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Gordon Gnu said:
How about This.

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Sell it back to them as a postcard! :D

I really like it actually, looks quite similar to Castleneud. Is it on the Dordogne somewhere?

Ta for the comments alef.
I was restricted to that angle by distractions that I could only exclude from there. I had options in terms of height, and liked that composition on the screen. In retrospect, maybe I should click that button more and select my shot back in PS? The fence was overshadowed at that time of day or the colours would stand out further. It's not far from here, so maybe I'll go back on a sunny day.

Deej is actually a health services user I help support. He was actually just having a catnap on a sunny day, but I thought the pose was interesting and could be interpreted various ways with no prior knowledge. I think I broadly agree with you about colour and b&w (although not duotone), but I felt it worked in this instance for some reason, although I'm not sure why, technically speaking iykwim? I initially tried it because it seemed the bright colours of the garden in sunshine biased the interpretation, but it wasn't interesting enough in purely B&W or duotone as there wasn't a wealth of shape or contrast. I felt happy enough posting it as his face is naturally obscured, but gave him a random name anyhow.

I definitely think I could get in to this photography malarky. I've been looking for a creative outlet for fucking years. When I was at school I was the lead actor in the place for my final 2 years, and used to write what still stands up as passably good poetry. Since entering the free world almost a decade ago though, I've learnt that amateur dramatics groups make me cringe, and the words have generally dried up. Photography could fill that gap I think. :)
 
Curious...

tribal_princess said:
foxglove
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What resolution was that image originally at TP (presuming it's been cropped)?

I have to scale everything I take down or the detail goes... that down to pixel count?

I like it btw.
 
Corax said:
What resolution was that image originally at TP (presuming it's been cropped)?

I have to scale everything I take down or the detail goes... that down to pixel count?

I like it btw.
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its been scaled down by 50% I do that to most of my images, reason one they would be too big and reason two they look better (I think anyway) resized.

my cameras 5.3mp with a 21x optical zoom
 
It's an interesting bit of architecture, and the half-open door adds an element of interest to the composition. I'd crop out the office windows, as they're not things of beauty, and maybe play around with the levels to try and bring the brickwork into sharper focus. imao.

Edit: And possibly I'd try and lose some of the detail inside the building through the doorway in order to draw out more distinct shapes.
 
Corax said:
Sell it back to them as a postcard! :D

I really like it actually, looks quite similar to Castleneud. Is it on the Dordogne somewhere?
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It is actually the Chateaux in samur which is in the Loire, went there last year camping (well we went all over France) but this was just a stunning setting. That pic was taken with an old Canon A80 :eek: I'm amazed i managed to keep it that still

Here's another from France

and another
 
The second one particularly appeals. It's a dynamic, rather than passive, moment captured neatly, well accompanied by the swathe of colour in the door.
 
Some lovely stuff on here :)

Not the kind of photo I usually take, so never been able to decide whether I like this one or not:
0505
 
chooch said:
Some lovely stuff on here :)

Not the kind of photo I usually take, so never been able to decide whether I like this one or not:
0505
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It's ok, taken at a nice time of day for that warm glow (called "magic hour"). But not really sure what the main subject of the photo is? It definitely needs some levels adjusting, so I've "done a wordie" here:
http://www.alef.co.uk/photos/urban75/05/images/0505.jpg

Right half is the original untouched, left half quickly tweaked in Photoshop: auto-levels, auto-contrast, auto-colour, and a bit of unsharp mask.
 
Corax said:
Cheers JC for the comment JC. :)

I can see what you mean about silhouettes. Before this thread appeared, that was the best shot I'd taken. After advice off here I've taken and posted a few more, received advice from alef and others (much 'preciated), and gone out shooting again.

along with others, are here

No silhouettes this time...

Any better?
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When I started trying to be 'serious' about photography, I went out and took a bunch of silhouette shots that I was very proud of (still am, actually). I was going out with this graphic designer at the time; she said the same thing to me that I said to you. I was stung that someone was contradicting my artistic vision, but it made me branch out into attempting to take good pictures that weren't backlit.
 
Corax said:
Cheers JC for the comment JC. :)

I can see what you mean about silhouettes. Before this thread appeared, that was the best shot I'd taken. After advice off here I've taken and posted a few more, received advice from alef and others (much 'preciated), and gone out shooting again.

along with others, are here

No silhouettes this time...

