Red Shirt

[NeilL]

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Enjoy!

Canon 40D, 24-70mm F2.8L

Neil

[thapamd]

Neil, I think the composition, colors, and subject matter are fabulous.:thumb

Here are my nits, as you requested: :D

1. The highlights on building are a bit too bright. I think you can recover some detail there, if you shot in RAW (maybe JPEG too, depending on how bad its blown out).

2. I may be tempted to perspective correct this shot a little more, to make the verticals more, well...vertical. :D

3. I might crop out the very bottom, just at the blue artwork. This would exclude the somewhat distracting dark brown stuff.

[NeilL]

Neil, I think the composition, colors, and subject matter are fabulous.:thumb

Here are my nits, as you requested: :D

1. The highlights on building are a bit too bright. I think you can recover some detail there, if you shot in RAW (maybe JPEG too, depending on how bad its blown out).

2. I may be tempted to perspective correct this shot a little more, to make the verticals more, well...vertical. :D

3. I might crop out the very bottom, just at the blue artwork. This would exclude the somewhat distracting dark brown stuff.

Excellent, Mahesh!

Re:

1. Agree (depending a bit on your display characteristics - I edit with the brightness of my display equal to ambient light, darker than many other people's, I suspect). The really nice thing for me about this shot is the way the light spills over that wall left into the alley. I will do a little bit of masking (or GND) to subdue the brightness elsewhere.

2. Doesn't worry me here - more to be lost than gained, I think. This is close to how the eye sees.

3. I had that thought, too. But, sometimes cropping out the less interesting bits also loses context/scale/perspective. I think I want some distance up to the center for the eye to travel.

Keep it up!:thumb

[NeilL]

Ah! Yes, now I see what you mean, Mahesh - the VERY bottom. Certainly!

[thapamd]

Excellent, Mahesh!

Re:

1. Agree (depending a bit on your display characteristics - I edit with the brightness of my display equal to ambient light, darker than many other people's, I suspect). The really nice thing for me about this shot is the way the light spills over that wall left into the alley. I will do a little bit of masking (or GND) to subdue the brightness elsewhere.

2. Doesn't worry me here - more to be lost than gained, I think. This is close to how the eye sees.

3. I had that thought, too. But, sometimes cropping out the less interesting bits also loses context/scale/perspective. I think I want some distance up to the center for the eye to travel.

Keep it up!:thumb

Fair enough. If you're happy, I'm happy! :thumb

[thapamd]

Ah! Yes, now I see what you mean, Mahesh - the VERY bottom. Certainly!

I knew you'd see it my way. :wink

[NeilL]

Tweaked a little.

I didn't go back to the RAW (too far!), might do some later time.

What I should do is bracket more. I never have, and didn't have a pod with me here. But it's routine for you, I think. And of course your results clinch that argument!

[thapamd]

Tweaked a little.

I didn't go back to the RAW (too far!), might do some later time.

What I should do is bracket more. I never have, and didn't have a pod with me here. But it's routine for you, I think. And of course your results clinch that argument!

Neil, if the light is good and you can keep your shutter speed up, you may not need a tripod. Just take a burst of bracketed images handheld and use the auto align tool in PS. They have it in CS3 and CS4. I don't know about previous versions. I find that tool works wonderfully! I even use it sometimes on shots I've bracketed on a tripod. Give it a try at home and see how the results look. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let me know.

[NeilL]

Neil, if the light is good and you can keep your shutter speed up, you may not need a tripod. Just take a burst of bracketed images handheld and use the auto align tool in PS. They have it in CS3 and CS4. I don't know about previous versions. I find that tool works wonderfully! I even use it sometimes on shots I've bracketed on a tripod. Give it a try at home and see how the results look. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Let me know.

Much appreciate the tips, Mahesh, thanks! More new territory!