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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/06/2007 09:10:25 AM · #1

I think they are too grainy.....are they?
Small competition, "why we love Central NY" can't reshoot cuz it had to be photographed last weekend...looked ok on camera

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Thanks for the imput....salvageable or skip the competition...

JeffDay

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

10/06/2007 09:41:46 AM · #2

They look a tad grainy to me......but if there is no entry fee, why not enter, you never know. Good luck!

chip_k

Canon EOS-20D

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

10/06/2007 09:52:49 AM · #3

Go for it! :)

I'd go with this one. I think it strikes the best balance betwen the fisherman and the scenery. Although, it would help the ones with more scenery if the guy was facing ionto the picture, rather than out of the frame when he's close to the edge.

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Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/06/2007 09:58:22 AM · #4

Thank you both....

now I'll try to tweak it abit and maybe decrease some of the noise...

HeiSch

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

10/06/2007 10:07:59 AM · #5

Originally posted by dassilem:

I think they are too grainy.....are they?
Small competition, "why we love Central NY" can't reshoot cuz it had to be photographed last weekend...looked ok on camera. In this one if you burn the background you can hid the noise.

[thumb]596118[/thumb] [thumb]596119[/thumb]

Thanks for the imput....salvageable or skip the competition...

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

10/06/2007 11:04:59 AM · #6

Thank you...
the scenery one I added a glaussen blur to fix some of the noise....I'm trying to steer away from simply scenery, as I fear everyone will be putting in 'fall color' photos...so I wanted to do something different. I too like the fisherman looking away....plus it is not someone I know so he probably wouldn't have appreciated me yelling to him to turn around while he was fishing.. heheheh

thanks for the input!!!!

codfish

Nikon D80

10/06/2007 11:10:30 AM · #7

I like the two where the fisherman is the primary focus. I also think that it better meets the theme than straight scenery.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

10/06/2007 01:23:00 PM · #8

I like this one the best:
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It is a great action shot and the loop of the line as he casts it is just great. Since he is facing away from the camera, the point is the fun activity and not who this is.

Some of the other photos do appear a little grainy, and will likely be worse in a larger size. I agree with you that the fisherman will probably be a little different from the fall foliage shots you will be competing against. It shows one of the activities that would bring you to this place.

Message edited by author 2007-10-06 13:24:04.

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

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

10/06/2007 03:01:07 PM · #9

Originally posted by HeiSch:

I like one of these the best.
If you want to show scenery, then the left one. It has stronger colors and is less noisy.
If you want to stress the sctivities you can do, then the right one.
You can see the line beautifully. If you work on levels and curves you can improve it even more.
I actually like that the fisher man looks into the scenery and is focused on fishing.

Originally posted by dassilem:
I think they are too grainy.....are they?
Small competition, "why we love Central NY" can't reshoot cuz it had to be photographed last weekend...looked ok on camera. In this one if you burn the background you can hid the noise.

[thumb]596118[/thumb] [thumb]596119[/thumb]

Thanks for the imput....salvageable or skip the competition...

Yup, I like the one on the right... As Heini stated work the levels a bit. Kind of Dark on my (calibrated) monitor... I played with it a bit and somewhere around 14, 88, 238 on a Levels adjustment layer brought out the background just enough to be colorful and really brought the fishing line out...

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

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

10/07/2007 01:12:50 PM · #10

Sorry Melissa, should have been clearer on that levels thing. Just simply playing with Levels (RGB Channel) even just adjusting the Mids (sliding left) brings out enough of the background/color to enhance the setting.

This is Levels only, I would further do a light noise reduction and then a light USM.

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Message edited by author 2007-10-07 13:23:10.

oOWonderBreadOo

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

10/07/2007 03:31:50 PM · #11

I really like this one...

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the fishing line is crisp and it's simple. I think it captures the idea of the competition perfectly! :0)

do you own neatimage or something like it? You could always try noise> reduce noise in PS. hope you don't mind my edit :0)