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    My Dad the Hoodlum

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Depending on the extent of the blur and the image itself, I have been

    mostly enthused with the selective focus photographs. Particularly

    with people. I'd much rather have most of the photograph blurry with

    the focus of attention sharp, than have all the photograph sharp as a

    tack. The exception to this is with wide angle, 20mm and below in the

    35mm format where the effect of the wide angle is more important than

    selective focus. In my view, though, you just can't beat the pleasant

    angle of view with the good 'ol 50mm lens. My shot here would have

    looked better at f/4 maybe.

    IDEA

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    is the small hand giving/offering it to the aged adult, or asking

    for/in need of it? good and very interesting challenge and I would

    like to work on it. thinking...

    Perpetuum Mobile

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    This immediately reminded me of the recent movie, "Elizabeth" which

    included several scenes that started from as high a viewpoint as this.

    I think it was to emphasize "church" and "state" before

    people and the Queen, but I've mostly forgotten what the director said

    on this point during the "director's comments track" of the DVD

    (which, incidently, is an awesome function of DVDs and this was a

    wonderful movie/history lesson to utilize the function). I really

    like the details of the archways, particularly the shadows on the

    distant one. I don't think you should attempt to straighten anything

    out with photoshop or a shift lens, as then it wouldn't look as

    natural, and it would at least slightly defeat the purose of having

    obtained a highish viewpoint in the first place. Just curious,

    though, how are you getting "clockwise" from the nearest archway? I

    understand your comment, but don't understand where you're getting the

    motion there.

    A stroll to the end of time

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    I think this is a good photograph. It is interesting that, instead of

    the calm and peaceful feeling that this photograph ought to rightly

    invoke, I feel a sense of dread, maybe impending doom. The recent

    films "Titanic" and "Perfect Storm," and old WWII submarine flicks

    probably impact my interpretation. The photograph has an overall dark

    tone. One subject appears hasteful and both are headed for the darker

    quadrant where the ground has apparantly sunk. Maybe there were other

    people there who have since perished. The foreground contains a dark

    impression, maybe an object from the wreckage. The aquatic color is

    eerie and mysterious. Almost feel like a giant swamp monster will

    soon rise to finish its prey. Maybe that's not ground at all but

    rather the monster.

    Young Kid and Shovel

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Thanks, fw, but my shot is certainly not as accomplished as you

    somehow managing to get your July 1 post in between two June 30

    posts! I've never seen that happen before in a greenspun forum.

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    Interesting though about the retouched image. I took a little off the

    top, left, and right, and a little more off the bottom to remove some

    of the foreground. It may be the foreground in the original that

    added some strength to your perception of the image. After Tom

    brought the several bright whispers to my attention, they became

    obvious distractions to me, but not before Tom spoke. The biggest

    improvement for me was the boy's shoe. I didn't even see it, but it

    definitely competed with the much more important element in the image

    area -- the boy's face. I've learned from Uncle Ansel about sometimes

    darkening the surrounding areas of the print. This I did a little

    with the bottom part. As a side note, the original is a straight

    print, no dodge or burn!

    Young Kid and Shovel

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Sometimes I am a slave to the full frame black line, and this may be

    one of those times. I did fiddle with cropping just a bit, but I

    liked the top, top left, and top right content areas so much that it

    would have looked awkward to remove only part of the bottom hence the

    'aw heck, full frame it is' attitude. But I do understand your point

    and I do forego the original full frame on many of my shots but

    usually add a line to the final crop to separate the image both from a

    white background and a black one (w/a 1 pixel white border). Per my

    'Beautiful Flaws' thread, I really love the uneven, slightly wobbly

    image edge that the full frame gives. I'd like to learn how some

    people do their borders, like Mike Dixon.

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