Posts for: jburlinson
Aug 2, 2021 09:40:06 #
Very interesting image to work with. Thanks.
Aug 1, 2021 09:43:25 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Photographed in 2020, this is Yakima's Old Cascade... (show quote)
I sometimes wonder about myself, since I don't seem to respond as others do; but the color in the sign seems to cheer the scene up to my eyes. It definitely dominates the image. I've always heard that text in an image immediately draws the eye, so the color might be enhancing even further this element. I'm wondering what it would look like without selective colorization. My guess is that the message would come through strongly and that the eye would register the sign quickly enough without the added emphasis.
That said, I like the image: it's so much like many of the locales of my youth.
Jul 31, 2021 07:01:43 #
Jul 27, 2021 07:07:29 #
Jul 26, 2021 05:59:47 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
You are never too old to dream of buying a Canon.
I do occasionally dream of such a thing. Fortunately, I always wake up.
Jul 25, 2021 07:38:16 #
Craigdca wrote:
I wonder how others crop their shots, also. This original image could be seen as a day at the beach, but my attention at the moment was on the splashing wave which I wanted to emphasize in the final.
Just my opinion, but I think you did well to crop out the beach scene. Your emphasis was rightly on the dramatic splash of the wave, but including the beach and the people kind of put the sea and the rocks into background mode. While I can appreciate the importance of context, all the elements of an image should support, or at least inform, each other in some way, and, frankly, I don't see how the two halves of the original image (upper and lower) support each other, either thematically or pictorially.
Jul 24, 2021 10:24:42 #
Jul 22, 2021 08:37:58 #
fergmark wrote:
An example of something you are completely unaware of, making a shot interesting. At 400mm and distance from the birds maximize the out of focus background. 6.3 is wide open at 400 with this lens.
Of course. Shouldn't be surprising. That shows how little I shoot from a distance.
Jul 22, 2021 07:14:32 #
fergmark wrote:
I have taken very few pictures since this "water" topic got started. I've gone out a few times without much to show for it. These sea gulls flew in near my position on one of those times and with little else going on I snapped a few. This morning I had a better look at them and again noticed how the single drop of water on the gulls bill became a focal point. So, a single drop of water.
Very fine shot, indeed. I especially like the out-of-focus background. The exif says the aperture was 6.3 -- is that right? If so, it's surprisingly effective.
Amazing how a small detail can transform an image. But, in this case, there's no way the viewer can NOT respond to the droplet.
Jul 22, 2021 06:40:57 #
Craigdca wrote:
The magic is in curves. It happened with a picture of Crows I posted in UHH and now it happened for this. I set the light end for lightness, lowered the middle for contrast, then played with the darks and out popped the strong colors.
This screenshot is a re-creation as I couldn’t bring back the actual.
The magic is in curves. It happened with a picture of Crows I posted in UHH and now it happened for this. I set the light end for lightness, lowered the middle for contrast, then played with the darks and out popped the strong colors.
This screenshot is a re-creation as I couldn’t bring back the actual.
Cool. I don't often get very aggressive with curves, but you've convinced me to be a little more bold.
Jul 22, 2021 06:38:58 #
Jeffcs wrote:
Just a thought here however so short!
Who out there remembers Nikon introducing the “A” on the dial?
Who out there remembers Nikon introducing the “A” on the dial?
Actually, I think the camera that introduced aperture priority was the Pentax Electro Spotmatic, 1971.
Jul 21, 2021 06:49:43 #
Craigdca wrote:
(after I had to look up Irn Bru)
(after I had to look up Irn Bru)So, how did you get the Irn Bru effect? I'm guessing boosting the vivid and saturation sliders up to the max and then tinkering with HSL.
Is that close?
Jul 20, 2021 12:07:21 #
Craigdca wrote:
Thanks! The first is probably most comfortable for public consumption and the second is for the few that just might find it interesting. All done on Lightroom for iPhone.
Wow -- love 'em both. I've never used lightroom for iphone. Are these presets? If so, can you fiddle with them?
Jul 20, 2021 09:58:24 #
Craigdca wrote:
Mundane objects can make great posters such as the one I have of a closeup of the ends of a stack of colored pencils. I had some fun editing your photo as I always like to do with friends’ posts and would be happy to share what came out.
Certainly -- I'd love to see it. Thanks for taking the time.
Jul 20, 2021 08:33:18 #
ebrunner wrote:
It is probably a cliche to assert that extraordinary photos have their roots in the ordinary. There is, however, some truth to that. This shot, in my suspect opinion, is probably not destined for greatness; but I'm sure you could find someone at MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art) who would put it on a wall.
Erich
Erich
Surely they have bathrooms at MOMA.