roger_michel Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 i can't decide if i like this photo or not -- this doesn't usually happen to me. before i spend a lot of time working on printing it, do others think it is worth the effort? there is an odd plasticity in the water, at least in my test prints that makes the image quite striking. however, i am not sure is i am wild about the overall composition. what do you think? sorry for the odd request. roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 sorry. MP, 50 cron, old agfa 100 speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I'd say yes. <p> But I wouldn't be wedded to the idea of it being in color, and I might even experiment with doing away with the symmetry. <p> Finally, if I didn't seem to be getting anywhere, I'd be influenced by how easy it would be to go back to that place for another crack at it. I will, for example, be going back to <a href=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/268311414_e660f580ed_o.jpg> this place</a>. Took just a few snaps, and didn't really get what I wanted.<p> Please let us know how it works out. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Es Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Yes. Put a thin black frame around it. Bleed out the excess blues. Print it and put it on the wall. Then go on to something else. It's a nice photograph, as opposed to ground-breaking photograph. Nice photographs, being pleasant in themselves, deserve our respect and affection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 hi -- thanks for the input. all good advice so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank uhlig Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Do you want to take pictures and do you want to be a photographer more (or less) than being a digital illustrator? There are hundreds of ways to have taken a better picture right at the start of the fountain than what you have got. If I were you, I would work on the original best capture, simply because I do not care for digital illustrations; they seem to come out too plasticky, kitschy, forced, dull, predictable, ... for me in general. I want to take the best picture of the real world that I can. Period. For me working on a bad capture or composition etc like yours (sorry) is like throwing money and time at a losing proposition. But you do what you want to do, by all means! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I like your photos of people much better than anything else I've seen. This doesn't do it for me. The composition is problematic and doesn't look fixable. The subject matter is, well.... a plume of water. You can find that in your kitchen sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I like some of your landscape/architectural shots too.. work much better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Roger, My advice is: if you have doubts then don't waste time on it. I find when I have doubts they usually worsen even after a lot of time is devoted to working on the image. My view of the picture is that it is not that fascinating. The caveat of course is that I am seeing only a very small version on screen and hence the detail and plasticity etc. that you talk about, and I can't see, may well elevate it above the ordinary. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 hi -- thanks again for your helpful thoughts. i think the bottom line here is that the image is nothing spectacular in terms of content. however, now that i see a few more test prints off my 4800 on arches paper i realize there is something special about the way this particular file prints. i am printing at 17x12. at that size, and with the profiles that i have applied, it is very striking, very 3D. i am sorry about the color issue. i know my monitor is not calibrated right now. i have had to adjust the file several times. here is what i am printing out just for the sake of completeness. i guess there is some kind of less about boring images printed well. that's john sexton's stock and trade, right? (kidding, sort of). thanks again for your candid help. take care, roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_berkhout Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I'd print it as a vertical, with the fountain slightly off centre and the posts/urns (too distracting) cropped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_chadderton Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Didn't see your comment Hans until I started to post my humble attempt at manipulating Roger's shot, but I pretty much agree. I kept the fountain central though, in a square format shot. I'd print the square central on a portrait format paper with a black border as in the eg below. I 'played' with the file, with a couple of adjustment layers, mainly lowering the saturation. I think I added a subtle PS 'dark strokes' filter at some point. Please excuse my poor PS ability !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_chadderton Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I'll try again at 500px ... the first was only 508px wide?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_chadderton Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I guess it was because there was no caption ... I tried to stop the file sending but guess I was too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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