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Postby outtram on Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:44 pm

can anyone give me some advice on how i could have shot this better. also any comments on photoshop tweaking would be appreciated to.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:53 pm

I'd clone out the green thing on the right its distracting from the main focus of the shot. Other then that it looks a little flat (on my uncalibrated screen), and I'm not sure if the WB is spot on, again, not calibrated so I'm merely guessing..
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Postby phillipb on Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:13 pm

I would have probably framed it a little lower, or if you particularly liked the sky in the photo, zoom out a little or walk back a few steps.
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Postby CraigVTR on Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:22 pm

I think framed up tighter and a slightly lower viewpoint may have worked.
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Postby outtram on Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:01 pm

i actually printed this 8x10 so lost 2 inchs at the top which made it a bit better. but i do agree it would have been beter if i had have dropped the focus down a bit.

i agree about the getting rid of that green thing.

i was fairly rushed and can't remember even shooting this now, or what was going through my head :)

thanks for the help.
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Postby shutterbug on Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:09 am

ditto what Craig has mention :wink:
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Postby outtram on Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:15 am

craig with the flat comment, how do i make pictures which aren't flat? is this something that can be changed in photoshop or look for a different location?

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:57 am

outtram wrote:craig with the flat comment, how do i make pictures which aren't flat? is this something that can be changed in photoshop or look for a different location?

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Sorry by flat I mean, it lacks a bit of punch, a little tweak of the contrast and saturation, or playing with curves or levels could give the shot a bit of impact. (But no one else seems to have complained so it could just my my LCD I'm using on my end).

If you don't mind I've PP'd you shot.. (probably taken it maybe too far, but its to give you and idea of what I meant...)

Let me know if you'd rather me take down the pic.

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Postby outtram on Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:00 pm

thanks craig while i removing the green thing i'll see if the curves helps, i had lots of images to process so didn't spend that long on it.

monitors are frustrating and so is printing
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:05 pm

outtram wrote:thanks craig while i removing the green thing i'll see if the curves helps, i had lots of images to process so didn't spend that long on it.

monitors are frustrating and so is printing


Everyone sees thing different too, so no everyone will like the same picture, of prefer the same processing style, or technique.
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Postby outtram on Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:16 pm

thanks for fixing up the pic, i dont mind at all.

the crop is much better and the moving of those people definetly helps.

i dont feel your adjustments to the curves or whatever your did where over the top at all, what did you do there anyway?

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Postby Yi-P on Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:44 pm

Yes, as said above, too much head rooms and can be tightened up.
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