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Neat subject. If you are stuck with a head shot, at least his head has character.

I am not a portrait photographer and can't give you good technical advice on it, but I can say that I like it. I like the dark underchin and back of the head blending to good details in the rest of the image. The lighting gives him good shape and depth. I like the Out of Focus Background. I hope the picture helps him in a portfolio.
callumjhattingh said:
This was a picture taken of a dancer while doing headshots, I was going for the convict look and did not give much leeway as far as composition for that. pp in photoshop, shot with a t2i and 50mm 1.4 set at 2.0.



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Now that you started it again, I think you should maintain it by starting a new thread as needed or periodically.

Thanks for volunteering.
 
CityLights said:
I saw that. I read through some of it too.

I decided to be the rebel and just get one going.
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I certainly support cutting through the red tape when possible and I considered doing the same, although I was hoping we might have come up with a few changes, to ensure the long term survival of the thread and avoid repeating what failed before.
CityLights said:
My advice is, cut to the chase and keep it simple. Throw a DL thread up on the board and let people use it. When it fills up, first person that wants another one posts it up.
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That works. The KISS approach is often the best solution. You may have trampled on a few folks ideas, in your rush to a solution, but at least we have something to use now. ;)
CityLights said:
I am happy to follow whatever program is available. But the last DL died and there wasn't another so...
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Yep, that's why I brought it up in the other thread. Guess I should stop typing now and go find some photos to post for critiques. :)
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CityLights said:
Funny you should mention the DL, as we've been discussing a revival of sorts here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031&message=35836895
Any thoughts on how we should maintain the thread on a long term basis?
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jrkliny said:
Both images are sort of cluttered. Neither seems to have any special center of interest or impact. The leading lines are subtle and don't really seem to work nor do they contribute to composition. Overall, no major technical issues, nice scenery, but nothing special. Nothing catches my eye or interest or tells any story or creates any mood.
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If I'm being honest (and I am :)), that would be my opinion as well.
 
I like the black and white look. However, instead of the convict look, why not add grain and go for the artistic approach? You know, an old timey look with a modern head body adornment style. I think it could possibly work better (not that it needs improvement, just trying something different).
 
CityLights said:
CityLights said:
Brave man !
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The mosquitos were particularly fierce. ;)
CityLights said:
Stunning picture. Is it only me, thinking it could need littlle bit horizont leveling ?
At least my head turns left, when watching :-)
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Leveling in the mountains is particularly difficult. I look at it now and think maybe a couple degrees down on the right to make some of the trees verticle. But then there are others that would not be.
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I would suggest these in the middle.

I tried, but I think (except of windy hill :-)) there remains slight distorsion (off contest) , familiar to me with my 10-22 at 10mm at upper borders, more at right side ... normally it is centered, but if I make a non-centric crop, remains ugly non-centric barell, so I use PTlens firstly, later the cropping.

Man, I nearly smell the flowers and trees
 
You need to clone out the black blobs in the upper left corner of the photo. They distract from the simple white background - which is what you want.

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Sometimes you just cannot avoid the time of day you're taking a shot. Both those do not draw my eye to any one thing. Even at 10mm it looks too narrow for a landscape or at least that particular landscape.

With the first one I would have liked to have seen the creek taking up more space in the image, being larger, likely by taking a shot from a lower level. With the second, I think I would have preferred the wood part of the path to be more the focus of the whole image, larger.

I don't practice what I preach, btw. I don't have the dexterity to lay on the ground to take a shot, nor the brain to automatically process what I should capture in my shot especially when out in the open landscape of mountains (I travel often to the Colorado Rockies), where my eyes can see forever in 360 degrees.
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The Houston Photography Center is having an exhibition for their students and I am going to submit my B&W self-portrait. You guys have seen this one before and it has done fairly well in a challenge against stiff competition,. But before I submit it I would like to get some ideas for last minute tweaks to make it better. I am posting two versions, one with the glare on my nose cloned out and one with the glare left in. Which do you prefer.

Be nitpicky

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Glare removed on nose





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Here are 3 of mine for C&C. Thanks for looking

Bulgarian gipsy..





Trying to calm down the horse..





A boat on the Danube



 
Not seeing even a hint of either of the two faces in the first photo totally ruins it for me. Failing that, I'd like to see more of the path that they are about to travel instead.

I really like the light and colour in the second one, especially on the horse. I don't think that it effectively tells the story of trying to calm down the horse.

The framing on the last feels really cramped. It makes me feel trapped. I think it would be improved by not cutting off the tyre and the end of the boat at the bottom right.
 
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