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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
LuAnn,
first of all, yes, agree the sepia choice makes it monochrome and in the spirit of this group. I, too, like sepia, and it is fun to play with. For some reason, my eye struggled with the flowers, and my brain wondered if they are artificial - I think this is a because they are such perfect blooms. To my eye, the texture is perhaps a bit too texture-y, and takes away from the flowers a bit Nice composition and so hard to get the even tone to the background so kudos there. I agree it is great fun to play around with old images to see what can be done. Also much fun to play with the tools and textures and painterly looks so many of the software programs provide. |
Oct 7th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Israel, this image really captured me, and I really like the title "Lonely Boat" - the image does have that quality of abandonment and loneliness. I think the lightening of the hull does help it (the hull) read more clearly, so I think that's worth playing with. The sky has a lot of power in all of the renditions, which adds to the mood. Thanks for sharing this! |
Oct 7th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Bob,
thanks for sharing this image. This sort of structural interplay always catches my eye, and arches and shapes repeating and reframing one another. Very hard, too, often to capture due to the darks and lights. I like the textures and strong shapes. No one's mentioned this, but to me the highlights look very strong, toward over exposure, and it seems the same to me in both color and black and white). I'm a beginner at light room myself, so unfortunately don't have any suggestions on what techniques to use to darken the highlights (if, indeed, you are agree they need darkening. |
Oct 7th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Emil,
I very much like the drama in the sky, and the way it helps accentuate the lines of the suspension structure on the right. I think I find the long spans of the bridge less interesting, and wondered about a crop that is tighter on the suspension structures, so I gave it a try, see what you think. |
Oct 7th |
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| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Emil,
metadata included below with the original color image. As I mentioned elsewhere, I didn't realize the metadata was missing from the version I shared. |
Oct 6th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Bob, I'm inclined to agree about the crop. Unfortunately, those Keds are long gone. I'll have to play with some other variations though, to see if it can be improved. Still, it remains one of my favorites. |
Oct 6th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, LuAnn, I'm flattered that I've inspired you. It is one of the unadvertised benefits of this study group, though, I think, being inspired. I agree with you, the editing/ post-processing possibilities are fairly endless with this image - I like the canvas treatment and the blacks and whites in your version; however, the background looks "off" to me. I hadn't heard of Anthropic, I will check it out. Thanks for sharing your interpretation. |
Oct 6th |
| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Well, finding the original image turned out to be easier than I thought it would be - looks like I used my "nifty fifty" equivalent for this image, still a recent acquisition at the time. This allowed for an f stop of f/1.4. Oddly, I had the camera set on shutter priority rather than aperture priority or manual, which goes to show you . . . something, I don't know what. Anyway, I never thought the color version works as well as the black and white. |
Oct 6th |
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| 62 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
All,
I didn't realize the metadata was not included with this version, I will have to find the original photo with metadata to post this evening. In the meantime, I can tell you that I was using my Panasonic Lumix GX7 with the 14-42 lens, I think the widest is f/4 or f/4.5, also depending on focal length. (I am not sure what that is, either, obviously, the focal length.) The camera was hand held (I rarely use a tripod) and the lighting was whatever lighting was in the back hall, which would have been a ceiling mounted incandescent bulb. I'll post the original this evening (7 or 8 eastern time, US). Thanks. |
Oct 6th |
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