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05/20/2006 05:23:23 PM · #1 |
If it sucks, tell me "it sucks". If it has potential with a little more post processing, please help me out. Will it ever be worthy of entry in a county or state fair? Should I waste the $1.49 getting it printed?
Let me have it. I can take it.
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05/20/2006 05:27:22 PM · #2 |
with a small adjustment in levels and curves it becomes a really beautiful image, but as it is it's rather flat and uninteresting
here´s minor adjustments in levels and curves
//www.dansig.net/flower.jpg
Message edited by langdon - large image. |
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05/20/2006 05:30:09 PM · #3 |
| it's quite nice :0) & definetly worthy of competition. I find it a bit tight tho- is this the original crop? |
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05/20/2006 05:31:29 PM · #4 |
Hi,
IMO I think it is worth the print cost. The only thing I would like to see is a little more saturation in the subject compared to the background. Not much just enough to make it stand out a little more. Other than that it has good composition, I think the softness works great, I like how the light glows through the flowers. All in all a good shot.
Hope that helps
SDW
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05/20/2006 05:33:28 PM · #5 |
I think it's quite lovely. The tulips are vibrant and well lit. It's a bit like a photo you would see on a blank card.
The only thing I can say for entering juried competitions, though, even small local ones, is that it's best to choose photos that contain some kind of emotional impact or spark of intellect.
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05/20/2006 05:43:15 PM · #6 |
Thanks. Okay, how about this one?
Message edited by author 2006-05-20 17:45:50.
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05/20/2006 06:04:59 PM · #7 |
And while you're at it:
Does the sky look weird? It was stark white and I applied the Nik Color Effects Graduated 201h filter (sky blue) to it.
Message edited by author 2006-05-20 18:05:14.
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05/21/2006 08:32:15 AM · #8 |
*bump*
Any opinions on the second two?
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05/21/2006 09:14:29 AM · #9 |
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05/21/2006 10:29:32 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by larryslights:
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Does the sky look weird? It was stark white and I applied the Nik Color Effects Graduated 201h filter (sky blue) to it. |
First is a decent still life. Lighting of the flower is fine. Solid black background works against the green and warm red tones. Technical quality generally good but the right side of the top leaf does show signs of digital "jaggies". You might want to try to burn the lower stem and bottom to bring out more detail in those areas.
Of your three images posted the creek one has the poorest technical quality. Esthetically speaking you positioned your model well from a purely photographic standpoint. Your idea to communicate the concept of contemplation is a good one. The composition supports it to a certain degree but, based on the setting, might support the idea of tranquility better. The natural lines of the composition nicely draw the viewer into the center of the image but there needs to be more of a payoff for them once they get there.
Images with a lot of foliage and fine detail such as this one are very hard to get right. Focus is always critical in them. It is a difficult artform I've not perfected myself to get them focused properly. The image has numerous overexposed bright spots due to the difficult lighting angle. Taking it with a polarizer filter might have helped tone them down and give it a little better clarity. Backlighting is one the most difficult types of lighting for a photographer to work with because of the huge f/stop range between the brightest and darkest areas of the image.
This picture is too realistically constructued. It is crying out for enhanced, overexaggerated color processing and overexaggerated shadow and highlighting in post processing to create an aura of mystery that gives your model something to contemplate that the viewer can relate to.
The wide white border does not provide added value to the composition and is more distracting than enhancing.
Message edited by author 2006-05-21 10:33:00.
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05/21/2006 11:23:06 AM · #11 |
| Honestly speaking it is a great photograph. You don't need to fear that you are wasting your money. |
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05/21/2006 12:06:58 PM · #12 |
The first photo is the best in my eyes. I like it a lot. I think the example given by DanSig might be a bit oversaturated to my eye... somewhere in between?
I wouldn't be surprised if that took a win in a local competition.
THe tulip in a glass is also very technically clean with the possible exception of the distracting reflection on the glass. Tough to eliminate these (TOUGH)...
The one of the girl by the river doesn't grab me so well... It seems a bit hazy without being purposefully mystical... I also feel that the border isn't good in white. I wonder if you have tried a soft green to match the foliage? Something very gentle and muted... |
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05/21/2006 12:27:49 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by eschelar:
The one of the girl by the river doesn't grab me so well... It seems a bit hazy without being purposefully mystical... I also feel that the border isn't good in white. I wonder if you have tried a soft green to match the foliage? Something very gentle and muted... |
The sky there looks a bit washed out and flat-blue as well. Is it the result of trying to enhance the blue channel in curves or similar? Also, in my opinion, it really does matter what a model wears, if you're trying to set a certain mood. I think her clothes are better suited to a different kind of shot that might be edgier, or at least less serene. Sorry to be so old school. :) |
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05/21/2006 12:37:35 PM · #14 |
I wish I had some better suggestions...
Did you try some different effects?
Like a yellow/acid type grunge look?
How about a low desaturation look?
You might also try using the selective colors sliders to see if you can mimic color filters with B&W to enhance what little blues are there (orange or yellow filters if you have the effect, shifting the blue channel to very dark might help)...
A hue shifted look?
I don't think you will get your color back, your sky appears to be blown (see above comment about the difficulties in working with backlighting), so the color pretty much isn't there.
You need to address these issues when shooting if you want it to make a difference...
Increasing midtone contrast might help some with the general haziness... I just feel that it won't do a durned thing for your sky.
Message edited by author 2006-05-21 12:39:15. |
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