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09-09-2011, 11:33 AM | #4423 |
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I prefer the original with buildings on either side of the central building. It's also better in a smaller size, I think. You took it from a moving car at a relatively low shutter speed, so the movement is confusing when I look at your reworked version. My eye is hunting for something in focus, or unblurred, but there's no such point. In the original on Flickr, I see the whole scene and read your story about how it was made and I accept the blur. Here, out of context, I'm working hard to find what I'm supposed to look at.
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i should have provided the picture in more context..i'll take some more new ones again soon! |
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*i will say that i usually overexpose skin just a touch, as it's a bit more flattering than underexposing or properly exposing, especially at f/9 or f/10 where every pore is in focus. overexposing a little bit helps to minimize that. |
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09-09-2011, 12:28 PM | #4430 | |
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With a black subject, the size of the subject in the frame will determine what you need to do. If you have frame filling black, then the sensor is adding EV trying to get the scene to a medium grey, so you'll either need 0EV or -EV. In most of my shooting of dark subjects, they're not frame filling. Still, this does indeed point up another complexity of shooting digital. For some strange reason that I don't fully understand, white balance and EV levels are set based on a medium-grey card; therefore, if the scene is all white, the sensor underexposes, trying to get the scene to grey and the opposite happens if the scene is darker than medium grey. Dave
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09-09-2011, 12:31 PM | #4431 | |
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faster lenses have a higher tendency to not focus properly below 2.8 film was simple. it made sense aways. |
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09-09-2011, 12:32 PM | #4432 |
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I believe it also depends on what you're shooting, as remmib described. Of course people have different techniques while shooting. That being said, one professional photographer, who many think of as a master of light, does use a technique similar to what Dave suggested. However, Zack Arias doesn't necessarily go to the extent that Dave does (in terms of what he considers blown out highlights due to overexposure) because he's generally shooting portraits as opposed to wildlife at far away distances.
As usual, take everyone's comments with a grain of salt and try out both methods yourself. I'm sure neither method works flawlessly for all shooting conditions, but practicing can help you decide what works better for you, and in what situations. Isn't that one of many advantages of shooting digitally? You can have a lot of fun experimenting and not have to spend hours developing film, etc to see the results.... just saying
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BTW, love your work. That latest blond you put up is killer and I like all the poses on your site. Dave
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09-09-2011, 12:50 PM | #4434 |
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Interesting colors, nice sky and pretty good composition. Assuming the sky is still interesting I might have positioned the horizon a little lower to put less emphasis on those foreground buildings. I like your height perspective, but those buildings are a bit of a bummer.
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Maybe a little creative blurring just for fun?
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09-09-2011, 01:57 PM | #4438 |
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tornado in goderich by Reed Jackson, on Flickr shot this last weekend, there was a Tornado that went through a town near where I keep my boat, so i decided i would pay a visit, it was really a sad sight as a lot of historic buildings were brought to the ground. The colour inside this building just made it very interesting to me. |
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Topaz Lens Effect is a good tool to do this through PhotoShop. It runs as an add in to the product. You can also do a selective blur right in PhotoShop.
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Duplicate the layer in Photoshop. On the top layer go to Filter, Blur, Lens Blur and set the blur (I just used the default). Then create a layer mask and "paint" out the area you want to be clear.
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really nice reflections and tone/colors of the sunset Tim!
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