Hot Day

Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
edited October 16, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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I like 5 for some reason. Anyway, I wonder what you all think.

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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    Overwhelmingly delightful ! Really good impact, for me, they seem to come alive with a radiating energy.
    Beautiful set! very well done . mwink.gif

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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    Yep, very nice set. Still, I think for presentation purposes you should have kept them all in B&W. Doesn't stop you from having a guilty pleasure set in colour on your machine or in your galleries. It's just a little jarring as is.
  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    michswiss wrote: »
    Yep, very nice set. Still, I think for presentation purposes you should have kept them all in B&W. Doesn't stop you from having a guilty pleasure set in colour on your machine or in your galleries. It's just a little jarring as is.

    Good point. Since the light was kind of nice, I enjoyed the warmer tones of color and wanted to include those for thoughts.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 20,012 moderator
    edited March 20, 2012
    The color does look nice. But I agree that mixing color and B&W usually doesn't work well. I suspect the #4 would also look good in B&W. Very nice work thumb.gif.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    So much fun!
    My favorite of the set being the last one, I'm just really drawn to it.

    Good lesson for me too, not to mix b&w w/ color.
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    Wonderful. clap.gif

    Consider this as a possibility. Make a three shot series in this order - 2/1/5, but reverse/flip #5 so she's running out to the right instead of the left.

    You'll get the young girl bottom half setting up the series, the 'splash' and then the exit to the right all moving the same direction.

    Are you changing what reality was? Sure. But for what I think would be a nice series it might work.

    And I too learned something new about mixing color and B&W today.


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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    #1 is a killer! thumb.gifclap
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  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    Fun stuff, Quincy. If Dgrin rules permitted I'd add a couple from the fountain in Colorado Springs named "Uncle Wilbur." Kids in fountains are always great subjects.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    One, two, and three for me, Quincy. I love the color in the color one, but for it to work for me I need to see something of the face of the girl who's turned toward us - is this a joyful scene, or not? Need an expression. But love the color, and very much like the first three images. Nice work.
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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    Thank you everyone. I will complete the conversion on the color image tonight, and repost that. I would also like to try M3's idea, so thank you for that, bud.
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    I like #1 the best with the composition and exposure being right on. It is such a dynamic shot. #5 us a close second, but what is implied is not as strong as what is seen in the first.

    Excellent work!
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,313 moderator
    edited March 20, 2012
    Agree that #1 is best, with the action, the light and the comp. Somehow #5 adds a lot of mystery and is growing on me. Mystery is sometimes good. If I had these in a gallery of mine, I would include the 5th for that reason alone.
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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    So here's the remix on the color shot:

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    And here's the series that M3 suggested. I'd like to know how to put these together in a nice collage in PS...time to figure that out.

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    More thoughts?
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2012
    I made reference to 2/1/5 in that order with 5 reversed...

    Hey, two of three 'aint bad. lol. :-)


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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2012
    Oh, I like that better M3...I misread my own numbering system.
  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2012
    I love # 1 a lot!
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2012
    I'm on board with #1 maybe #5 ?

    #1 really flows well the water the human form , well done !
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  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2012
    These are all very good but the last one (from your original post) is special.
  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2012
    seastack wrote: »
    These are all very good but the last one (from your original post) is special.

    Thanks seastack, it's my personal favorite as well!
  • stphotographystphotography Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2012
    Great series!
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