Cooling Off

SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
edited September 8, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
Good... Bad?

I do not know the kid so I was careful to not get his face in the picture, but I really thought that it would make a nice shot.

Not sure if it belongs here or in the street photography area...

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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Now that looks like fun, but I bet it was cold :D

    I like how you cropped it. Sometimes you don't need the face in the photo and with this the focus is on the water hitting his neck -- so it works good.
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Dogdots wrote:
    Now that looks like fun, but I bet it was cold :D

    I like how you cropped it. Sometimes you don't need the face in the photo and with this the focus is on the water hitting his neck -- so it works good.

    Thanks for the reply!

    This is actually not a crop, it's the full image. I framed it like that when I took the shot.
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Nice catch. Kudo's on using every pixel thumb.gif
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Nice catch. Kudo's on using every pixel thumb.gif

    Thanks Andrew.



    I was actually goofing off and taking pictures of one of the many water streams coming from the fountain when that kid got under an adjacent stream and got me all wet. That's when I turned around and snapped that shot.

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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    SLRdude wrote:
    Thanks Andrew.



    I was actually goofing off and taking pictures of one of the many water streams coming from the fountain when that kid got under an adjacent stream and got me all wet. That's when I turned around and snapped that shot.

    Love the water streams as well. Water in motion is fascinating in the shapes that it forms, and how colors come through.

    Hopefully your gear is fine...
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Yup. Gear was just fine. It was my back that got wet.

    This is the shot as it came from the camera.

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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Is the enhancement around the splash from exposure, unsharp, or something else? The final version looks to have a lot more water action than the SOOC.
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Is the enhancement around the splash from exposure, unsharp, or something else? The final version looks to have a lot more water action than the SOOC.

    I actually did three different versions (plus the original), all in LR. I used the selective exposure tool a bit and an unsharp mask then applied some colour effects.

    All in all, I probably have less than five minutes total work in this.
    Here is a composite I just made a few minutes ago so you can see all the versions in one image. Not sure which one I like best.

    It would probably be a good idea to go in PS and work on the loss of detail that exist in parts of the water stream.

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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Thanks. I think you went the right route on the original version. Love the little brush in LR....
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    Thanks. I think you went the right route on the original version. Love the little brush in LR....

    I still have no clue which one I like the best.
    The one right below the original in the composite shot has the least amount of changes, and I tend to like that one the most. For now.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Top left is the one I like the best -- the blue in the boys shirt pops out good. The photo right below it shows more water off the boys head for some reason headscratch.gif
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  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    You've captured the water being heavy and therapeutic. thumb.gif I bet it would feel wonderful on a tired neck like mine.
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  • SLRdudeSLRdude Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    Dogdots wrote:
    Top left is the one I like the best -- the blue in the boys shirt pops out good. The photo right below it shows more water off the boys head for some reason headscratch.gif


    Top left is straight out of the cam, virtually no adjustments other than a bit of vibrance added in LR.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2009
    SLRdude wrote:
    Top left is straight out of the cam, virtually no adjustments other than a bit of vibrance added in LR.

    That's good thumb.gif
    Mary
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