ch38: weak ones

[adrian_k]

hmmm, I'm not impressed with these, hopefully someone else will be. I was pressed for time and ended up 'snapping' things, and it shows.

I don't want to go down the route of one flower/bird as I'm sure other people can do those better than me.

anyways, here are four "odd one out" shots
I really needed a polariser for the swans - it was an absolute nightmare, expose on the white swan and you can't see the black one, or you get blown highlights. I opted for the latter and made a 'feature' of it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Adrian_K/Black_Swan.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Adrian_K/Balck_Swan2.jpg

And this just tickled me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Adrian_K/Bollard.jpg

I left lots of water here 'cos I like the differing textures & ripples.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Adrian_K/Bollard_zoom.jpg

[winger]

http://winger.smugmug.com/photos/21819156-M.jpg


here ya go.... thought it looked better with a crop and well I dont know much about PS to figure out what to do with the water, but when i put it in B&W suddenly that black swan stood out more.
Any way you can re shoot with the ducks heading our way....( I think my sports shooting and obsession with faces is rubbing off on the swans.)

[judyfuess]

I like the second picture, but I think it needs some work.
The swans look like they are glowing and there is a lot of glare on the water. Try adjusting the backlighting, maybe add some contrast and darken the picture a bit. You may also want to crop it so that the majority of the swans appear in the middle...

I tried playing a bit, not sure how successfully, but here is what I was able to get..



-Judy

[winger]

I like the second picture, but I think it needs some work.
The swans look like they are glowing and there is a lot of glare on the water. Try adjusting the backlighting, maybe add some contrast and darken the picture a bit. You may also want to crop it so that the majority of the swans appear in the middle...

I tried playing a bit, not sure how successfully, but here is what I was able to get..



-Judy
yeah the 2nd photo the poor white swans are overexposed....great idea, but a really tough photo to compose in the camera.

[digital faerie]

yeah the 2nd photo the poor white swans are overexposed....great idea, but a really tough photo to compose in the camera.
I like the idea of making the swans all "glow-ie" (yup, I just made that up) but I think since the challenge is "one" my attention keeps going to the brightness of the white swans.

anyway to spray paint the ducks black, and then put a white one in? LOL