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10/08/2006 10:35:59 AM · #26 |
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I think I made the wrong choice in my submission.. I do think the square crop is better and the tones not as dramatic..
shoulda coulda woulda
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 10:36:16. |
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10/08/2006 10:38:02 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by chispa:
I think I made the wrong choice in my submission.. I do think the square crop is better and the tones not as dramatic..
shoulda coulda woulda |
Both look ok to me. The whole woman in the headwrap thing is pretty overdone at this point. |
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10/08/2006 10:38:19 AM · #28 |
Had originally considered submitting this higher contrast version to the HCII challenge but decided to take advantage of the advanced editing to get rid of some of the distracting marks on the window which meant submitting to the Free Study.
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10/08/2006 10:40:40 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by chispa:
I think I made the wrong choice in my submission.. I do think the square crop is better and the tones not as dramatic..
shoulda coulda woulda |
Both look ok to me. The whole woman in the headwrap thing is pretty overdone at this point. |
oh yeah? well tell that to the middle eastern women who have to wear them... this was a tribute to my good friend Irum who lives that life every day... |
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10/08/2006 10:43:12 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by chispa:
oh yeah? well tell that to the middle eastern women who have to wear them... this was a tribute to my good friend Irum who lives that life every day... |
Not saying people aren't done exploiting their situation to create a moody, evocative looking shot. Just saying that seeing them here, challenge after challenge, the effect has somewhat waned.
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 10:43:31. |
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10/08/2006 10:47:13 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by jrtodd:
My entry
My outtake
I was going back and forth over these 2 and came to the conclusion the outtake was not going to be to well received, but now I am not sure. I didn't think the harsh shadows would play well, but they are there to convey a feeling of the 50's. |
Well, in my opinion you made a huge mistake - I would have rated your outtake at least one and probably two higher than your entry. Your outtake has both humour and a story in it - your entry is just a bride with some roses... |
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10/08/2006 10:49:51 AM · #32 |
I had a bunch of comments about my aggressive Soft Focus, so here is my challenge entry and my original. Oh and routerguy, there was absolutely no use of any dodge and burn techniques, only agressive curves :-)
As you can see, there was a LOT of skin touch ups using healing brushes. Most of the rest of the image was done with curves and guassian blur.
Edit: Oh and there was no Neat Image used :-)
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 10:52:42.
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10/08/2006 10:52:21 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Oh and routerguy, there was absolutely no use of any dodge and burn techniques, only agressive curves :-) |
Haha. Really? Didn't know you could get that dodgy/glowy look with just curves. |
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10/08/2006 10:54:15 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by silverscreen:
Originally posted by jrtodd:
My entry
My outtake
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Well, in my opinion you made a huge mistake - I would have rated your outtake at least one and probably two higher than your entry. Your outtake has both humour and a story in it - your entry is just a bride with some roses... |
Agree
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10/08/2006 10:54:27 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Oh and routerguy, there was absolutely no use of any dodge and burn techniques, only agressive curves :-) |
Haha. Really? Didn't know you could get that dodgy/glowy look with just curves. |
You put enough curves layers on an image and you can get some wild results. I wish I had saved some of my failures when working on this image.
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10/08/2006 10:57:05 AM · #36 |
 an alternate color (not finished editing this one)
 my original
 my entry |
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10/08/2006 10:57:23 AM · #37 |
Here's what I entered:
Several people suggested I go for portrait instead of landscape. I didn't have any portait shots at that level as we were part of a tour group climbing to the spire. But I did get this one from the main floor.
Did I enter the right picture?
(Also, I shot the landscape freehand, while I was able to use the tripod for the portrait.)
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 11:07:05. |
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10/08/2006 10:59:29 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by milo655321:
Did I enter the right picture? |
Tough call, but let's just say I don't think you entered the wrong one.
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10/08/2006 11:00:45 AM · #39 |
I'm in agreement with Leroy.
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10/08/2006 11:13:05 AM · #40 |
Entered
Color Version-
I tend to think the b&W is still better, even after fiddling with the color version some more.
What do you guys think?
P.S. - Alain, dude! What were you thinking!?!?
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10/08/2006 11:20:04 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
I tend to think the b&W is still better, even after fiddling with the color version some more.
What do you guys think?
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BW. I gave you an 8 (7 probably for coloured one)
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10/08/2006 12:22:18 PM · #42 |
I was so upset at FSXIII as I thought that last day of September was on Sunday (not Saturday), and that I had all day Sunday to edit and pick my best shot. I had entered the literal 1st shot of the my session and it wasn't the greatest. When I logged on to the DPC that Sunday morning I had a big surprise. Oh well here are few that I would have chosen over my entry...
    
Here is my entry chezzy title and all...
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10/08/2006 12:26:27 PM · #43 |
more time for thumbnails now...
Not really outtakes as much as the rest of the series - well, one outtake then...
   
Thanks to my wife for dyeing her hair and modeling, and my boys for helping me haul all this stuff out to the salt flats. It was a fun family outing.
Imagine the look on my relatives faces when I showed them the photos of the family Labor Day outing! :-)
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10/08/2006 12:29:14 PM · #44 |
The last two of your outtakes (the bee ones) are IMO better than your entry. The other three are similar or not as good... |
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10/08/2006 12:31:25 PM · #45 |
OK DK, give us your vision on this, since I, for one, have missed it so many times. With the rest of the shots I see it as a commentary on the barren lifestyle of the '50s life (a la the neighbor's mother in American Beauty)... |
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10/08/2006 12:39:09 PM · #46 |
 my outtake - I wasn't happy with the grasses on the left so went with the later sunset shot.
 my entry
Hyperfocal, I really like your outtake4 the best of the shots you posted.
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10/08/2006 12:42:38 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Alain:
I did a big mistake by removing this one from the challenge. |
Yah, this is a killer good shot. I've taken the liberty of popping a quick curves adjustment on it to give a hint how it would look if you worked at making it richer tonally:
R. |
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10/08/2006 12:42:46 PM · #48 |
entry-
Outtake-
what i shouldve entered-
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10/08/2006 12:43:45 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
OK DK, give us your vision on this, since I, for one, have missed it so many times. With the rest of the shots I see it as a commentary on the barren lifestyle of the '50s life (a la the neighbor's mother in American Beauty)... |
That's what I am seeing myself -- the lack of fulfilment in the life of a (stereo)typical 50's housewife.
Edit: Not sure stereotypical is the right word, it sounds a bit crtitical of the work --- which I don't mean it to be.
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 12:45:40.
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10/08/2006 12:51:00 PM · #50 |
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