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Post by chrisc on Mar 1, 2012 23:59:36 GMT
Red umbrella  |
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Post by Antonio Correia on Mar 2, 2012 0:15:50 GMT
Just to write "Nice photo" is not worth is it ?  The traetment you made is very nice and pleasant. This is the kind of work you have done with the blanket isn't it ?  |
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Post by chrisc on Mar 2, 2012 0:38:30 GMT
Just to write "Nice photo" is not worth is it ? The traetment you made is very nice and pleasant. This is the kind of work you have done with the blanket isn't it ? I am not sure what you mean by the blanket. If you are referring to the GND filter, I did not. All natural lighting (very overcast, late afternoon). I used an 18-105mm Nikkor lens, F:/10 @ 1/80 ISO 320. I was at a focal length of 38mm. UV filter only. I shot it strictly for the contrasting red umbrella which seemed so isolated. I have several others which are closer shots of this umbrella, but I felt this one removed it even further from likewise contact. |
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Post by Antonio Correia on Mar 2, 2012 11:43:35 GMT
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Post by chrisc on Mar 2, 2012 12:31:16 GMT
No, pretty much a standard workflow - levels, curves, vibrancy and hue/sat...a B&W layer and a few other saturation moves and that's it in a nutshell. Even with the PP, there was very little done to the SOOC image. Actually, more straightening than anything.
Ahso, now I understand your question...no, it was a real red umbrella, but I did move the saturation up a bit.
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Post by katynoelle on Mar 2, 2012 13:20:56 GMT
Too bad that the red umbrella wasn't in the middle, somewhere...you know what I mean?
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Post by chrisc on Mar 2, 2012 13:41:40 GMT
It is in the middle...just a bit further back in the scene. The whole scene to me spoke of lonliness, isolation and perhaps a little color bias as the red one was relegated to the very back of the courtyard... Maybe I should have titled it, "Rosa Parks, Where Are You?" (For those of you in other parts of the world not familiar with Rosa Parks, she was the black woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus, thus sparking the Civil Rights movement in America.) Knowing the history of this huge facility: (Student Loan Processing Center 1000' x 500', two story which at one time had three shifts of 1,200 employees going 24/7), this title is befitting and in this context, the Red Umbrella takes the forefront in a somewhat sad, but majestic way. Everything, as always, is just a matter of perception. "Faded Memories"  |
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Post by katynoelle on Mar 2, 2012 13:50:41 GMT
edit: oops! I wrote this and Chris edited his last post at the same time. Hope the flow of thoughts from his makes sense.  Very true, Chris, and I had, actually, had the thought that, "of course, they've stuck that one in the back and out of the way." I guess, I meant 'in the middle of the courtyard - not the frame - so that it would be more prominent.' Actually, what I was craving with that comment is that it be, more obviously, the point of the story. I'm simply wondering how to make the image have more impact - the story more clarity. So, I wondered if you did the typical thing and made the other colors more monotone and the umbrella a bit more red so that it is obvious that this is a story of not belonging. However, all of the other colors in the image are of the same wonderfully muted tones - opposite of the red. It's interesting, though. If you made the image B&W with selective coloring on the image, you would completely change the story, huh? Then, it would be one alive, party umbrella in the sea of somewhat 'boring'. Well, just thoughts... |
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Post by chrisc on Mar 2, 2012 14:37:23 GMT
I've done a few, but I've never been much of a fan of selective coloring. I liked these two images as much for the muted, drab colors as I did for the obvious statements I could make with each.
Sometimes, I think we get so caught up in making things "better," we forget natural ain't so bad.
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Post by Barry on Mar 2, 2012 16:22:04 GMT
Composition works well here, and I like the single red umbrella in amongst all of the other drab coloured ones, just a pity that the lighting was so flat.
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Post by chrisc on Mar 2, 2012 17:39:34 GMT
T'were a drab day...blah weather, light..but I think in this case, with the idea of a faded memory, drab works.
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