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The friendly staff at the Battle of Boyne site near Drogheda demonstrating real weaponry from 1688. The free guided tour is only 30 mins or so, but really informative.
I have dozens of shots from the demo, but selected this one for the (slight) eye contact. Overexposed?
Thanks!
The exposure seems fine to me. The eyes being shielded by the sliding glasses might be a problem? I’m not crazy about how he’s gently holding the gun…. to me he should be holding on to that thing like a Marine …. you know like it’s his only way to live. He seems to be too gentle with it, even if he is relaxed.
Anyway, that’s my 2 cents in the jar :)
joe_elway wrote:
He seems to be too gentle with it, even if he is relaxed.
Maybe that’s what the world has been waiting for: gentle soldiers.
Thanks Aidan, you are right about the eyes / specs.
Pete, soldiers are no good now, they already have drones deployed out in the field now and soon you would read some where.. “skynet become self aware at 2:17am and soon declared war on humankind…”
PeteTheBloke wrote:
It’s a good job we’ve all seen Terminator – we know what to expect.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Awww…did you wake him, god bless.
I’ve looked at this several times and I think it could do with a little less saturation – just a small bit. I tend to oversaturate but I’ve had to pull back a bit recently. What I tend to do is push it to where I like…and then back a little.
I must look out for these events. Aidan pointed one out in Wexford over the June bank holiday but the weather was the type you wouldn’t put a milk bottle out in. Some great opportunities, I’m sure.
Alan
Thanks Alan, I am still not a 100% with saturation and other levels – looking at Lighroom dev history, this is what I did to the original.
crop rectagle
exposure -0.33
contrast +41
black clipping -15
highlight recovery +100Does black clipping affect saturation? Err, is that stupid question (probably.. it might be the contrast!)? Not sure if this is important but this was with 50mm at f/2.8, ISO 100, AWB, Cloud cover.
I agree for the comment about the eyes and the glasses, but, well, it is difficult to ask the gentleman to move them a bit higher on his nose.
Good exposure and sharpness, but the colours are too vivid in my opinion. Especially for that type of pictures; that does not look “ancient”.
Maybe some “blurry BW” would be nice.
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