Tritone madness

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Tritone madness

Postby Grev on Wed May 17, 2006 3:23 am

I have not been satisfied with my B&W photos, always lack of "depth" when I look at them, so I tried another solution... BTW, the last one of the water was shot using a 70-300 cheapie. :lol:

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Postby Oneputt on Wed May 17, 2006 8:26 am

Grev I like the first and the great lighting, but the rest do nothing for me.
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Postby huynhie on Wed May 17, 2006 8:42 am

I like the mood of the first shot, it also look's abit monochromatic as well.
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Re: Tritone madness

Postby gstark on Wed May 17, 2006 9:23 am

The first of these works.

The third might work better had you shot this in portrait mode.



Grev wrote:BTW, the last one of the water was shot using a 70-300 cheapie. :lol:


And it shows. :)

It's much softer than, say, #1.
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Postby greencardigan on Wed May 17, 2006 9:45 am

Same here. I like the lighting in the first pic.

The others don't appeal to me much.
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed May 17, 2006 9:47 am

I like the lighting and composition of the first pic but I feel it can be a lot stronger. Try adjusting the levels to give the shadows and tones a bit more oomph. Right now, it's just too flat for me.
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Postby Grev on Wed May 17, 2006 11:06 am

gstark wrote:The first of these works.

The third might work better had you shot this in portrait mode.

I did, although I didn't like it afterwards... :lol:

PiroStitch wrote:I like the lighting and composition of the first pic but I feel it can be a lot stronger. Try adjusting the levels to give the shadows and tones a bit more oomph. Right now, it's just too flat for me.

I was at the curves for a bit looking for a good solution, my other attempts made the photo even flatter. I did get more highlights out in other versions but I didn't really like the looks in those ones.
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