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DanLentz
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Let's give this a try. The sun was very bright causing some harsh shadows. I've made a few post process adjustments to try and make it more interesting, what do you think?

Thanks,

Dan

Let's try this version:

http://home.roadrunner.com/~danlentz/Pictures/DAN34354-2.jpg


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Apr 11, 2010 at 12:30 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #392 Drink Milk


This one made me smile, but I would like to see a bit more focus overall.

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Apr 11, 2010 at 09:00 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #392 Drink Milk


Just curious ... is the image displaying at 640x420? That is the native size, but for some reason my browsers are showing it scaled up to 1105x725 which makes it look fuzzy. Does anyone know why that's happening? The image is being hosted on Flickr.


Apr 11, 2010 at 09:07 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #392 Drink Milk


I;m not sure either. I just copied your link and posted in this thread, and it indeed scaled up. too bad, the original size is nice and sharp!

John
Apr 11, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #392 Drink Milk


Not sure why you're having the Flickr problem...

My thought on the picture though (which may be unfair, given the Flickr problem), is it looks a tad too "shadow recovered"...is it just my eyes or is that what is happening? Your sports stuff on your website look pretty good, btw


Apr 12, 2010 at 02:37 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #392 Drink Milk


I like the colours and the writing suites the WA well.

About the size, just upload it normally to this site rather than link it.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.


Apr 12, 2010 at 05:12 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #392 Drink Milk


Great subject for the theme, although I'd like to see a little more of the bottom of the building to "anchor" the bottom of the frame. I also somewhat agree with the tad too"shadow recovered" look. I don't mind it on the building itself, but think you could have masked off and reduced the effect to the treed hillside background, perhaps.
Apr 12, 2010 at 08:06 PM
DanLentz
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #392 Drink Milk


The version showing now is linked to my Roadrunner account, same picture, but for some reason it's not upscaling it any longer.

Waveslide,

You're probably right on the shadow recovery, I made quite a few adjustments to try and balance the difference between the shadows and the highlights on the tin roof.

Thanks for your comments on my sports pictures, that's where most of my experience has been. Now that my last kid is graduating from high school this year, I need to expand my photography to other areas too.

Yakim,

I tried to pump the colors without making it looking cartoonish. When I saw this WA I immediately thought of this barn which is about two miles away from me.

Thanks for the comments.

Dan
Apr 12, 2010 at 08:06 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #392 Drink Milk


Dajavu,

I started including the bottom of the building but part of a new pick up truck would show ... and that just distracted from the picture. Maybe with the new smart fill option in CS5 I could just make the truck disappear.

Thanks for your comments,

Dan
Apr 12, 2010 at 08:12 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · #392 Drink Milk


DanLentz wrote:
I made quite a few adjustments to try and balance the difference between the shadows and the highlights on the tin roof.

I wonder if b/w may be the better choice here then? I'd at least be curious to see it that way. Anyhow...sorry not trying to pick too much...more curiosity than critique.
Apr 13, 2010 at 01:39 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #392 Drink Milk


Looks like a fun place. Not easy to shoot under those conditions. The background (trees) would benefit some some darkening. The rest looks good.
Apr 13, 2010 at 08:28 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · #392 Drink Milk


Oh, I somehow missed this one or it would have gotten my vote immediately.
I'm not sure what you did in post processing but I would have liked to see the roof selectively less exposed. B&W would have wasted the nice colors you have there.

Anyway, most assignments here (recently at least) call for studio/staged scenes for which I don't have the patience/gear/skill and which I generally don't especially enjoy doing or seeing. So it's nice to see some outdoor stuff. The "dessert" week is going to be painful.


Apr 16, 2010 at 08:27 AM





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