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Hi bigjoe,
Two nicely presented photographs here.
#1 could have been just a record shot of the statue but spotting the pidgeons has
made an interesting image.I really like the second photograph.
The lighting and DOF are very nice.
The conversion is excellent.I find the positioning of a subject a little too central.
The area of interest (Face, cigarette and hand) are placed in the middle of the frame.
I think maybe placing him more to the right of the frame might make a better composition.
Just an opinion though.Well done.
John.
robmgra wrote:
you blurred out the backround for that 1st image?
I did but only a little. It was so bright and I had no filters, so I had to use about F8 to not over expose it as even at that I was at something like 8000th.
5faythe wrote:
I find the positioning of a subject a little too central.
The area of interest (Face, cigarette and hand) are placed in the middle of the frame.
I think maybe placing him more to the right of the frame might make a better composition.
Just an opinion though.
.Can I ask, would you keep the same aspect ratio and put more space behind him or crop it more a square and just crop off some of the right hand side of the picture?
Thanks for the comments.
you missed parts while doing this blurring and from the detail i can see under arm on the right hand side, you blurred out the backround quite a bit. there also seems to be something going on with the feet and pillar he is on.
i cant say i agree with doing this sort of thing. you should really work with the lens you are using by getting closer and trying different crops in order to get rid of backround distractions etc. trying to make the shot look like it was taken at 1.4 in photoshop or something doesnt really work im afraid.
bigjoe wrote:
5faythe wrote:
I find the positioning of a subject a little too central.
The area of interest (Face, cigarette and hand) are placed in the middle of the frame.
I think maybe placing him more to the right of the frame might make a better composition.
Just an opinion though.
.Can I ask, would you keep the same aspect ratio and put more space behind him or crop it more a square and just crop off some of the right hand side of the picture?
Hi bigjoe,
You can crop an image to improve composition.
In doing so you will lose some pixels so it is always best to get a composition
as right as possible at the time you press the shutter release.You should also consider whether you need to print the image and what size might be required.
So make sure to keep a copy of the original file in the event that you need to produce a
different final image.If you keep the same aspect ratio you will be cropping some off the top or the bottom or both.
In some cases this will be ok.
I don’t think you will want to lose any off the top, bottom or left of this image.
I have tried a 5×7 and a 10×8 crop and both are worth looking at.
You could try an A4 crop too as this is one of the likely sizes you might print to.So experiment with the crop and judge what works for you.
One other point, it is always worth considering what size you might print an image when
composing an image.
For example if you often print at A4 you will have to crop most images to this size.
You will not want to lose an important piece of your image.All the best,
John.
I have to agree with robmgra in that I am not a fan of the blur in the first one. Even though I had to look close, I felt something was off.
It is always better to get the DOF in camera. If I do my sums right (sunny 16 rule), in bright sun at ISO 100 you should have been able to shoot at around f/2.8 at 1/4000th (assuming your camera is one that can do that).
By the way, Adobe have demo’d a new DOF feature that will appear in the next version of photoshop which will make adding DOF after the fact a simple task taking about 10 seconds.
Excuse my ignorance, but is this a real statue or a street performer. (It has been many years since I have walked the streets in Ireland so I don’t remember this one).
For the second one, I don’t mind the more central framing.
The street performer has been done to death and the fake blur just does nothing for the shot. I like the second one, though I would like to see more of his face. The B&W conversion is quite good. I also think he still has enough space in front of him to move into.
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