybe it could be a little more saturated, don't know. Otherwise, pretty good. If it's already a crop, you're laughing.
The two Metro shots - are these Paris or Washington? They look like the former, but I can't identify the station. I suppose it all looks similar! I don't think the second is that good; couldn't have been done much better but was never going to be that strong. The highlights are blown and the shadows are lost too.
The first has much more potential, but again there's a bit too much going on that's too dark to see - could just be me. It could also do with being sharper. I think there's stronger concepts in the scene such as isolating the roof and maybe including other stuff there as an alternative focal subject against it, like say the bright yellow illuminated signs etc, I dunno. Nowt much you can do down there without a tripod, and that'll probably get you in trouble.
I also don't think 500px wide is big enough to really do them justice, and that you shouldn't sacrifice as much image quality for filesize.
'Resist or Die' is a pretty powerful image, and I like it. It looks like she's going to die before too long. Is she the American answer to Brian Haw? Composition wise, I would prefer more around it, but I always do. It could do with much more on the right to cover the whole of whatever she's holding - never mind the aspect ratio. It could do with a little more at the bottom just to push the badge back into the frame, and then maybe a little more at the top to add some balance. Maybe it could be a little more saturated, don't know. Otherwise, pretty good. If it's already a crop, you're laughing.
The two Metro shots - are these Paris or Washington? They look like the former, but I can't identify the station. I suppose it all looks similar! I don't think the second is that good; couldn't have been done much better but was never going to be that strong. The highlights are blown and the shadows are lost too.
The first has much more potential, but again there's a bit too much going on that's too dark to see - could just be me. It could also do with being sharper. I think there's stronger concepts in the scene such as isolating the roof and maybe including other stuff there as an alternative focal subject against it, like say the bright yellow illuminated signs etc, I dunno. Nowt much you can do down there without a tripod, and that'll probably get you in trouble.
I also don't think 500px wide is big enough to really do them justice, and that you shouldn't sacrifice as much image quality for filesize.
alef
Needs to take more photos
All very good points, much appreciated. The metro stations are in DC, confusingly they don't call them subways. I may have another play around and re-submit them. You are right about 500px being too small, originally I planned to directly include them in the thread but then switched back to links.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
mauvais mangue said:Might as well put some life back in the thread
Quality.
Johnny Canuck3
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alef said:
It's a good 'human interest' photo, but isn't remarkable for the photography aspect of it.
sherriff rosco
Mostly harmless unless catering is shut.
A couple at a party in Sydney I was at last year. There was lots of stencils on the walls and these two decided to "flop" down next to this one. I love the way the stencilled man in the background is looking at them but they didn`t even register what was on the wall behind them!
Couple at Mekanarky
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Couple at Mekanarky
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Johnny Canuck3
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alef said:
Too much light in the photo coming from the ground level.
Johnny Canuck3
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alef said:
A really neat photo. The offsetting of the roof really works well.
Johnny Canuck3
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tangerinedream said:
I like it, but it's a shame about the upper left corner.
mauvais
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I like it! It's a bit dark and gloomy though; fiddle with the contrast/brightness (+15-20% on each?) and maybe saturation too.sherriff rosco said:
There's a bit of distraction brought in by the artefact in the top left, whether it's on the film/sensor or in the scene. It'd be good to heal that out, and a few other little bits of muck that spoil it a little. The corners are also darker - this is vignetting, and can be corrected via Distort > Lens Correction in PS until they match the right brightness. Maybe you want it like that, I dunno.
Overall, composition is pretty much there but maybe you could have moved it slightly left and slightly down; only a very little bit but it'd push everything into the frame a bit more and make it somehow more rounded/balanced.
The thing that bugs me most is that the stencil looks like it has a reflection/highlight in it. On closer inspection I don't think it does, but maybe you could have a play to see if you can counter or reduce that effect if necessary. Maybe not bother with that after all - I think it probably violates the realism of the image.
Good stuff.
sherriff rosco
Mostly harmless unless catering is shut.
Ta Mauvais for the comments i`ll have a fiddle in fotoslop and see if I can improve on it
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blackadder
I knew a girl named Nikki
I just know this will show as a link only, how can I make it appear as a picture when using Flickr??
Anyho, critique please.
Johnny Canuck3
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blackadder said:
I just know this will show as a link only, how can I make it appear as a picture when using Flickr??
Anyho, critique please.
It has too many conflicting angles.
Robster970
Pay homage to Global Bob
Johnny Canuck2 said:
agree, would crop it so that the lines of the frame are not making your head spin. will do a crop tonight when I get home from work. would probably also make it B&W and boost contrast. too many mid-tones all blending in together for my likes, but that's just a personal preference.
I can see what you were doing though and I think you've got something in the image as well - just needs a bit of honing.
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