Just made a new Faicebuk picture.
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[I]I swear, there was only one cookie left in the jar![/I]
[QUOTE=Sajeno;18028237][IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/4046914825_e4f35aa8fd.jpg[/IMG]
Picture of my GF at a local lake/pond. Autumn's coming.
How could it be improved? Is the red too overbearing?[/QUOTE]
I think a little tinker with the colours to give the autumn feel. (eg reds oranges and golden yellows)
[QUOTE=beatzdawg;18030878]I think a little tinker with the colours to give the autumn feel. (eg reds oranges and golden yellows)[/QUOTE]
Agreed. The image looks very dull/dead and grey. Needs more colour in the red tones.
Possibly something like this, though maybe a bit overdone.
[img_thumb]http://i36.tinypic.com/ip5apt.jpg[/img_thumb]
Like this maybe:
[img_thumb]http://i37.tinypic.com/ogwec4.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/fpedit2.png[/img]
Too much red?
Way too sharp.
[QUOTE=peabrain101;18031567]Way too sharp.[/QUOTE]
I didn't even sharpen it.
[QUOTE=onox37;18031420][img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/fpedit2.png[/img_thumb]
Too much red?[/QUOTE]
Myeah, that's more a bloody red, rather than autumn red.
[QUOTE=onox37;18031600]I didn't even sharpen it.[/QUOTE]
The contrasts were altered too much.
Sharpening basically just increases the contrasts between the edges.
Okay, so I just got back from a little outside photoshit. The good news is, there is one jewel among the coal, something I didn't even think would happen. Natural vignetting! Enjoy.
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_056_to_upload.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_052_to_upload.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_025_to_upload.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_042_to_upload.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_056_to_upload.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_076_to_upload.png[/IMG]
And the best:
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_058_to_upload.png[/IMG]
All unedited, CC please, I want to get better at this.
Behold, the bizarre mountains with purple shades.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/HurdleBG1.PNG[/img]
[QUOTE=peabrain101;18032650]Okay, so I just got back from a little outside photoshit. The good news is, there is one jewel among the coal, something I didn't even think would happen. Natural vignetting! Enjoy.
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_042_to_upload.png[/IMG]
All unedited, CC please, I want to get better at this.[/QUOTE]
Personally I think the 4th one is the best.
More more more :
Finally got a tripod. just need a damn remote control next ;
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[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4048843942_8ee114098a_b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4048844380_d2690024b2.jpg[/img]
Latest piece...
[img]http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/299/5/2/Pyrogrenic_Zealots_by_Boyblundr.png[/img]
huge:[url]http://www.deviantart.com/download/141589600/Pyrogrenic_Zealots_by_Boyblundr.png[/url]
Edit:
What the fuck is there to disagree with? Hurrrr.
Does this count as art?
[img]http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh236/Galaxy613/MSI_Wind_TriBoot.png[/img]
Got a Canon XS today, I love it so far. But I'm saving up to buy some hot shoe flashes and some lenses.
[QUOTE=Boyblunder;18036663]Latest piece...
[img_thumb]http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/299/5/2/Pyrogrenic_Zealots_by_Boyblundr.png[/img_thumb]
huge:[url]http://www.deviantart.com/download/141589600/Pyrogrenic_Zealots_by_Boyblundr.png[/url][/QUOTE]
I'd blur the flesh wounds a bit, they're not really blending in. Otherwise, great picture.
Took some more shots yesterday:
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what do you think?
[url]www.flickr.com/latircoleetti[/url]
[QUOTE=peabrain101;18032650]
#1 - Dog chew
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_056_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#2 - Dog mole
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_052_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#3 - Dog eyes
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_025_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#4 - Spiderweb
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_042_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#5 - Rebellious grass
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_056_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#6 - Rust
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_076_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb]
#7 - The last survivor
[IMG_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Flash_Tests_2_058_to_upload.png[/IMG_thumb][/QUOTE]
[B]#1, 2 and 3. - Dog eye, mole and chew[/B]
Okay, so it's dogs... With a straight on flash. There is no defining light giving any mood whatsoever, and there is nothing going on in the picture in anyway other than... A dog doing dog-like things. The mole picture also seems to have been shot at an accident, not as if it was composed to have the eyes on the side and giving attention to the mole if that is what you tried to do.
It's a typical family picture snapshot.
[B]#4 - Spiderweb[/B]
Now this is a nice use of the standard flash. But I personally feel like the emptiness on the left side is a bit too much. It is it's charm point, but it does not charm me. But the reflection on the web and the background is good.
