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Jan 24, 2020 18:02:46   #
I feel like the brightness of the flames are stealing the show. The items do not seem connected in any way. Perhaps just one candle, the rose and the glass. A trio of things .. or RG's edit without the foreground candles. Foreground blur is only pleasing if it's a veil of color. Blurry objects in the foreground distract from the subject .. it is the rose?
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Jan 24, 2020 17:50:43   #
This is adorable! The subject is wonderfully lit and nicely focused. The background bokeh is lovely. I think you have the makings for a "Vikings Fan" Christmas card. You could probably sell lots of them. The only thing that could be better is if the reflection in the globe was a TV with the Vikings playing.
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Jan 24, 2020 17:46:23   #
I very much like the technique of "shooting through" to achieve a veil of color that frames the subject. However, I think at least part of the subject needs to be in focus. The noisy quality of this detracts from the overall soft feel of it.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:55:52   #
Jim-Pops wrote:


On another note, I see that you have been away for about 4 months. Missed you, hope everything is okey.
Jim


Thank you, Jim. Yes .. just been busy.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:51:45   #
This is a lovely, lovely shot. The foal is beautifully lit and you caught it at a very optimal moment as far as movement goes. I like where the horizon is in relationship to the subject. Also, the cattle bring the eye back to the foal as they seem to be looking at the foal. The way you have shot this the cattle add a nice balance to the image without becoming a distraction. I hope it does well for you. Just remember, if you love it that is all that counts.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:47:02   #
It made me smile the moment I saw it. I think you need shadows for realism. I agree with Dpullum about the other elements in the shot. The bowl of oranges is a distraction as is the teapot. How about a vertical with a little more plate? Having things in the background could work if they are as blurred as the teapot .. things that add to the kitchen atmosphere. The problem is that the teapot is a very large dark shape that steals attention away from the subject. First impression though .. I just loved it!
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Jan 24, 2020 15:38:52   #
Uuglypher wrote:
Hi, Bill,
At first glance, I thought this image was reminiscent of the graveyard image I rated earlier...and then realized both were your images. It may likely be that you and I just differ in what we each consider an optimal spectrum of grays in an image.
Again, in This one, I like the impact (that site is packed with impact!) and the composition (here based on linear perspective leading to a central VP). The overall tonality I consider flat and could stand an increase in mid-tone contrast. Softness of focus increases toward the tops of the cliffs and with distance.

Impact: 4
Tech: 2.5
Comp: 4
Total 10.5/15

Dave
Hi, Bill, br At first glance, I thought this imag... (show quote)


I have to agree with Dave about the oveall tonality. Be brave with contrast. It makes or breaks a B&W image.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:36:23   #
Jim-Pops wrote:

Having said all that I did go out and make a glass print of this and it came out too dark.šŸ„µ I went back into the file and tried to lighten it up to try again and I can't open it up enough. I should have used a longer camera exposure for the LED light. LED lights just don't have much power.šŸ˜ Looks fine on computers but not good enough for printing.


This is the problem I have run into when I very recently started printing my photographs. The computer screen seems to illuminate photographs and that's very deceiving. I'm hoping that with experience it will get easier.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:33:35   #
Cwilson341 wrote:
This is beautiful in its simplicity and mystique.


Beautifully said.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:32:41   #
I Love IT!! The light just pops out at me from the chest! I love that you left plenty of dark empty space. It makes the light even more effective. Just enough light on the chest so we know it's a chest, but not so much that the chest distracts from the subject of the source of the light .. which is a mystery .. and I just love a mystery. Nicely done.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:29:26   #
Composition and light are so important in B&W photography. I have been following Joel Tjintjelaar's work for quite some time now my quest to create better B&W photographs. I think I'm still terrible at it, but I am starting to see what makes his so successful. Let's start with your composition. Your subject is the gravestone. You've chosen the one behind the fallen tree limb. The limb is a tiny bit sharper than the branch. The eye always travels to the brightest and sharpest area first. The question is, where do you want the eye to travel. It's important to have a sweet spot. That spot should have the best light and the best focus. This presents a problem for you. A foreground item that has shape and is blurred is a distraction, so it may not work to blur the tree limb. From what angle could you take this shot so that your subject is clear? That is the question to ask yourself when you're in the field.

Secondly, the photo has pretty much the same light on everything. This is where processing comes in. The parts of the photo that aren't the subject should have less contrast and less light. Use the light to shape your gravestone. The front should be a different brightness than the sides. Contrast at the edges gives shape to your subject. Make it come alive with contrast and light.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:12:16   #
Lovely light right where it's needed, Dave. Nice shot.
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Sep 25, 2019 17:09:48   #
I did like the edit that fergmark did, but I think you have included too much in the frame. The things I find interesting .. besides the texture of the building .. are the the two very different window openings, what's inside those frames, and the cracks running between them. I think that wall and the two windows is all you need. The pipe could be included, but anything beyond that distracts. I would crop it to a square and do a perspective correction so that the partial wall on the right is gone as well.
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Sep 23, 2019 15:02:37   #
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Nightski wrote:
What is your subject? What was it that drew you to take this photograph? I honestly do not know by looking at your photograph. I will tell you how I think an ultra wide angle lens should be used.

Thanks for your thoughts and ideas. Im going to keep working with this and possibly retake the scene when the time of day and cloud structure are right. Ill probably try it omitting the tree and getting up really close to a prominent headstone (although most of them are rather small being a rural Alabama cemetery from before the Civil War). To me the tree draws you in for a closer look and it was my subject. Itā€™s a sentinel. overlooking the dead folks in this tiny cemetery. The backstory is that this tree was the only tree left in the cemetery after an EF4 tornado went through here in April 2011.
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Only you can decide what you're subject is, but let me ask you this. How does the viewer know that the tree is special to you because it still stands after a tornado? To me, when you create an image you are trying to convey an idea to the viewer. How does this photo convey the vision you have in your head to the viewer? The sentiments you have in your heart are extremely difficult to convey in one image. The ultra wide lens isn't really the tool to accomplish it . You need a lens to compress the scene so that the tree does in fact seem to be looking over the gravestones. The ultra wide diminishes the background. In this case it doesn't work because the gravestones are important and should not be diminished.

In your original post you did say that you are learning to use an ultra wide lens. It's very important to use the right tool for the job. I think I would try my 100mm on this scene, although a 50mm might do quite nicely. I do know what you're going for. I have a sentinel tree on a hilltop that has snow angels on it in the winter. I took my ultra wide out there and either the sentinel or the angels were lost in the background. Then snowmobiles came and wrecked it. I'm going to try again this winter with a longer lens. It's a tough shot.
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Sep 23, 2019 14:43:56   #
10MPlayer wrote:
I thought we weren't supposed to edit other people's work in this section. Just a question. I haven't' followed this section in a while and maybe things have changed. That being said, I like photogeneralist's take better. For some reason flipping the image helped. I also thought the original was a little dark but didn't say anything in my critique because I was more interested in the composition.


Just to clarify, edits are not supposed to be posted. There is a section where you can get help with edits. We didn't want this section to turn into that.
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