people The Fortune Teller

Very good capture. Wish the cars were not there.

excellent moment, tones and title..greetings. all best.

Paula & Ahmet:

thanks for your comments.

Paula: about the cars - at first i tried but i could not get them out; then i figured out they are part of the urban/park/entertainment context of the scene. without them it would be look more serious, though may be more aesthetically pleasing. ideally, i would like fewer hot spots, but that's noon light. i wouldbe grateful if somebody can suggest a good way to prevent those in the future. adjusting exposure down and filling with a flash may do it (?) but i didn't want to use flash.

a lot of hot spots. shot at noon, full sun. any advice how to get rid

of them either in PS or in future exposures under similar conditions?

Great composition and story. I like it alot. If only the dof is shallower so that the background doesn't distract.

Nice capture, Naftali. Light is harsh, but it's concentrated on the main subject (the fortune teller) making him stand out.

 

As for hot spots, it seems that you really know the answer. First option to avoid them is choosing a good light (wasn't possible here), second is underexposing. Most people agree that dark areas in digital camera pictures are preferable to blown-out highlights. And you can choose the right exposure by looking at the histogram on the LCD screen: if there are some pixels at the high intensity end of histogram, then you have blown-out areas; if the histogram goes down to zero before the upper margin, then you are good.

 

Actually, one other option I recently discovered is using a color negative film instead of digital :)))

Filip and Andrei,

thanks for commenting. Andrei, i agree - should have checked the histogram, a helpful tool. there is just so much to shoot in the centrla park that one tends to forget good habits. s for film - yea, if i ever get to scanning my old film rolls... an why color - TMax 400, exposed at ISO125 worked well for me untill the digital bug bit.

I'm impressed of how you caught the main subject. His hat, glasses, left eye and, of course, the hands build a rare combination, that makes this shot a really story telling. Definitely 7 on originality! Kol ha-kavod!

Naftaly the main scene with its detailed interaction is interesting. The overexposed area's are a distraction .Well it was already written what are the ways to avoid it. I underexpose in these cases. Anyway, well seen. Pnina

Anton & Pnina,

thanks for commenting. i will have to think faster next time. underexposing in such light is a good advice, but setting for underxposing takes time in my camera.