matt_h

Thoughts?

Just trying out a friends digi camera.

Dude these are the ugliest dogs I have EVER seen. Yuck.

Hey Josh, cool pic.

Wrasslin!

More wrestling.

I agree, that guy with the video camera is distracting.

No it was Kodak 3200 film - I was just too lazy to add that field in my photo upload page.

 

Yeah it was a bit blurry. The lighting was real bad. It was shot wide open f2.8, and wasn't able to get fast enough speeds to stop the action dead. I know, I whish I was quicker on the zoom, could have gotten the rest of the 'cane.

Local pro wrestling meet. See the rest of the folder here:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=372226

 

Thoughts?

Hey I wanted to add my two cents. I just came across your folder and I think it's fantastic. It really appeals to me aestheticly. Don't know how else to word it. Just clean and simple lines, with the occasional bold colors. Good stuff. I tried to comment on the entire folder but couldn't figure out how.

 

You mention PS manipulation, just how much was needed? Just curious.

 

 

Comments.

It is what it is.

Serious crop on a so-so photo, that I think really works. Cropped a bit on the left and right, and from the top (to remove the store window which was really blown out/hot). Its simple, and I like the colors.

I really dig this shot and will be the second person to agree with Courtney. The sky is what makes it for me. I always want to go and shoot when the sky is like that but have yet to do so.

 

The green tinge of the street lights also just add to the scene, as well as the snow and the tracks which make this look like a small back alley.

 

As Courtney mentioned, the angle could be better, and I would love to see this same shot from a couple angles if possible.

I tend to agree with the last poster on this one. I would like to see the stone wall and the road. It looks like it was wet so it would stand out nicely. Maybe if you had positioned yourself further to the right and shot to include the wall and the road leading off the frame. Did you shoot this vertically too? Maybe shoot low to the road to get some of that in the shot as well as the tree. Or even if you were able to just step back to get more of the fence in, as well as the road, I think that would work as well.

 

I do like the color and the way the dark tree trunk stands out.

 

I will say though, something I have learned as a basic rule, always use a tripod for landscapes, play with aperture depending on the scene (obvious) and use slower more saturated film.

This was shot on a foggy day at a local conservation area. It is

one of several versions of the same scene. Here is another version:

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1949723

No Lee, its Fuji color slide film. The tungsten lights kinda wash all the color out of the scene.

 

A couple other shots can be seen in this folder:

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=355575

Scan has a lot of noise, the slide obiously offers more detail.

Thoughts in general would be appreciated. Thanks.

Just a great picture, not much else I can say. Great colors, nice DOF, fantastic expression sort of that "wha?" look. Awesome shot of a great subject.

 

If I need to pick one thing, I would say maybe get his whole head in there. Maybe angle the shot.

This shot kind of reminds me of a crime scene photo. It looks better in the larger size, a lot of the detail is lost in the smaller default size that photo.net gives you.

 

After checking it out I think you could have bracketed and shot it a down a stop or two. A little less light might have made it even better. I say that because I know there is more color on that bird, and it looks just a bit pale to me. Who knows....

 

I'm just making stuff up at this point. Trying to sound like I actually know what I am talking about.

Just a comment about your photos in general. I don't know if it is the film or the scanner, but they all seem to be too cool (read blue) aka not warm. Maybe its just the subject matter that you shoot?

 

I really think you should switch to slower pro film as well, especially considering most of yur stuff is with a decent amount of light. You will notice a difference in the quality and they hold up better if you want to do some larger prints.

 

As for this photo, I like it. I like the perspective, has that wide angle feel. The right corner is really hot which is too bad because the rest of the picture works for me. I like the change from light to dark in the pool and the highlights on the rocks.

 

I would have also liked to have seen this shot from a lower angle, I think that would have been interesting.

I just had one question really.

 

What is that guy in the blue shorts doing? Do you think he is lost? Maybe it was too foggy and he forgot his glasses.

 

And another thing. Why is that person carrying an airplane wing?

 

For real comments - I think you should have stopped this down at least one or two stops. I expect to see much darker sand. It is far too white.

 

There is also no real focal point. My eye keeps bouncing from the surfer to the blue shorts guy to the little guy in the center of the pic. Maybe you could have gotten closer to the surfer with a bigger zoom. Possibly get him near the wet/dry sand area, so you can get his reflection on the wet sand ...I don't know just an idea. Its hard for me to visualize how I would shoot something without being there.

 

I do like the concept/idea...its one of my favorite...the dreamy foggy beach scene.

 

But seriously...what is the deal with the guy in the blue shorts?

Cool barn, good choice of F-stop, it looks sharp front to back.

A surfer waiting to paddle out. Photo was kind of a mistake, but I

liked the end result. This scan is rough, but its all I have for

now. Original is not quite as grainy.