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Comment by GivingTree posted on Our world in a bubble at 11/08/2009 - 14:56
Asking because I see different tones on his forehead and cheeks, but don't know if my eyes are tricking me or not.
Comment by GivingTree posted on Another Face on the Street at 11/08/2009 - 14:43
Who says photos must remain photos - if we have all this computing power and ability to do other things with them then why not? Why is it any different to HDR, B/W conversion, colour popping, cloning out bits you don't like or changing the colour of something in a photo? Surely one of the joys of digital photography is that we can do things like this?
I can't see anything wrong in playing about and seeing what comes out.
Comment by GivingTree posted on Playing with Elements at 09/08/2009 - 15:29
To me, #1 has the most potential.
I would crop the right and the bottom, to put the butterfly off-center and give the graphic stems even more importance. That would also give that unattractive brown background less presence.
Then definitely PP to adjust exposure.
Comment by GivingTree posted on Butterfllies - Composition experiments at 07/08/2009 - 21:53
First and foremost, it needs straightening, which timk did but maybe a little too much imo.
I played around with it, and this is my result:
I straightened it according to the center post on the bridge.
Then got rid of the column on the left and the dark shadow at the bottom, to align the picture to the "rule of thirds".
Then just a bit of adjustment in curves (gimp) to bring out the reflections.
Comment by GivingTree posted on as shot at 07/08/2009 - 21:31
Now how to shoot it that my non-American friends will understand....
Pretty sure I can't include a Wikipedia article on "The South".
Comment by GivingTree posted on Fortnightly Competition #22 discussion at 06/08/2009 - 16:36
Comment by GivingTree posted on Holiday Snaps - Don't all groan! at 06/08/2009 - 16:24
you are master in catching the eyes.
And also in cropping the foreheads. You do it in a lot of your portraits and it works (whether in camera or in PP). It's something that is difficult to do right, IMO.
Comment by GivingTree posted on The Eyes have It at 06/08/2009 - 16:20
The first one, your focus is just a bit off. It's focused on his shoulders(?) and left his head OOF. But it looks like enough DOF to capture him well, if the focus was shifted a little to the right.
The second one the focus is better. Seems you've played with the contrast a bit too much tho.
Comment by GivingTree posted on First attempt at macro. Not quite right. at 06/08/2009 - 16:08
After seeing the winner, it drove home the fact that art is subjective. The winner doesn't hold any appeal for me, but it does for the judge.
And that's ok.
For me the first one is better in mono, it looks like something I might have done!
Comment by GivingTree posted on My submissions to the Scott Kelby Photowalk at 06/08/2009 - 15:59
The child is blowin' a bubble, the pot and child are both relevant to the shot, surely.
This is a good shot Darlene, I would jus' like to see some more contrast in the tones, on the child.
Unfortunately, the background is a bit messy at top left, but it's not too bad.
I like the shot very much.