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08/30/2008 02:57:01 PM · #1 |
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08/30/2008 03:06:49 PM · #2 |
I like the second flower pic, I think. I'd like to see them a little bigger.
ed- the bokeh in the last flower pic is nice too.
The pen pictures need some white balance correction, IMO. A little yellow is okay, but that is a LOT of yellow :)
Message edited by author 2008-08-30 15:07:22. |
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08/30/2008 03:15:58 PM · #3 |
Photos 3 and 4; Your lens was struggling with contrast due to shooting directly into the strong backlight, leaving the subject somewhat washed out looking. Composition is better in 4 than in 3, however, neither has a good strong "grabber" composition of a curve or line that would make it a "Wow" image.
It looks as if the last 3 were shot in tungsten (table lamp?) light while using daylight or auto white balance, giving them an orange overall cast.
In both, I can see what you were going for, but it just didn't happen. The last 3 would be improved by limiting the shot to the point of the pen and just a few words on the paper.
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08/30/2008 03:22:08 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
I like the second flower pic, I think. I'd like to see them a little bigger.
ed- the bokeh in the last flower pic is nice too.
The pen pictures need some white balance correction, IMO. A little yellow is okay, but that is a LOT of yellow :) |
I posted the bigger versions now. I have no idea how to change the white balance - I got my camera a couple of weeks ago, and I've never done it through photoshop..Haha I agree though that they're too yellow :). |
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08/30/2008 03:27:03 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
Photos 3 and 4; Your lens was struggling with contrast due to shooting directly into the strong backlight, leaving the subject somewhat washed out looking. Composition is better in 4 than in 3, however, neither has a good strong "grabber" composition of a curve or line that would make it a "Wow" image.
It looks as if the last 3 were shot in tungsten (table lamp?) light while using daylight or auto white balance, giving them an orange overall cast.
In both, I can see what you were going for, but it just didn't happen. The last 3 would be improved by limiting the shot to the point of the pen and just a few words on the paper.
Keep working at it, and enter the challenges to get comments and learn more. A good alternative would be to spring for a membership. That way, you can enter the side challenges that the members hold to share ideas and to learn from each other, as well as to make friends here.
It also helps to look through the images in the completed challenges. Look at some from the top picks and some from the bottom of the pile, to see what is different about them and why some do better than others. It takes practice, talent, vision, and effort to produce a winner. I have entered a few clunkers myself, but don't feel bad about it. It happens even to the top dogs here at DPC quite often. |
Thanks for the info for photo 3 and 4! I'll have to keep that in mind. Yeah, I was using a lamp for the last three. I'll make sure that I change the white balance next time (going to go read my camera manual now :)).
I'm trying to enter more challenges, but I never feel that the photos fit the challenges as well I would like them to, and I don't get much opportunities to go out and shoot since school started. But I'm slowly setting more time apart to go out and shoot. :).
Thank you so much! |
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08/30/2008 04:03:20 PM · #6 |
Posting large images here causes problems for those still on dial-up networks. They were big enough to see ok in the first size that you posted. If you have a membership, you can post thumbs that link to the larger images. 640 pixels wide is about the limit if you want to post large size here without getting squawked at.
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09/01/2008 10:13:07 PM · #7 |
Were you trying to get an over exposed image of the flower? If not, I dont understand why you had the camera facing the light source with the subject in between... that is bound to create an under-exposed region for the flower itself.. which you can sort of get away with by adjusting white balance and color curves, but not without the penalty of noise and loss of features. JMO.
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09/01/2008 10:17:31 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Prash:
Were you trying to get an over exposed image of the flower? If not, I dont understand why you had the camera facing the light source with the subject in between... that is bound to create an under-exposed region for the flower itself.. which you can sort of get away with by adjusting white balance and color curves, but not without the penalty of noise and loss of features. JMO. |
Prash - There are many ways to light a subject - including having the camera facing a light source - it is a technique used to create many awesome effects, including silhouttes. |
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09/01/2008 10:20:35 PM · #9 |
Regarding the pictures, I like the second flower shot best - decent control of exposure and the pseudo silhoutte of the flower and the bokeh work nicely together.
As others have stated, the pen/ paper shots need some white balance adjustment and some lighting work. |
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09/02/2008 01:08:26 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
Originally posted by Prash:
Were you trying to get an over exposed image of the flower? If not, I dont understand why you had the camera facing the light source with the subject in between... that is bound to create an under-exposed region for the flower itself.. which you can sort of get away with by adjusting white balance and color curves, but not without the penalty of noise and loss of features. JMO. |
Prash - There are many ways to light a subject - including having the camera facing a light source - it is a technique used to create many awesome effects, including silhouttes. |
Understood, and thanks. That is why I wanted to confirm the author's intentions. |
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