LPS#7 - thoughts?

LiquidAir

Air Rocket -- Current version


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pemmett

Very nice. Definitely brought a smile to my face. Great lighting and expression. My only concern is the white door frame at the back of the head is a bit distracting.

LiquidAir

pemmett wrote:

Very nice. Definitely brought a smile to my face. Great lighting and expression. My only concern is the white door frame at the back of the head is a bit distracting.

Thanks. It was one of those "honey, grab your camera" moments, so the background is, well, what it was. I may be able to clean up the background a bit in Photoshop. I'll see what I can pull off.

Swartzy

White door frame..
doesn't bother me at all...this is a candid and don't find that distracting...good expression, fun shot. Looks like a natural setting. JMHO

Nikolai

Ken,

LiquidAir wrote:

Air Rocket

Generally I like it.
Light is nice and soft, expression is preceless, there is a definite context.
However, the dead-centered composition seems a bit blah, so does the b/g. But I'm sure those things can be cured in post, should you agree with me.

LiquidAir

Nikolai wrote:

Generally I like it.
Light is nice and soft, expression is preceless, there is a definite context.
However, the dead-centered composition seems a bit blah, so does the b/g. But I'm sure those things can be cured in post, should you agree with me.

The original is not dead centered. I shot landscape with the extra room on the left. There is a distracting chair on the left that I cropped out, but with some cleanup I can loosen it up. What I really want to do is a triptych with these three shots, but I am not sure how to get there without running afoul of the "no frames" rule.

LiquidAir

Swartzy wrote:

doesn't bother me at all...this is a candid and don't find that distracting...good expression, fun shot. Looks like a natural setting. JMHO

Thanks. So much of what I shoot is family candids; I really like the idea of entering one just to represent that side of my photography.

Nikolai

LiquidAir wrote:

The original is not dead centered. I shot landscape with the extra room on the left. There is a distracting chair on the left that I cropped out, but with some cleanup I can loosen it up. What I really want to do is a triptych with these three shots, but I am not sure how to get there without running afoul of the "no frames" rule.

I remeber one triptych being entered and IIRC it wasn't DQed.
Didn't win either, though.
I wouldn't go there myself, but it's your call...

LiquidAir

After some hemming and hawing, I decided I like the last shot in the series better despite the fact that that the rocket doesn't actually appear in the shot. I worked that shot over a bit in photoshop for some more pop.

indiegirl

Love the series but I really love #2 bestest. And no, you didn't ask my opinion and yes, I just said bestest.

Jesse

LiquidAir

indiegirl wrote:

Love the series but I really love #2 bestest. And no, you didn't ask my opinion and yes, I just said bestest.

Jesse

Unsolicited? Maybe. Welcome? Definitely.

I am torn. I like both for different reasons. I gave #2 the same pop treatment I gave #3 and recropped to take Nik's concern into account. I am sure I will waffle about them for the next 6 days...

saurora

I'm definitely torn between the two............they are adorable!

Flyinggina

#2 and #3 - both capture infectious joy. #2 has more energy to it - I can feel his joyous anticipation and my body tightens up in anticipation in response. #3 shows the innocent joy of achievement and the catch lights are fabulous. Hard choice for you, but either is a winner in my book.

Virginia

JillG

Hi, These are both joyful pictures. It's a hard choice. My only nit about them is the small smudge on his upper arm. Maybe you could PS it out?

Jill

LiquidAir

JillG wrote:

Hi, These are both joyful pictures. It's a hard choice. My only nit about them is the small smudge on his upper arm. Maybe you could PS it out?

Jill

That's a bruise. I am not in the habit of PSing them out because scrapes and bruises are part of the memory I am capturing. However, for a competition photo it makes sense to remove it. I'll give it a shot. Thanks.

LiquidAir

saurora wrote:

I'm definitely torn between the two............they are adorable!

Thanks! Miles, even for a kid his age (he turns 3 next month) wears his heart on his sleeve. We picked up the rockets thinking they might make good favors for his birthday party and they were a huge hit.

LiquidAir

Flyinggina wrote:

#2 and #3 - both capture infectious joy. #2 has more energy to it - I can feel his joyous anticipation and my body tightens up in anticipation in response. #3 shows the innocent joy of achievement and the catch lights are fabulous. Hard choice for you, but either is a winner in my book.

Virginia

Thanks! My feeling is that as a stand alone photo #2 tells a stronger story, but I am a sucker for the eyes in #3.