5D Photo sent to "Trash"

kprince

kprince

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Just an example of a shot that was sent to the trash. Not quite sure what it was I didn't like about it, but it was something.
Was going to use it for the Stock Shot portfolio but decided not to. Interested in was the dvx'ers think about it. Muchas Gracias Mi Amigo

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I like the colors, it looks almost like a composition of two different times of a day.

Can you tell me what lenses you are using?
 
A good photo, but I can understand how something in it rubs you kind of funny...not in a bad way though...

But, again, reaffirming my desired move to Maui!
 
Its an amazing picture, but I know what you mean... Something about it doesn't seem quite right, but I can't pinpoint what it is...
 
Clone out the skateboard, the boat, some of the lower branches and a couple of the long, whispy ones... consider removing the two stones, or shrubs or whatever... and I think you're good.

That will leave you with somewhat of a minimalist photo... but a good one. Four kids contemplating whatever it is that the image is attached to.

Also it would have been nice if they were more classically dressed... oh and clone out the sunglasses on the third kid. Looking directly into a sunset w/o sunglasses has more emotion tied to it.

That's my list of tweeks. (how the hell do you spell "tweeks" anyway?)
 
Just having some fun - this is pretty rough obviously- just wanted to see if I could get rid of the other kids.
Damn that cloning tool is finicky. I need to get a handle on this stuff one of these days.

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Luis Caffesse said:
Just having some fun - this is pretty rough obviously- just wanted to see if I could get rid of the other kids.
Damn that cloning tool is finicky. I need to get a handle on this stuff one of these days.

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Yup, much better with one person, thanks for saving me the hassle of meticulous cloning.
Oh and to the other dvx'er, it's a Tamron 28-75 F2.8.
 
nice stuff kprince... Do you do much photoshop in post? Do you meter in camera or handheld? Your exposures seem dead on.
 
I think he's using Photoshop's HDR processing, and possibly a super secret custom curve...;) :cool:
It'd be interesting to see some B/W stuff too.
 
I LOVE the colors. All your stuff is amazing. I saw a show of this guy who does deep focus large format with similar color work and it just blew my mind so this is really a great style.

This particular shot isn't as good as the others, though. The eye is attracted to the yellow, which is at the edge of the frame, so it has this oddly unsettling lack of balance to the composition, which doesn't mesh with the serene mood.

It's a shame because it's beautiful otherwise. Oh well, still very impressive.
 
Policar said:
I LOVE the colors. All your stuff is amazing. I saw a show of this guy who does deep focus large format with similar color work and it just blew my mind so this is really a great style.

This particular shot isn't as good as the others, though. The eye is attracted to the yellow, which is at the edge of the frame, so it has this oddly unsettling lack of balance to the composition, which doesn't mesh with the serene mood.

It's a shame because it's beautiful otherwise. Oh well, still very impressive.
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Holy crap! you nailed it. That's exactly what was subconciously bothering me now that I look at it. Thanks for putting my mind at ease.

Reply to other user: I use photoshop to it's fullest capabilities, it's my digital darkroom. I do have a couple of tricks up my sleve as well and would love to share them if you have any specific questions, as the whole process would just take too long to explain.
I can say that each photo goes through about 6-10 hours of "massaging" until I'm happy. I will usually go through the whole photo at 400% zoom and remove any pixels that irratate me as well. hope this helps.
 
I played around a bit toning down that yellow with the sponge tool - also adding a slight ND gradient to the left edge (blending with 'soft light') - it helped tone it down a little. It's pretty rough though, and I didn't really finish it - so no point in posting it.

But you're in one of those weird catch 22's - Policar's right that the yellow draws your eye...but once you tone it down to the point that your eye doesn't get pulled to it then it's sucked quite a bit of life out of the picture.

either way, really nice shot.
Seriously.
:)

At this point we're just talking about taking it from a 90 to a 100.
 
kprince said:
Reply to other user: I use photoshop to it's fullest capabilities, it's my digital darkroom. I do have a couple of tricks up my sleve as well and would love to share them if you have any specific questions, as the whole process would just take too long to explain.
I can say that each photo goes through about 6-10 hours of "massaging" until I'm happy. I will usually go through the whole photo at 400% zoom and remove any pixels that irratate me as well. hope this helps.
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Man i'd love to hear more about your techniques. Specifically the exposure/color issues. Do you dodge/burn alot, etc? Is there perhaps a before/after shot you could post showing how effective your techniques are? Great work!
 
dj200423 said:
This photo really is amazing. Do you have any more you could show us?
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I have a bunch of threads here with pics, click kprince then "view all threads started by"
 
kai said:
Man i'd love to hear more about your techniques. Specifically the exposure/color issues. Do you dodge/burn alot, etc? Is there perhaps a before/after shot you could post showing how effective your techniques are? Great work!
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Yes. I will later today. It's 9am on Maui right now. gotta meet with this photo matter. He's from Scotland and calls himself the Mad Matter, he's supposed to be the best.
Will be back laterz.
 
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