Discussion on: Image 50 - "Hauling the Seine"

Discussion, revisions and constructive critisms of Image 50 - "Hauling the Seine"

Original - Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
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Camera	Konica Minolta » DiMAGE A1
Original Date	2005-05-16 22:22:01
Focal Length	50.69140625 mm
Aperture	f 6.3
ISO	100
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Flash	No Flash
Tripod	No
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Photographers Note:
Father and son fishing from a coracle in the Tungabhadra River.

The father would lay the net as the son rowed. Then the father would smash a pole against the surface of the water to scare the fish into swimming into the seine.

Hampi, India

Ali Watters (Ali)
Msg: #1

May 23rd 2005
16:20:42

Playing here - not sure if this improves the image any.

I wondered how it would work as a panorama, and how it would be in B&W - so this is how it is as both.

Could have been two edits really.

Looks like the uploaded version has been sharpened already?

do you have the original from the camera available? - would be interesting to see what you did to get to this stage.

Revision: 3
Ali Watters (Ali)

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
Msg: #2

May 24th 2005
00:31:36

Here's the original. Downsized to 1200 pixels wide, otherwise unchanged.

Mostly I cropped a bit off the top and bottom. I liked the look of the bright green corner area. It seemed to anchor the image.

[Edited: 00:33 - BobTrips ]

Revision: 4
Bob Wallace (BobTrips)

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
Msg: #3

May 24th 2005
00:36:20

The B&W is interesting. Thanks.

I think it would work better if the image weren't so heavily cropped. The stems of grass in the lower right just add noise for me. A shot where the bank wasn't included might work much better. (And I shot a lot of frames of these guys.)

Ali Watters (Ali)
Msg: #4

May 24th 2005
07:02:29

Yeah - without the bank would work better for me - could you upload a shot without the bank? - I'd like to try a B&W high contrast edit - but with the reflection of the boat and crew also.

[Edited: 07:03 - Ali ]

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
Msg: #5

May 24th 2005
15:07:09

Here's a 1200 pixel wide version of 2828 as it came from the camera.

Revision: 6
Bob Wallace (BobTrips)

Ali Watters (Ali)
Msg: #6

May 24th 2005
16:02:43

It's ended up a little small, I really wanted to focus attention on the subject matter, the coracle and fishermen.

Masked off the boat and occupants, copied. Made the background black white high contrast, pasted the boat back in - set slightly transparent to let the contrast come through and keep subtle. Had fun playing with this...

If I had more time I'd make the mask tighter and remove the slight glow from the edges.

(hit a bug had to double the size to get uploaded - not intentional for the edit...)

Revision: 7
Ali Watters (Ali)

Ali Watters (Ali)
Msg: #7

May 25th 2005
07:11:48

Again - 485.

Revision: 11
Ali Watters (Ali)

Adrian Warren (AdrianW)
Msg: #8

June 10th 2005
12:38:47

OK, think about what the shot is about - and then think about what it's not. The shot is about the fisherman and his kid and the net IMO, everything else us extraneous - hence this crop.

The only other thing I've done is Shadows/Highlights Shadows@15% to bring out a little of the shadow detail in his face a bit more.

I hope you like it :)

Revision: 1
Adrian Warren (AdrianW)

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