Any better?
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I like the black and white fence one, also the colorized man lying on the grass. The one with the bollard in the foreground, bridge background has a neat light effect, almost like it has been somehow brightened by subracting elements from it. The bark one looks like a different developing process; do you do your own developing?

The tree with the sun looks like an infrared lens, which makes for interesting outdoor shots.

Looks like you've already done some non-backlight shots; sorry for my presumption.
 
squelch said:
Tank you for that...obviously I would have never have thought of that. Oh silly me.. ThanX for that JC2.... you are great at giveing really god advice. And thank you too for not referring to the size of my dick or my income. You are the best. We must get together sometime. It would be great. :)
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Now I'm curious; is your dick as big as your income?
 
Corax said:
Sell it back to them as a postcard! :D

I really like it actually, looks quite similar to Castleneud. Is it on the Dordogne somewhere?

Ta for the comments alef.
I was restricted to that angle by distractions that I could only exclude from there. I had options in terms of height, and liked that composition on the screen. In retrospect, maybe I should click that button more and select my shot back in PS? The fence was overshadowed at that time of day or the colours would stand out further. It's not far from here, so maybe I'll go back on a sunny day.

Deej is actually a health services user I help support. He was actually just having a catnap on a sunny day, but I thought the pose was interesting and could be interpreted various ways with no prior knowledge. I think I broadly agree with you about colour and b&w (although not duotone), but I felt it worked in this instance for some reason, although I'm not sure why, technically speaking iykwim? I initially tried it because it seemed the bright colours of the garden in sunshine biased the interpretation, but it wasn't interesting enough in purely B&W or duotone as there wasn't a wealth of shape or contrast. I felt happy enough posting it as his face is naturally obscured, but gave him a random name anyhow.

I definitely think I could get in to this photography malarky. I've been looking for a creative outlet for fucking years. When I was at school I was the lead actor in the place for my final 2 years, and used to write what still stands up as passably good poetry. Since entering the free world almost a decade ago though, I've learnt that amateur dramatics groups make me cringe, and the words have generally dried up. Photography could fill that gap I think. :)
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I used to think that photography was a slacker's medium for creating art. All you have to do is get a couple of books, learn about f stops, and voila: instant art. I think I thought that art had to be toiled over, and also produced via some special dexterity in the artist, to be real art.

But I've seen so many bad photos taken by people with lots of books, and good cameras, etc, that I accept that the ability to frame a good pic, is artistic creation on a par with painting, etc.

This thread makes me want to dig in the trunk for my old Pentax, and start shooting again.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
No scanner.
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I've got one free to anyone who can collect it (London SW11). It's a Umax Astra 2100U, very basic, but is USB and can do the job of getting something online. No Mac OS X driver though. PM me if interested. </derail>
 
alef said:
I've got one free to anyone who can collect it (London SW11). It's a Umax Astra 2100U, very basic, but is USB and can do the job of getting something online. No Mac OS X driver though. PM me if interested. </derail>
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I wonder what it would cost to get it shipped to Vancouver?
 
alef said:
It's ok, taken at a nice time of day for that warm glow (called "magic hour"). But not really sure what the main subject of the photo is?
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Yep. Neither am I ;) The silhouette on the left probably. The tweaking definitely improves it. Ta.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
.... The bark one looks like a different developing process; do you do your own developing? ... The tree with the sun looks like an infrared lens...
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No, all I've got to play with for now is a 2mp Olympus p'n's. Slowly getting to grips with PS (Elements). Ta for the feedback.
 
This is my first post in the photography forum, and first photograph submitted for criticism...so be kind!

At the moment I am just a point and clicker, so any criticism and advice is greatly appreciated. Would this picture be better if you could see all of the trees rather than just the tops of some of them? Are sunsets considered a bit boring?

The photograph was taken at Ashton Park in Preston, with a Kodak Easyshare CX6200 Digital. A bit of cropping in photoshop but other than that the picture is as was.

link
 
NoCoolNickname said:
This is my first post in the photography forum, and first photograph submitted for criticism...so be kind!

At the moment I am just a point and clicker, so any criticism and advice is greatly appreciated. Would this picture be better if you could see all of the trees rather than just the tops of some of them? Are sunsets considered a bit boring?

The photograph was taken at Ashton Park in Preston, with a Kodak Easyshare CX6200 Digital. A bit of cropping in photoshop but other than that the picture is as was.

link
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I really like this well done :D

The colours of the sunset and the clouds add a bit of drama to the pic.

Maybe the tree on the left could do with a bit more 'trunk' but other then that a fine effort (I am no pro)
 
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