In search of an Oarsman

torags · October 28, 2011

Las Vegas

richardman · October 28, 2011

Rags, IMHO, this image has potential, but you need to post process to create more contrast. I know the lighting is flat, but there's a lot you can do. The bottom section with the boats need to be lighter for sure. Heck, I will convert the image to B&W but I do that with most of my non-event photos anyway :-)

Right now, the immediate focus is on the bright windows and the boats or anything else really, is lost.

torags · October 28, 2011

richardman wrote: »

Rags, IMHO, this image has potential, but you need to post process to create more contrast. I know the lighting is flat, but there's a lot you can do. The bottom section with the boats need to be lighter for sure. Heck, I will convert the image to B&W but I do that with most of my non-event photos anyway :-)

Right now, the immediate focus is on the bright windows and the boats or anything else really, is lost.

Fair comment.

You do realize the boats are backlit, it's before sunrise and at iso5000. The dynamic range is too great unless you do sectional EV, in pp & I don't do that.

I posted because there is a person with a connection to the boats, she was waiting for someone.

But honestly, I don't know if it was an oarsman..

richardman · October 28, 2011

Forgive me and just let me know if I have gone too far in doing this, but here's a one min work in Photoshop to show what I mean, and the only reason it took that long was that I skewed it a little also:

torags · October 28, 2011

Richard thanks for the effort.

However, I'm sure you can see the noise. That said, I'm not opposed to noise (I add it on occasion); I use it for a 400X effect (see below). I would delete this iteration, because of noise.

Example of where I think excessive noise improves image

Permit me an observation. I believe there may be a bias against color on this forum. It may result from B&W newsprint with a resulting "vintage" feel. There are a lot of mediocre street shoots in street forums, both technically and subject wise.

It seems to me, technical aspects do not take precedence over the capture of the moment, but this forum should strive to improve the image - whether color or B&W. After all, newspapers have been using coated paper for years

IMHO

richardman · October 28, 2011

Some people find noise objectionable. One can fix a lot of that by using Lightroom or other de-noiser. Since it's your image, I didn't want to play with it too much more than I did.

As for B&W bias, that's just me. Most people shoot colors and that's fine by me. Me, I shoot mainly B&W. As they say, Your Mileage May Vary.

I totally agree with the "capture of the moment" part. I'm not sure there is a moment here, but there are some aesthetically pleasing aspect to it.

IMHO of course.

torags · October 28, 2011

Fair enough, we have divergent styles.

It's nice we can discuss the differences and agree to disagree....

In search of an Oarsman

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