ajweiss

Taken with my pocket P&S. I can return to this place at will. Does anyone have suggestions

for next time? More at

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William,

There was a lot of detail in the black area that I chose to drop out in my RAW processing. With that in mind, do you think I went too far?

Shot on the coast of Maine. I'd love to get some comments on composition and interpretation

of the scene. See more at

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Great shot!

What made the righthand light splotchy? Were you shooting through glass?

Here's my take.

From a trip on lobster boat. I know the foreground is dark, and I like it that way. Do you? Any

other comments are also appreciated.

This is a good idea that could use some work.

Positive: Focus is good. I like the detail in the properly exposed sections. Eye draws attention.

Negative: The whole back of the head is blown out to white. The face is in shadow. The eagle is looking at something, but the composition is very static (I would shift the eagle slightly to the left of the frame). The banded background is distracting (did you use a mirror lens or DO lens?). The shot also looks very clich餠to me.

I'm not trying to be too negative. This is a good start. You have some other good tries in your folder. I would specifically work on exposure and composition. You have a digital camera, so try as many variations on a shot as you can. You have made some good subject choices, but you need to practice more.

Then again, the practice is the fun part, right?

Now that I've seen it bigger, I think the biggest change I would like to see is the blown highlights. Did you shoot this in RAW format? If so, pull down the highlights in your converter. If not, meter a brighter area next time (or shoot RAW).

The out of focus front section would be better if it were MORE out of focus Emphasizing the middle figure would work if it looked less like a focusing error.

Did you make your black and white copy with Channel Mixer? I would try it out. Also, this image needs more contrast in black and white (but don't blow the highlights!).

Just to be clear: I do like this image. I'm just making suggestions to improve it.

Adam

This photo was my favorite from your portfolio. I like the lighting, though I wish the in-focus area was slightly closer to the frontmost figure. Do you have a bigger version of this shot? I would love to get a better idea of what is here.

Also, have you tried a black and white version? I was going to make an example for you, but I can't open this one in Photoshop for some reason...

I had accidentally switched from RAW to JPEG and lost quite a bit of this picture. What do

you think of what is left?

I think this is pretty good, but I don't know why.

What do you think, and why?

Looking for comments and an answer: Does having the eye out of focus detract too

much?

Alan,

I appreciate the comment! However, I don't see this as overexposed (in fact, I boosted exposure a little in PS). Could you elaborate?

Thanks,

Adam

You never know what will happen shooting directly into the sun with a newly-purchased

zoom! There was a lot of flare, but adjusting Levels and Curves seemed to help.

I'd appreciate any and all aesthetic-, technical-, or processing-related comments.

Thank you!