Chal 31 ginger

ginger_55

Perilous Times: You must go and I must bide.....

ginger_55

Home, January 26, 2005



ginger
home
jan 26, 2005

judyfuess

All I can say is WOW!!!!! When I first looked at it I did not see your husband peering out, but when I looked again... WOW - GREAT JOB!! Is the picture a little grainy?

-Judy

ginger_55 wrote:

Perilous Times: You must go and I must bide.....

ginger_55

It is very grainy. Plus it was taken through a dirty window. Don't ask, smile. At 1600 ISO. It earned its grain. I did do a few things to diminish the grain on that photo.

Then I decided to work up the one of the candle in the window, too. I didn't even bother with trying to get rid of the grain. It just looked to me like it should be grainy.

I am not sure if the one of Bill is not out of focus a bit. That kind of thing does not sit well with Andy. Bill loves it, and he doesn't want to redo it. I was doing those things handheld at 1/4 th of a second. Now why didn't I think of a tripod? I had to do it all in manual, I never do things in manual. I read how to do the settings a month or so ago. I also had to manually focus, and I forgot to focus the shot of Bill.
I know the window one is in focus, good focus, just grainy.

I knew late this afternoon that I wanted to use the window idea. I wanted to post it before everyone else did. I had no ideas whatsoever until this afternoon. Now I figure I have the two variations of the window.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

g

Nir

Ginger,

The one of Bill in the window is very special! It takes a few seconds (maybe even minutes) to get used to it and fully appreciate its uniquness. I'm still not completely sure what effect it has on me but it definetely had me viewing it for a long time.

ginger_55

Home Fires Burning



I am trying to tone it down a bit. I may be going too far. It is so difficult to tell. Let me know what you think as I post them. I changed the name, but I can always change that, it is the color, the amt of saturation, etc, that I am trying to figure out. Also, frame or no frame. These are not cropped or anything. And I am no longer trying to take the grain out.

g (Thanks Nir, too........)

ginger_55

Candle



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Michiel de Brieder

Ginger,

Great experiment with the window!!! I love it . I have but 1 suggestion, I am dearly in love with the grain on 'Home' and I would suggest using it on the window photo, I like the reddish cast best

ginger_55

I Must Bide
Thanks, Michiel, I tried to do this over putting some of the grain in that I must have taken out. Let me know if I over/under did it. ginger

Michiel de Brieder

love it Ginger!!!!! It feels authentic!! Just wow IMO Perhaps a tiny tad of an s-curve to top it... but I'm not sure.. it is difficult to say.

ginger_55

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

love it Ginger!!!!! It feels authentic!! Just wow IMO Perhaps a tiny tad of an s-curve to top it... but I'm not sure.. it is difficult to say.

Michiel, with this shot, it is all difficult to pin down, IMO. But I don't use curves, what would I be aiming for. More light on the right side of the face?

I would have to know what you have in mind to try to go there, smile.

ginger

Michiel de Brieder

ginger_55 wrote:

Michiel, with this shot, it is all difficult to pin down, IMO. But I don't use curves, what would I be aiming for. More light on the right side of the face?

I would have to know what you have in mind to try to go there, smile.

ginger

It would roughen up the photo even more.. but I've just tried it with the small version here, and that definitely did not work I do believe that the potential is almost maxed out with your last version

ginger_55

This is what I came up with, don't see a difference, a bit lighter, maybe noise?



I am going to go order my 20DDDDD!!! NOW!!!!

ginger

landrum

ginger_55 wrote:

Thanks, Michiel, I tried to do this over putting some of the grain in that I must have taken out. Let me know if I over/under did it. ginger

I like this one. I like the grain in it, and it's a little bit creepy! Great shot!

ginger_55

Comments on these two vs I must bide






You can be short, don't need to say why you like things or not, just which...... There are many much better things up there, but I just felt like doing this tonight. I used my 50mm f1.8 lens.

ginger

snapapple

ginger_55 wrote:

You can be short, don't need to say why you like things or not, just which...... There are many much better things up there, but I just felt like doing this tonight. I used my 50mm f1.8 lens.

ginger

Hi Ginger,
I like both of these better than the one on the challenge. Mainly because I don't like the grain. I think I like the second one of these. I like the mystery of the three, or is it four, candle fires. How did you do that? No, maybe you shouldn't tell. It's better a mystery. I like the texture of the wood background and the metal candle stick. Very nice.

rainforest1155

I'm all for the 1st one. Simple but well done.

ginger_55

rainforest1155 wrote:

I'm all for the 1st one. Simple but well done.

You have a very strong point there. In a bit I will probably put that one up on the challenge. I was kind of thinking that myself, but I felt somewhat silly.

ginger

ginger_55

Burn, Baby, Burn (comments, wanted)
The Original Eternal Flame




Should I switch to this or the single candle? I feel like living dangerously. Also no one is commenting, except Tim, on my sunsets under landscapes.

So, I will put one here. I originally was going to use one for fire?????

ginger

davev

I think the single candle looks better than the other pics.

dave

rainforest1155

I love sunset pictures, but I think you should stick to the single candle. Can't say what it is. Something is just not right for me. Maybe it's something about the color that bothers me. Somehow it doesn't look natural for me.