Hats!

Remember some other street market images that I've posted ... like spices or vases or buttons. I just found a couple of more street market photos. I don't remember which market this was from ... either Monflanquin or Eymet (we went to markets in both cities that morning). I think that this image, although less aesthetically pleasing than some of the others, has fewer technical problems. What are your thoughts?

Taken at a street market in France (either Monflanquin or Eymet ...

can't remember which). Any comments or ratings are appreciated!! :-)

What a wonderful variation on hats! Nice choice of the subject hat. Not only interesting, but aesthetically pleasing! Nice detail too.

like very much!

 

Lou Ann

 

Lovely shot of the hats, I haven't had a chance to go through all you other shots, so I can't comment ff it is technically better or not, but it is nice and pleasing to look at

 

Bjorn

Nice and sharp and detailed. Difficult to crop this type of shot, though! I don't know that I would crop differently; seems like you made the best choice. The two hats in the middle are full, with everything surrounding partially showing.

Good exposure Lou Ann, very colorful amd sharp. nice forms.Did you buy one?....

No, Pnina - I didn't buy a hat. :-) I have never been able to get myself to wear a hat because my hair is SUPER susceptible to hat-head. Ick!! :-D

Great composition, Lou Ann, love the combination of colors and shapes. Well done, amiga!

Very nice image Lou Ann. I borrowed your photo and tried to crop it differently but couldn't come up with anything appreciably better. However, I did work it over with a few adjustment layers and saved the image with a slightly better (I think) color profile for the web. I have some great tutorials in both Windows Media and QuickTime (.MOV) formats (Apple/MAC format but can be used on PC if you have QuickTime Player) that I would be happy to send you if you'd like by CD? They are both specific image changes and what is called a reference set for basic workflow processes. Especially important if you're working with RAW image files, so that your master image file remains untouched or unaltered by PhotoShop CS-2 changes. Let me know if you'd like them and I'll snail mail them to you? I've also attached a re-working of the image to this posting. I think I was able to get a bit more out of the image? You may not like it but for what it's worth I thought I'd post it for your consideration. Overall, I think this is a great start to a fabulous image and I appreciate your eye for the find. Warmest regards, Phil.

Thanks, Philip - yes, I like your colors MUCH better!! I'll drop you a line.

Another good one. I like the crop, textures, colors...well done!

Yes, I agree with Philip. Getting closer gives a better saturation of colours. Great image, in any case.

 

I really like the image an think that Philip is onto something about the color profile. Enjoyable hat photograph.

I like this one, Lou Ann, better than mine in color arrangement. :D

 

Well thanks for stopping by my port, so you are the one who pumped up my total view count, right now it's at around 22 million, not a lot compared to others, but enough to help me learning things.

 

As for the reason why I didn't request critique and comments, welll, I want to count the uninvited clicks so it's unbiased. I often throw out a batch the same time, sit back and watch, trying to find out which one gets more hit -- it's revealing, really.

 

Have fun shooting.

Thanks for the visit, Ray! I actually often stop by your portfolio, and don't comment because your portrait work is so far beyond anything that I could ever do (your stuff is GREAT!!) that I just sit back and admire. :-)

 

Question for you: how do you find out your "total view count"? I'd be interested in seeing mine.........

 

Regards!

Actually, pretty easy. I go to Gallery, and take category=all, period=all and by=folder views. It will list top 1000 folders ranked by number of views. I only count the six folders that made the list, that adds up to 22 million already.

 

Some folders by Alec Ee and Wilson Tsoi are way up there. :D

 

 

I apologize to both Lou Ann and Ray for my ignorance.

 

Ray, thank you for shedding light on this one.

 

Lou Ann, my comments were based on a few instances that I found in your previous posts. If I get to them again, I will definitely let you know. I am sorry that my comments seem to have irked you. I re-read my previous post and understand how it might have conveyed the wrong intentions...hence, I am deleting it.

 

My philosophy is to help others...that is one of the reasons why I never rate images on this site, as I feel that a well thought out critique is much more helpful to the photographer.

 

I hope to show little more discretion next time around.

It's okay to me, your intention to help counts for me, big time. :D

 

Lou Ann and I go way back, she helped me so much by bringing me into a circle of PN photographers two years ago, and I learned much from that circle. Lou Ann is a popular and respected critic. People orbit around her photos too.

 

I stopped rating and commenting photos once I got really busy and had to cut back my sleep.

 

Keep on shooting WhenKat. Warm regards.

Ray - thank you for the explanation ... and most especially for the kind words. I have learned SO much from my experience with photo.net and always want to draw other photographers "in" as well. :-)

 

WhenKat - yes, I was a bit irked when I read your comment last night, thank you for deleting ... I also deleted my response. I truly do try to always look at the "details" before asking questions. My questions are always (always!) focused on my own learning ... wanting to find out from more experienced photographers how they achieved certain results that I would like to get as well.

Lou Ann and Ray, Thank you.