[B]#5 - Rebellious gras[/B]
Been there done that. Well first of all the horizon (the brick) isn't straight, it skews upwards. The focus blurs out parts of the grass giving a very dodgy focus overall and kind of makin the focus point of the photo weak. And with the busy background (leafs in different colours overlapping eachothers) it really makes the image very busy and hard to focus on. It's not that it's that hard to actually focus on the grass, but it has it's dodgyness and business.
As for the composition it's OK I guess, but I personally don't like it when it's so close, but we'll come back to that with #7 anways.
[B]#6 - Rust[/B]
Oh great, a rusty pipe or whatever. You've put the rust right in the middle and there is hardly anything else to look at than just some plain old rust. It makes for a very boring composition and overall uninteresting image to look at. I mean, if I would want to go look at some rust I'd go out in my own yard. Whatever it is down in the bottom left corner also ruins a bit.
Next time you should try and find a scenery that can be enchanced by rust. Or tell a story of why the rust is there if you want to take shots of it. Or composite it well and learn some hefty tricks about colour editing in Photoshop and hope it turns out well.
[B]#7 - The last survivor[/B]
I like it. It's not super great or anything, but I like it. But, the colours are too bland, nothing stands out, and at the same time nothing blends well, so it's not either side. It's just plain dull to look at. I'd recommend to make the green stand out a bit by increasing the saturation of it, or adjust the colour balance by increasing the green. As for the composition it's one of those shots that works when it's in the middle, well, actually a little lower than the middle, but that's what does it. The natural vignetting helps too. It could possibly do with a more widescreen format by cropping a bit of the bottom.
[QUOTE=latirCole;18041098]
#1 - 10,000 mile high club
[img_thumb]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/4049226429_6e4917442f.jpg[/img_thumb]
#2 - Tunnel man
[img_thumb]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4049221743_806ff07fee.jpg[/img_thumb]
#3 - This way up?
[img_thumb]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/4049207957_eacbe011c6.jpg[/img_thumb]
#4 - Poison
[img_thumb]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/4049893020_c5fa91f58f.jpg[/img_thumb]
#5 - Tunnel
[img_thumb]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/4049962296_cf931b678b.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
[B]#1 - 10,000 mile high club[/B]
I think you should crop a bit of the top, it seems pretty unbalanced and thus the tree doesn't get the attention I'm sure you wanted it to have.
You should also make the tree have a more green colour too it, as of now it's more of a pukeish yellow colour. And if there would be any possibility for it I would have taken that shot more straight on and less skewed upwards. But that can be hard, or simply impossible.
[B]#2 - Tunnel man[/B]
This would have been much greater if the lightning wasn't so extremely sharp in the background. It should also be black and white if you ask me. The colours takes too much attention, and the whole concept of it being day and not night in the background just seems wrong if you ask me. Would have a greater impact if it had a night mood in the background.
[B]#3 - This way up?[/B]
I love it. The surreal look, the lines, the clean part on the bottom and the lighting. It looks really nice.
If anything it could maybe do with a slight slight saturation bump to make the yellow just a wee bit more yellow.
[B]#4 - Poison[/B]
The log shouldn't be visible. The colour should also be more green, it has a bit of grey bland look to it, also a bit too bright, like radioactive poision or something. I'm not really fond of the idea as whole either.
[B]#5 - Tunnel[/B]
Great composition, but that's really all I like with it for now. The colours are way too nice and vivid for the dark and blue-green rusty tunnel. I'd recommend to turn down the saturation of the surroundings of the tunnel. Also a bit unlucky with the car there, and I don't like the tree on the side, not the pole on the top. But it's not your fault anyways. But this really has potential.
[QUOTE=dgg;18041592][B]#1, 2 and 3. - Dog eye, mole and chew[/B]
Okay, so it's dogs... With a straight on flash. There is no defining light giving any mood whatsoever, and there is nothing going on in the picture in anyway other than... A dog doing dog-like things. The mole picture also seems to have been shot at an accident, not as if it was composed to have the eyes on the side and giving attention to the mole if that is what you tried to do.
It's a typical family picture snapshot.
[B]#4 - Spiderweb[/B]
Now this is a nice use of the standard flash. But I personally feel like the emptiness on the left side is a bit too much. It is it's charm point, but it does not charm me. But the reflection on the web and the background is good.
