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Photo of the Day June 2014

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5D2 , 24-105@105 ,f11@1/180 , ISO200
 
Doylem said:
More thoughts about PP...

Tweaking a pix in PP is fine, IMO. A minor crop, opening up shadows, changing colour temperature, etc.

But trying to find some way to salvage a pic that 'doesn't quite work' is not so good. Major crops, crunching an image through some HDR programme, applying some all-over filter effect or texture... I'd rather just acknowledge that a pic didn't work, maybe analyse what went wrong and keep shooting. That's a steeper and more effective learning curve, IMO...
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As I stated, in general I totally agree with you. For the first pic of the Brooklyn Bridge, it was my first time out using the 14-24 lens. I liked the converging lines of the cables. When reviewing the images I took I started thinking about how I missed what was important in what I was seeing when I shot it. This "salvage" was total luck. I was in *a* right shooting position but I didn't realize it at the time and I certainly didn't visualize what the final image should look like.

For the second pic of the Golden Gate Bridge (taken several years later with a bit more experience under my belt), I knew at the time I took it that I would be cropping it. I also shot some verticals at the time. Still kind of a kludge as I wasn't positive which of the several variations I shot would work the best, but I was *thinking* when I shot it and had some idea of what I wanted to capture. This just turned out to be the best working material for what I was seeing at the time. If I go back, I will use this as experience. Was using a 35mm lens and a 50mm would have been a better choice shot vertically. Or when presented with a similar scenario in the future, I can look back on this to guide me towards a capture that requires less work in post.

Having said all that, the final image is what matters. Neither of these are overly processed in an HDR kind of way or with crazy filter effects. Had I not posted the "before" and "after" pics, would you have strongly objected to either of them?
 
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kallisti said:
As I stated, in general I totally agree with you. For the first pic of the Brooklyn Bridge, it was my first time out using the 14-24 lens. I liked the converging lines of the cables. When reviewing the images I took I started thinking about how I missed what was important in what I was seeing when I shot it. This "salvage" was total luck. I was in *a* right shooting position but I didn't realize it at the time and I certainly didn't visualize what the final image should look like.

For the second pic of the Golden Gate Bridge (taken several years later with a bit more experience under my belt), I knew at the time I took it that I would be cropping it. I also shot some verticals at the time. Still kind of a kludge as I wasn't positive which of the several variations I shot would work the best, but I was *thinking* when I shot it and had some idea of what I wanted to capture. This just turned out to be the best working material for what I was seeing at the time. If I go back, I will use this as experience. Was using a 35mm lens and a 50mm would have been a better choice shot vertically. Or when presented with a similar scenario in the future, I can look back on this to guide me towards a capture that requires less work in post.

Having said all that, the final image is what matters. Neither of these are overly processed in an HDR kind of way or with crazy filter effects. Had I not posted the "before" and "after" pics, would you have strongly objected to either of them?
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Just to be clear, my comments about PP were general... not about your pix. If I was going to comment on your pix, specifically, I would have 'quoted' them... :)
 
Kind of an "odd" cat pic. Was bored (never a good intro when talking about a photo). Out on my deck looking inside with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. One of my cats posed for me. Rather than cropping out the elements on the sides that were dark and out of focus, I decided I kind of liked them (especially the bleeding in effect on the right). Present in the original, not a filter effect.

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Doylem said:
Who decided it was chic to live in an apartment overlooking a smelly old river? :confused:

The River Aire, Leeds...

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Those riverside places were pounced on by the young and trendy during the financial/IT boom. A lot of people ended up with negative equity on some very tiny apartments there. And as you say - pretty smelly and mosquito-ridden in summer.

Lovely evening last night - stopped off at the Cow and Calf on Ilkley Moor after a spin round the Dales. I love the long shadows in the evening.
Calf by Parkin Pig, on Flickr
 
Haven't had a chance to get the camera out for a few days as I've been too busy. New watch arrived in the post today so I dusted off the old Fuji and took a snap.

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kallisti said:
Kind of an "odd" cat pic. Was bored (never a good intro when talking about a photo). Out on my deck looking inside with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. One of my cats posed for me. Rather than cropping out the elements on the sides that were dark and out of focus, I decided I kind of liked them (especially the bleeding in effect on the right). Present in the original, not a filter effect.

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I like it. It has a feel of depth that is missing from the run of the mill cat pic. More of a feline foto...graph. :p

Dale
 
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