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edited August 14, 2011
Very interesting to look at, Jiro. To me, though, it's more of an interpretive digital manipulation than a photograph. And, of course, you readily admit to that right up front. Your PP skills are certainly head and shoulders ahead of most of us and I do enjoy seeing them on exhibition, but I think I prefer to see your equally accomplished work that sticks to a more traditional agenda of capture and presentation.
In spite of my reaction here, my friend, I would never suggest you stunt your growth as the visual artist you are. Your proclivity to explore new concepts and processes will always serve you well.
Take care,
Tom
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Very interesting to look at, Jiro. To me, though, it's more of an interpretive digital manipulation than a photograph. And, of course, you readily admit to that right up front. Your PP skills are certainly head and shoulders ahead of most of us and I do enjoy seeing them on exhibition, but I think I prefer to see your equally accomplished work that sticks to a more traditional agenda of capture and presentation.
In spite of my reaction here, my friend, I would never suggest you stunt your growth as the visual artist you are. Your proclivity to explore new concepts and processes will always serve you well.
Take care,
Tom
Thank you very much, Tom. I ran out of inspiration (or subjects) to shoot at so I decided to practice some more PP skills that I might need later on my photographic journey. My goal here is to teach myself to capitalize on a concept and develop my image accordingly. Thanks to you, your gift of that flash unit enabled me to control the lighting that I need to illuminate these small subjects. Without any control of the lighting, it would be very hard for me to conceptualize my shots and composition. We were blessed with some rain today (a rare incident in Texas nowadays) so hopefully after the rain I can go take a walk and go back to the traditional shots. Thank you very much for your comments.
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That's a really cool photo that you did how did you do that flower? If you want to keep that to your self that is okay inside secret if you want to call it that......
FujiFilm Finepix S2950 Love this camera allot! thanks dad and ma lol
I love the tree morphing into the flower and the great textures in the background. As a fun PP (and lighting) exercise, this is very well done. For me, the toy figure makes it hard to take the image seriously, though. Maybe that's OK--everything doesn't have to be serious, I suppose. But I keep having this nagging feeling that replacing the toy with something else could raise this image to a much higher level. Dunno.
That's a really cool photo that you did how did you do that flower? If you want to keep that to your self that is okay inside secret if you want to call it that......
Thanks for viewing, Photostudent92. You can find a lot of video tutorial about "Composite photography" on youtube. I also use some of them to teach myself. However, what I noticed is that whenever I work on a certain concept of mine, I don't use the same process for every image. Each image requires a different approach to make the concept work. So, a tutorial might not work on every image and besides I'm a very lousy tutor.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
I love the tree morphing into the flower and the great textures in the background. As a fun PP (and lighting) exercise, this is very well done. For me, the toy figure makes it hard to take the image seriously, though. Maybe that's OK--everything doesn't have to be serious, I suppose. But I keep having this nagging feeling that replacing the toy with something else could raise this image to a much higher level. Dunno.
Thank you very much for your comment, Richard. My first idea on this concept was to use a kid as my subject. Unfortunately, I don't have a way to illuminate a kid properly with the flash that I have. So, to improvise, I used a clone trooper figurine and evolve the concept using this subject. I agree with you, a human element would make the shot more interesting and puzzling. Well, there is always a lot of room for me for improvement. Thanks!
Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
Hey man thanks for the heads up I just got done with a photo and I love the way you can do effects with photo's now thanks man I don't know what else to say but thank you very much man couldn't do it or anything in that matter if my dad didn't tell me to join Dgrin I would still have crappy picture well they are still crappy but I am getting better I think I don't know about you guys on here but you guys are giving me some pointers thanks!!!! thumbs up for me all the way
Josh,
FujiFilm Finepix S2950 Love this camera allot! thanks dad and ma lol
Very impressive, jiro. You do have this composite PP mastered, or at least you are far down that road. I'm always most impressed with the concepts you come up with--so creative!
Glad you got some rain--not a drop down here.
Lauren
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)
Very impressive, jiro. You do have this composite PP mastered, or at least you are far down that road. I'm always most impressed with the concepts you come up with--so creative!
Glad you got some rain--not a drop down here.
Lauren
Thank you very much for viewing this, Lauren. Thank you, too for the compliment. The rain only lasted for 30 minutes but it is still rain. We're really hoping that we could get some more. Hope some would visit your place, too. Kind regards.
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Thanks, mstens.
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In spite of my reaction here, my friend, I would never suggest you stunt your growth as the visual artist you are. Your proclivity to explore new concepts and processes will always serve you well.
Take care,
Tom
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Thank you very much for viewing, Wicked_Dark. I appreciate it.
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Thank you very much, Tom. I ran out of inspiration (or subjects) to shoot at so I decided to practice some more PP skills that I might need later on my photographic journey. My goal here is to teach myself to capitalize on a concept and develop my image accordingly. Thanks to you, your gift of that flash unit enabled me to control the lighting that I need to illuminate these small subjects. Without any control of the lighting, it would be very hard for me to conceptualize my shots and composition. We were blessed with some rain today (a rare incident in Texas nowadays) so hopefully after the rain I can go take a walk and go back to the traditional shots. Thank you very much for your comments.
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Thanks a lot, Don. I am very glad you like this one. I'd say I also had some fun working on this one.
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Thanks for viewing, Photostudent92. You can find a lot of video tutorial about "Composite photography" on youtube. I also use some of them to teach myself. However, what I noticed is that whenever I work on a certain concept of mine, I don't use the same process for every image. Each image requires a different approach to make the concept work. So, a tutorial might not work on every image and besides I'm a very lousy tutor.
http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
Thank you very much for your comment, Richard. My first idea on this concept was to use a kid as my subject. Unfortunately, I don't have a way to illuminate a kid properly with the flash that I have. So, to improvise, I used a clone trooper figurine and evolve the concept using this subject. I agree with you, a human element would make the shot more interesting and puzzling. Well, there is always a lot of room for me for improvement. Thanks!
http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
Thank you very much, Sam. The answer to that question will now depend on your personal evaluation of the shot.
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Thanks for viewing, Wicked_Dark. That is a very interesting point of view regarding the shot.
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Thanks for dropping by, wfeller. I'm glad you like it.
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Thanks for dropping by, Eia. I'm glad you love it.
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Glad you got some rain--not a drop down here.
Lauren
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Thank you very much for viewing this, Lauren. Thank you, too for the compliment. The rain only lasted for 30 minutes but it is still rain. We're really hoping that we could get some more. Hope some would visit your place, too. Kind regards.
http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/