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12/07/2011 12:00:36 AM · #1 |
| Post your outtakes from the Family III challenge here. |
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12/07/2011 08:12:22 AM · #2 |
Temporarily deleted due to problems posting images.
Message edited by author 2011-12-07 08:27:38. |
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12/07/2011 09:38:40 AM · #3 |
Entry:
Note that several comments thought the young lady on the bike was too prominent and that took away from the feeling of family. Another shot from the series, and a few other alternatives:
  
Just wondering if I chose poorly (as I tend to do). I do realize the score wouldn't have varied very far from the lovely 5.5 midrange value regardless of choice made. :-) |
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12/07/2011 01:28:00 PM · #4 |
I liked the contrast of the brown and fawn baby rats in the entry I submitted, which is why I didn't choose this one which featured two brown babies:
The outtake has had more than basic editing though, I cloned out the line on the green card in it.
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12/07/2011 03:32:00 PM · #5 |
I like this one better, I think cloning out helps conveying that cartoon like kind of feeling.
But obviously, with basic editing there were no options in that respect.
sometimes you can manage playing around with selective desat/hue/luminance in Lightroom, but you gotta be lucky not to interfere with the rest of the image. |
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12/07/2011 04:27:21 PM · #6 |
I am one of the culprits, in that I pointed out that the photo looked more about the girl than the families, or at least that there were two independnet centers of interest to the image. I am not a fan of DNMC, and I don't necessarily vote based on the theme. But I felt like commenting because it took me quite a while to realize the was a family and then that basically the whole frame was filled with families :)
Aside of the wideangle distortion, I liked the graphic look to the shot and gave it a 6.
I like the outakes as well, in particular the first. The little girl is very graceful in her quasi-silhouette and the surroundings gives me a context to the family outing.
I love children photographs and the second is very pleasant. However, in my personal perspective, not all children photos (and pets photos even less so) evoke the idea of family, and that image makes me think more of happiness, friendship and even independence from the family.
Message edited by author 2011-12-07 16:28:56. |
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12/07/2011 04:50:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by mcaldo:
I like this one better, I think cloning out helps conveying that cartoon like kind of feeling.
But obviously, with basic editing there were no options in that respect.
sometimes you can manage playing around with selective desat/hue/luminance in Lightroom, but you gotta be lucky not to interfere with the rest of the image. |
Aye, I was desperate to clone out the line, I wish the challenge had been advanced editing! Changing the saturation levels wouldn't have helped alas, since the line is very definite; plus, I didn't want to lose any of the bright colours. Those babies were tricky to keep in one place, I had to put cheerios in the house, haha.
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12/07/2011 05:05:43 PM · #8 |
outtakes
IMG_9629 by gilesbert, on Flickr
IMG_9610 by gilesbert, on Flickr
IMG_9607 by gilesbert, on Flickr
IMG_9596 by gilesbert, on Flickr
IMG_9583 by gilesbert, on Flickr
IMG_9649 by gilesbert, on Flickr |
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12/07/2011 05:17:19 PM · #9 |
I made the mistake of using advanced editing the first go and had to go back to the original and reedit to keep it in the basic rules. I like the more polished look of my advanced edit though. I don't think a different edit would of helped the score much though.
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12/07/2011 05:17:50 PM · #10 |
Originally I had a pretty precise idea in mind, but developing it as I wished turned up to be too complex, also because the usually great natural light in the room was nowhere to be found when needed, so I resorted to flash and Kellog's cardboard snoot. And as you can tell I am pretty useless with a flash.
So I ended up with several images, each of which told a part of the story I had in mind, but not the whole thing.  Neat helped me selecting one and I think she was 100% right (Thanks Anita!)
The original entry:
The outtakes (full collection here:
I loved this one because of the reflection which reinforced the "Tea for two" idea
This because the toy frog seems to be gazing on the scene
This for the drama, but it looked perhaps too dark
This because he is serving tea (which was part of the original idea)
And this is my Sunday Morning snapshot, out of playful fiction and into real drowsiness :)
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We might even end up redoing it. I had some pretty detailed feedback (thanks  marfun,  Purple_Girl) and my kid is now forever asking that we do another tea party (not with photos, with his toy friends, but we might sneak one in between a cupcake and the other :)
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12/07/2011 05:51:11 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
I made the mistake of using advanced editing the first go and had to go back to the original and reedit to keep it in the basic rules. I like the more polished look of my advanced edit though. I don't think a different edit would of helped the score much though.
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I have to say this photo made me uncomfortable |
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12/07/2011 07:34:43 PM · #12 |
Thanks so much,  mcaldo! Your initial feedback, along with that of purple_girl made me go back and look at other exposures from that outing. I think my first outtake probably did fit the challenge better, as you've noted. I tend to fall in love with wide - including the distortion - and often forget it isn't all that appealing to others. :-) I really do appreciate you taking the time to comment both during the challenge and here, too. Thanks!!
P.S. I absolutely LOVE the B&W you posted above of your outtakes. The reflection in the photo is wonderful! Really a lovely shot.
Message edited by author 2011-12-07 19:35:51. |
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12/08/2011 06:19:48 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by MinsoPhoto:
I made the mistake of using advanced editing the first go and had to go back to the original and reedit to keep it in the basic rules. I like the more polished look of my advanced edit though. I don't think a different edit would of helped the score much though.
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Actually, I feel your actual entry has much more impact than the colour version.
In your entry there is no detail or color for eyes and brain to take a break from the subject matter, you have trapped the viewer. It's basically the opposite you would do in most other kind of photography, where you delay the finding of real subject and/or give the viewer something to discover after having found the subject. And it works pretty powerfully.
But it might just be me :) |
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12/08/2011 06:26:52 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Thanks so much, mcaldo! Your initial feedback, along with that of purple_girl made me go back and look at other exposures from that outing. I think my first outtake probably did fit the challenge better, as you've noted. I tend to fall in love with wide - including the distortion - and often forget it isn't all that appealing to others. :-) I really do appreciate you taking the time to comment both during the challenge and here, too. Thanks!!
P.S. I absolutely LOVE the B&W you posted above of your outtakes. The reflection in the photo is wonderful! Really a lovely shot. |
Thanks Melethia, I am glad it was useful :)
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