...maybe with a little more cleaning I just started messing with those last week. I think if you apply the shadows/highlights filter it would help make the background fade away.
I messed around with this one, and thought adding a B&W mask to the background was the best route to make the player stand out on his own. My inclination after seeing more of these, is you really need to be able to pick how many frames you want, and need to have enough material to choose the exact spots, otherwise it doesn't flow properly.
Ted, I like it, seems fine work, just notice my eye drifting back to the small, round reflection(?) directly above the pitching-hand/wrist of last image. Resembles, & distracts alot from the ball-
Probably, lowering opacity, or b&w the backround MITE eliminate it, maybe not.
Bob
Ted... this version is improved. The highlight anomoly has been removed which was a distraction to the ball and I like the B/W effect. My only other crit at this point is the location of the last image in the sequence. The pitcher is just too close to the image in the middle. I see it most apparent in the legs... almost like a mirror image. I'd like to see that last image on the right further out in front with more separation.
I agree with Paul, Ted. It's the first thing I noticed, too. General rule of thumb here might be to use a similar spacing on all the images, so the visual has a more symmetrical feel... just my .02, though.
The b/w background is a big improvement- the subject (your son?) definitely has more pop.
#3 has my vote, Ted. Big improvement- that spacing works well. Nice work...
Here's one other thought-- not a big deal, but I wonder how it would look to see the rear foot of the middle image sit over the top of the planted foot of the first image (on the left). Or, you could move the first image just a bit farther to the left to allow both feet to sit right next to each other... I dunno, just thinking.
Tom D wrote:
#3 has my vote, Ted. Big improvement- that spacing works well. Nice work...
Here's one other thought-- not a big deal, but I wonder how it would look to see the rear foot of the middle image sit over the top of the planted foot of the first image (on the left). Or, you could move the first image just a bit farther to the left to allow both feet to sit right next to each other... I dunno, just thinking.
I just started messing with those last week. I think if you apply the shadows/highlights filter it would help make the background fade away. 