[B]#5 - Rebellious gras[/B]
Been there done that. Well first of all the horizon (the brick) isn't straight, it skews upwards. The focus blurs out parts of the grass giving a very dodgy focus overall and kind of makin the focus point of the photo weak. And with the busy background (leafs in different colours overlapping eachothers) it really makes the image very busy and hard to focus on. It's not that it's that hard to actually focus on the grass, but it has it's dodgyness and business.
As for the composition it's OK I guess, but I personally don't like it when it's so close, but we'll come back to that with #7 anways.
[B]#6 - Rust[/B]
Oh great, a rusty pipe or whatever. You've put the rust right in the middle and there is hardly anything else to look at than just some plain old rust. It makes for a very boring composition and overall uninteresting image to look at. I mean, if I would want to go look at some rust I'd go out in my own yard. Whatever it is down in the bottom left corner also ruins a bit.
Next time you should try and find a scenery that can be enchanced by rust. Or tell a story of why the rust is there if you want to take shots of it. Or composite it well and learn some hefty tricks about colour editing in Photoshop and hope it turns out well.
[B]#7 - The last survivor[/B]
I like it. It's not super great or anything, but I like it. But, the colours are too bland, nothing stands out, and at the same time nothing blends well, so it's not either side. It's just plain dull to look at. I'd recommend to make the green stand out a bit by increasing the saturation of it, or adjust the colour balance by increasing the green. As for the composition it's one of those shots that works when it's in the middle, well, actually a little lower than the middle, but that's what does it. The natural vignetting helps too. It could possibly do with a more widescreen format by cropping a bit of the bottom.
[B]#1 - 10,000 mile high club[/B]
I think you should crop a bit of the top, it seems pretty unbalanced and thus the tree doesn't get the attention I'm sure you wanted it to have.
You should also make the tree have a more green colour too it, as of now it's more of a pukeish yellow colour. And if there would be any possibility for it I would have taken that shot more straight on and less skewed upwards. But that can be hard, or simply impossible.
[B]#2 - Tunnel man[/B]
This would have been much greater if the lightning wasn't so extremely sharp in the background. It should also be black and white if you ask me. The colours takes too much attention, and the whole concept of it being day and not night in the background just seems wrong if you ask me. Would have a greater impact if it had a night mood in the background.
[B]#3 - This way up?[/B]
I love it. The surreal look, the lines, the clean part on the bottom and the lighting. It looks really nice.
If anything it could maybe do with a slight slight saturation bump to make the yellow just a wee bit more yellow.
[B]#4 - Poison[/B]
The log shouldn't be visible. The colour should also be more green, it has a bit of grey bland look to it, also a bit too bright, like radioactive poision or something. I'm not really fond of the idea as whole either.
[B]#5 - Tunnel[/B]
Great composition, but that's really all I like with it for now. The colours are way too nice and vivid for the dark and blue-green rusty tunnel. I'd recommend to turn down the saturation of the surroundings of the tunnel. Also a bit unlucky with the car there, and I don't like the tree on the side, not the pole on the top. But it's not your fault anyways. But this really has potential.[/QUOTE]
I want to see more C&C like this in this thread. dgg knows what he's talking about and knows how to help.
[QUOTE=Boyblunder;18041930]I want to see more C&C like this in this thread. dgg knows what he's talking about and knows how to help.[/QUOTE]
I agree, more C&C like that would help me quite a lot :smile: thanks
[QUOTE=Boyblunder;18041930]I want to see more C&C like this in this thread. dgg knows what he's talking about and knows how to help.[/QUOTE]
I just wish that also reflected on my actual work. :ohdear:
[QUOTE=dgg;18042083]I just wish that also reflected on my actual work. :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
From what i've seen of your work, it does reflect in some shots and i've made the edits you suggested and i'll upload them in a minute. I'm not 100% sure if i've done it properly.
[QUOTE=latirCole;18042139]From what i've seen of your work, it does reflect in some shots and i've made the edits you suggested and i'll upload them in a minute. I'm not 100% sure if i've done it properly.[/QUOTE]
Nyeh...
And just be sure you like the look of the editing and it should be proper.
Dewdles.
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/downloader/Faces.jpg[/IMG]
I'm currently working on this in Flash, try guessing what it is and saying what you think it looks like. I think it looks like some Japanese robot monster thingy
[img]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7107/dcvhbcvbc.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Ferosso;18042246]I'm currently working on this in Flash, try guessing what it is and saying what you think it looks like. I think it looks like some Japanese robot monster thingy
[img]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7107/dcvhbcvbc.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I'm guessing car and
edited images:
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looking at them now, i'm sure i haven't done it right :ohdear:
[QUOTE=latirCole;18042280]
#1
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looking at them now, i'm sure i haven't done it right :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
[B]#1[/B]
Ok, so you redid the whole thing I see. Now you got some trees in the bottom sticking up. That shouldn't be there. You could probably have a bit more of the sky surround it (crop a bit less).
