Ch30 Greaper

[GREAPER]

First try at it.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/13922338-L.jpg

This is not eligible as it was shot before the challenge period. I also screwed up and put 2004 on it, but they were shot in 2005, my first date mistake of the new year.
:bash

[Andy]

atta way, greaps :D

nice.

remember, the challenge starts at 12:01 monday, right...

[GREAPER]

Dohh....

I didn't read it, I just saw you had posted the challenge thread so I figured it was fair game.

Oh well, I shot the shots for the shots and making the pic was fun, maybe what people say about it will help me or someone else.

[landrum]

That's beautiful! I sure miss the snow...

The only thing that bugs me a little is the third photo. Maybe flip it so it draws your eye back to the center and not off the page. (so the "gutter" is on the left side of the photo and not the right)

Those photos are really amazing though! Well done! :clap

[snapapple]

First try at it.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/13922338-L.jpg

That's really beautiful. I'm sorry you can't use it. But, it shows me how it's done. The setup in photoshop is as important as the shot or maybe even more important. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts or something like that. Gee, I'm intimidated already. :D

[ginger_55]

That's really beautiful. I'm sorry you can't use it. But, it shows me how it's done. The setup in photoshop is as important as the shot or maybe even more important. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts or something like that. Gee, I'm intimidated already. :D
That looks very nice, greaper. Maybe by the time this challenge actually is over, I will have it all figured out. now it is serendipity. That is great framing you have. How do you get the pictures on? I can get the orig pic and the 2nd photo by select all, copy and it comes right up and I can move it, but the third picture is a bear.

ginger (Flipping is a great idea, I think I will use it with my birds)

[Zlaki]

It looks very nice. I can feel the cold while watching the photos..brrrr

[johno]

First try at it.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/13922338-L.jpg

This is not eligible as it was shot before the challenge period. I also screwed up and put 2004 on it, but they were shot in 2005, my first date mistake of the new year.
:bash

Great shots. I really like them... is this your back yard. I still have snow... Do you think you can re-shoot these? Also, the pic of the first tree and the center pic look like the same tree. Are they?

peace.
johno~

[GREAPER]

Great shots. I really like them... is this your back yard. I still have snow... Do you think you can re-shoot these? Also, the pic of the first tree and the center pic look like the same tree. Are they?

peace.
johno~

No, It's not my backyard, (I wish) It was at a local metro Park. Our snow is gone, we had rain for 4 days straight and strangly high temps. I made a big effort to go out and shoot some snow that weekend as I knew the forcast and knew it would be gone.

Yes they are the same tree from different angles, Good eye.

Thanks for looking. I will have to see what this weekend brings if I want to have a chance to shoot something else for this challenge.

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14238276-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

And a different one...

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14241899-L.jpg

[Roger]

I think the idea is excellent, Brian!
Nevertheless, some image corrections are needed. All the skies appear to present very similart shooting conditions and so they must look the same way. The best one is the second, although the pic still need some light/contrast correction in order to bring up some the detail on the walls, especially on the left side.
The first pic needs some colour correction as it has a haze/tint all over as well as some light/contrast correction to bring up some details on the right side.
As for the third one, I would de-saturate it a bit and also give it some more light in order to get a softer sky tone.
By the way, just crossed my mind, have you calibrated your monitor? If not you might be missing most I have been telling you and never get to the real colours like many people I have seen!

If you wish some help on how to do it, just let me know! :D
Hope I have not sound too critical to you as it was not my intention, just want to give you a hand!:nod

Roger

[Roger]

And a different one...

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14241899-L.jpg My previous post is related to the colour pictures, of course!

I must say I like it even best in B&W!
You also need to bring up some detail in them as well as getting the sky tones closer!

What are these buildings, barns? :scratch

Roger

[ginger_55]

I like it!

ginger

[GREAPER]

Yes they are barns, All of them are fairly typical designs around here.

The different tones in the sky are most likely caused by differences in the position of the polarizor. As far as the deatail, it maty come from shrinking the shots down so small. I don't have any problem seeing detaiil in the originals, even in the shadowed areas.

[cmr164]

Yes they are barns, All of them are fairly typical designs around here.

The different tones in the sky are most likely caused by differences in the position of the polarizor. As far as the deatail, it maty come from shrinking the shots down so small. I don't have any problem seeing detaiil in the originals, even in the shadowed areas.
Brian;
I prefer the color vertical set, but and this is a big "but" I don't see this as working yet. The basic conceptis great and the barns in color have a lot of depth but maybe start over with cropping and PS or even selection

[GREAPER]

Another one....

