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Grapehead
  
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|  | | | I really appreciated the critiques received with my previous photos. I've got a good tripod now, have been playing around with Photomatix and Photoshop, and generally trying to have a better "eye" with framing. Please share your thoughts.
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Weirdlig
 
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<Reply # 1 on 2/17/2012 10:05 AM >
| | | | It's a good shot 
When taking your photo, note distractions and remove them from the scene. That small bracket seeming object on your lower left and, if possible, the hose could have been moved out of view.
Sometimes cutting off a portion of a distraction can be pretty appealing, take your barrels on the right. The orange barrel being cut in half by the crop is ideal to me.
After taking said shot, there's always the ability to remove distractions via Photoshop. Personally I'd do my best to take out the sill on the lower right [in addition to originally trying to take the shot with it minimized]. That can be a pain in the ass challenge, but the finished product will prove much more to the point of the image. The viewer's eyes won't dart.
Aside from that, the exposure is good and I like the subject/positioning. It's level enough that it's fine as is.
Nice work, the tripod makes a hell of a difference, huh?
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Grapehead
location:
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Gender: Female
| | Re: Another "just one photo" thread.
<Reply # 2 on 2/17/2012 10:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by Weirdling
It's a good shot
When taking your photo, note distractions and remove them from the scene. That small bracket seeming object on your lower left and, if possible, the hose could have been moved out of view.
Sometimes cutting off a portion of a distraction can be pretty appealing, take your barrels on the right. The orange barrel being cut in half by the crop is ideal to me.
After taking said shot, there's always the ability to remove distractions via Photoshop. Personally I'd do my best to take out the sill on the lower right [in addition to originally trying to take the shot with it minimized]. That can be a pain in the ass challenge, but the finished product will prove much more to the point of the image. The viewer's eyes won't dart.
Aside from that, the exposure is good and I like the subject/positioning. It's level enough that it's fine as is.
Nice work, the tripod makes a hell of a difference, huh?
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Thanks for the input Weirdling. I definitely agree about the random pieces of crap. Somehow I let those slide because my eye was particularly drawn to the barrels and the window area, but I totally see how those items could be distracting. I removed everything I could using Clone Stamp in PS. The bar to the lower right is probably hopeless. I don't think I have the skills to remove that one.
Here is the new version, without most of the annoying crap. Let me know what you think.
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Weirdlig
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| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 3 on 2/19/2012 3:27 AM >
| | | | Much better, great clone job. It can be a hell of a pain in the ass challenge...I wouldn't have been able to remove the sill either.
I try to take note of what to remove but it takes getting used to. Things still constantly slip past my notice and into shots.
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Grapehead
location:
Seattle
Gender: Female
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 4 on 2/20/2012 7:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by Weirdling
Much better, great clone job. It can be a hell of a pain in the ass challenge...I wouldn't have been able to remove the sill either.
I try to take note of what to remove but it takes getting used to. Things still constantly slip past my notice and into shots.
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I take that back. It appears to be pretty easy to do if you use the flip tool. Use this flipped image as a new layer which you can set to the background. Then, erase the top layer and you've got new, sill free image.
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RunkPock
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Gender: Male
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 5 on 2/20/2012 8:20 AM >
| | | | The second image looks great. It looks a lot more professional without the distractions.
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Grapehead
location:
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Gender: Female
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 7 on 2/20/2012 7:23 PM >
| | | | Thanks for pushing me to learn new techniques. I will be on the look-out for distractions in future photos so I can keep practicing my editing skills.
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AnAppleSnail
  
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Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 8 on 2/20/2012 11:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by Grapehead
Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
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This is what a barrel roll looks like on camera:
Now that that's cleared up, good progress!
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syl23
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<Reply # 9 on 2/23/2012 10:38 PM >
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Whoa... Am I being portal'd to another dimension?
Anyways, I like it quite a bit. I typically don't like photos processed like this very much, but you pulled it off quite nicely. Extremely nice job editing that stuff in the corner out.
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AnAppleSnail
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Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 10 on 2/23/2012 10:41 PM >
| | | | Posted by syl23
Whoa... Am I being portal'd to another dimension?
Anyways, I like it quite a bit. I typically don't like photos processed like this very much, but you pulled it off quite nicely. Extremely nice job editing that stuff in the corner out.
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Now that I've completely hijacked the thread...
This photo is almost unprocessed, in the way you're thinking of. Here's how to take one just like it:
1. Buy a $10 wide-angle adapter. They make...interesting effects.
2. Sit in the back seat of a car on a rainy night.
3. Drive through town, shooting on a high color temperature.
The blue/green streaks are green lights, the red are red lights, and the whites are headlights. The wide-angle lens blanks the corners out, with mad chromatic aberrations.
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Lasso
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Gender: Male
| | | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 11 on 2/23/2012 11:10 PM >
| | | | I don't know if HDR was necessary for this, but it's just not my thing I guess. Good composition/lighting though
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syl23
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 12 on 2/23/2012 11:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
Now that I've completely hijacked the thread...
This photo is almost unprocessed, in the way you're thinking of. Here's how to take one just like it:
1. Buy a $10 wide-angle adapter. They make...interesting effects.
2. Sit in the back seat of a car on a rainy night.
3. Drive through town, shooting on a high color temperature.
The blue/green streaks are green lights, the red are red lights, and the whites are headlights. The wide-angle lens blanks the corners out, with mad chromatic aberrations.
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Actually, the "I don't typically like photos processed like this but you did a good job" was directed to the person that started this thread.
And yes, I know how to do the light streak effect. Kinda disappointed you didn't actually do a barrel roll with your camera though.
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Grapehead
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Gender: Female
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 13 on 2/26/2012 4:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lasso
I don't know if HDR was necessary for this, but it's just not my thing I guess. Good composition/lighting though
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HDR is a style, and I'm not sure how any style choice would or wouldn't be "necessary". But thank you.
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Grapehead
location:
Seattle
Gender: Female
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 14 on 2/26/2012 4:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by syl23
Whoa... Am I being portal'd to another dimension?
Anyways, I like it quite a bit. I typically don't like photos processed like this very much, but you pulled it off quite nicely. Extremely nice job editing that stuff in the corner out.
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Thanks Sy. Though I have to give credit to Defecto for showing me how to remove the stuff in the corner.
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qualdoth
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<Reply # 15 on 2/26/2012 3:27 PM >
| | | | Posted by Grapehead
HDR is a style, and I'm not sure how any style choice would or wouldn't be "necessary". But thank you.
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HDR is technically a method for dealing with a dynamic range that's too high for a camera sensor to capture. You obviously enjoy it as a style (you could argue that what you're using as 'style' is actually tone mapping, but I digress), but to simply label it a style is an oversimplification.
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Grapehead
location:
Seattle
Gender: Female
| | Re: Do a barrel roll... actually, don't. It would ruin the shot.
<Reply # 16 on 2/29/2012 4:57 AM >
| | | | Posted by qualdoth
HDR is technically a method for dealing with a dynamic range that's too high for a camera sensor to capture. You obviously enjoy it as a style (you could argue that what you're using as 'style' is actually tone mapping, but I digress), but to simply label it a style is an oversimplification.
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I understand what you're staying. I have in fact used HDR as a "method" to capture multiple ranges, like shots facing windows with dark interiors. But in this particular shot, it was a style choice.
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