New style of pp I'd like to get some feedback on!

07/24/2007 03:01:23 PM · #1

After not getting any attention in my portofolio i thought i could throw those pics in this thread, cause i'd like to get some feedback on the pp i tried on them. I really liked the way it came out, but am not sure what others think.
thanks :)

Message edited by author 2007-08-01 05:42:59.

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

07/24/2007 03:03:31 PM · #2

Sort of has that 80's film look or something. What is it you were going for? They look fine overall.

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

07/24/2007 03:04:09 PM · #3

I like the first and third one, but the second one I don't like at all. The blurred blue foreground just looks wierd. I don't know if it was in the original or something you added, but it isn't something I like.

scarbrd

Leica M10

07/24/2007 03:20:32 PM · #4

Kind if has a Tungston light on daylight film look to it

We used to play around with stuff like that on film.

RulerZigzag

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

07/24/2007 03:27:42 PM · #5

Not too sure about that second one. If you have ideas about recreating your background with spot editing, dont try it in a challenge, I was recently Dq'd for doing that. Im not sure you created your own unique style with these shots, but the composition in the first one was great.

Cboydrun

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM

07/24/2007 03:34:30 PM · #6

forgive my ignorance, what is pp? I like the 3 image, my favorite is definitly the first how you framed the mans face tith the brass, coolio! I liked the secound one aswell, the blurred forground is nice, but I think it would be nicer if it was a bit smaller it take alot of the photo smal, a simple crop should fix it. (to my liking that is, it could be perfect to everyone else, or to whom it really matters... you!)

*ps- you have some great skills, I just looked at your profile, inspiring also cause your 19! keep up the great work!

Message edited by author 2007-07-24 15:37:18.

07/24/2007 03:36:12 PM · #7

in the second one the blue foreground is the black reflecting surface of a piano, no spot editing was done in any way on any of these shots.

the film effect was one of the effects i wanted to achieve with its rich colors and high tonal range.
thanks for your comments so far

edit to add: pp stands for Post Processing
has nothin to do with ignorance, we all live and learn...;)

Message edited by author 2007-07-24 15:40:22.

smurfguy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/24/2007 03:44:40 PM · #8

The colors are rich and vivid - I like it a lot. Nice work! I agree, I tend toward the first and third.

Perhaps you would post originals so we could see the difference?

07/24/2007 04:17:49 PM · #9

ok here are the originals for comparison:

what i basically did was making a background copy layer set to multiply, then a shadows/highlights adjustment on that layer, color balance and curves.

edit to add: that is the same pp i did on this one:

Message edited by author 2007-08-01 05:42:41.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

07/24/2007 04:28:58 PM · #10

Just do a horizontal crop on #2 and totally get rid of the useless bottom half.

The other images look fine.

smurfguy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/24/2007 04:37:02 PM · #11

I like how the processing has made the subjects pop, and really gives the viewer a feeling of being on stage via the harsh and moody light.

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

08/01/2007 03:06:10 AM · #12

Nothing like throwing your photo out to everyone for feedback before you submit it in a challenge.

Hey guys, here is a photo I think i am going to submit, do you like it? Great, let me enter it in a challenge then.

Should be an instant DQ!

SoulMan1978

Sony Alpha a55

08/01/2007 07:18:00 AM · #13

Originally posted by BHuseman:

At the risk of missing something obvious, does it say anywhere these are for a challenge?

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

08/01/2007 08:31:28 AM · #14

I'm guessing one or both are in the current challenges, and I agree with bhuseman.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

08/01/2007 08:38:05 AM · #15

Not anymore. There was a third image attached to this thread. What bothers me is the poster asked for opinions on the work, then submitted the image people said they like.

Maybe we should all start asking everone what will do best before we submit our photos to challenges.

Originally posted by routerguy666:

I'm guessing one or both are in the current challenges, and I agree with bhuseman.

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

08/01/2007 08:49:01 AM · #16

You can always ask SC for a DQ if you find it in a challenge...

08/01/2007 04:28:51 PM · #17

as i wrote in the message i just send you, benjamin, right after you brought that up, i did'nt put the photo into this thread with the motive to submit it into the free study, but to just have an opinion on the style of pp, i did on the originally posted 3 shots.
and i'm not that kind of person, that submits an image because i think it does well in a challenge, but because i thought it was the best composed shot i took this month.
i hid the photo from my portfolio as well as from this (already been dead) thread, so i did not break a rule, did i? i mean there are a lot of photos in challenges (mostly free studies or best of years challenges) where photos are beeing submitted that already had LOTS of critics and most of them seem to finish well...

has dpc become such a competitive place, that people do anything to get someone's elses photographs dq'ed from a challenge?
and what about the dpl? are'nt they allowed to receive critics and feedback from dpc'ers before they submit a photo to a challenge...?

08/01/2007 05:13:36 PM · #18

Yes in the DPl you get to receive critiques, but then those that crticize your photo aren't allowed to vote on them.

The point is you put a thread up asked what people thought of your photo then you submitted the one that people liked the best. regardless of whether or not this thread was dead or you hid your photo, you still posted that photo a week ago, asked for feedback from everyone, then submitted the one people liked. Has competetion on DPC gotten so bad that we have to prequalify our images in the forums before we submit them to cahllenges?

The rules do say that you are allowed to get feedback from a few people before submitting. You asked the entire community what they thought of your photo before you submitted.

In my opinion this is wrong and your photo should be DQ'd. Maybe everyone else doesn't feel this way, but that is ok to. I am entitled my own opinion to think what you did was wrong, the same way you are entitled your own opinion to think what you did was right. Doesn't mean either of us is any more right or wrong than the other. Just means we don't agree on something and in life that is normal.

Originally posted by Cboydrun:

my favorite is definitly the first how you framed the mans face tith the brass, coolio!

Inspiration for your title????

Originally posted by Mephisto:

Message edited by author 2007-08-01 17:25:26.