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Postby Bruno on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:08 am

Hello all :D
Went for a bit of a drive this afternoon down to Bradleys Head, lots of boats and stuff going on but this was my keeper for the day. PP involved a custom curve and some contrast tweaking. Keen to hear your thoughts.

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Postby Geoff on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:13 am

Hi Bruno - this image sure is different but doesn't really do it for me. Sorry :)
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Postby dooda on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:16 am

Cool pic

I see what you were trying to do and it works well for me. For this photo to be better the sun would be a little lower giving the subject more detail, and the left side would be less blown out. Obviously that probably wasn't possible.
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Postby Rick on Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:55 am

Great work Bruno

You have used what was available to you and turned what i think would have been an average happy snap into a real attention grabber.

The amount of detail in the silhouette fits the style of the shot perfectly.

well done

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Postby Manta on Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:06 am

I like it Bruno. I haven't tried anything like this myself or really seen much of it but I'm impressed by your work. Thanks for posting.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:13 am

Bruno - love it - my only suggestion would be to duplicate the shot in PS and crop out the left hand side with the blown highlights - but keep both :D
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Postby Glen on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:48 am

Bruno, I like it, reminds me of the surfing posters I had on my wall in the 70's, but they had waves rather than the city in the background. Very nice
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:13 am

Bruno

Strange how we all react differently to the same image. I'm with Geoff I'm afraid - this doesn't grab me. I think it just has way too much white.
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Postby big pix on Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:28 pm

A nice effect with a sunset ........ Try playing with the shot a bit more to see if you can retain some shadow detail......

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Postby gstark on Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:59 pm

I too like this shot, and while I'd also like to see more detail in the shadow areas, I think that the blown out sunset really gives this image a certain feel and is what makes it work.
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Postby Bruno on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:54 pm

Thankyou for the comments!
I had another look at the image this morning and gave it another go in PS.
I liked the feel of the original but i wanted to get back some of the detail in the shaddow. Also experimented with anoter crop. Hope it shows on your monitors...

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Postby gstark on Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:31 pm

Bruno,

That's picked it all up very nicely indeed. Well done!
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Postby redline on Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:33 pm

nice low key shot but the blowout of the cityscape and its lack of detail really draws attention away from your subject.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:53 pm

Bruno

As a critic of the first shot I'm happy to say this one works for me. Much less white and more focus given to your girlfiend's profile. Shows what can be done with some judicious PP.

I'm betting you'll now get others who preferred the first version :D . Viva La Difference!
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Postby Bruno on Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:24 pm

Hey
Glad you like the 2nd version. I still presonally like the crop of the first, but i do prefer the detail from the 2nd. Critisism is the only way to get better so i will take any, good or bad. I think photography is all about seeing and reacting and its interesting to see what people thought about my work.

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Postby Justin on Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:47 pm

Hi, I like the blown highlights! I think it is a great photo but the foreground is distracting... how about a crop removing just at the right of the models head and losing some of the foreground.. that may be interesting?
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