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Apr 22 |
Comment |
Hey Anne, to me, there are a lot of distractions to the image. As Stephen mentions, the car is a big one. The light pole is too. The tree kind of is. The stuff on the right of the image is too. This is a big challenge really. I mean, all these things are there, so how do you simplify the image, and get rid of distractions?
Moving around can really help. But for me, the biggest help is seeing it on the big screen, and then shooting it again. That's not always possible, but it really helps me. In this case, I think I would have also taken a shot from about 50' to the right, thus hiding the parking lot, avoiding the stuff on the right, moving the light pole off the face of the building, and maybe putting the tree in the left corner, so the hills could stand out behind the facade of the building.
Maybe just getting much closer would dramatically change things. Don't know. I suggest taking this one subject, and shooting it in as many ways as possible, as your test subject. You'll learn a lot about composition if you do.
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Apr 17th |
| 60 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Super charismatic subject Rita. Great capture. Subject is sharp. You're engaged with the subject. Background is blurry (intentionally, because of DoF), colors are natural, and exposure works. Lot's to like.
#1 suggestion: crop in . It's about the deer. Right? Crop in about 20% all the way around, thus emphasizing the deer, but don't eliminate the vegetation altogether, which frames the animal.
#2 suggestion: Brighten the shadows on the subject. The right side of the animal loses detail due to shadows. Brightening that slightly would bring that back.
#3 suggestion: Use LrC subject mask, invert it, and darken the background. The background is significantly brighter than the subject. Darkening it would bring focus back to the deer.
Or, leave it alone, print it, and put it up on the wall. It's a great catch. |
Apr 17th |
| 60 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
I thank you and Schnitzel thanks you Anne! So, Adorama (they're a BIG mail-order photo biz, like B&H) markets Godox lighting equipment as their house brand, Flashpoint. The eVolv 200 Pro is a lithium powered, radio triggered light which is not quite as powerful as a studio strobe, but way more powerful than a Speedlight.
The background is as dark as it is, because it's in the shade, and I've chose to exposure settings that darken everything not exposed by the flash even more. Maybe you're right though, and the background is too dark (I don't know why, but I'm looking at the image as displayed by PSA, and the image as displayed by LrC, and it is DEFINITELY darker in the PSA version). So, I've lightened it up a bit. Thoughts?
As for the log, I'm not sure if it matters that it's identifiable as a log really, so long as it's a hurdle that doesn't draw the eye too...magnetically. I don't want to sacrifice any more space to it either (after all, it's dead space as far as I'm concerned.
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Apr 11th |
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