You also have less colour and contrasts in this as whole now, look at the original and notice how much nicer and powerful the sky and the tree is. You should try and get that look again, just with less yellow and more green on the tree.
A tip would go and fiddle with Image-Adjustments-Color Balance. Play around with it by dragging the yellow bar down and green bar up (be careful, it's strong, values of 5-10 is usually enough, if not too much). Do this for all the tones (shadows, midtones & highlights. They are on the bottom of the window).
[B]#2[/B]
It's better colourwise. But the background is too bright. I'm guessing it's overexposed? Well you should make a selection on the really bright area in the background and either adjust it with levels by dragging the grey arrow (in the middle) more to the right. Or by going over it with the Burn tool.
You also lost some nice highlights on the wall and roof making the roof much heavier and less leading (in the original it drags our eye into the middle). The wall also lost a bit of life, but it doesn't need to be as strong as the original, just a bit more.
[B]#3[/B]
I don't know about you, but even though I didn't like the tree and car I don't think you should crop it. The composition was very good as it was in the original. The original just lacked a more concrete focus point. It's getting better colour wise though, but like I said the tunnel should have been the same and the surrounding should have been decreased. In other words, bump up the saturation on the tunnel so that it stands out more. As it is now everything just got duller.
[B]#4[/B]
Much better, but it needs to be sharpened. Also go to Color Balance, set it to highlights and try to bump up the green even a little bit more, it has this yellow tint to it that keeps the poison look. But that could just be me.
Looks much better IMO anywyas.
[quote]
Much better, but it needs to be sharpened. Also go to Color Balance, set it to highlights and try to bump up the green even a little bit more, it has this yellow tint to it that keeps the poison look. But that could just be me.[/QUOTE]
It's mostly imageshack that destroyed the quality, and i am using lightroom to edit these, but i'll do these edits on photoshop as you implied.
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final edits, because i think i've taken enough of your time with this.
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voilà
[QUOTE=latirCole;18042474]It's mostly imageshack that destroyed the quality, and i am using lightroom to edit these, but i'll do these edits on photoshop as you implied.
final edits, because i think i've taken enough of your time with this.
#1
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#4
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Imageshack doesn't ruin the quality at all unless you tell it to. Don't check the re-size box.
They didn't implement Color Balance in Lightroom?
You should quit when you feel like it. I'm just giving feedback based on my taste. If you like it as it is then you shouldn't force yourself to edit it just because I say so.
[B]#1[/B]
Yeeah. Now it looks more interesting than the original, IMO. Has a more absurd look to it rather than just being a tree.
[B]#2[/B]
Ah no. The tunnel is fine but you should have colour in the surroundings. Try to make the surroundings like the second attempt. Maybe with a bit more or less colour after what you see fit. As it is now the surroundings become very heavy and loses all focus and meaning, it's suddenly completely uninteresting and meaningless making the tunnel stand out so much that it doesn't make sense, it's just a tunnel after all.
[B]#3[/B]
Ah no. Now you overdid it :v: The tree has this blue tint to it, and the sky became very cyan, instead of blue. I think you should go back to the result you had in the first one, just a bit less bright colours on the tree and try to make it greener. The cropping can actually be like the second one after having looked at it again and compared a bit. I'm not sure if it will look better if the end of the tunnel has colour or not. Your choice.
[B]#4[/B]
The background is much better, but now the tunnel has way too little contrast, and we can actually see details in the boy. Here again you should have a similar result to the first one, just in Black and White and white the dulled down background.
[QUOTE=dgg;18043381]Imageshack doesn't ruin the quality at all unless you tell it to. Don't check the re-size box.
They didn't implement Color Balance in Lightroom?
You should quit when you feel like it. I'm just giving feedback based on my taste. If you like it as it is then you shouldn't force yourself to edit it just because I say so.[/quote]
They probably did implement it but i am new with light room so i don't know my way around it.
I'm not really quitting, i will continue to edit them, i just don't want to make you keep going the hassle of critiquing it every time. I personally will probably use some of these tips on other pictures, because it will add variation to my shots rather than the same effect i do on them all.
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