Bigtop: Seeing as though I played critic today I guess I should put up myself. I was driving in the countryside and slowing to enter a small town I glimpsed just the the very top of...

dardan Loc: Victoria

Seeing as though I played critic today I guess I should put up myself.

I was driving in the countryside and slowing to enter a small town I glimpsed just the the very top of this Bigtop. To my wife's bemusement, I backtracked with some difficulty as there was much traffic, and finally made this shot. D7100 + Nikkor 18-200.

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Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Strangely interesting shot and well spotted. I would never guess this was tent so although I now know those ropes are keeping it up they do not help what is a nice photo. I think they need to go and the blown white canvas would benefit from some attention.
The simple colours you have captured do make a nice image.

dardan Loc: Victoria

Billyspad wrote:

Strangely interesting shot and well spotted. I would never guess this was tent so although I now know those ropes are keeping it up they do not help what is a nice photo. I think they need to go and the blown white canvas would benefit from some attention.
The simple colours you have captured do make a nice image.

Phew Billyspad, I found this for you and for a moment I was worried. I'm so glad you saw my overdone PP and that it was you who first responded. No-one needs to say any more thanks because Billy and I are now even. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Nightski

An interesting study in visual arrangement. Technically it looks good. You do sound like a bit of a post processing expert, so I am surprised you didn't rid the image of the distracting wires. Please remember that edits are not allowed to be posted in the Photo Critique Section. You must start a new thread.

dardan Loc: Victoria

Nightski wrote:

An interesting study in visual arrangement. Technically it looks good. You do sound like a bit of a post processing expert, so I am surprised you didn't rid the image of the distracting wires. Please remember that edits are not allowed to be posted in the Photo Critique Section. You must start a new thread.

It would of course have been a snip to remove the wires but as they are absolutely essential to the structure and an indispensable part of the subject it would have appeared most unnatural and unnerving to any circus buff or weekend camper to have been denied being able to see them.

Nightski

dardan wrote:

It would of course have been a snip to remove the wires but as they are absolutely essential to the structure and an indispensable part of the subject it would have appeared most unnatural and unnerving to any circus buff or weekend camper to have been denied being able to see them.

Ahhh ... I see that now. Thank you for pointing that out.

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

dardan wrote:

Phew Billyspad, I found this for you and for a moment I was worried. I'm so glad you saw my overdone PP and that it was you who first responded. No-one needs to say any more thanks because Billy and I are now even. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Well darden I feel so much better knowing you are not worried anymore!!
When I critique a picture I assume thats what it has been posted for and offer an opinion on what I see. If its posted for some ulterior motive I have neither the time nor the inclination to consider what that might be. You wish to post overdone PP then please carry on dear boy. I shall treat you as I treat everybody else and comment on what is presented.

dardan Loc: Victoria

Billyspad wrote:

Well darden I feel so much better knowing you are not worried anymore!!
When I critique a picture I assume thats what it has been posted for and offer an opinion on what I see. If its posted for some ulterior motive I have neither the time nor the inclination to consider what that might be. You wish to post overdone PP then please carry on dear boy. I shall treat you as I treat everybody else and comment on what is presented.

Oh dear.

Nightski

dardan wrote:

Oh dear.

I expect you will be digging out the histogram next to show us that your whites are not blown.

Gehenna Loc: The wrong side of the river Styx

dardan wrote:

Seeing as though I played critic today I guess I should put up myself.

I was driving in the countryside and slowing to enter a small town I glimpsed just the the very top of this Bigtop. To my wife's bemusement, I backtracked with some difficulty as there was much traffic, and finally made this shot. D7100 + Nikkor 18-200.

Large areas of hi-lites on the tent are blown. Reading the rules I don't think it is allowed for me to post a screen shot of the histogram showing the blown areas in this thread. Perhaps I could start a new thread, which is allowed under the weird rules of this board, and post the screen shot if you would like me to?

dardan Loc: Victoria

Nightski wrote:

I expect you will be digging out the histogram next to show us that your whites are not blown.

Please read my previous post, I said the whole image was over processed, the whole tent area measures 255 X 3. One of my pet hates is blown highlights, do you think I would note the relatively small nitpicks in Billyspad's photo and miss that in this this abomination?

Nightski

dardan wrote:

Please read my previous post, I said the whole image was over processed, the whole tent area measures 255 X 3. One of my pet hates is blown highlights, do you think I would note the relatively small nitpicks in Billyspad's photo and miss that in this this abomination?

The section rules state the the author should post a finished image. This means that you are supposed to post an image that you are pleased with and that you have done your best to bring out it's qualities in post.

Therefore I would not assume that you would have posted something that you consider an abomination. Why would you put an abomination up for critique?

dardan Loc: Victoria

Gehenna wrote:

Large areas of hi-lites on the tent are blown. Reading the rules I don't think it is allowed for me to post a screen shot of the histogram showing the blown areas in this thread. Perhaps I could start a new thread, which is allowed under the weird rules of this board, and post the screen shot if you would like me to?

No thanks, not at all necessary. Please read my reply to nightski and my first reply to Billyspad. For your information, a far more accurate colour value test method is to take an eyedropper sample and read the values for each channel.

dardan Loc: Victoria

Nightski wrote:

The section rules state the the author should post a finished image. This means that you are supposed to post an image that you are pleased with and that you have done your best to bring out it's qualities in post.

Therefore I would not assume that you would have posted something that you consider an abomination. Why would you put an abomination up for critique?

Again, please read my previous post, "Phew Billyspad, I found this for you and for a moment I was worried. I'm so glad you saw my overdone PP and that it was you who first responded. No-one needs to say any more thanks because Billy and I are now even".

Nightski

dardan wrote:

Again, please read my previous post, "Phew Billyspad, I found this for you and for a moment I was worried. I'm so glad you saw my overdone PP and that it was you who first responded. No-one needs to say any more thanks because Billy and I are now even".

So you are messing around .. not serious .. I will delete this thread ... after lighthouse sees it.