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★ Wed C&C (No Theme) Thread, Ed. 115, June/23/2010 ★

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Christa,

an interesting text (though I think 'Auto' and failing batteries are brand independent:-)

I like the photo (personal, intimate mood, good colors[no flash!]).

I'd crop a bit: get rid of the boring things at the right side so that the girls are nearly symmetrical in the frame. A bit more brightness/contrast and the image is fine.

Just my take,

best,

Claus.

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... when the photograph annihilates itself as medium to be no longer a sign but the thing itself...

 
Half of Europe is watching TV (England, Slovenia) and the US are in it, too: they just made the next round....

Regards,

Claus.

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... when the photograph annihilates itself as medium to be no longer a sign but the thing itself...

 
Christa,
cnb said:
The shot seems a little bit soft; what were your settings?
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Looks like the woman's arm is a tad faster than the shutter speed

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Kari,

I like the relaxed and easy nature of three people feeling comfortable with each other - the husband, wife and photographer. The light is very pleasing and adds to the atmosphere.

The thing that keeps it from being perfect is that slash of cloth(?) in the lower right.

I too would make it available to the customer.

brent
 
Very interesting! I'm fascinated by how we try to show motion in photo's. This definitely gives me a sense of motion - almost to the point of discomfort. I would agree that for maximum impact the railing should be sharp.

When trying to capture motion in someone walking or running you almost always get part of their bodies to be still and therefore sharp. There was a thread in another Olympus forum I followed some time back (link below) which shows this clearly. Notice the feet in the first two shots.
http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3527

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-Mike
It's much easier to criticize than to create
 
Nice shot! I love the color and how it flows from the drapery in the back on down thru the vertical woodwork of the stage.

The expressions of the girls and their turn could be the center of the shot. I would consider cropping in from the left to the edge of the table and from the right just into the man's rose. I do not know who the other people are in the shot - so maybe it completely would ruin it for the wedding party.

Maybe we should have a whole thread of non-professional photogs as primaries at a wedding? I shot two weddings (exhausting - I love photography, but I would never consider doing event/ wedding photography) and all our surprises (like trying to round up a family for pictures that does not want their pictures taken :-)

brent
 
Ricoh GXR, 50mm A12 Module, 1/4th sec at f/6.3, iso1600



Cheers!
-raaj
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'Change is not Mandatory, you don't have to Survive...'
 
Hi,

the "hairyness" (is that a word?) makes it an almost organic thing, a living organism. I think the (slightly) blown highlights you mentioned create a kind of documentary style, reportage, in a good way. It makes me curious about the subject.

-Kari
 
Hi,

I specially like the cool light drawing the profile of girl in right. If that is not from flash the must have been other illumination´or daylight coming in.

Sharp and contrasty, must look great when printed on glossy paper.

The best man (?) behind the girls could be more to the left or right, now he is slightly disturbing the right girl. But shootin on locations like these, it must be hard in every shot to check background.

-Kari
 
Nice! Was it on purpose or accident? :D

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Jyrki Leskelä

 
E-30 & ZD 14-54mm MkII.



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Jyrki Leskelä

 
Ok, here's my latest attempt at something worthwhile. Thanks in advance for looking and commenting. I ran Topaz denoise and desaturated. The colors were very vivid (a little distracting IMO) and I'm more of a boring muted kind of a guy. Anyway, here goes...

Oh, this was one of my first attempts with my new 70-300. It's definitely a different instrument than the 11-22 and 14-54. Maybe I'll get the hang of it some day.





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Whitefoot - Franklin, TN
 
I really love the colors and the creaminess of the image. Also, while I might prefer for something to be sharp, I think you did an excellent job with the panning. Were you using a pan head on a tripod or just handheld? There seems to be very little vertical blurring, which I find quite interesting.

It certainly evokes thought.
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Whitefoot - Franklin, TN
 
Thanks for comments,

shutter was 1/60 and aperture 4.0, the woman might have moved during the shot, or depth of field is not adequate.

About the colors, I created another version with slightly more punch, but not much as I like to keep the smoothness:



Actually I have some trouble to reproduce the image look I have in Photoshop to the webpage. I use sRGB profile but colors are slightly washed out here... anyway, here is a bw version, I have no special skills to make the conversion:



The lighting is so even, this inage could benefit from some kicker light.

Christa, I understand your comment about sharpness after seeing your nice best man image :)
 
Ok back to "normal" for me this week. LOL One thing that grabbed my attention in this scene was the subtle differences in hue. It's totally the result of the reflected light from the setting sun striking one part of the sidewalk but not the other. I wasn't completely satisfied with the "straight" treatment so tried a bit of edge framing to see what others thought. The edged version almost looks like a photo of some sort of ancient bas relief. I chose ISO 400 to generate a little noise in the scene.

E520 zd14-42 @ 40mm 1/160 sec @ f7.1 ISO 400





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Some people operate cameras. Others use them to create images. There is a difference.

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http://sarob-w.deviantart.com/
 
Hi,

I picked my first image not for the photographing technique but for the photo's eerie, ghostly look.

Here's a photo with standard 'panning blur' (C&C welcome).

Braid:



(shot two weeks ago when I was returning from the airport; E450/PL 14-150mm)

Regards,

Claus.

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... when the photograph annihilates itself as medium to be no longer a sign but the thing itself...

 
Shots like this can be hit or miss. I like this one, because there are interesting little things that make me think AHA. Like how the features of her face just happen to align with the bars of the railing. Only little niggler is the yellow bar. I'd consider cloning it out since to me at least it's a bit of a disctraction.
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Some people operate cameras. Others use them to create images. There is a difference.

http://ikkens.zenfolio.com/

http://sarob-w.deviantart.com/
 
I like that you took the time to capture what wasn't a "main attraction" moment. My personal tastes would run to putting more emphasis on the 2 girls by either doing some contrast work or even cropping the photo down on them more tightly. But other than that it's one of those situations that some people overlook because they are so intent on the "action" they forget about other opportunities.
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Some people operate cameras. Others use them to create images. There is a difference.

http://ikkens.zenfolio.com/

http://sarob-w.deviantart.com/
 
Welcome, Raaj, with your first picture here (and thumbs up for your Thursday C&C thread over at the Leica forum! :)

What I like most in your photo is the light, the evening mood and the shape of the woman (she's handling a camera, correct? Chimping? - Or is it a drink?). The two 'lines' of the reflections are well placed in the photo (else I'd have preferred a composition with the woman on the right side - a bit more space in front of her). A bit warmer (less blue) general tinge, perhaps, but I'm not sure.

I like.

Regards,

Claus.

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... when the photograph annihilates itself as medium to be no longer a sign but the thing itself...

 
Some clouds overhead blocked the sunlight in the background helping to emphasize the foreground in this photo of churches & court houses. Taken from nearly a mile away.

Downtown Paterson 02

▼ Kodak Z612 ● AP ● ISO 80 ● EFL 420mm ● f/6.3 ● 1/640" ● -0.3 EV



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'When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two,
and I know it was not that blow that did it,
but all that had gone before.'
-- Jacob Riis (1849 - 1914)

Stay Well,
Pete K.
 
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