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Maybe because of all this noise! I know these won't be everyone's cup-o-tea, but after reading about noise/grain and how it can make "certain" images, I thought I'd try it to the extreme! I was aiming for more of an "art" type photograph. I'm trying to learn to appreciate noise/grain...and applied it to a couple of shots I thought it might work with. If you prefer earplugs, I'll understand. :O)





Robin-Lee



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This isn't noise - it's beautiful music! Very Nice, love both
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peggyo
 
Grain has it's own appeal. And with these images it looks very artsie. But I think Ricoh has cornered the market for grain. :) I have one.
 
Robin-Lee,

I like what you are doing. You are rediscovering something that we lived with happily 50 years ago. Available light meant inevitable graininess. I hope you will pardon me for waxing nostalgic, but I couldn't help pulling out this old shot from 1957. Shot with Tri-X pushed to 800ASA using an old Minolta Autocord 2 1/4 reflex. We were looking for a feeling, a mood, that you could not get with bright lights or flash. This, of course, is not digital, but I have tried to do some things like this in digital. Keep up the great work!

-Bill

'The Rehearsal' from a silver gelatin print 1957



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That's a nice, fine grain application that definitely gives a film-like look. The only thing I would try is taking out the color noise and see if that makes it even more film-like. I like the experiment. It has its uses when looking for a certain mood.
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These are very pleasing.

The texture/grain/noise works perfectly with organic material such as earthenware. I'm not sure #1 isn't woodenware, though. An intriguing aspect of #1 is that the large item looks almost flat, as if it were a disk, but the shadow tells the story. Or does it? This is an instance where visual dissonance intrigues the eye. Apparent simplicity gives way when one begins to contemplate placing the small object atop the larger. I very much like the slightest touching of the shadows of the two items. This is a wonderfully subtle yet powerful way to state a relationship. Mystery is intensified by floating the objects on the rust background; there is no clue to their actual size. I am free to wonder. Excellent!

In #2, a propped-up position introduces into a pottery study an unexpected element of tension. This technique beautifully exploits the crazed interior. That rich blue/blue-green is the star of this earth-tone show. I feel slightly cheated by the close crop on this picture; more shadow revealed--even more "air" all 'round the bowl--would be welcome. This bowl is plenty strong enough to draw me in; this crop makes me feel a bit I'm being pushed, rather than invited, into the bowl's personal space. The background in two colors forms a straight-line counterpoint to the bowl's curves. The addition of a squiggly (pulled wire from a spiral notebook?) to this, the sole straight line in the composition, is a clever bit of whimsy. Again, there is no cue to scale, which provides space for imagination to play.

The warm tones of these pictures, and the materials of the subjects, suggest that these items could be enjoyably handled, an inviting prospect.

I think I take from these a fresh awareness of the benefits of uncluttered composition. I admire your patience and planning prior to the shutter button moment.

Don
 
Image Anne said:
Maybe because of all this noise! I know these won't be everyone's
cup-o-tea, but after reading about noise/grain and how it can make
"certain" images, I thought I'd try it to the extreme! I was aiming
for more of an "art" type photograph. I'm trying to learn to
appreciate noise/grain...and applied it to a couple of shots I
thought it might work with. If you prefer earplugs, I'll understand.
:O)





Robin-Lee
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Sheesh! If that stuff floats your boat, you'd love an FZ30... Just minus the EV some, when no minus would otherwise be needed & it'll be ingrained to great artistic heights.... Bet it would cut your noise adding PP time in half....

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HELLO!!! Don't fix it - add it! Who would have thought grainy pictures can look this good! It almost appears they've been printed on leather. Yes, I like the effect, applied to a chosen few it does add to your repertoire as a photographer. I think you chose very suitable subjects, too, I for one enjoyed your foray into pumped-up volume.

(I shall dig up a few of my less-than-perfect shots and try to post them as "artsy"). Great idea!
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Hello everyone, I'm just curious how Image #1 would be in B/W, I like the way the pottery in #2 showed just enough grain, so as to appear natural on the outside.
All in all a very good set.
Gene in Florida.
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B_Algood said:
They do have that 'artsey' feel to the Robin-Lee, always nice to try
something new..who knows it just may be your 'Cup-of-tea'..good
work...Bill ~
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Thanks so much Bill. I like to try things..and I have always loved photo type art, as well as textures, so my attempt at accomplishing both. RL
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doctordave said:
Grain has it's own appeal. And with these images it looks very
artsie. But I think Ricoh has cornered the market for grain. :) I
have one.
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These shots were taken in pretty good light, but I knew I wanted texture in them, so I added the noise. I'll bet you could come up with some terrific "grain shots" with all the great photo ops around you. I'll look forward to them! :O)

Robin-Lee
 
wrosenthal said:
Robin-Lee,

I like what you are doing. You are rediscovering something that we
lived with happily 50 years ago. Available light meant inevitable
graininess. I hope you will pardon me for waxing nostalgic, but I
couldn't help pulling out this old shot from 1957. Shot with Tri-X
pushed to 800ASA using an old Minolta Autocord 2 1/4 reflex. We were
looking for a feeling, a mood, that you could not get with bright
lights or flash. This, of course, is not digital, but I have tried to
do some things like this in digital. Keep up the great work!
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Thanks so much Bill, for your comments and for posting this wonderful image!! The grain lends to the mood in this capture! I've never been totally turned off by noise, per say, though I think it takes some thought as to when it works and when it doesn't. Your image is a good example of when it works! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and for the treat! Much appreciated!!
Robin-Lee
wrosenthal said:
-Bill

'The Rehearsal' from a silver gelatin print 1957



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There's a film grain effect there that's very artsy. It's when I can't control noise that I don't like it, but under control- or noise you can justify as the desired effect- can be great.

--I added film grain effect to the shot below of Liberty Island and Ellis Island to make it look like an old post card.



Kelly M

 
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