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11/08/2006 02:08:41 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by ursula:
I know. But it still adds up to only 2 words :)))))
As for kicking tripods, another thing would be to start using it on occasion. |
Nude self, portraits.
Yup on the tripod thing - it helps a lot.
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11/08/2006 02:09:49 PM · #27 |
My dear Steve ,
Let's go and have a change of planet !
Sorry , just kidding ...
You have your personality and a way to work with photos , that's what I really like , you have your own style and I hope to find mine somewhere , somehow and not too late ;-)
If you were a leading politician it would be different , but you are not , are you ?
Of course it's nice when a majority of people say "beautiful work" , "breathtaking photo" , "how did you do this ? " .
I'm quite sure you know which comments are left sincerily when you read the opinions people leave and sometimes a single comment means more and justifies the time you've spent processing the photo.
I really do appreciate your work.
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11/08/2006 02:13:27 PM · #28 |
Is DPC Ready?...
- Yes... DPC is ready!
Are YOU ready?...
- You must know what you want and where you go.
- If you want Ribbons, it̢۪s better to follow the rules. Majorities likes to follow the rules (it̢۪s an easy way to survive)
- If you want true recognition, you must know very well the rules and how to break them.
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11/08/2006 02:14:11 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
I guess my point was the my taste have drifted so far from DPC's Challenge standard, I'm not sure whether to enter anything or not and when I tend to compromise to the standard, that doesn't seem to work for me either. I like blown highlights...distractions...noise...tilts...etc. What to do...what to do? |
I agree, but I always think of  jjbeguin. He sticks to his style, no matter what. His shots are genius, but also under appreciated.
... but he don't care
gotta love that ... a dpc hero in my opinion |
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11/08/2006 02:19:48 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Bear-I dig that image AND I love the cars in the background...they belong there. They add a feel of urgency to the image. The cars look like they are evacuating the area...it's awesome. Funny how so many people see them as a distraction. That's the part that kills me.
What's up with the distraction B***-Sh**? |
Yes, that's what kills me too: without the cars and the headlights, I don't even process that picture. That's the REAL part, if you catch my drift? There's urgency, there's immediacy. This image was shot at 1 PM, for heaven's sake! The wind was blowing 50 mph. The waves were flooding the parking lot. The light was stunning. Dark and stormy and murky. I tried to capture all this, the man-made and the natural, and I had thought it worked :-(
R. |
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11/08/2006 02:23:53 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by ursula:
I know. But it still adds up to only 2 words :)))))
As for kicking tripods, another thing would be to start using it on occasion. |
Nude self, portraits.
Yup on the tripod thing - it helps a lot. |
Got it! |
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11/08/2006 02:29:25 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Bear-I dig that image AND I love the cars in the background...they belong there. They add a feel of urgency to the image. The cars look like they are evacuating the area...it's awesome. Funny how so many people see them as a distraction. That's the part that kills me.
What's up with the distraction B***-Sh**? |
Yes, that's what kills me too: without the cars and the headlights, I don't even process that picture. That's the REAL part, if you catch my drift? There's urgency, there's immediacy. This image was shot at 1 PM, for heaven's sake! The wind was blowing 50 mph. The waves were flooding the parking lot. The light was stunning. Dark and stormy and murky. I tried to capture all this, the man-made and the natural, and I had thought it worked :-(
R. |
The beauty of it is it DID work, Robert. It worked quite well. Whether the DPC majority loved it or not is beside the point. I'm incredibly pleased if my picture strikes a nerve in just one person - just one. You've struck a nerve with this shot in a lot more than one. |
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11/08/2006 02:49:51 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by De Sousa:
Is DPC Ready?...
- Yes... DPC is ready!
Are YOU ready?...
- You must know what you want and where you go.
- If you want Ribbons, it̢۪s better to follow the rules. Majorities likes to follow the rules (it̢۪s an easy way to survive)
- If you want true recognition, you must know very well the rules and how to break them. |
Jorge,
Am I ready?
Sir! Front AND Center! Sir!
From now on I will only shoot and enter noisy, distractions with blown highlights.
At the risk of sounding mean, a lot of voters have an knee jerk reaction (mindlessly, at times) to noise, distractions...heavy contrast that make it so difficult even when these elements are used creatively and with powerful intent.
FWIW, I don't want ribbons. I just want understanding or the knowledge that I made a connection when/if my aim is true. It's most important when the image is actually a clever construct (Bears, image is a perfect example) and it fly's, sadly over peoples heads due to the silly stuff.
Message edited by author 2006-11-08 20:40:08. |
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11/08/2006 08:00:11 PM · #34 |
Here's kinda what I was thinking Steve. All I did was dodge the highlights over his face and body a little, and then I burned the shadows in the same spots (very little - both tools set at 3% and then I took 3 or 4 passes over each).
If you avoid the already-bright parts, you won't blow and of the highlights if you don't wanna. I didn't do any additional sharpening at all.
FWIW, I completely agree with some of the above comments about blown highlights, motion blur, camera-shake, etc - sometimes those are the things that make the image sing. |
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11/09/2006 05:33:30 PM · #35 |
Pedro-That looks great thanks for the advice.
I did flirt with that look a few different ways before I settled on my final edit but like I'd said, I totally chickened-out for fear of getting "oversharpened" comments et al.
I guess like most people, I don't like branding images that I like with a low score but I probably shouldn't let that bother me as much as it does.
I'm feeling a B&W Period in my bones. Since my daylight is escaping further and further away each day, I'm feeling inspired to shoot the city at night in B&W. I have a good feeling about this. |
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11/09/2006 06:17:41 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
I'm feeling a B&W Period in my bones. Since my daylight is escaping further and further away each day, I'm feeling inspired to shoot the city at night in B&W. I have a good feeling about this. |
And I am really looking forward to what you come up with! |
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