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Photo Of The Day August 2015

Tourist brochure material?
Walking on Blasket Island, Kerry, Ireland

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Apple fanboy said:
Another one from the Bristol Balloon festival. I edited out some people and buildings as I found them distracting. Is that wrong?

_DSC9431 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always appreciated.
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I agree with Kenoh: if an element is distracting my eye from what I think the focus of the image should be, I'll often take it out. For this image, I might have even removed the radio tower on the left side of the horizon line.
 
CE3 said:
I agree with Kenoh: if an element is distracting my eye from what I think the focus of the image should be, I'll often take it out. For this image, I might have even removed the radio tower on the left side of the horizon line.
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I thought about that, then decided against it. Basically there are houses, cars and people all along the cliff. Due to the trees it was fairly easy to clone out. There was also some graffiti on the cliff itself.
 
Apple fanboy said:
I thought about that, then decided against it. Basically there are houses, cars and people all along the cliff. Due to the trees it was fairly easy to clone out. There was also some graffiti on the cliff itself.
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Yeah, removing the tower is far from necessary. I see the area you're talking about now and you did a good job! I've also never seen a hot air balloon that shape before.
 
needfx said:
Well howdee partners!

It's been a long time since my last visit here, and it is not without reason. As some of you may remember, a friend of mine and I have created a photography-cinematograpy company, The Big Picture, and evidently, we have been busy setting that up. Along with everything that's going on in this country, and my day job, you get the picture.

Most of you also know that the MR photography forum has been an inspiration for me during my first steps in photography, and for that reason, I would like to share with you my first steps in wedding cinematography. Some of you might say, and rightly so, that this is not the place for it, but but but my long lost friends are here.

All shots are handheld, since I do not have the proper equipment yet (steadicams, rails etc) and there are a couple of scenes that I kinda botched, however, I'm getting better as I go, so I won't let you down in the future, I hope...

Cheers,

Patrick
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I'm certain that doing wedding video can be a very demanding and stressful occupation but if you did just one like this you'd make your year:

 
CE3 said:
I agree with Kenoh: if an element is distracting my eye from what I think the focus of the image should be, I'll often take it out. For this image, I might have even removed the radio tower on the left side of the horizon line.
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Also, think of it like this. If you took two pictures on subsequent days, with the baloons in the same place, then the cars and people wouldnt be the same in both pics therefore fair game for the photoshop short back and sides IMHO... weird way of saying anything except the subject that is not permanent, or which is outwith the context (like a blue waste bin on the beach) is fair game.

I am not however into this thinning and preening models on magazine covers malarky. That is just false.
 
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Cheese&Apple said:
I'm certain that doing wedding video can be a very demanding and stressful occupation but if you did just one like this you'd make your year:

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I just watched this on fredmiranda. The comments are nice too, varying from envy ( I would have wanted to shoot that ) to envy ( what 29 y.o. can afford such a wedding and claim public parts of the city for it ).
 
tomnavratil said:
I like the colour in this one however I might try it with less clarity / sharpening on the building and trees on the right. Maybe add a bit of a vignette, film grain and it would be a lovely vintage postcard pic, nice one!
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As suggested, a few mods to make it look more postcardly - included a label as well. IMHO much improved thanks to your inputs. Cheers


Dundaff Linn Retro Postcard by another scotsman, on Flickr
 
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