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Shasoc wrote:
I have been reading with interest this thread. Seems like everybody is making good points.
One thing that came to my mind was that, may be, due to the size the image is posted we may need to look at the image from a bigger distance than the one we usually look at our monitor. That could explain the thousand needles stabbing Kent in the eyes. Clearly it depends also from the size and resolution of the monitor everybody is using.
Here are, reduced just in size, the last two pics posted by Mahesh.
It is like looking at the images from a bigger distance. It does make a difference to me. They aren't so hard on the eyes.
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Wonderful point, Socrate, I hadn't thought of it. I'm on an old-ish 15" MBP, so I had assumed that most other would be viewing it at a resolution higher than mine, due to which it would look smaller on most other monitors.
Also another possibility might be that I'm used to the image by now, having stared at it for a lot more than most of the audience
Also great work on the softened look, I'm amazed at the vastly different interpretations possible, between yours and Kent's edits.
While we are on the topic of the level of detail, I think I should have also used the 105mm end of the lens. That would have been a good comparison. Some other time, some other place..
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RustyBug wrote:
+1 @ viewing distance, as I was thinking "print large"
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beavens wrote:
I doreally like Socrates's last effort - you are excellent at really hitting the 'dreamy' look on the nose.
Jeff
+1
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sbeme wrote:
+ at Jeff's crop
I prefer the color; seems a bit quieter, tamer, easier. Nice job with the golden hour version and Socrate's rework.
Large helps to compensate for the busy, almost overwhelming detail.
A different vantage point might have tamed the scene, providing more organization
https://goetzphotoz.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris/i-r75xzDC/A
Scott
That's an astounding set, Scott, loved it. I am still trying to figure out how to isolate parts of a busy scene. Fantastic work by you, one can learn a lot from that set!
Fully agree with your note about the vantage point. In fact over the last couple of days, I "re-visited" these areas using the 3D renderings available in Apple maps I wish I'd spent some more time with such groundwork before the trip, it would have been quite useful, rather than rushing around and trying to get all possible views and then discarding 70-80% of those later. Something to keep in mind before the next outing
I remember trying out the 360 views from Google maps, but mostly those have just the railings of the tower, not a real-360 view that one gets from the tower.
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RustyBug wrote:
A different take on things ... harnessing the time of day with last glimmer of daylight, as the low angle begets the dusky onset of imminent nightfall.
Goldenoir, if you will.
An S&P to taste, but you get the gist in striving for presence vs. bright detail. Plenty of options, just depends on what you're trying to convey.
"Goldenoir" - that's a good one, Kent Loved this edit as well. However, I couldn't engage 100% with the faded light look.
However, I did take a stab at something in-between. I started out by reducing the sharpness, and also darkened the entire scene, followed by corrections for the dome, and arrow-shaped cluster of structures on the left. It is entirely possible that this version ends up being neither here nor there
Many many thanks again, to everyone who visited and shared their inputs!
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