On 4/2/2015 1:26 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
Ha, missed the spectral eminations, and like your crowed still life. I
discussed the crop of the portrait with Marnie. I appreciate the time spent on
the other changes. I considered content aware fill for the H2O bottle but
considered it part of the story, such as it is.
Too complex for CAF, done with clone tool. I guess it could be 'ironic'; one's expectation from endless street shots of
sots being a brown paper bag with glass bottle of hootch, instead of a plastic bottle of water in a clear bag.
If you have the .psd file handy, will replace the file with refined version.
Curiously I did up the vibrancy a tad and brought up shadows on initial DXO
conversion then ported tiff to PS, but should have had another layer just for
the face.
Interestingly, and unusually, I didn't use LCE at all. I upped Saturation +26 on all but jacket and face, to get a
stronger graphic look, and did the face alone separately.
I'll send the file on.
On 4/2/2015 4:46 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Most of the changes are fine. I thought removing the bottle was unnecessary but don't have strong feelings about it.
But the crop at the end just didn't work for me. I don't know if it's the new aspect ratio of the loss of the flowers
but it just doesn't fit.
Can't disagree; it's all a matter of taste. Which is why I showed all the separate changes. As a street shot, it's
really good as it stands.
When I saw it, I had an instant vision of an image as much about strong shapes and colors as about the man. I could see
it on a gallery wall, with a hefty price on it. The busily detailed flowers didn't fit that vision. :-)
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16830>
I guess the second one illustrates the "why didn't I trade in for GM-5" a bit
more. You precisely read my mind.
I rather liked the framing despite the difficulties--no crop.
Nope, you nailed the composition; it was just harder with only LCD in that
light, at that angle.
I included a couple of other compositions and subjects in the Pigeon Point mini gallery.
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16819>
Alternative Views Moose
--
What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|