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2007-10-04 14:26:31 · 10 answers · asked by Antoni 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Kenzie your answer tells us more about you then you should be telling us - like you are clueless
2007-10-04 14:36:28 · update #1
mr lasher, fair comment? i think it would be more boring without the crew in frame??
2007-10-04 14:43:39 · update #2
cabbie and Mr Large many thanks im with you 100%, very helpful thanks again
2007-10-04 15:48:44 · update #3
Dr thanks, where is the upload?
2007-10-04 16:08:29 · update #4
wow Dr that looks outstanding, many thanks.......how much does a dentist charge for PS work per hour?? awesome love it, many thanks -- it was a test shot for noise on a mighty A100........
2007-10-04 16:45:24 · update #5
I agree about that little spot of light in the upper left. As long as every other light source has a star around it, this just doesn't fit in and it's distracting. It makes me wonder, "What's up with THAT?" I also find that last little bit of curve near the upper left somewhat distracting. I did my own little crop of the image. Maintaining the 2:3 aspect ratio, you can strip off about 5% from the left side and the top to get rid of the extra curve and the excess dark space at the top. You have 685x1024 and I ended up with 657x958 after the crop, just so you can visualize it. Actually - what the heck - I uploaded my quick crop of the shot. I took out the small white light, too. I like the star effect in your image much better, but I didn't work in layers or anything. I just played a little bit with levels to add some of that detail that C. was looking for in the bushes.
By the way, how did you get the unusual star pattern on the lights? It is not familiar to me. It looks like something more than just a normal iris/diaphragm star pattern.
I'll check back and if you want me to delete my upload, I will do so ASAP.
SORRY - I left out the link...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/1486635279/
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I don't know. When I have not otherwise established a fee by various parameters, I bill at $300 per hour... I don't think that would apply for PS, since I do not consider myself an expert and might take "extra" time to get a job done.
2007-10-04 16:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you asked for a critique ...
I agree with the others about some cropping being needed, but maybe for different reasons.
The lights do provide flow and a nice graphic element, but that is also the problem to my eye. You are directed straight out of the frame. They are also, to my eye, not intersting enough to be the subject of the picture. If they were more compex in some way, maybe, but not as is. That leaves the road crew as the natural subject.
I did a crop of the image that is probably more severe than the others are thinking of to show what I mean. Explaining in words is too hard.
These are two images of the same crop. The first is just the crop and the second has where I located the points of interest overlaid on it.
The third image is one where the lights and the patterns are the sole subject. This is probably the 40th picture I made trying to get the effect I wanted.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Vance.Lear/Antoni?authkey=4mkMn9u6BS8
There are different ways to crop an image. This was just the first one that came to mind. It's not the best and I would probably add back to the top a little bit, but just a little. I think it keeps the graphic flow the lights bring to the picture, keeps the eyes within the frame of the image and makes the road crew the subject.
Then, again, I could be wrong. I often am :)
Vance
2007-10-04 23:24:40 · answer #2 · answered by Seamless_1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hint of an extra street light to the upper left is a little distracting. So is the onramp, I would crop a little of the left off to make the head lights kind of come from a straight line.
It's a little dark. If I would have done this (if I could figure out how to do this) I would have more detail in the landscape.
I love how all the stationary lights have that star pattern.
2007-10-04 22:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by cabbiinc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Except for the light in the upper left both versions work for me. Nice one, Antoni. Nice cropping, Dr.
2007-10-05 06:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Antoni! Love it! The movement is great. I would remove the extraneous white dot directly above the left lamp post and crop off the top... bring it down to the top of the lights and corral that gorgeous energy you've created... it will 'tighten' it up. (Just my take:) It's terrific.
2007-10-04 22:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by guess who at large 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i love it...it definitely does work, and i love all the lights in it, including the construction crew, it adds the action
2007-10-04 22:05:22 · answer #6 · answered by Em 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this could be my computer screen and i know the pic has a color bias...but the black sky still seems to have a red bias.
2007-10-05 11:09:46 · answer #7 · answered by Eden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would have left the construction crew out of it, it really halts the motion of it.
2007-10-04 21:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by kevinlasher 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
its a very nice picture, it looks .......smooth
2007-10-04 21:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by lila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont get it?
2007-10-04 21:30:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