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10/25/2005 11:33:42 AM · #1 |
I took this photo at a game on Saturday night and spent a little time in GIMP getting it to look the way it does here.
I'm really happy with it, it's not perfect but then again it's not posed for and I had to use the rink lights.
My biggest problem with the photo was that I couldn't lighten the face any more because the shirts are white and I would have loved to have got the face more of a feature. Also the other teams jerseys seem to be reflective.
Any tips out there for me please? |
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10/25/2005 11:50:51 AM · #2 |
For the most part, the picture is pretty well composed. The main subject does look a little blurry...and there is quite a bit of grain in his face and even on his shirt. That's probably a result of you trying compensate for the low light situation. You could probably make him stand out a little more by adjusting the levels and you could even apply a 5-15% guassian blur to the whole image to smooth out the graininess (at least that's a trick I use once in a while). I don't particularly like the sepia tone...sports pictures, by nature, are exciting events...and taking the color away, takes away from the picture. Good job though. Hopefully that helps.
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10/25/2005 11:54:25 AM · #3 |
It's a nice capture. A few thoughts:
1) Why the cast to the B&W? I'm not saying it's bad, but what are you looking to add? Effects, to me, have their place, but should be reserved for serving a purpose. It isn't quite sepia, but this tone, to me, usually evokes a sense of nostalgia. Is this the sense you want to portray in this picture?
2) I don't think his face is too dark. You have some nice detail and shadow captured there.
3) Lots of people just say a photo should rarely be square. I'm not usually one of those...but...
Hope it helps. I do think it's a good photo overall. |
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10/25/2005 11:59:17 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
It's a nice capture. A few thoughts:
1) Why the cast to the B&W? I'm not saying it's bad, but what are you looking to add? Effects, to me, have their place, but should be reserved for serving a purpose. It isn't quite sepia, but this tone, to me, usually evokes a sense of nostalgia. Is this the sense you want to portray in this picture?
2) I don't think his face is too dark. You have some nice detail and shadow captured there.
3) Lots of people just say a photo should rarely be square. I'm not usually one of those...but...
Hope it helps. I do think it's a good photo overall. |
The team colours are red and white and I was trying to play on that with those being the only colours there.
Thanks for your other feedback. I'm going for square right now though, I have no idea why but I'm cropping everything square.
I take on board what you mean with the sepia tones in sports photos. I might play around with the original and see what I can get with that. Thanks again. |
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