Boy by pond

ziggy53

Canon 40D, EF 70-200mm, f4L IS USM @ 200mm and f4 with 1.4x telextender, so 280mm @ f5.6 effective, 1/3200th, ISO 800.

Yuri Pautov

Ziggy, how happy I am to 'see' you again!
Very good framing - not usual, but with good colours, shadows and choice of size.
I think that putting you hero out of centre (remember 3/8 - 5/8) could improve the composition. Also I recommend you to use Harry's (Harry, where are you?) method here:
copy layer
select 'multiply' blending mode
set Gaussian blur - 2-4
set opacity to what you need
This will make photo less bright and more saturated (in its own way).
DOF here is very good.
Thank you,
Yuri

ziggy53

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Ziggy, how happy I am to 'see' you again!
Very good framing - not usual, but with good colours, shadows and choice of size.
I think that putting you hero out of centre (remember 3/8 - 5/8) could improve the composition. Also I recommend you to use Harry's (Harry, where are you?) method here:
copy layer
select 'multiply' blending mode
set Gaussian blur - 2-4
set opacity to what you need
This will make photo less bright and more saturated (in its own way).
DOF here is very good.
Thank you,
Yuri

Thanks so much for commenting Yuri. This is very much a "work in progress" and I will try the things you suggest.

bdcolen

ziggy53 wrote:

[IMG]file:///Users/bdc331/Desktop/ZigggyEdit.jpg[/IMG]

Canon 40D, EF 70-200mm, f4L IS USM @ 200mm and f4 with 1.4x telextender, so 280mm @ f5.6 effective, 1/3200th, ISO 800.

I've edited a version of this and tried to attach it. Forgive me, but I can't figure out how to insert it here.

B. D.

www.bdcolenphoto.com

bdcolen

bdcolen wrote:

I've edited a version of this and tried to attach it. Forgive me, but I can't figure out how to insert it here.

B. D.

www.bdcolenphoto.com

[IMG]file:///Users/bdc331/Desktop/ZigggyEdit.jpg[/IMG]

bdcolen

bdcolen wrote:

I've edited a version of this and tried to attach it. Forgive me, but I can't figure out how to insert it here.

B. D.

www.bdcolenphoto.com

Okay - One more try - Here's the image cropped and worked a bit. It strikes me that the boy was lost as it was originally shot. This way the focus is much more on him, and his left arm works with the left hand corner. Frankly, I'd prefer this in black and white - but I prefer almost everything in black and white.

B. D.

ziggy53

Thanks B. D., it's showing up now in all posts. Hmmm (mulling over the crop and positioning and thinking and typing out loud. Good thing I wasn't chewing gum. )

OK, Yuri and you have convinced me on the crop.

... and yes, it looks like I could use the additional saturation as well.

ziggy53

This is where I wound up. Lots of small changes and significant visual changes to the green and yellow tones: