form and structure...comments would be very very welcome

Alfred Eder · Mar 8, 2002

this stairway fascinated me for years. A would appreciate any comment concerning composition, lighting ecc.

Kindest regards

Alfred--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

hugh · Mar 8, 2002

Alfred said:
this stairway fascinated me for years. A would appreciate any
comment concerning composition, lighting ecc.

Kindest regards

Alfred
--
http://www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Hello Alfred,

I like the compositions and perspectives. I would, however like a bit more light.

Thanks.

hugh

Alfred Eder · Mar 8, 2002

Would you correct it in photoshop (add light?)?

regards

Alfred

hugh said:
Alfred said:

this stairway fascinated me for years. A would appreciate any
comment concerning composition, lighting ecc.

Kindest regards

Alfred
--
http://www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Click to expand...

Hello Alfred,

I like the compositions and perspectives. I would, however like a
bit more light.

Thanks.

hugh

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Canyonlu · Mar 8, 2002

Alfred, if you hadn't told that it was a stairway, at least the first and third would have fooled me!! Very unusual, and your shots give that optical illusion feature. Very nice.

marilu

--Marilu (Nikon 990) http://www.pbase.com/canyonlu/galleries

Beth · Mar 8, 2002

Alfred, this is a wonderfully seductive subject, but I agree that it could use better lighting. Can I tell you how to do that? No way! Maybe someone can though.

Beth

Canyonlu said:
Alfred, if you hadn't told that it was a stairway, at least the
first and third would have fooled me!! Very unusual, and your
shots give that optical illusion feature. Very nice.

marilu

--
Marilu (Nikon 990)
http://www.pbase.com/canyonlu/galleries

--Olympus E-10, TCON, MCON, WCON and Fl-40Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids

Tony Lau #65171 · Mar 8, 2002

Hi, I like the 1319877.jpg the most, and as many suggested, they may need more light...

Photoshop 6:

Level
Contrast +5
Noise Remove
Resize
Edge Sharpen
Save JPEG Quality=8

Regards,
Tony

Alfred Eder · Mar 8, 2002

Thank you all for your kind replies and suggestions

Alfred

Alfred said:
this stairway fascinated me for years. A would appreciate any
comment concerning composition, lighting ecc.

Kindest regards

Alfred
--
http://www.pbase.com/destinyx1

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Alfred Eder · Mar 8, 2002

followed your suggestions...what do you think now?

Greetings Alfred--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

John62128 · Mar 8, 2002

Alfrd gorguess pictures, but i sugest you tread them like tony showed you in ps
best rgds
--John smeets http://www.pbase.com/john1minolta D7 and Olympus B300

Alfred Eder · Mar 8, 2002

Where do I find "resize" and "edge sharpen"?

regards

Alfred

Tony Lau said:
Hi, I like the 1319877.jpg the most, and as many suggested, they
may need more light...

Photoshop 6:

Level

Contrast +5

Noise Remove

Resize

Edge Sharpen

Save JPEG Quality=8

Regards,
Tony

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

rollin'thunder · Mar 8, 2002

Very nicely done photos. I really like #2 in your orginal post. Think about this concept: Flip the photo horizontally so that the skylight is on the right. Reason: We read left to right and the skylight is the most dominant area of the photo, therefore by moving it to the right of the shot, the "read" of the photo would feel more natural. Also, try desaturating your shots or convert to grayscale. Patterns such as the stairway (imho) always look so much better in a monochrome. If you prefer to leave them in color, I think the darkness is just fine. Maybe just a little adjustment on the color values.

You have 3 jewels there. Try various filters, etc with them and see what you can come up with.
Regards,
RT

John said:
Alfrd gorguess pictures, but i sugest you tread them like tony
showed you in ps
best rgds

--
John smeets
http://www.pbase.com/john1
minolta D7 and Olympus B300

Tony Lau #65171 · Mar 9, 2002

Hi,

Resize is just normal image resize in Photoshop, and Edgesharpen is an action of Fred Miranda:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/Action_profilesPage/index.html

I was using his Edgesharpen 8-bit, but I modifed it to use 100% USM instead of 150%.

Regards,
Tony

Alfred Eder · Mar 9, 2002

Thank´s for your help Tony

Regards

Alfred

Tony Lau said:
Hi,

Resize is just normal image resize in Photoshop, and Edgesharpen is
an action of Fred Miranda:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/Action_profilesPage/index.html

I was using his Edgesharpen 8-bit, but I modifed it to use 100% USM
instead of 150%.

Regards,
Tony

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Alfred Eder · Mar 9, 2002

Thank you RT, going to try this too. But would a left hand look from right to left?

Regards

Alfred

rollin'thunder said:
John said:

Alfrd gorguess pictures, but i sugest you tread them like tony
showed you in ps
best rgds

--
John smeets
http://www.pbase.com/john1
minolta D7 and Olympus B300

Click to expand...

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

stana · Mar 9, 2002

Hi Alfred,

I like the images and think you did a great job of modifying them and adding more light and just the right amount of contrast.

Stan Abraham

Alfred Eder · Mar 9, 2002

Thank you Stan,

regards

Alfred

stana said:
Hi Alfred,

I like the images and think you did a great job of modifying them
and adding more light and just the right amount of contrast.

Stan Abraham

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

hugh · Mar 9, 2002

Alfred said:
Would you correct it in photoshop (add light?)?

regards

Alfred

Hello Alfred,

You can at least look at it to decide if you like it. Keep in mind that you are the one who has to be satisfied.

hugh

Alan Hartmann · Mar 9, 2002

These are very interesting photos, the first three in particular have an 'escher-like' quality IMO. I found myself staring for a few moments before I completely understood what I was seeing. Good work!

Regards,

Alan

Alfred said:
this stairway fascinated me for years. A would appreciate any
comment concerning composition, lighting ecc.

Kindest regards

Alfred
--
http://www.pbase.com/destinyx1

rollin'thunder · Mar 9, 2002

Unfortunately Alfred, critics in competition and shows will always site "readability" first. I can't tell you how many wonderful shots I've "flipped" in order to avoid getting bumped from the top 5. Even Monet had to paint to the critic's preferences. (check out his work. Most is off-center right) If you think about it, it does kind of make sense, though.
RT

Alfred said:
Thank you RT, going to try this too. But would a left hand look
from right to left?

Regards

Alfred

Alfred Eder · Mar 9, 2002

Thank you hugh, I added light - it´s better - you can see it in this thread (under improvement)

regards

Alfred

hugh said:
Alfred said:

Would you correct it in photoshop (add light?)?

regards

Alfred

Click to expand...

Hello Alfred,

You can at least look at it to decide if you like it. Keep in mind
that you are the one who has to be satisfied.

hugh

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

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