screature

Hey julian... I really like this shot... its tonality, the composition and there is something rather eerie about the lone figure in what would otherwise normally be a person filled space...

I like it very much... really a lot.

screature

phuviano I like the wide angle sun flare shot of the cathedral very much... shots like this are easy to take for granted becuase they look so easy due to being nearly perfect technically... but it also has a rather dreamy quality to it it that I quite like.

The only thing I wonder is if it could benefit from a little more contrast... but then again it might take away from that dreamy quality...

phuviano

Thanks screature. Yeah, if I tried lowering the blacks in LR, which would make it more contrasty, but the dreamy look goes away. I tried using the contrast, and vibrance sliders, but those make the colours too vivid for my liking.

However, I see what you mean by the photo benefiting by more contrast.

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julian_photo

Hi phuviano, I would try giving it the medium contract curve then just lowering the saturation via the slider. This should balance out your colours to your liking while still giving out a more solid black in the image.

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No can do, Phuviano; wish I could but it was for the series I'm working on. Intellectual property rights and their desire to keep a lid on upcoming plots, yadda yadda. Perhaps once the episode in question has gone to air, but even then I suspect I'd be technically in breach of my agreement.

I will say that part of the fun lies in taking a photo in modern times, then working hard to make it look like it was shot in the year 1990. As for the chair, it turned out to be entirely hidden by the gentleman who would sit down on it a few minutes later, so there was no possibility of the chair giving away the real era.

Julian_photo: I concur, nice shot. And welcome.

Mrsam: nice dragonfly captures. I prefer the first one - that plant your quarry is on looks quite remarkable for its regular, repeating geometry. Nice vibrant colour, too.

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The headwaters of the Crowsnest River. Liked the rather vicious contrast and the hidden critters. No manipulation at all.

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A few more for the dragonflies... There's been a ton of them up here!

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I think when it isn't so darn hot I'll spent a bit of time, camera ready, watching the garden for dragonflies.

phuviano

Not sure what kind of insect this is. It had a very similar colour to the the leaf it was on though. Sort of hard to see at first.


leaf colour insect by phuviano, on Flickr

Will try that out, thanks.

Nice dragonfly shots. What lens/setup are you using?

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