I decided to try some of the challenges over at Fred Miranda and the monthly theme is "out of foucs"
what do you think of this?
(the problem with FM its kind of big and intimidating)
I love the shot. Very good use of out of focus/focus.
And FM, the beauty of a big place like that is that for a long time, as long as you don't become part of a clique or something, you can practically be anonymous.
You know, like living in the city (FM) or a small town (dgrin (ish)). I relaxed over on FM a bit, Andy was the one who showed up to critique my photo.
I don't think I will ever get over that surprise!
The traveling pope of our world.
And I am catholic so don't flame me, I can say that stuff.:):
I love the shot. And how the ball has crossed the focus plane. My only comment is
the image seems a tad dark and maybe could use more sharpening?
I love how you've got the pitcher iso'ed in DOF. That's what makes it for
moi.
Ian
hmmm ok maybe I will try to work on it in ps more.....but yeah it was a tough shot to frame, because you also have a ump and a catcher back there and I shoot through the links of the fence.
But this purposly OOF shot I thought was much better than this one.
This one I was focusing on the SS and the running came across my path (no idea how I pulled this off cause it seems like I shot from the dugout, which i dont do...so maybe it was close to the plate.
But thanks guys I appreciate the comments, on FM its just sort of sitting there and all I can see is how many people have looked at it.
I don't know if I like the sharpened one better, but I am glad you got rid of the white spot, I couldn't tell which was the ball, but I didn't take the energy to post back.
Good shot. I got a kick out of the statement, "I am just starting with PS".
A guy named Rutt can confuse the h out of you about sharpening. But Damn he is good. Or his sharpening tutorial is.
g (I don't know about sharpening people, he does that with CMYK, and I think I am going to have to research that on my own. I like his tutorials, he does the research and writes them up for "Dummies". He didn't say that, but I can, cause I am one. Takes me longer to understand tech stuff than it does him.:D )
You can ask doctor it, I really dont use PS at all. Its only the last couple of months I have been using levels (mostly for hockey photos, for the other ones I generally dont touch) and its only the last week or two I have been discovering brightness/ contrast and the sharpen tools.......
Erik giggles at me sometimes cause I really seem like a dunder head that some how happens onto good pictures...."Oh I didnt know that button could do that"
You can ask doctor it, I really dont use PS at all. Its only the last couple of months I have been using levels (mostly for hockey photos, for the other ones I generally dont touch) and its only the last week or two I have been discovering brightness/ contrast and the sharpen tools.......
Erik giggles at me sometimes cause I really seem like a dunder head that some how happens onto good pictures...."Oh I didnt know that button could do that"
Man I will admit I am bummed....didint make the final list on FM with this photo.... sometimes convincing people sports photos are more than mere snapshots, but windows into a story is difficult.
But flowers...hey those tell a story.
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And FM, the beauty of a big place like that is that for a long time, as long as you don't become part of a clique or something, you can practically be anonymous.
You know, like living in the city (FM) or a small town (dgrin (ish)). I relaxed over on FM a bit, Andy was the one who showed up to critique my photo.
I don't think I will ever get over that surprise!
The traveling pope of our world.
And I am catholic so don't flame me, I can say that stuff.:):
g
the image seems a tad dark and maybe could use more sharpening?
I love how you've got the pitcher iso'ed in DOF. That's what makes it for
moi.
Ian
But this purposly OOF shot I thought was much better than this one.
This one I was focusing on the SS and the running came across my path (no idea how I pulled this off cause it seems like I shot from the dugout, which i dont do...so maybe it was close to the plate.
But thanks guys I appreciate the comments, on FM its just sort of sitting there and all I can see is how many people have looked at it.
I've just returned from the pub and here are two new images!
I think #2 looks a bit sharper and makes the pitcher stand out.
Ian
P.S. if you wait for FM to comment, you might be waiting a long
time. Just my observation.
Im kind of heading into new terriorty with actually using PS.
Ian
Good shot. I got a kick out of the statement, "I am just starting with PS".
A guy named Rutt can confuse the h out of you about sharpening. But Damn he is good. Or his sharpening tutorial is.
g (I don't know about sharpening people, he does that with CMYK, and I think I am going to have to research that on my own. I like his tutorials, he does the research and writes them up for "Dummies". He didn't say that, but I can, cause I am one. Takes me longer to understand tech stuff than it does him.:D )
Erik giggles at me sometimes cause I really seem like a dunder head that some how happens onto good pictures...."Oh I didnt know that button could do that"
But flowers...hey those tell a story.