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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Thanks. Yes, they were oblivious to everything but themselves. "Posing" is a no no
in PhotoJournalism and Street Photography, the latter being a subset of PJ.
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Jul 31st |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I think this is more of a candidate in a color venue. |
Jul 11th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
The foot: I didn't know this until a few years ago, but that is considered "a Gesture." and takes the image from something flat like a selfie to a little story. Look photography gesture up on the internet for lots of information. |
Jul 10th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
In 1996 when I was at your level, and on a Club Field Trip doing close-ups of wildflowers in the Utah mountains, one of the senior ph'ers said to me "If you want to be serious in your photography, you will need to get a good tripod." At the time I was using one that I had used in my business with a Sony Video 8mm digital camera.
I've read many comments from serious ph'ers who say a good tripod will cost as much as a good lens and be just as valuable. Easily over $500. I now use a Bogen Monopod more than the tripod, but it's a bit tricky. Best wishes.....w |
Jul 10th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Ohhhh.
I thought you had gone over to "the dark side" and switched to film. |
Jul 9th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Is an Olympus OM-1 a film camera?
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Jul 9th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Thanks ... I agree.
Re Street: Everything I read and hear says that the story that is captured is more important than the mechanical and computer details.
They really look like they are brothers and well brought up.
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Jul 9th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
It's nice, but it loses the "antique" attribute of sharp center/fading outer. I prefer your original along with a minimum border stroke or something similar to give it an edge. |
Jul 7th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Good comment, Stephen
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Jul 6th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thanks.
I'm in a Street Ph'y Special Interest Group (SIG) in our club. |
Jul 6th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Do you think it would qualify as "Street Photography?" |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thanks.
It was a surprise to see them sitting there alone and not up and wandering about. Well trianed, I guess. The seemed/acted like they are brothers.....familiar and friendly with each other, and no one picking a fight. And they weren't in the least bit interested in all the filming and stuff going on.
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Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I find the Nik sharpening and "Define" to be very useful. Try them and watch the computer cycle through the image. Comprehensive, to say the least. |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Re aperture: When what we're looking at is under 1 meg and usually 72 bpi, the details sometimes get lost. I can't tell, and if you think it might be the case, then you might do some auto bracketing in the future and see. |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
after conversion |
Jul 5th |
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| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Cropped and lightened eye sockets. thanks |
Jul 5th |
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| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
At f:6.3 and the distance, focal length 104mm and ISO 800,they should be all in the same degree of focus. Looks good from here. But in "Street" the story is more important than the technicals.
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Jul 3rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Your description of how you did it really makes a lot of sense. I think you achieved what you were attempting to do. Nice work. |
Jul 3rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I think trying the lavendar orchids is the easier thing to do. Some pixels to play with.
I use window light (which is directional.) |
Jul 3rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I've always thought that the two most important and most valuable tools when doing photo editing are not software or hardware based. They're your own eyes and brain. After all, who is the most important person to impress? (Ans: one's self.) Objective is to learn/find out what you enjoy the most and then delve into it. Experiment, reject, try again, find out what works and what you like as an end result. I've been a long time subscriber to the magazine "B&W" ..... Just looking at the pictures is an education for me: Seeing things I'd never before considered, or didn't know about, or .....etc. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Yes, a Tripod is very important.
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Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Of course. Many of us do a quickie conversion to BW just to analyze the potential. then decide on whether to convert or leave in color. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
They're easy and difficult to grow and bloom: Do not plant them in any dirt. Only an Orchid Specific non dirt. Often referred to as "Fir Bark" (Fir as in a fir tree.) They are an "air root" plant and grow in the tropics on limbs and trunks of trees. The will suffocate in dirt. They will only blossom once a season. Typically, they need to be "root bound" or "mature" to bloom. They'll stop blooming when they get tired of blooming. That's when: To propagate: remove from pot and carefully divide the roots. then plant in fir bark and wait a year or two for them to grow to maturity. Water adding a special orchid fertilizer, and only in the growing season (Apr to Oct). Remove to inside if freezing weather threatens.
May just be easier to purchase the ones you like each year, enjoy, photograph, then forget. More important things to do, of course. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Another convert to Nik's "Antique Wet Plate" treatment: I love it. Excellent photograph. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
White: and retaining the detail: Very difficult.
Focus Stacking: I think that solves a lot of possible problems in situations such as this one.
I like what you've done, however.
Thanks for the comment on my orchids. I've been growing them since 1996 and have found success to come very slowly and with much difficulty. As you pointed out: Lighting is the key. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I used to live where everybody grew peonies. They're magnificient in bloom.
I think the foreground one blossom is just right, but the other two: Don't know what to do, but one option is to eliminate them. Another is to blur them even more. Those two look nicer in the original color version, however.
Unrelated, but one thing to do when showing on DD32 where the background is black and your own background is also black, is it helps to put a small white stroke around the edge of YOUR image.
Welcome to our little study group. |
Jul 2nd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
My "suggestion" is to either get closer and capture something about the tree that is unique, or to get further away capturing all or most of the tree and fading the rest of the image. |
Jul 2nd |
12 comments - 15 replies for Group 32
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12 comments - 15 replies Total
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