DSLRUsers.com

A discussion forum - and more - for users of Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras.

Skip to content

Does this 'work' for anyone?

Got a thin skin? Then look elsewhere. Post a link to an image that you've made, and invite others to offer their critiques. Honesty is encouraged, but please be positive in your constructive criticism. Flaming and just plain nastiness will not be tolerated. Please note that this is not an area for you to showcase your images, nor is this a place for you to show-off where you have been. This is an area for you to post images so that you may share with us a technique that you have mastered, or are trying to master. Typically, no more than about four images should be posted in any one post or thread, and the maximum size of any side of any image should not exceed 950 px.

Moderators: Greg B, Nnnnsic, Geoff, Glen, gstark, Moderators

Forum rules
Please note that image critiquing is a matter of give and take: if you post images for critique, and you then expect to receive criticism, then it is also reasonable, fair and appropriate that, in return, you post your critique of the images of other members here as a matter of courtesy. So please do offer your critique of the images of others; your opinion is important, and will help everyone here enjoy their visit to far greater extent.

Also please note that, unless you state something to the contrary, other members might attempt to repost your image with their own post processing applied. We see this as an acceptable form of critique, but should you prefer that others not modify your work, this is perfectly ok, and you should state this, either within your post, or within your signature.

Images posted here should conform with the general forum guidelines. Image sizes should not exceed 950 pixels along the largest side (height or width) and typically no more than four images per post or thread.

Please also ensure that you have a meaningful location included in your profile. Please refer to the FAQ for details of what "meaningful" is.
Write comments

Does this 'work' for anyone?

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:57 pm

Here's a different perspective on an engagement shot.... does it work for you? I like it, purely for the fact that it's not something you see everyday and a different way to look at your engagement. The client hated it, but each to their own.

What do you think?

http://www.nikonaustralia.com/gallery/People/DSC3316
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby dooda on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:01 pm

I like that it's different, and relative to cliched stuff it works, but I don't know if I really like the photograph...basically I'm saying it doesn't really work for me. Maybe if the faces were a little more in focus, they are just so drastically out of focus.
love's first sighs are wisdom's last

Dave
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elton/
User avatar
dooda
Party Animal
 
Posts: 1591
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:47 am
Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Top

Postby MATT on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:03 pm

I agree with dooda, A bit more focus on the faces would be nice

It actually made my eyes hurt looking at it :shock:

MATT
User avatar
MATT
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1748
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:24 pm
Location: Biloela, QLD-----nikon--D700-----
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:03 pm

thanks for the input dooda.... perhaps it's an artsy side i like... not sure...

i think if it was at f4 or 6 the client would have liked it... but they were the same as you... too blurry... good idea.. but too blurry...

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby W00DY on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:04 pm

Hmmm, good to try something different.

I am not to sure if I personally like it, I think if the faces were all in focus as well as the hands it would be a great shot.

In situations like this I would think it be best to get the "safe" shot, for the couple, and then experiment.

W00DY
Andrew
Nikon D3 and lot's of Nikon stuff!!
User avatar
W00DY
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1541
Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:44 pm
Location: Sydney - Hills District
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:04 pm

thanks matt.... and sorry about the eyes :)
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:06 pm

ta woody.... i'd finished the shots for the clients, and they were happy with what they had... but i quickly got this in before they left :) they've actually got the same shot but at f12 (from memory), but i didn't personally like it with everything in focus...

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby tsanglabs on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:14 pm

Sorry to disagree with every one else but I actually love this photo. If I was the client I would use it, very different to the traditional poses.
User avatar
tsanglabs
Member
 
Posts: 166
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:50 pm
Location: Melb, Vic
Top

Postby JordanP on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:14 pm

I quite like it - although you definitly went for the risky shot there. You will probably find some couples that would love it heaps that wouldn't.

The number of risky shots you take depends on what you really want to do. If you are shooting for a client to get sales .... then throw in a few but make sure there are plenty of safe winners as well.

I often play with DOF in portrait work but usually not from shuch a close perspective. Well done for experimenting.
Craig
User avatar
JordanP
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1050
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:52 pm
Location: Lismore, NSW
Top

Postby sirhc55 on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:14 pm

As it stands I am not enamoured with this shot, but if I could make a suggestion. I would have shot higher concentrating on the hands being together and had the engagement ring in sharp focus and then in PS placed a small star burst on the edge of the diamond. The other way would have been to use a wide angle such as the 12-24 and had both the two people and the hands in sharp focus as an extended perspective.



Chris
Chris
--------------------------------
I started my life with nothing and I’ve still got most of it left
User avatar
sirhc55
Key Member
 
Posts: 12930
Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:57 pm
Location: Port Macquarie - Olympus EM-10
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:18 pm

thankyou for the comments guys... much appreciated...

chris... you are making it very hard for me... another lens i'll need to convince my wife i 'need' :)

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby MattC on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:19 pm

Interesting.

The first place that my eyes went was to the OOF faces. I had to look for the hand and engagement ring. Maybe if the hand was a little higher in the frame and faces were not quite so OOF.

Cheers

Matt
MattC
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1061
Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:59 pm
Location: Pilbara WA
Top

Postby jdear on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:19 pm

hey Xerubus,
love your image! - works for me!

I know exacttly what you mean, I did something similar (forgive poor resolution / size) for my friends engagement invitation...

Image

throwing them out of focus looks so much more dramatic in your photo! Well done!