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14301569-L.jpg

[ginger_55]

It is nice. I don't think the barns are going to work. The fish is a good idea.
The blue border bothers me. And I just came from seeing the wolf.

Funny about your name. Can't miss that it is Brian, there.

ginger
Isn't it Yosemite where everyone is meeting this spring, or something?

I agree on the barns re preferring the color vertical set. I liked them until they were messed with. So typical of the midwest.

[Roger]

Another one....

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14301569-L.jpgThis is a case where I think a plain black frame background will do better as a contrast to the super yellow. Wonderful triptych anyway (I myself have some aquarium tropical fish...).
Hey, Brian, 2004? Must move your calendar on ...:wink

Roger

[landrum]

Another one....

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14301569-L.jpg
Great shots. I just love fish! I like the background too.
:clap

[GREAPER]

Hey, Brian, 2004? Must move your calendar on ...:wink

Roger
Yeah, I know.... I am chronologically challenged... :D

[GREAPER]

Three different versions of one today.

What do you think?

Better than the fish?

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14601050-L.jpg

or

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14601052-L.jpg

or

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14601053-L.jpg

[landrum]

I like the first one. I think it's better than the fish too. Very pretty, and makes me really miss the snow and cold. (Not much chance of having a Winter Wonderland in Houston!)

Nicely done! :clap

[snapapple]

Three different versions of one today.

What do you think?

Better than the fish?


http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14601052-L.jpg

or

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14601053-L.jpg

I like the trees, but I can't say I like them better than the fish. The colors in the fish are really dramatic. I'd like to see the fish with a black background. I think it could be very dramatic. Or maybe sample the darkest blue from the background of the pictures. Also, I think your name should be small so it does not detract from the pictures and the title. I like the font style.

I like the trees, but the last one on the right bothers me. I think there is too much ground at the bottom. It gives the illusion that the picture is higher than the others. I'd like to see a tiny bit more sky at the top and less ground in front. Line up the horizon lines as much as possible, I think. Then I'd change the background. The first one of the three was way too busy. The others are better but, if going light, I think I'd try very light blue. Or I'd go dark - something that makes the pictures pop out. Try sampling the dark green from the center of the trees. I hope this doesn't sound too critical, but you've been nice enough to comment on my stuff so I thought you'd like some honest critique.

[judyfuess]

The trees.. the fish .. the trees .. the fish..

This is a hard one! I think I like the fish better because they are so vibrant! The trees are great tooo ... If you go with the trees, you may want to show more sky on the picture on the far right.

-judy

[GREAPER]

Just to muddy the waters even more...

By request...

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14637838-L.jpg

[judyfuess]

hmmm decisions decisions....:scratch :scratch How about, Keep the innermost background at black, keep the white boarder, and change the outermost background back to blue. The blue really added before, but it seemed too much. The black also really adds and seems too much :dunno



Just to muddy the waters even more...

By request...

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/14637838-L.jpg

[ginger_55]

hmmm decisions decisions....:scratch :scratch How about, Keep the innermost background at black, keep the white boarder, and change the outermost background back to blue. The blue really added before, but it seemed too much. The black also really adds and seems too much :dunno
Hey, I just saw this. I don't know about the white, I usually use it, seems to set the photo off fr the black or something.

But the fish looks so much better now,I would not, IMHO, change it back to blue.

ginger

[ginger_55]

The trees, I will answer that, too. I think, and I would not hold me to this, just MHO, as usual, but I think that these trees suffer in comparison to the OTHER trees where there was more snowfall. Or you could clean up the grass that shows through. I don't know.

There is a lot of good stuff going in, and I certainly can't tell what will do what, I am not even hopeful for mine, but this time I don't care, got other things going.

On the background, I have wondered. There are some great backgrounds.......really great. The wolf is kind of like yours, and that one where I went to the site, and there were window shutters. But that was not supposed to count. ????? It would influence me, but it was not supposed to.

Good luck,
ginger

[snapapple]

I really like the fish the best. As Ginger says, the first trees were better. Mother nature was not kind to you there.

If it were me, I'd take out all the white. I'd go with a fine pale yellow border on each picture or a bevel with a yellow cast. Then I'd make the title and signature yellow. Don't forget the apostrophe in swimmin'. I think the white is too bright and detracts from the pictures. I like the way the yellow fish stands out against the black background. This is lookin' good.

[GREAPER]

Thx Snappy, I might try that, but no time left, gotta go to work :puke1

I guess I have to go with what I have...