photo critique for Amanda - DPChallenge Forums

06/01/2006 03:00:17 AM · #1

Ok, which do you like better? (I personally think vertical)

and did I go too far in the post processing?

Original photos

I wish the fence had been longer than it was to give that endless feeling to the pic, but I think it worked out ok

what do you guys think? Thanks! Amanda

crayon

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

06/01/2006 03:17:25 AM · #2

I personally prefer the vertical one (portrait orientation)

06/01/2006 03:19:05 AM · #3

I like the first vertical the most but I don't like it really much. The subject is really uninteresting and composition isn't very good. You must learn the rule of thirds. I also don't like the processed photos. You went the wrong way there. It's like you unpost-processed it. I think it's too blue and low contrast You should have made it warmer.

The screen I use now is really bad so maybe I'm seeing them in a different color than you.

crayon

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

06/01/2006 03:20:29 AM · #4

Originally posted by amandalore:

I wish the fence had been longer than it was to give that endless feeling to the pic, but I think it worked out ok

You can do that with a deeper DOF. Try a bigger aperture number.

06/01/2006 03:30:10 AM · #5

Originally posted by Djabordjabor:

hmmm... I think so, I just calibrated, and the originals are much more blue than the processed, processed ones are almost too green and yellow for my tastes...

thanks for the input Magnus, good to know, I guess I got caught up in the excitement of using Dave's 30D with it's 2.8 aperture mode... and for some reason I like the pics

I also say bleep the rule of thirds! no, kidding, though I don't know why it is such a big thing, (probably cuz of my painting background) I've always just been into making sure it was balanced, guess I could chop off the left and top sides of the pic, don't know if I like that though

I appreciate your honesty!

06/01/2006 03:35:51 AM · #6

I think you're right. My screen appears way too pink so if it's too green on a normal screen it is perfect on mine :)

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/01/2006 03:36:30 AM · #7

hmmm... (not for color, etc) what about this crop??

of course, now it feels closed in on the right side to me

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

06/01/2006 03:50:11 AM · #8

Hi,
I hope you don't mind but I did a quick edit on your picture. Here is the outcome.

As you noticed I took the about 20% of the left side out and about 15% of the top. I believe they were hurting the picture instead of helping because some of the sky was blown and the left part of the fence was out of focus due to DOF. That also put the fence post more on a third line.

In you picture the fence post is the subject and the fence rails are supported by the post. So I think the post is nicely in focus and has some interesting lines and texture. I warmed up the photo and added some contrast to make the post stand out.

What I see in the picture is the post representing a strong person that holds a family together. So I would name it something like "Carrying the load" or something along that line.
Hope this helps.
SDW

06/01/2006 03:50:45 AM · #9

Originally posted by amandalore:

hmmm... (not for color, etc) what about this crop??

of course, now it feels closed in on the right side to me

It isn't better now. I like the first shot more.

06/01/2006 03:53:47 AM · #10

Originally posted by Southern Gentleman:

Hi,
I hope you don't mind but I did a quick edit on your picture. Here is the outcome.

As you noticed I took the about 20% of the left side out and about 15% of the top. I believe they were hurting the picture instead of helping because some of the sky was blown and the left part of the fence was out of focus due to DOF. That also put the fence post more on a third line.

In you picture the fence post is the subject and the fence rails are supported by the post. So I think the post is nicely in focus and has some interesting lines and texture. I warmed up the photo and added some contrast to make the post stand out.

What I see in the picture is the post representing a strong person that holds a family together. So I would name it something like "Carrying the load" or something along that line.
Hope this helps.
SDW

Much better. That was exactly what I was talking about.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/01/2006 05:04:49 AM · #11

oh cool, thanx Scott. what exactly did you do for colors? that kind of looks like the effect I got when I exagerated the curves...

srdanz

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

06/01/2006 05:58:43 AM · #12

Here is my take...

cropped and rotated a bit cw (it seemed off to me by a deg or two)
most important crop effect is cutting off the right edge to help with the infinity - if you don't see the fence ending it is easier to imagine that it goes forever;-)
applied slight s-curve on rgb for contrast
just a tad of curve adj. on the green channel

Edit, not ccw, cw rather.

Message edited by author 2006-06-01 06:10:10.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/01/2006 06:10:57 AM · #13

Originally posted by srdanz:

Here is my take...

cropped and rotated a bit ccw (it seemed off to me by a deg or two)
most important crop effect is cutting off the right edge to help with the infinity - if you don't see the fence ending it is easier to imagine that it goes forever;-)
applied slight s-curve on rgb for contrast
just a tad of curve adj. on the green channel

ooo, this looks good too.

so, do you mean that you can adjust curves specifically for one color channel? I've been messing with desaturation/hue on specific color channels, but ...

srdanz

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

06/01/2006 06:22:08 AM · #14

Originally posted by amandalore:

ooo, this looks good too.

so, do you mean that you can adjust curves specifically for one color channel? I've been messing with desaturation/hue on specific color channels, but ...

This is what I did to it - notice the color selection up on top.

06/01/2006 06:33:57 AM · #15

oh, awesome, no I never did notice that, thank you! man, I learn more and more every day here.

It's not like these photos are my favorites or anything, which is why I specifically chose them to ask for critiques on, because I knew that I would get responses like this to help me out on all my photos...

this is great, I should just make a signature that says "thank you" lol

06/01/2006 06:45:15 AM · #16

You could also use the levels tool, hue/saturation, selective color and color balance. They all give different results.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/01/2006 06:47:21 AM · #17

I will have to read up on the levels tool, other than auto levels, I don't know what to do with it... I've messed with the sliders, but since I haven't looked up what they do, they don't do me much good, summer classes start tomorrow so that might be put on the backburner,

*groan* and speaking of school, it's almost 4am and I have to be up by 8 to get ready for first day

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

06/01/2006 06:47:35 AM · #18

a brown and white version...