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05/30/2004 10:03:00 AM · #1 |
I returned recently from a trip to Yellowstone (about 3.5 hours away from my home). We went to the Bechler Falls area, which is in the southwest corner of the park. It rained the entire time we were there, and it was also very windy, which made it difficult for photography!
Anyway, I tried a few experiments, and would appreciate your thoughts!
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5.  6. 
These are from the same area, but last year:
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Some of these I like; some I don't--but I see potential. Any thoughts from conception to post processing would be helpful! Thanks for the time and energy!
(Warning: these photos have not been 'color-okayed' by my wife! (I'm slightly colorblind, as many of you know).
Message edited by author 2004-05-30 10:10:37.
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05/30/2004 10:15:04 AM · #2 |
David, those are all lovely photos...my personal favorites are 1, 5, 2, 6, and 8. I love the contrasts and the colors. It is such a beautiful part of the country! I like #7, but perhaps a tad too much NI? Just my opinion. It looks like little fairytale creatures could pop out any second. The Cave Falls photo is nice, but you couldn't control the weather and it's just kind of grey. The Fallen Timber picture works well in b&w, but I really like the color ones better. Stunning work, as usual! :o)
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05/30/2004 10:58:10 AM · #3 |
David,
I like all of these photos in varying degrees (which is no surprise to me considering your other work that I have seen). I especially like 2, 5 and 6 however.
I like #3 a lot - I feel like there is something missing that would push it from good to great - I just can't put my finger on it. You have tremendous artisitic talent, David!
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05/30/2004 02:46:30 PM · #4 |
While I like the ones these folks have mentioned, I have a different opinion (fancy that on DPPC!)
My fav is # 7 - I love the way you've handled the post shoot processing. It looks like an image straight out of "Lord of the Rings."
My second choice is #1.
Thanks for sharing - haven't been to Yellowstone for 3-4 years.
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05/30/2004 05:20:12 PM · #5 |
Yes My favorite is #7 ITs great :D
And #4 and #3 and #6 too
And I see good potential(wrong spelling I guess?)
in #5 mabey in sepia or with some color desaturation,
Great work :)
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05/30/2004 08:20:45 PM · #6 |
I wish I could have gone, too! Oh well.
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05/30/2004 09:58:06 PM · #7 |
Thanks for the help, all. As I mentioned above, I tried some new things, and I'm still wondering how to make them work. Forest shots are, to me anyway, a bit tricky. The macros seem to work for the most part, but I'm not so sure about the others, especially #1 and #4. #7 works for me, and #3 should work, but it lacks someting, as Rich mentioned.
Thanks again!
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05/30/2004 10:29:04 PM · #8 |
Maybe I have some odd affinity for small green things, but I really liked the new pine and lichen shots. :-)
Is that glowing effect in #7 one of the possibilities with Neat Image or did you achieve that some other way? I'm on a Mac, so I've never used NI.
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05/30/2004 11:14:45 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
Maybe I have some odd affinity for small green things, but I really liked the new pine and lichen shots. :-)
Is that glowing effect in #7 one of the possibilities with Neat Image or did you achieve that some other way? I'm on a Mac, so I've never used NI. |
I do not use NeatImage either. I have IXOS-Pro, a mac-based grain removal application, but I don't use it much either. The soft effect was partially in the original photo in the form of mist, but the camera did not pick it up, so I 'added' it 'back.' First I duplicated the layer, then applied a gaussian blur to the new layer and simply changed the opacity of the blurry layer until the results seemed satisfactory. The same method was applied to this image:
It can be a fun tool to create a soft focus look. The photo (#7) is now as near to what I experienced (saw, felt, etc.) as I could get it with my limited photographic abilities.
Message edited by author 2004-05-30 23:15:11.
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05/30/2004 11:46:23 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by dsidwell:
It can be a fun tool to create a soft focus look. The photo (#7) is now as near to what I experienced (saw, felt, etc.) as I could get it with my limited photographic abilities. |
Thanks, David! I saw your comments on the Waiting for the Elves picture, but haven't had much success replicating the results. I think the difference was that I forgot to increase the saturation before blurring. That would give the photo the nice glowing effect that you've created.
And if I really did believe that you had "limited photographic abilities" then I wouldn't even bother trying any more. ;-)
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