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Comment |
Date |
Image |
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Oct 21 |
Reply |
thanks Shirley,
As I mentioned to Jaqueline in my comment above, he decided on the pose and took little or no guidance from me. I can only assume that he felt that this pose was appropriate for the character he was playing, whatever that might have been. There were some very strange people around that day. |
Oct 22nd |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Karen, I think this is great! It has become a really powerful image with foreground, middle ground and background. Well done |
Oct 11th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
This is a lovely photo and I like the almost whimsical look of the house overlooking the water.
I would go even further than Stuart with the cropping. There is a lot of the image that does not contribute to the story.
It is a really nice sunset and well captured. |
Oct 10th |
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| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Hi Jaqueline. The only adjustment I made was to move the "rifle" slightly. Apart from that, he adopted the pose himself and completely ignored any further instructions from me.
I find these Festivals are the ideal places to photograph people. The participants put a lot of time and effort into their costumes and props and are quite happy to have photographers approach them.
Some people are more approachable than others. You just have to be bold, make your move and wait and see what happens.
I compare it to "speed dating" (not that I have ever done it) where you have 2-3 minutes in which to engage and build up a rapport with the other person.
It just takes practice! |
Oct 9th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
Hung, all I can say is WOW!
A great photo and well done. |
Oct 6th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thankyou Jim |
Oct 6th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Jim. I was concentrating on the rest of the image and hadn't noticed the shadows. I will rectify it.
It is always good to have a second or third pair of eyes critically looking at an image for things like that.
I have softened the edges of the shadows to make them less obvious. |
Oct 5th |
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| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
This is a great photo, Shirley. I have to agree with the other comments about the post production. Yes crop and bit off the left hand side. The grey in the top right hand corner needs to be the same tone as the rest of the image and the line of light across the image at fence level needs to be cloned out or reworked if you can.
A lovely image all the same! |
Oct 4th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
A great shot Piers and I like your post production treatment. Well done! |
Oct 4th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Piers. I didn't realise how awkward his left hand/arm were until I got home and had a close look at the image. As you said it might have been his "defiant character."
When shooting I usually go for the eye level or slightly above. Being lower and shooting slightly upwards may have over emphasized his knee and boot (closer to the camera) rather than his torso and head. It would have included some unwanted background.
I was happy to get a reasonable shot of him as he was keen to get away. |
Oct 4th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I prefer landscapes to be in landscape orientation, but that is only my personal preference. There are no hard and fast rules.
I think your second image works well as a portrait. |
Oct 4th |
| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
Hi Karen.
I am not the greatest landscape photographer, but I have been around landscape photographers to know that the direction of the light and the time of day are all important with this kind of photography.
In this case; is there a time of day when the light falls on the falls rather than the rock face? If so that is the time when you should be taking the image.
But as so often happens, you only have limited time at a particular location, then call on photoshop to help.
I would firstly clone out the rope/vine hanging above the top falls, it is distracting. I would darken the rock face (blue area and this might be done in camera using a graduated Neutral Density filter across the top left hand corner) and lighten the water in a triangular area (red area) so that the eye is led up to the top falls |
Oct 3rd |
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| 2 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
This is a nicely composed, exposed and framed image. There is good detail in the timber of the covered bridge and the continuing road leads the eye deep into the image.
I would clone in some timber over the white top right and bottom left white corners, which were probably left white after transforming the image to get the verticals upright.
Another great image Jim. |
Oct 2nd |
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