Coolpix 990- Is this a good photo?
Larry Fletcher
I love the creativity of your picture. The "moment" you captured is great,
but the overeposure draws away from the enjoyment of the scene. It looks
like a sepia conversion, so I think if the color of the reflection had been
captured more fully it would be a much better picture.
Take my feedback as 2 cents worth and keep on shootin'.
Larry
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"M-M" <nos...@nym.ore> wrote in message
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> I think this photo is very interesting (but I am prepared if some of you
> say it sucks). It is not your normal flower/landscape/bird/bug/still-life
> picture:
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> <http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/temp/surfset.jpg>
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> 1/1000sec, f11.1, 3x teleconverter
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> Unretouched except reduced to 46% in size and saved at 75% jpg
compression.
> File size 170K
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> Location: Chesapeake Bay
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> Comments appreciated
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>
> -Michael
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Mike Russell
Redden
wtk
Tony Porczyk
"M-M" <nos...@nym.ore> wrote in message
> say it sucks). It is not your normal flower/landscape/bird/bug/still-life
> picture:
>
> http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/temp/surfset.jpg
Great photo. I liked it so much I was messing around with it a bit and
gave the figures just a hint of transparency. Here it is:
http://www.infobound.com/personal/hwyhobo/tmp/surfset2.jpg
This is what happens at 3am when you can't find anything else to do :)
I will take it off the net in a day or so.
t.
Tony Collins
foreground, leaving a narrow strip for the people to stand on. The dark
black area distracts the eye from the main image. Cropping it away also
moves the people (subject) into the bottom 1/3 of the image - making use of
the 'rule of thirds' compositional technique.
Yep, just tried it, and (at least IMHO) it makes a good picture even better.
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"M-M" <nos...@nym.ore> wrote in message
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> I think this photo is very interesting (but I am prepared if some of you
> say it sucks). It is not your normal flower/landscape/bird/bug/still-life
> picture:
>
> <http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/temp/surfset.jpg>
>
Jules
>
>Great photo. I liked it so much I was messing around with it a bit and
>gave the figures just a hint of transparency. Here it is:
>
>http://www.infobound.com/personal/hwyhobo/tmp/surfset2.jpg
That was neat...how is that done?
Jules
>I think this photo is very interesting (but I am prepared if some of you
>say it sucks). It is not your normal flower/landscape/bird/bug/still-life
>picture:
>
><http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/temp/surfset.jpg>
Very nice. I think the people could be a bit darker to look even more like a
silhouette. and the sun not so bright. I guess the whole picture could be
just a little bit darker or underexpose it slightly. I also agree with the
other poster about cutting off some of the bottom portion. Anyway.....A
really great photo!
Tony Porczyk
It is quite straightforward, actually. In Photoshop do 'duplicate layer'
(I'll call it Layer 2), then immediately change its opacity to 0%.
Now go back to the original layer, select nice pieces of the existing
sea, copy and paste to cover up the people (making sure it is
reasonably consistent with the image). Then go again to Layer 2 and
increase its opacity to the desired level. End of story :)
t.
Tony Porczyk
> What I'd like to do would be to darken all the overexposed white
> areas to blend in better with the surrounding areas. Is there a
> way to do that?
As long as the area is blown (ffffff - no detail preserved), making it
darker will only substitute a gray hole for a white hole. That looks
even worse. I probably wouldn't bother.
t.