Challenge 33

4labs · February 21, 2005

Comments always welcome..

14 yrs with me and she still laughs at my dumb jokes.

Taken today. 2/21

BridgeCity · February 21, 2005

I think the emotion is great! I have only one negative comment... I think the black (blanket?) in the lower left hand corner pulls the eyes away from the face. Perhaps corrected with a bit of a crop?

Just my .02

digital faerie · February 22, 2005

BridgeCity wrote:

I think the emotion is great! I have only one negative comment... I think the black (blanket?) in the lower left hand corner pulls the eyes away from the face. Perhaps corrected with a bit of a crop?

Just my .02

yeah, I'd like to see the emotion fill the frame so to speak since this shot is just about her beautiful laugh!

it's so nice to have someone laugh at your jokes, even if they are dumb. nice shot.

lynnma · February 22, 2005

Yes I agree.. I"m not sure I "love" that angle tho.. can you catch her again? with another joke? it's a great emotion shot.

4labs · February 22, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

yeah, I'd like to see the emotion fill the frame so to speak since this shot is just about her beautiful laugh! it's so nice to have someone laugh at your jokes, even if they are dumb. nice shot.

Thnxs I am gaining a great understanding that taking a picture is alot more than just point and shoot.. I was so excited to capture her infectious laugh I should have composed it better.. Oh well .. Thnxs for your feedback and taking the time.

4labs · February 22, 2005

lynnma wrote:

Yes I agree.. I"m not sure I "love" that angle tho.. can you catch her again? with another joke? it's a great emotion shot.

I definately will try if she doesn't kill me for being obsessed with Digital Grin first..

lynnma · February 22, 2005

4labs wrote:

I definately will try if she doesn't kill me for being obsessed with Digital Grin first..

by the way.. I think some of the best shots in the world are captured just as you did.. point and shoot.. grab the moment..

Photosbychuck · February 23, 2005

4labs wrote:

Comments always welcome..

14 yrs with me and she still laughs at my dumb jokes.

Taken today. 2/21

Great shot 4labs!
I would like to see it with the some of the right side cropped out.
I think this contest is going to be hard for me.
Keep the Great shots comming!

Good Luck,
Chuck,
Photo's by Chuck
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/photosbychuck

4labs · February 23, 2005

Photosbychuck wrote:

Great shot 4labs!
I would like to see it with the some of the right side cropped out.
I think this contest is going to be hard for me.
Keep the Great shots comming!

Good Luck,
Chuck,
Photo's by Chuck
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/photosbychuck

Thnxs Chuck...Here it is cropped..

BridgeCity · February 23, 2005

oooo I like it

Keep up the great shooting!

ChristB4Us · February 23, 2005

I love the cropped version. It brings the eye straight to the subjects smile.

Gorgeous!

DoctorIt · February 23, 2005

Now that we have that crop worked out (it really needed it, whew!), I'd another technical comment. It looks like a bit of a flat b&w conversion. By that I mean your levels are all kind of equal, nothing is standing out. Mess around with some curves and/or levels to try and make it stand out more. Could be as simple as some brightness/contrast adjustment.

Jenny · February 23, 2005

What a beautiful laugh! Her face is so pure and carefree. I really like it.

I agree that you should try to play with the contrast, see what you some up with. This is wonderful.

4labs · February 23, 2005

DoctorIt wrote:

Now that we have that crop worked out (it really needed it, whew!), I'd another technical comment. It looks like a bit of a flat b&w conversion. By that I mean your levels are all kind of equal, nothing is standing out. Mess around with some curves and/or levels to try and make it stand out more. Could be as simple as some brightness/contrast adjustment.

Thnxs Erik I will play with the curves should be easy enough..

4labs · February 23, 2005

Jenny wrote:

What a beautiful laugh! Her face is so pure and carefree. I really like it. I agree that you should try to play with the contrast, see what you some up with. This is wonderful.

Thnxs Jenny so nice of you to say that..

4labs · February 23, 2005

Ok my Ps skills are exhausted. This will have to do

mslammers · February 24, 2005

4labs wrote:

Comments always welcome..

14 yrs with me and she still laughs at my dumb jokes.

Taken today. 2/21

Labs,

Hey if she will laugh at your jokes, she should sit still for some more shots. If you are using 20D, you can get her laughing and take lots from many angles. Play like the photo shooters in the movies where they shoot what seems to be over the top in quantity. I am beginning to see why they do that with people. With landscape or architecture, you can spend time for the "best" shot.

Andy · February 24, 2005

black and white conversion
getting bw right in post is not too hard. here's a tutorial by my friend petteriit's easy to follow and the results are fantastic.

assignment: labs, give this a twirl, feel free to pm me if you have any questions

4labs · February 24, 2005

mslammers wrote:

Labs,

Hey if she will laugh at your jokes, she should sit still for some more shots. If you are using 20D, you can get her laughing and take lots from many angles. Play like the photo shooters in the movies where they shoot what seems to be over the top in quantity. I am beginning to see why they do that with people. With landscape or architecture, you can spend time for the "best" shot.

I would love to but this was the second shot I took and it stopped there. Had to quit while I was ahead.

Andy · February 24, 2005

4labs wrote:

I would love to but this was the second shot I took and it stopped there. Had to quit while I was ahead.

priceless

i have many shots of my family with the same expression!

digital faerie · February 24, 2005

4labs wrote:

I would love to but this was the second shot I took and it stopped there. Had to quit while I was ahead.

you might as well 'fess up....you told a sexist joke or something right after the funny one right? lol wow what a difference!

but I like this one, too actually.

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4labs · February 24, 2005

andy wrote:

getting bw right in post is not too hard. here's a tutorial by my friend petteriit's easy to follow and the results are fantastic.

assignment: labs, give this a twirl, feel free to pm me if you have any questions

Thnxs Andy this will be very helpful!

4labs · February 24, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

you might as well 'fess up....you told a sexist joke or something right after the funny one right? lol wow what a difference!

but I like this one, too actually. :

Thnxs Tamma if I ever told a sexist joke she'd pull a Bobbit on me I think it was a mother-in-law joke that got that look..