Assignment #6: Extreme Crop

pyry

Nikolai wrote:

I like the approach/vision. Technically you're in.
However the 2d shot is plain boring. Bird is in a dead center, nothing is going on, lighing is flat...

You're right, I tried a bit more pp on it, got the image replaced now.

Wouldn't give meself a passing grade on 'saving your worst shot' there, but in my defence, the shade had just reached the nest when I got there, and this is racing driver level excuses now, I can either think creatively or fast not both

eL eSs Vee

Here's the uncropped original:


Here it is cropped:


Nah! Not extreme enough. Here's the final crop:

Nikolai

eL eSs Vee wrote:

Here's the uncropped original:
Here it is cropped:
Nah! Not extreme enough. Here's the final crop:

Lee, thank you!
One thing though: no matter how hard I tried I really don't see anything in the final image that would justify the trouble of cropping and posting. What were you going for?

jasonstone

A quick question
This thread was started in 2006 if I read right - but there are posts from 2008. I know it was for the Assignments thread - can we still post to the different topic threads?

Maybe a stupid question but I'm going to get the list and try to work through some of them and was wondering if I could still get feedback from Darth SLR

eL eSs Vee

Nikolai wrote:

Lee, thank you!
One thing though: no matter how hard I tried I really don't see anything in the final image that would justify the trouble of cropping and posting. What were you going for?

The wood plug (that covers a screw) at the bottom of the image. You know, the part that's in focus.

Its the same plug that's to the right of the hardware (as you're looking at it) in the second image.

Nikolai

eL eSs Vee wrote:

The wood plug (that covers a screw) at the bottom of the image. You know, the part that's in focus.

Its the same plug that's to the right of the hardware (as you're looking at it) in the second image.

Oh, I see.. I thought about that, but it seemed too insignificant to me to suggest it should the the focus of the whole image. I think it only shows that I don't know much about boats to appreciate this kind of stuff

eL eSs Vee

Nikolai wrote:

Oh, I see.. I thought about that, but it seemed too insignificant to me to suggest it should the the focus of the whole image. I think it only shows that I don't know much about boats to appreciate this kind of stuff

Nah, Nikolai. I think it means that I'm too much into looking for minutiae and trying to confuse people with it. I've done it all my life, and this assignment gave me yet another opportunity to utilize that tired, used up ploy again.

madigg

Not really what you want . .
Here is the first Photo,



Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

Nikolai

madigg wrote:

Here is the first Photo,
Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

And even after the hint I still don't get it...

jasonstone

Here's my first attempt...
I actually did this one the other way around as I'm fascinated by birds of prey - although I don't have a birding lens really - only 200mm

First the scenery... on a really dull day but I was thinking of the technique more than getting an awesome shot


That tiny tiny speck just above the trees on the left...



Then my second - slightly more obvious attempt- pic of a stream (I actually stopped to photograph the bridge which dated to around 1700)


Then the extreme zoom


So is this the sort of thing - I did have to use my "feet zoom" in the first one but the second one I didn't as it would have meant walking off the bridge - a somewhat larger step than I was willing to take

Thanks
Jase

Nikolai

jasonstone wrote:

I actually did this one the other way around as I'm fascinated by birds of prey - although I don't have a birding lens really - only 200mm

First the scenery... on a really dull day but I was thinking of the technique more than getting an awesome shot


That tiny tiny speck just above the trees on the left...



Then my second - slightly more obvious attempt- pic of a stream (I actually stopped to photograph the bridge which dated to around 1700)


Then the extreme zoom


So is this the sort of thing - I did have to use my "feet zoom" in the first one but the second one I didn't as it would have meant walking off the bridge - a somewhat larger step than I was willing to take

Thanks
Jase

Thank you Jase, nice entries!

madigg

Is the ? in the box a reflection or ? ? ?

madigg wrote:

Here is the first Photo,



Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

Nikolai

madigg wrote:

Here is the first Photo,
Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

Call me stupid, but I'm still clueless

madigg

4 people say they see a little boy looking out the window...

Nikolai

madigg wrote:

4 people say they see a little boy looking out the window...

You mean that ghostly face-lile combination of light and shade?
Dude, you do have a vivid imagination and 40/40 vision

Trevlan

Here are my attempts at a crop. My friend and I were casually smoking a cigarettes in my bathroom. Low and behold, a fly was buzzing around. After I chased it around for 10 minutes, I managed to knock it out. Needless to say, she was a very cooperative after that. Here they are, enjoy.

No photoshop, just submitted as shot.

Nikolai

Trevlan wrote:

Here are my attempts at a crop. My friend and I were casually smoking a cigarettes in my bathroom. Low and behold, a fly was buzzing around. After I chased it around for 10 minutes, I managed to knock it out. Needless to say, she was a very cooperative after that. Here they are, enjoy.

No photoshop, just submitted as shot.

Thank you Frank!
It's a crop alright... However I would like to call your attention to the fact that we are not simply trying to use this or that technique for its own sake, but also deliver a quality result by using it. Your VP entries did great. These - no so much...

Trevlan

Nikolai wrote:

Thank you Frank!
It's a crop alright... However I would like to call your attention to the fact that we are not simply trying to use this or that technique for its own sake, but also deliver a quality result by using it. Your VP entries did great. These - no so much...

Silly me. You are absolutely right. The second you get lazy, it'll reflect in your work. I'll reshoot a proper crop. I took these for fun, and thought it fit the assignment. Thanks Nikolai. ;-)

cmorganphotography

Little T wrote:

I just wanted to say "yyeah" to all the DnD peeps. Awesome paint job on the Blue Dragon. They fling electricity or "lightning bolt" spells. Which edition set did he come from?

JustRambling