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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-23 21:24:59
February 23 2010 21:22 GMT
#1
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Shutter Speed: 1/200 second
Aperture: F/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Pano from 5 or 6 shots, can't remember right now. B/W in Photoshop CS4 and a little curve adjustment.


The city- It calls to me
Decadent scenes from my memory,
Sorrow. Eternity -
My demons are coming to drown me.


lyrics - Dream Theater

I'm really fond of this photo, I've been thinking of doing some Back 'n White stuff like this for a while. Even though I did the crappiest job ever editing it, I'm content with how it came out.



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My little sweet girlfriend.
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Shutter Speed: 1/100 second
Aperture: F/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400



I have a question for you guys. Which of these two shots seem more aesthetic to you:

1
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and

2
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Poll: Which is nicer aesthetically?
(Vote): 1 (original)
(Vote): 2 (a little cropped)



As always, it's a pleasure to share and do some shameless self-promotion. Criticism and feedback is welcome, of course!



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niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
February 23 2010 21:55 GMT
#2
Nice pictures, voted #1 on poll.

p.s. those gloves irritate me so bad, it makes her look like she has man hands.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 23 2010 21:59 GMT
#3
Really? When I opened the photos on my laptop, I did thought for a moment that the gloves seem a little big...
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
February 23 2010 22:12 GMT
#4
wow i wish I knew how to photoshop (been shooting for 6 months). I really like the first picture of the city. I'm not a fan of the cropping of the second picture. in fact the whole photo looks a bit off... the background of rocks and her clothes dont complement each other imo. maybe if you zoomed out a bit and showed more context. as for the last photo, the first crop is way better. version 2 feels too tight and enclosed. I can't say i'm a fan of the composition though... the window shutters and your pretty girlfriend doesnt sit well with me, can't tell what you're getting at. btw i'm a big fan of your nature photos, are you trying out new subjects (model shoots, street photography/cityscape, etc)?
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
Exteray
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1094 Posts
February 23 2010 22:41 GMT
#5
Nice pictures! Looks like you did an excellent job to combine the pics for the city scene
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
February 23 2010 22:42 GMT
#6
i am not fan of the post processing on the first one
second one is very nice though, although the shadow on her forehead is quite distracting
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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-23 22:54:45
February 23 2010 22:53 GMT
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nice adam's apple=)


I like the picture number 1 more. Maybe becouse the "wood-thing" is not playing as huge big role on it. The idea that there are two things your concentrate on the picture is cool.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-23 23:05:00
February 23 2010 23:02 GMT
#8
The first is better i think it is because of the proportions. Picture 2 looks like it was "zoomed" on the wood and you can't pay attention as much to the girl in the background.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
February 23 2010 23:24 GMT
#9
The b+w picture is absolutely incredible. The first of the two looks better, though I can't really explain why, knowing little to nothing about all of this stuff beyond what I learned in IB Visual Art.

Your girlfriend is very pretty, by the way!
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
February 24 2010 02:08 GMT
#10
Really nice shots as usual (:

I like the first one better. The eye gets drawn more to the girl, which makes the photo more interesting. In the second one, the eye gets drawn to the wooden beam and the girl blurs completely into the background.
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
February 24 2010 02:24 GMT
#11
I like the original. But that picture reminds me of that joke where it's obviously a picture of something, and you focus on something insignificant in the background. i.e. Girl posing for a picture, and you discuss the species of tree 500 ft back.

I like it .
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
February 24 2010 02:27 GMT
#12
Really cool shots and I liked them. I just got a bit creeped out in the last two pictures, her face looks like a joker with a really dark smile coming from behind the wall. Maybe the camera was moving too much? Dunno... Keep posting
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illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
February 24 2010 03:01 GMT
#13
Obviously 1. She is more centred and you can see her dress more clearly.
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iMarshall
Profile Joined July 2008
Norway190 Posts
February 24 2010 03:47 GMT
#14
Cool pictures! I also liked the original picture the best. Nice quote from Home (the Dream Theater song)!
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 26 2010 23:09 GMT
#15
On February 24 2010 07:12 caelym wrote:
wow i wish I knew how to photoshop (been shooting for 6 months). I really like the first picture of the city. I'm not a fan of the cropping of the second picture. in fact the whole photo looks a bit off... the background of rocks and her clothes dont complement each other imo. maybe if you zoomed out a bit and showed more context. as for the last photo, the first crop is way better. version 2 feels too tight and enclosed. I can't say i'm a fan of the composition though... the window shutters and your pretty girlfriend doesnt sit well with me, can't tell what you're getting at. btw i'm a big fan of your nature photos, are you trying out new subjects (model shoots, street photography/cityscape, etc)?



Yes I am trying new things, mostly as a direct consequence of living in a much larger city now, as a student. I'm really awful at portraits, I know, and most of the times I just press the shutter blindly, because I'm a little confused about which angle, distance, etc I should approach. So to put it short, the photos are bad (at least composition-wise) because I'm very much a beginner.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 26 2010 23:11 GMT
#16
Thanks for the feedback everyone, you've mostly confirmed my thoughts with the poll. Sorry for the late replies
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 26 2010 23:13 GMT
#17
On February 24 2010 07:42 phosphorylation wrote:
i am not fan of the post processing on the first one
second one is very nice though, although the shadow on her forehead is quite distracting


I removed that...
Why don't you like the first one? I'm very proud of it, in the most narcissistic way possible lol. Guess because it's my first urban shot in b/w, a style which I quite appreciate.
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
February 26 2010 23:14 GMT
#18
awesome work, sir
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phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
February 27 2010 00:39 GMT
#19
well, the distortion is too obvious; this is not really very good for city/archiectrual shots as opposed to landscape
you should have fixed that on photoshop
further, i see a lot of halos around outlines, which indicates too much tonal contrast (bad HDRs always have these urgh) and too much processing in general
i really liked your landscape shots though
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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-27 00:56:43
February 27 2010 00:56 GMT
#20
On February 27 2010 09:39 phosphorylation wrote:
well, the distortion is too obvious; this is not really very good for city/archiectrual shots as opposed to landscape
you should have fixed that on photoshop
further, i see a lot of halos around outlines, which indicates too much tonal contrast (bad HDRs always have these urgh) and too much processing in general
i really liked your landscape shots though



I fully agree with the halos, I even mentioned I did a crappy job editing (over-editing).

The distortion is a personal approach, I realize that this may be a downfall in approaching 'architectural photography', but I don't really care

Thank you very much for the feedback!
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