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« on: February 09, 2011, 01:54:07 PM » |
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Photograph a piece of architecture, either in whole or in part. Return to the place at different times of the day or in different weather conditions if possible. Your "building" can be anything you like: a dog house, your local city hall, or perhaps your favorite hot dog stand. See if you can find the true personality of the building. This isn't a technical assignment, so nothing fancy here with regard to exposure other than getting the one necessary to set a mood, reveal textures, hide or show imperfections, etc.
The next assignment will be posted February 16. Remember, former assignments will always remain open and you may pick and choose from them going forward.
Have fun!
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Ati
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 03:00:01 PM » |
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Hi, after a lot of thought, 'town hall front', in sepia nostalgia for the ideals in which it was built, and 'town hall back', in .... a more contemporary mood. It's possible to do 'pretty' with the colonnaded facade, but in the end, not without regret, I rejected the pretty ones.
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StearnsJD
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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2011, 02:15:36 PM » |
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Hi, Ati-my comments on your two post. I viewed them with Br-Photoshop Bridge. It give a much better image than the screen. I see you are shooting with a Canon G11, I have the G-7. Are you shooting in RAW?
The top picture is very nice. Sharp and well composed. I would suggest a little more contrast. If you have curve or levels capabilities I would use either one. Tweaking the brightness might also help.
The bottom image is also sharp and well composed. I would suggest the same adjustments along with a crop to, crop about half the sky. This will give more of an landscapt effect. Have a good day. Jim
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Have Fun, Learn, and Shoot a Lot,
Jim Stearns
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Ati
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 03:09:11 AM » |
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Hi Jim, thanks a ton for all the input. No sooner said than done, here are the same two with : town hall front : contrast enhanced, but not lightened. Blame Willy Ronis, I've been looking at some of his stuff, and was impressed by all that voluptuous black. town hall back : cropped, contrast enhanced, lightened, and oversaturation reduced (I'd used the Bv function of the camera). I'd frankly been looking for a garish and oppressive effect (but we'll leave politics out of this  ). What's "Br-Photoshop Bridge" ? The only web reference I find is to Adobe's 'Bridge' file browsing SW. That doesn't seem to fit with your comment. Cheers, Ati . |
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StearnsJD
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 04:21:21 AM » |
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Adobe Bridge (Br) comes with Photoshop. It is very similar to Lightroom (LR) except for the storage of data. BR uses the "Folder' concept where Lightroom uses a relational dbase concept. Our site PWS images seem a little flat to me as presented. I'm going to see if they can do something about it. It's a whole different image when I pull it up in Br. I'm sure that LR will produce the same results, however I would have to upload the image into LR..... thats takes too long  . So all I have to do with Br is click on the image that is posted and it goes into Br. Anyway your re-processing did a great job. Well done, they look great. Jim |
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2011, 05:57:03 PM » |
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Heres my attempt at the weekly assignment,took me awhile to decide what to photograph since I live in the country.I finally decided on the playground ,I hope I captured some of the fun mood its presented.[url][/url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/59043933@N02/5442858447/
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JFlash
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 06:53:40 PM » |
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[quote author=JFlash link=topic=185.msg574#msg574 date=1297641423]
Heres my attempt at the weekly assignment,took me awhile to decide what to photograph since I live in the country.I finally decided on the playground ,I hope I captured some of the fun mood its presented.[url][/url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/59043933@N02/5442858447/
[/quote]You'll have to scroll through with the older tab to see the rest of the playground pics.You'll have to let me know wether any mood was captured since I am trying to figure out how you get mood in a photo
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StearnsJD
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 10:03:46 PM » |
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[color=blue]IMHO-What "mood" is, it means to capture the mood of what’s in front of you can be subjective, changing from one photographer to the next.[/color] For me, it’s all about the feeling of being there, of taking the viewer to the location of the photo to feel like I did when the shot was taken. When you experience these sensations as you’re taking the shot, you know the viewer will, too, as s/he looks at the image.
[color=maroon]Just as a person can have varying moods, so too, can a photograph. Either can experience a feeling of intense action, solitude, serenity, or danger.[/color] To me, mood in a photograph tends toward relaxation and similar feelings that make the viewer want to walk right into the picture and sit there for a while.
If you Google "photography moods" there are many different interpretations of moods and types of moods on the Web.
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