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** Weekly C & C Thread #29 ** It's All About the Photos, Folks

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Robert, perhaps you saw the thread on here recently where someone advised that the crop they saw before they expanded the photo was actually preferable to the full-size photo. That's how I felt about this one. I love the colors and the textures and the dynamism of the layers, but it didn't seem like extending them to the right added anything. It's something to think about anyway :)
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Keitha McCall

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Interesting, but seems a bit too contrasty. I get what you're going for but it would be nice to see some more detail-at the very least to give the eye somewhere to look. Otherwise, it's a toss up between blurred people and a blown out building.

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SoundNinja, this photo seems to beg the question of who you expect your audience to be. I know I like to think that I shoot only for myself, but I have consciously tried to re-create styles I like (like high-key, motion blur, etc). I wasn't looking for any one person's approval, but I knew that some shots would be more popular on flickr than with my more conservative family, for instance.

So is this processing going to appeal to everyone? Certainly not. Will it be the one photo out of the thousands of photos you've taken that some people exclaim over and love? Certainly. I like it, blown highlights and all, and the one thing I might possibly change (or at least do a before-and-after) is cropping out the right edge with the "Tokens" sign.
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Keitha McCall

Pentaxian and Snapshot Shooter since April 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/aravis121/
http://www.ascenicworld.com
 
I've definitely been inspired by work I've seen before (including some of your fantastic shots) when it comes to my PP. However, like you I do like to think that I shoot to please myself rather than any particular approval (apart from some slight ego massaging perhaps). And as you say, I think that if it's the shot in my portfolio that really stands out for just one person, then my work here is done.

That said, I have made a couple of changes as suggested above. I think that a little more detail perhaps doesn't hurt (although I still have the massively overblown version on my computer), and I've cropped part of the right edge. And yeah, I'm now happier with it.


K McCall said:
SoundNinja, this photo seems to beg the question of who you expect
your audience to be. I know I like to think that I shoot only for
myself, but I have consciously tried to re-create styles I like (like
high-key, motion blur, etc). I wasn't looking for any one person's
approval, but I knew that some shots would be more popular on flickr
than with my more conservative family, for instance.

So is this processing going to appeal to everyone? Certainly not.
Will it be the one photo out of the thousands of photos you've taken
that some people exclaim over and love? Certainly. I like it, blown
highlights and all, and the one thing I might possibly change (or at
least do a before-and-after) is cropping out the right edge with the
"Tokens" sign.
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Keitha McCall

Pentaxian and Snapshot Shooter since April 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/aravis121/
http://www.ascenicworld.com
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This Mockingbird Landed on the fountain and just stood there like he was waiting for someone. I thought the kissing Doves made the shot.

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Larry Crovo

 
A third opinion (FWIW)....

I'd have tried getting down lower to find a perspective which included much more of the sea. And maybe stopped the lens right down and tried a longer exposure.

In any event, it would certainly be worth trying different crops and PP on this, as you've caught a compelling scene.
 
It's a nice shot of a body of water, but it could be anywhere. Only the title gives me any reason for having taken the shot. I think you are tied the the photo by your experience and location, but as a viewer it holds no great interest for me. It tells no story, or pictures any situation unique to the location, and is not particularly lovely to look at.

Sorry, but it just doesn't do anything for me.
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Larry Crovo

 
I'd have chosen a golden retriever, but sadly this was not my dog.

Dark labradors can be a ***** to photograph...
 
Do you have noise reduction software ?

I'd happily trade some loss of detail to lose the (distracting) noise on this one, as the fine detail isn't what makes the shot.
 
Bump the contrast a whole lot more (Layer overlay in PS ?), and you might have something quite interesting.
 
nigbat said:
Do you have noise reduction software ?
I'd happily trade some loss of detail to lose the (distracting) noise
on this one, as the fine detail isn't what makes the shot.
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I do and I've run it on the image. The image is very, very noisy by default. I underexposed by two stops just to be able to handhold it.

That said, I deliberately did not remove more noise than this. I really dislike the smooth, smeared look of images with all noise removed, and in this case especially, I feel the noise is part of the image - a feature of an image taken in conditions like this if you will.

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I've posted this in an individual thread already, but perhaps I'll get more feedback here. Sorry for posting the same photo in two seperate threads, but looking to get better and there's no better way to do that than have someone throw rocks at you (constructively of course).

 
will C&C 2moro (promise)

not sure I've done the tone curve quite right on this one, what do you think ?



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Sorry I was unaware of the weather conditions, being a lucky Aussie where we can still get around in a t-shirt. I admire your intrepid efforts! Your picture has made me think carefully of how I would have tried to photograph an icy pond in winter light - hard to find one here though ;=)

Adam

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