JD
User avatar
jdear
Senior Member
 
Posts: 960
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:34 am
Location: Shellharbour, NSW
Top

Postby W00DY on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:23 pm

jdear wrote:hey Xerubus,
love your image! - works for me!

I know exacttly what you mean, I did something similar (forgive poor resolution / size) for my friends engagement invitation...

Image

throwing them out of focus looks so much more dramatic in your photo! Well done!

JD


This is a very novel idea for an invitation... The couple in a toilet :lol:

W00DY
Andrew
Nikon D3 and lot's of Nikon stuff!!
User avatar
W00DY
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1541
Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:44 pm
Location: Sydney - Hills District
Top

Postby sirhc55 on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:25 pm

jdear - I like your shot because it has a focal point (engaged) and this is what I was trying to say re xerubus’s photo and the ring.

Xerubus - as has been said before you have a beautiful wife and I am sure she will allow a little lens lust.

:wink:

Chris
Chris
--------------------------------
I started my life with nothing and I’ve still got most of it left
User avatar
sirhc55
Key Member
 
Posts: 12930
Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:57 pm
Location: Port Macquarie - Olympus EM-10
Top

Postby JordanP on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:25 pm

very creative jdear. I like it :D
Craig
User avatar
JordanP
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1050
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:52 pm
Location: Lismore, NSW
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:26 pm

jd... that's thinking outside the square... well done...
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby jdear on Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:28 pm

thanks, sorry didnt mean to hijack your thread :)

you wouldn't believe the "toilet" humour that came out of it... they loved it though.

They weren't quite in the toilet, i opened the door a little so the engaged sign was visible.

JD
User avatar
jdear
Senior Member
 
Posts: 960
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:34 am
Location: Shellharbour, NSW
Top

Postby Greg B on Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:00 pm

Hey xerubus, you should have given them the boke(h) talk - veerrry mysterious, cutting edge in photography, highly sought after, requires great skill, some lenses better than others, etc etc :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Seriously, I can see why the client might not have been keen on your artistic approach. It's all about them, and if they're all bokehed up, well, it could be anybody. I think engagement/wedding photos need to be primarily record shots. If you can do that in an artistic context, OK, but if the artistic overrides the record, I think you will be struggling to have a happy client.

Just one man's opinion xerubus. It is a totally different issue to the quality of the photography. :)
Greg - - - - D200 etc

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
User avatar
Greg B
Moderator
 
Posts: 5938
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:14 pm
Location: Surrey Hills, Melbourne
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:11 pm

thankyou greg... and much appreciated....

I just find the normal yadda yadda pose sooooo boring... :)
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby Greg B on Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:17 pm

xerubus wrote:thankyou greg... and much appreciated....

I just find the normal yadda yadda pose sooooo boring... :)


Yep, and I find driving a desk boring too. :lol:

I know what you mean Mark, but even van Gogh used to paint houses to make money

(OK that's stupid, but I couldn't help it) :)
Greg - - - - D200 etc

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
User avatar
Greg B
Moderator
 
Posts: 5938
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:14 pm
Location: Surrey Hills, Melbourne
Top

Postby mudder on Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:35 pm

G'day,
I really like the idea, something different, although I first looked at the faces and then down to the hands...

I think Chris' terrific idea of a starburst affect on the ring to grab your initial attention would make a big difference but really like the idea though, something different from all the same photo's just with different faces in them for each couple, very artistic and something individual too... Wow, wish I had your creative mind to think of those sorts of things... sigh...

Cheers,
Mudder
Aka Andrew
User avatar
mudder
Senior Member
 
Posts: 3020
Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:58 pm
Location: Melbourne - Burwood East
Top

Postby kurokaze204 on Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:53 pm

For what it's worth I like it too. What lens did you use?

Really love #11 as well.
User avatar
kurokaze204
Member
 
Posts: 86
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:15 am
Location: Bayswater, Victoria
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:59 pm

kurokaze204 wrote:For what it's worth I like it too. What lens did you use?

Really love #11 as well.


50mm f1.8... great lens... it's cheap... get one! :)

i don't like the framing in #11.... i'm working on a new site at the moment, and that shot is heavily cropped to show more of the subject than the tree....

cheers
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby meicw on Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:50 pm

Xerebus. I loved it. Its different,, and I really like the concentration on the hands and the ring. Isn't this what an engagement is? The ring 'binding' the hands together.

Regards
Meic
meicw
Member
 
Posts: 389
Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:12 pm
Location: Melbourne (Reservoir), Canon 5D
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:01 pm

thanks meic... i'm glad you enjoyed the shot...
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top

Postby Glen on Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:07 pm

Xerebus, I like it and like the concept. I would have made the ring more visible and would make a nice 2nd division shot in the album to show the ring off. To be honest, if you want to sell the photo, ask who their jeweller is and ring him up, now he would love it!
User avatar
Glen
Moderator
 
Posts: 11819
Joined: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:14 pm
Location: Sydney - Neutral Bay - Nikon
Top

Postby xerubus on Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:11 pm

thankyou glen.... btw... my wife is the jeweller, and I gave her a few macro shots of the ring prior to it going to the happy couple :)
http://www.markcrossphotography.com - A camera, glass, and some light.
User avatar
xerubus
Senior Member
 
Posts: 2740
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:33 pm
Location: Nth Brisbane
Top
Write comments

Return to Image Reviews and Critiques
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Copyright © 2005 - 2022 Gary Stark


Portal XL 5.0 ~ Plain 0.2