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Non-edited, SOC image examples that are PERFECT.
Mar 23, 2014 14:38:34 #
BigDaddy wrote:
In short, what difference, at this point, does it make? :lol:
In short, what difference, at this point, does it make? :lol:
The point of the exercise, ladies and gentlemen, was to demonstrate that, while no photo is PERFECT (not even after PP), at least IMO, not every photo NEEDS PP. The owl photo was made with my humble bridge camera, the remarkable Fujifilm HS50EXR with film simulation mode set to Velvia (vivid) and sharpness set to high. It is absolutely SOOC. It was made approx. eight feet from the subject and was neither cropped nor resized. I set the camera to manual mode with 3-frame bracketing and chose the frame with the least amount of blown highlights. The pic pleases me the way it is, and that's, after all, what counts. Thanks to all who replied.
Mar 23, 2014 15:04:37 #
MacPhotog wrote:
The point of the exercise, ladies and gentlemen, w... (show quote)
It's a nice shot, but there is still some highlights/shadows that can be tweaked. I'd be happy to show an edit if you would like.
Mar 23, 2014 17:15:06 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
Cdouthitt wrote:
It's a nice shot, but there is still some highlights/shadows that can be tweaked. I'd be happy to show an edit if you would like.
Mac, take CD up on it. He can make pine trees look like birch trees. He works miracles.
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Mar 23, 2014 17:48:40 #
lukan wrote:
Mac, take CD up on it. He can make pine trees look like birch trees. He works miracles.
Can I send him my wife? If she doesn't scratch his eyes out and strangle him first, I would anticipate her return. She would arrive SOOC!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Mar 23, 2014 18:20:22 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
It's a nice shot, but there is still some highlights/shadows that can be tweaked. I'd be happy to show an edit if you would like.
Feel free to make any changes you see fit, but please don't be offended if I prefer the original.
Mar 23, 2014 18:50:24 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
SharpShooter wrote:
Can I send him my wife? If she doesn't scratch his eyes out and strangle him first, I would anticipate her return. She would arrive SOOC!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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:-P :-D HA HA HA! Love it; I actually sent him my wife and have yet to hear from either of them. :shock: :wink: :thumbup: He'll touch up her highlights.
Mar 23, 2014 18:54:58 #
Mar 23, 2014 19:03:17 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
Cdouthitt wrote:
Y'all gonna get me in trouble.
As you know, all in good fun. ;)
... Now what about my wife's highlights... :lol:
Take your time, I'm having fun here!
Mar 23, 2014 19:34:13 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
Y'all gonna get me in trouble.
Hey, just assume that any guy whom has a Golden Eagle for an avatar, can handle both our wives AND keep the domestic front in check!! :lol:
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Mar 23, 2014 19:40:19 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
SharpShooter wrote:
Hey, just assume that any guy whom has a Golden Eagle for an avatar, can handle both our wives AND keep the domestic front in check!! :lol:
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Keeping the home fires burning.
Mar 23, 2014 20:07:36 #
greg vescuso wrote:
The funny thing is I never made a print of this shot because I didn't take it in the wild. So At the end of the day this whole SOC thing doesn't mean much to me cause my best shot SOC I never printed.
Ah, the much dreaded posed shot? Not taken in the wild? As if portrait, wedding, yearbook, and product photographers shoot 'in the wild'? You saw the opportunity, had the vision, took the shot. Bravo!
If you haven't made plans to finally print this one, git to it!! :-)
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Mar 23, 2014 20:48:03 #
lukan
Loc: Chicago, IL
kruchoski wrote:
Ah, the much dreaded posed shot? Not taken in the wild? As if portrait, wedding, yearbook, and product photographers shoot 'in the wild'? You saw the opportunity, had the vision, took the shot. Bravo!
If you haven't made plans to finally print this one, git to it!! :-)
If you haven't made plans to finally print this one, git to it!! :-)
That's why sports photography, immediately followed by street photography, is the the toughest there is.
Mar 23, 2014 21:24:04 #
MacPhotog wrote:
Feel free to make any changes you see fit, but please don't be offended if I prefer the original.
I think she/he cleans up nicely...I love how the iris enhance works wonders on owls...
Because of how the shadows fell on the face, a graduated filter worked best...one for the shadowy side of the face, one for the highlight side of the face. Literally, 2 minutes worth of work.
Mar 23, 2014 22:22:58 #
greg vescuso
Loc: Ozark,Mo.
kruchoski wrote:
Ah, the much dreaded posed shot? Not taken in the wild? As if portrait, wedding, yearbook, and product photographers shoot 'in the wild'? You saw the opportunity, had the vision, took the shot. Bravo!
If you haven't made plans to finally print this one, git to it!! :-)
If you haven't made plans to finally print this one, git to it!! :-)
Ok I'm off work tomorrow and I will have a print made, but my wife will make me hang it in the garage with all the other bird shots I have taken over the years. Now the question is do I have any pp work done before I have it printed.
Mar 23, 2014 22:42:34 #
greg vescuso wrote:
Now the question is do I have any pp work done before I have it printed.
Jeez, I think only you can decide that. What was your vision for the shot?
We would probably all do something different, and none of us would be wrong. What do you usually do to something you're going to put on your wall? ;-)
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