Hi everyone, my name is Joe. Just signed up over the weekend and start posting. I just started into digital photography(more seriously) in May. I'm still trying to learn all the basics. I started some work on PP and came up with thisshot i took in china last month)
hm... can't find the image button... but that's the link. i did overlay with gaussian blur at 80% on a duplicate layer... how is the composition? and is that too much blur?
Hi, Joe... great candid, you composed well...love the diagonal lines, it draws my eyes to the action, but...
I am not so sure about the blur. It's whimsical but is this the right kind of image to apply it to? Maybe you let the candid speak for itself - would like to see the original and let's take it from there.
Welcome Joe.
I'm with the others: nice image and the blur is not necessary. I prefer the image above. Nice composition; you feel like there is a story captured. The diagonals are nice. Lighting was a bit of a challenge.
I'm on a work monitor so I'm not sure about adjustments.
You might sharpen up a bit, bump the contrast, use a bit of highlight recovery (blown out looking on the left-most girls extended arm).
Scott
I agree with the comments of Paul, Bee, and Scott, especially about the challenging lighting. Love the story of the kids - girls are focused on one thing, the boy is more interested on his food. My wife would say "Typical male"
I'm on the road with a laptop, uncalibrated, so I cannot judge the colors - all I can say is that what I am seeing could use a bit of saturation and bit more contrast. With all of the grays, I'm guessing you'll find the BW flat...
Regards,
Bob
EDIT: It is also helpful to us if you include Exif data with image
Had to take a stab at it - not sure since I normally don't do this with a laptop...used NX 2 and lots of control points, looked to have a OD'd in the blue channel so I reduced that a good bit...plus other tweaks here and there
hey thanks a lot for the comments and critique, I really appreciate it! I'll try my hand at it. What are some examples that could use somehwat of blur? portraits?
shot i took in china last month)
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