 | Discussion on: Image 79 - "Steaming" |
| Discussion on: Image 79 - "Steaming" |
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| Discussion, revisions and constructive criticisms of Image 79 - "Steaming" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #1 June 1st 2005 16:08:19 | Hi Craig. First Re-post/re-edit I've done for you so let me talk about my approach a bit. My style is to do a 'quick and dirty' edit as a way to present some ideas. I generally don't take the time to do the best job of which I'm capable. (Which isn't all that much anyway. ;o) If there's an idea you can use then you get to do the hard lifting - worrying over the details. It's your picture.... Now the picture. I like looking at pictures that tell me about different parts of the world. This one takes me into a place I might never visit. I like that. Ideally if you had the freedom to shoot it differently you might have been better off shooting from lower and more to the right. That way you could have tightened in a bit more on the woman and used the steamers (steamed buns?) for the background. And avoiding the large uninteresting counter/table area. Now my re-edit. I tried lightening up your subject's face a bit. That makes her features more accessible. (You can work on a better version if you like.) I also increased the contrast a bit and sharpened. See what you think. |
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #2 June 1st 2005 16:11:56 | Here's another idea. I cropped down on the woman while keeping as much of the interesting background 'stuff' as possible. Unfortunately I couldn't leave in any of the signs. There's a say by someone famous, I forget who.... "If a picture doesn't grab you, you weren't close enough." |
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| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #3 June 5th 2005 18:50:43 | A good, atmospheric shot you've captured here. I actually like the composition as it stands, however I do wish we could either see what she's doing, or she were facing/interacting with the steamers. As it stands she's appears somewhat uninvolved in the image itself... Other than that minor nit, I like it :) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Craig Ferguson (cfimages) Msg: #4 June 15th 2005 10:24:13 | Bob, I really like the cropped version. The colors on her face look a little out of gamut, but that's more than likely a result of you working with a small jpeg, plus the fact that I'm viewing it on a hardware claibrated monitor. Issues beyond your control, in other words - no offence meant. Adrian, thanks for your comment. A bit more about the photo. This was taken at 28mm on a 20D (I guess 44mm 35mm euiv). It was quite crowded, to include what she was doing I'd have needed to be further back, which wasn't possible due to the crowds (and the fact that's it's a streetside stall, so I had to watch out for scooters and the occasional car) It's pretty much a grab shot while walking past - we'd been shooting for about 6-7 hrs in 35deg heat and were about ready to drop, due to lack of food and the heat. My brain wasn't thinking image quality, it was thinking food. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #5 June 15th 2005 10:29:32 | "The colors on her face look a little out of gamut, but that's more than likely a result of you working with a small jpeg, plus the fact that I'm viewing it on a hardware claibrated monitor. Issues beyond your control, in other words - no offence meant." You overlooked the most important reason - my lack of skills. ;o) Certainly no offense taken. I was just trying to demonstrate that there was detail that could be brought out. I'll leave it to you to do it the 'right way'. Perhaps you could post a version for us to see and describe the process you used? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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