...lifts us up...

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited October 9, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
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Canon 40D, 24-105mm f4L
Tarout, Saudi Arabia

Neil
"Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

http://www.behance.net/brosepix

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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    That is a great capture Neil......clap.gif azzaro
  • MavMav Registered Users Posts: 174 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    Azzaro wrote:
    That is a great capture Neil......clap.gif azzaro

    What he said thumb.gif

    Really great colours too!
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited October 5, 2009
    Excellent timing. It made me smile. clap.gif
    My Pics
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    We're all up in the air over here too about the center boys shirt, but that's a hole different post. eek7.gif



    Nice timing and I do like your processing on this shot thumb.gif
    Randy
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    You caught the fun these boys were having -- excellent thumb.gif
    Mary
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  • justThornejustThorne Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited October 8, 2009
    The upper center window might be a bit too crisp - it would better match the leftside one - but fundamentally, you've achieved a really timeless image (outside, perhaps, of the AIG shirt - I do not know WHAT is up with all those). Love the look and feel of it. And especially how the leftward youngster is walking on air, creating a useful "is that real?" wobble in the viewer's mind.
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    Azzaro wrote:
    That is a great capture Neil......clap.gif azzaro

    Thanks for your encouragement, Azzaro!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    Mav wrote:
    What he said thumb.gif

    Really great colours too!

    What I said to Azzaro, and glad you like the colors!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    Richard wrote:
    Excellent timing. It made me smile. clap.gif

    Thanks, R! But careful about smiling too wide, wouldn't want cracks to start appearing in your avatar!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    rwells wrote:
    We're all up in the air over here too about the center boys shirt, but that's a hole different post. eek7.gif



    Nice timing and I do like your processing on this shot thumb.gif

    Well, there's a saying about living above your means and getting too big... Guess it came around!

    Thanks for your comment, Randy!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    Dogdots wrote:
    You caught the fun these boys were having -- excellent thumb.gif

    Thanks for your appreciation, Mary!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    justThorne wrote:
    The upper center window might be a bit too crisp - it would better match the leftside one - but fundamentally, you've achieved a really timeless image (outside, perhaps, of the AIG shirt - I do not know WHAT is up with all those). Love the look and feel of it. And especially how the leftward youngster is walking on air, creating a useful "is that real?" wobble in the viewer's mind.

    Yeah, I always noticed that window, but it didn't touch a nerve until you mentioned it. You are right. I'll blur it to match. I wanted to get the pic to look like a ballet performance on stage (my original title was 'Elevation', a ballet term) and so I wanted the wall behind with its drawn-on goal net and graffiti to look like a painted backdrop. I found masking out the figures and ball was not going to be successful, so after tone work and applying some filters I desaturated the wall using Nik Viveza. The result was somewhat successful in separating those three figures away from the background and making of them a little dynamic system, while still sharing the theatricality of the rest.

    This was a rather heavy crop, and so I was up against resolution limits very quickly. That showed most in the faces, so I brushed those back in from an earlier version, adjusting opacity and adding grain, to match the overall texture as close as I could, which as you will see, is not quite close enough.

    I am seeing the value in taking the same shots at different focal lengths, though of course action shots like this don't oblige.

    Thanks, Thorne, for the points you make.

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2009
    Elevation
    Edit, but given the limitations of this close crop from 10MP 40D, this is about as far as I can go with it in this direction ; )



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    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
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