We Love Our Dogs

lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
edited July 21, 2013 in Street and Documentary
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  • joshhuntnmjoshhuntnm Registered Users Posts: 1,924 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2013
    a little dark?
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited July 17, 2013
    #2 is lovely. thumb.gif
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2013
    No. 2 is lovely indeed. First one? Eh. But...Horizons are...horizontal. And number one is a good, strong image; no gimmicks required. :-)
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2013
    joshhuntnm wrote: »
    a little dark?

    Thank you for your feedback! I am still tweaking my processing a little bit at a time. Firstly to satisfy myself and secondly the viewer hopefully something that fits both requirements.
    Richard wrote: »
    #2 is lovely. thumb.gif

    Thank you for commenting Richard ! Much appreciated !
    bdcolen wrote: »
    No. 2 is lovely indeed. First one? Eh. But...Horizons are...horizontal. And number one is a good, strong image; no gimmicks required. :-)

    Thank you B.D.! It is not often I see a Bull Terrier they were almost exclusivity bred for fighting bulls and bears that were tied to a post. I have a gimmickless camera that only allows me control over ISO,Shutter speed,aperature and of course manual focus and no color option. I feel more connected to the camera than I do with auto focus and all the other bells and whistles. Intuitively it feels like the right choice for me . I have been concentrating on processing and leaving things like cropping for my final edits,but I seem to be more successful lately in my framing while composing.

    Photography is not about tricks or gimmicks,it is about (seeing something) and how to best capture it.Quote B.D Colen.

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2013
    Damn! I meant number 2, which is by far the better image.;-)
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  • DonFischerDonFischer Registered Users Posts: 128 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2013
    I think #2 is far better also, a personal contact between the dog and owner. I wouldn't tweek them anymore, wouldn't know how. I think the content of the photo has far more to do with the photo than how well it is tweeked.
  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2013
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Damn! I meant number 2, which is by far the better image.;-)

    I was under the impression that good street shots need a bit of natural tilt.:lol
    DonFischer wrote: »
    I think #2 is far better also, a personal contact between the dog and owner. I wouldn't tweek them anymore, wouldn't know how. I think the content of the photo has far more to do with the photo than how well it is tweeked.

    Thank you DonFischer ! I agree with all of the above not much of a story or emotion in the first but I find it visually appealing to my eye and also the dog kind of reminds me of the smooth coat Fox Terrier stick his nose into the gramophone on the old R C A record label.

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2013
    For whatever it's worth - Photo one is a perfectly nice shot of a sitting guy and a standing dog, neither of whom are particularly interesting or appealing to my eye. The image is more than a bit shadow-ridden, and not with shadows that have any appeal. Image 2, however, is a lovely shot of a man and his dog, showing the connection between the two. It has particular appeal because of the contrast between the relatively large guy, and little foofy dog. As I said, I can do without the tilt - I can always do without false tilts, but I like the image none the less. It is also far better composed and exposed than image 1.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2013
    bdcolen wrote: »
    For whatever it's worth - Photo one is a perfectly nice shot of a sitting guy and a standing dog, neither of whom are particularly interesting or appealing to my eye. The image is more than a bit shadow-ridden, and not with shadows that have any appeal. Image 2, however, is a lovely shot of a man and his dog, showing the connection between the two. It has particular appeal because of the contrast between the relatively large guy, and little foofy dog. As I said, I can do without the tilt - I can always do without false tilts, but I like the image none the less. It is also far better composed and exposed than image 1.


    Very much appreciated B.D. ! Just to let you know the image was composed as seen, not necessarily intentional but no tilt was added in post
    processing. I hate shooting on sunny days.

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