Bay Bridge Boys
Sep 21, 2014 16:33:01 #
Sep 21, 2014 16:40:12 #
Sep 21, 2014 16:50:55 #
Doug46 wrote:
What is the ideal size and ppi for uploading to this section?
Hello Doug, there is no size limit pixel wise. I always keep mine roughly screen size, somewhere between 1800 and 2000 pixels wide for landscape format, any larger and you have to scroll around the picture. Don't forget that to upload the larger image you have to check (store original)
Graham
Sep 21, 2014 17:30:47 #
Wonderfully interesting photo that held my attention for a long time. You have this iconic view of the Golden Gate, during a "standard" sunset - with a delightful, unexpected twist!
Is there a special meaning in the title? Shot not of the Bay Bridge, but from the Bay Bridge area - or Treasure Island - right? So almost like these are homeless boys who live under the Bay Bridge?
Apparently they've torn down the Navy buildings from when I was stationed on Treasure Island in the early 1970's :)
Is there a special meaning in the title? Shot not of the Bay Bridge, but from the Bay Bridge area - or Treasure Island - right? So almost like these are homeless boys who live under the Bay Bridge?
Apparently they've torn down the Navy buildings from when I was stationed on Treasure Island in the early 1970's :)
Sep 21, 2014 17:31:32 #
Doug46 wrote:
San Francisco, CA
I like this a lot, but I beg of you to upload a larger version and check "store original" because I'd love to see it better and my eyes aren't so sharp anymore. The colors are marvelously rich both in the "above" and the "below" - and they match! Mix those colors with the stark graphic elements of the bridge and its reflection, the silhouetted figures and the background landscape you've got a tremendously appealing composition. This is an image that I wish I'd taken.
Impact for me is very high. Thank you for sharing a lovely image that is high on the "originality" scale to me.
Sep 21, 2014 17:48:44 #
Doug46 wrote:
San Francisco, CA
After a moment's disorientation on first view the progression of layers in this image snapped into place and I fely my gaze physically extended...stretched beyong my initial impression.
Am I seeing a foreground of tidal flats?
In any event, the extended sense of scene is powerful and, of course, the tie binding all is the sky and its reflection ... with the peak of bridge suspension, from the tidal(?) pool in which the boys are at play.
I didn't see a ship out in the deep water, but could swear I heard one.
The scene is rife with metaphor: urban children playing in a tidal pool reflecting the magnificence of the bridge and the sky, heights of aspiration and ambition are in that light and reflection, contrasting strongly with the dark reality of the grimy foregrounsd...
A powerful and significant image.
I'd love to see the download at NVD.
Dave in SD
Sep 22, 2014 09:50:08 #
I like that there are no unfortunately placed elements to spoil the shot - for example people half in half out of a reflection, or semi-obscured by some object or shadow. You must have chosen your position carefully then chosen your moment carefully.
Sep 22, 2014 10:53:32 #
Doug46 wrote:
San Francisco, CA
Doug46,
Very nice photograph of kids playing in the tidewaters during a low tide. It looks like the tidewaters off Emeryville, CA with South San Francisco in the background.
A good memory to hang on the wall.
Michael G
Sep 22, 2014 11:43:50 #
It was a little park somewhere between the waterfront and Crissy Field. Thanks for the encouragement.
Sep 22, 2014 12:08:49 #
This is absolutely stunning! The colors, the reflections, the silhouetts, and the composition are just perfect. Fantastic! I could look at it all day.
Sep 22, 2014 13:06:27 #
Amazing photograph where the elements of light and composition come together for high impact. 8-)
Sep 22, 2014 16:39:08 #
lighthouse
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Doug46 wrote:
San Francisco, CA
Beautiful image Doug.
I am going to guess that it is a composite and is the same boy 3 times.
Great execution, feel and mood, although some of the dodging & burning could be a little less noticeable.
Great subject and a nice composition and light.
Well done.
Sep 22, 2014 18:40:03 #
Doug46 wrote:
San Francisco, CA
I like the way there is three levels to this picture, the children playing in the water, then the silhouettes on the shore line and lastly the bridge with the hills behind. The colour of the sky is very nice with a great reflection. It gives the impression of a warm evening coming to an end.
Sep 22, 2014 20:03:22 #
Doug, thank you for your picture. I was involved in digging that little pond where Crissy Field was. I have wondered how it turned out.
I now know. Thank you.
I now know. Thank you.
Sep 22, 2014 22:52:26 #
Hi Lighthouse,
Good observation, You are mostly right. There were two boys and I brought one of them in from a separate shot. Seemed to need three for balance.
The burning and dodging really shows on my monitor too. To post, I reduced the file that made a nearly perfect print that matches the image on my editing monitor. On the print there is only subtle detail in the area around the pond. Is there something I could do when I download to make it appear more like the print? Do you think exporting it from lightroom with the sharpening set to screen would improve what looks like underexposure on my screen?
Good observation, You are mostly right. There were two boys and I brought one of them in from a separate shot. Seemed to need three for balance.
The burning and dodging really shows on my monitor too. To post, I reduced the file that made a nearly perfect print that matches the image on my editing monitor. On the print there is only subtle detail in the area around the pond. Is there something I could do when I download to make it appear more like the print? Do you think exporting it from lightroom with the sharpening set to screen would improve what looks like underexposure on my screen?
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