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Oct 24 |
Comment |
Another interesting image, Martin. Very interesting story behind the image, too.
My thought on the pedestal would be up to you and the essence of the "story" you want to convey. With the pedestal, the beach lady with arms becomes part of the statuary (and museum) with the Venus statues. Without the pedestal, she seems kind of "floating" and not directly linked to the statues.
I can tell you had fun with this one! Well done! |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Comment |
Very nice image, Tor. I like how the surfer is left of center and appears to be walking into the image. Was this an intentional crop or was this part of your vision for this scene when you first took the image?
The foggy/misty background gives an ethereal look which opposes the rough texture of the waves, but still having the same soft colors.
I like this image very much. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Comment |
Karen, I love how you are able to play with indoor setups and come away with great results.
I've purchased and tried (multiple times) with Pluto Trigger to achieve (timing-oriented) water droplet "crown" images, but have always come away frustrated by either my lack of understanding on how to set the system up, or faulty equipment.
I like the results you get. The flash speed freezes the splash & water droplets perfectly. I like the background colors, too. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Comment |
Very nice image, Shirley. It is too bad that its mate was not quite fully visible to be included in your image. I love to soft creamy background of the distant hills. Like others have noted, I too could tell there was too much pixelation due to sharpening. I have Topaz products, but lately, since LR upped its noise-reduction game, I haven't felt the need to go to Topaz as I once did.
well done. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Comment |
Very cool image, Piers. So many reflective surfaces, lines & curves. Isn't it fun to be able to "work" a scene when you have a great subject and permission to "play" with different angles and compositions. I also like your B/W version that has the wheel and spokes in shadow.
The only thing that slightly bothers me about the presented image is the background; I like the shadow of the bike on the RH 1/3rd, but the background changes to an open area with trees, then a purple-ish side of a different building - which is inconsistent with the rest of the background on the right.
But. I really like the image and can tell you had fun with it.
Well done. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Dorinda. I'm honored that you stumbled across our groups page, and that my image caught your eye enough to give a second look. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Reply |
Thank you so much for your comments, Martin. High praise, indeed.
My decision to retain the blue and green of some of the background elements was intentional. I liked the fact that they now look "illustrative" and painterly to add color to the image that otherwise consisted of only the deep brown of the primary vehicle. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Karen. So glad you like my image. As stated in the description, I learned a lot while processing this. The marks you refer to in the ceiling are part of the lighting and textures of Art Deco building. I wanted to retain some of those features, but it appears that I may have eliminated to much of them as to be illegible to their function. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments, Piers.
Actually, I was thinking of you while I was in this museum since you posted an image in this forum a few months ago of one of these classic beauties.
Prior to retrieving my flash and changing lenses I was struggling with the Auto ISO with my 24-105 (f4) lens - without a flash - and trying to get decent hand held images. That's one of the reasons I cranked up the ISO so high - partially out of frustration.
When I go back there again, I will definitely have the speedlight.
I'm really glad I was able to salvage this image. It was a good learning (and experimenting) experience. |
Oct 8th |
| 2 |
Oct 24 |
Reply |
Thanks so much for your comments, Shirley.
You reference the reflections in the car not being a distraction.....Many of the images I made that afternoon had intentional reflections that were the name of the vehicle as reflected from the large text on the windows of the ACD Museum. The many reflective surfaces yielded the name of the make of that specific vehicle. It was interesting.
Other reflections of vehicle names were not correctly identifying the specific vehicle I was focused on, but it still added to the mystique of these rolling works of art.
Glad you like the image. |
Oct 8th |
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