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aobaob — We don't swing in winter II
Published: 2009-03-13 06:47:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 295; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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I'm going to have to retake this one day.PS Editing: Levels, Cropping,
Should I crop the grass on the right side out?
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Colours doesn't enhance the message, plain and simply.
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Yeah but the colours captured the atmosphere of a winter sunset. Now it just looks...dull.
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Understandable. I'll re-consider, but I make no promises.
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You could at least up the contrast so it isn't greyscale, but black and white (or closer to at least.
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I'll see what that does, but extreme contrast should only really be added with geometric photos. I'll see how it goes.
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Well no, not extreme, but it needs to be upped a bit otherwise it all just muddles into a grey blur.
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I see what you mean. I'll up the contrast now, then re-submit later today.
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I think there are too many focus points at the moment, the rope needs to be cropped. As a bonus, you can crop a bit on the left as well, and get a square, which, as we all know, how God crops his shots.
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Ah yes, cropping the rope would be a good idea, thanks as ever!
I thought squares were more of a Chuck Boris concept...
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Chuck is so square, even his triangles have 4 corners and if they don't he roundhouse kicks them into shape.
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No I create them on the fly, like shurikens of corrupted haiku designed to fly through the eye of the reader and embed themselves in their brains.
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I can't think of a witty response to that...
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only if I can hear a decent Chuck norris comment.
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Well composed, but saturation is a teeny-weeny high. Dont crop the grass on the right!! It'll ruin the balance because the swing is also a subject, but the rope on the far right is distracting. Perhaps clone it out? Also, when you get an SLR, you can use an ND grad filter or polariser to make your sky deeper blue. Try making the top step straight and see if it improves it. Finally, add a vingette to the edges to frame it better. It'll add a loneliness to the picture, that I think will enhance it.
But this photo has a real meaning, but I don't know what it is. :-/
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I could lower the saturation, I suppose, but cloning out the rope, well I don't think so. This could be my naive, to the book, new approach to photography and editing, but I shall bear my misfortunes, hoping one day that it will improve my abilities, and not hide my mistakes.
I'll see what a vignette does. Thanks as always mate!
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I started out like that - "I won't photoshop anything out!" - it lasted about three weeks when I realised that stupid people always leave things lying around that you can't get rid of.
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the light and colour's wonderful!
love it if it was cropped to a 1:1 (square) or a vertical shot
it has to be straight and the since the focus of the picture's the swing why not put the swing as the focus point of the picture?
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I'll retake this with your advice! Thanks a lot mate!
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Love the composition, especially the relation between the stairs and tree. I also love the warm yellow hue.
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No. Try it with a vertical shot, with a closer view from the steps. May even be worth the swing being out of focus, sometimes it creates a stronger shot, as long as it's still clear what it is. If not...you can get a deeper DoF with multiple shots, and merging them.
Another point, the image quality is really low
Good idea, which certainly has potential.
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Vertical shot I'm not entirely sure about, but I will follow your advice to take a picture of the swing out of focus.
As for image quality, I know. I was uploading this as a reminder that I have to retake this.
Thanks for the critique!
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Try both, it's the joy of having a digital camera
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