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Old May 22nd 06, 05:26 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Draco wrote:
Nice work Daniel. You must have a lot
of charaters around your town to
photograph. ;-)

On my sceen it appears to be a little
flat.


Ha, people complained earlier photos had the shadows too dark, now too
pale g. I seem to go back & forth about how much contrast to use in an
image. Here's one I just did with very low contrast which I think works
well:
http://www.edgehill.net/1/California/Bay-Area/San-Francisco/neighborhoods/2006-05-20-castro-noe/_DSC1310-01.jpg
But I certainly mess up often enough.
It *is* worth experimenting.

As I look again at mine in photoshop, the histogram can stand a levels
adjustment without any damage and Daniel's cannot, his has a full
histogram. But the question is also a matter of artistic intent not just
numbers or standard expectations of what an exposure should be.

I would have cropped it a bit more.
bringing the players closer to the viewer.
You could have to shown the area they
are in with the towers and some sky
in the background. Some of the wood
walkway in the foreground will "ground"
the image. Nice compostition with the
"white" pushing the "black" further from
the mid-line post of the fence behind.

Nice work Daniel. I don't think the
color is off at all.


Agreed.

: - )