Firemen candids for critique please

04/21/2005 12:00:47 PM · #1

There was a fire in the wee hours just a couple blocks up from work. Easy pickings for some candids this morning with the sun at a very low angle ~7:30am.

Message edited by author 2005-04-21 12:01:04.

04/21/2005 12:05:01 PM · #2

great shots I love!!

04/21/2005 12:06:59 PM · #3

There is something about b&w's and you really caught the emotion,,I love it!

04/21/2005 12:09:11 PM · #4

I'm especially wondering what Photoshop 7 work could help these out. I really have to find some time to get up the learning curve in it.

04/21/2005 12:11:13 PM · #5

I have never used photoshop but I am thinking I need to look into it,,I really do luke your photo's alot,,it the emotions,,the looks on their faces,,just awesome how you captured that and ofcourse I love the lighting,,in my opinon awesome shots!

04/21/2005 12:17:28 PM · #6

Originally posted by jensmustang:

Well, thank you very much, Jen, it makes me feel great to know someone likes what I caught!
:-)
I just wish I had some decent zoom, but I'll make do with what I've got.

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III

04/21/2005 12:26:14 PM · #7

Your very welcome,,and I really do love them,,and I know what you mean,,I love my digital but its not that great as far as zooming in and even when you do you can tell,,but as you said just keep working on it,,and again great shots I relaly do love them,,

Smiling

sofap

Canon EOS-10D

04/21/2005 12:42:22 PM · #8

Great shots Strikeslip Fire Fighters love to be photographed. As you can see the Training Chief and the PAO Officer waste no time in showing off new equipment to the press.

nico_blue

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/21/2005 12:50:30 PM · #9

good shots strikeslip, my only critique would be that i kinda wish the backgrounds were blurred since there isnt much going on in them and they seem to be competeting for attention.

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/21/2005 12:53:56 PM · #10

Really nice shots - you captured their emotions very well. :-)

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/21/2005 01:19:22 PM · #11

Good shots...and where as B&W is a good medium for these and better than a traditional color. I think instead of a complete B&W see if you can use levels contrast and de-saturation to get an image that somehow maintains a touch of color. Like a black & white photo with aspects of coloring and shadow. There is a strange "color tone" around fires.....I wonder if there would be a way to apply that. (Not sure if I made any sense.)

/= *thumbs up*

04/21/2005 02:37:46 PM · #12

Thanks!

OK, here's a shot at blurring the bg and making it 'sort-of' black & white...

04/21/2005 02:50:37 PM · #13

Thats cool,,now how did you do that???

04/21/2005 03:03:53 PM · #14

Originally posted by jensmustang:

Thats cool,,now how did you do that???

Ug, I just looked at it on a bigger screen, it's horrible, colour relics all over and halo around the guys, I hate it. :-(

Jen, in Photoshop I use Hue/Saturation and decreased most of the colours, except for the Canadian flags, which I increased a bit. I duplicated the layer and then erased the guys from it, then blurred that layer & burned on it in the bottom left. I am absolutely awful at burning, though I've gone through the DPC tutorial. Most people here can burn amazingly well, I'm really jealous about it.
:-(