Red Shirt

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited July 16, 2009 in Landscapes
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Enjoy!

Canon 40D, 24-70mm F2.8L

Neil
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  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    Neil, I think the composition, colors, and subject matter are fabulous.thumb.gif

    Here are my nits, as you requested: :D

    1. The highlights on building are a bit too bright. I think you can recover some detail there, if you shot in RAW (maybe JPEG too, depending on how bad its blown out).

    2. I may be tempted to perspective correct this shot a little more, to make the verticals more, well...vertical. :D

    3. I might crop out the very bottom, just at the blue artwork. This would exclude the somewhat distracting dark brown stuff.
    Shoot in RAW because memory is cheap but memories are priceless.

    Mahesh
    http://www.StarvingPhotographer.com
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    thapamd wrote:
    Neil, I think the composition, colors, and subject matter are fabulous.thumb.gif

    Here are my nits, as you requested: :D

    1. The highlights on building are a bit too bright. I think you can recover some detail there, if you shot in RAW (maybe JPEG too, depending on how bad its blown out).

    2. I may be tempted to perspective correct this shot a little more, to make the verticals more, well...vertical. :D

    3. I might crop out the very bottom, just at the blue artwork. This would exclude the somewhat distracting dark brown stuff.

    Excellent, Mahesh!

    Re:

    1. Agree (depending a bit on your display characteristics - I edit with the brightness of my display equal to ambient light, darker than many other people's, I suspect). The really nice thing for me about this shot is the way the light spills over that wall left into the alley. I will do a little bit of masking (or GND) to subdue the brightness elsewhere.

    2. Doesn't worry me here - more to be lost than gained, I think. This is close to how the eye sees.

    3. I had that thought, too. But, sometimes cropping out the less interesting bits also loses context/scale/perspective. I think I want some distance up to the center for the eye to travel.

    Keep it up!thumb.gif
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    Ah! Yes, now I see what you mean, Mahesh - the VERY bottom. Certainly!
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  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    NeilL wrote:
    Excellent, Mahesh!

    Re:

    1. Agree (depending a bit on your display characteristics - I edit with the brightness of my display equal to ambient light, darker than many other people's, I suspect). The really nice thing for me about this shot is the way the light spills over that wall left into the alley. I will do a little bit of masking (or GND) to subdue the brightness elsewhere.

    2. Doesn't worry me here - more to be lost than gained, I think. This is close to how the eye sees.

    3. I had that thought, too. But, sometimes cropping out the less interesting bits also loses context/scale/perspective. I think I want some distance up to the center for the eye to travel.

    Keep it up!thumb.gif

    Fair enough. If you're happy, I'm happy! thumb.gif
    Shoot in RAW because memory is cheap but memories are priceless.

    Mahesh
    http://www.StarvingPhotographer.com
  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    NeilL wrote:
    Ah! Yes, now I see what you mean, Mahesh - the VERY bottom. Certainly!

    I knew you'd see it my way. mwink.gif
    Shoot in RAW because memory is cheap but memories are priceless.

    Mahesh
    http://www.StarvingPhotographer.com
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    @ Mahesh
    Tweaked a little.

    I didn't go back to the RAW (too far!), might do some later time.

    What I should do is bracket more. I never have, and didn't have a pod with me here. But it's routine for you, I think. And of course your results clinch that argument!
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

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  • thapamdthapamd Registered Users Posts: 1,722 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2009
    NeilL wrote:
    Tweaked a little.

    I didn't go back to the RAW (too far!), might do some later time.

    What I should do is bracket more. I never have, and didn't have a pod with me here. But it's routine for you, I think. And of course your results clinch that argument!

    Neil, if the light is good and you can keep your shutter speed up, you may not need a tripod. Just take a burst of bracketed images handheld and use the auto align tool in PS. They have it in CS3 and CS4. I don't know about previous versions. I find that tool works wonderfully! I even use it sometimes on shots I've bracketed on a tripod. Give it a try at home and see how the results look. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let me know.
    Shoot in RAW because memory is cheap but memories are priceless.

    Mahesh
    http://www.StarvingPhotographer.com
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2009
    thapamd wrote:
    Neil, if the light is good and you can keep your shutter speed up, you may not need a tripod. Just take a burst of bracketed images handheld and use the auto align tool in PS. They have it in CS3 and CS4. I don't know about previous versions. I find that tool works wonderfully! I even use it sometimes on shots I've bracketed on a tripod. Give it a try at home and see how the results look. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let me know.

    Much appreciate the tips, Mahesh, thanks! More new territory!
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
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