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On 8/13/15 PDT 7:49 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:06:16 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 8/12/2015 11:10 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:14:25 -0400, Ron C wrote: On 8/12/2015 5:58 PM, PeterN wrote: Tony Cooper and I'm sure a lot of others would never do this. When I want to take a break from playing poker, I walk around taking pictures. AFAIK most casinos do not allow photography. Mohegan Sun does, within limits. You may not go on the casino floor, but must stand behind a low rail. The restriction doesn't seem to unduly hinder photo ops. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/the%20casino.jpg I don't have a problem with the rendition being abstract and artistic. I tend to like that kind of stuff. Heck, my artistic formative years were the psychedelic late 60's -- 70's. Anyway, the problem I have is that no matter where I looked my eye tended to wander off the picture. One thought I had for adding a focus point was to have a saturation gradient. Here's a (somewhat heavy handed) quick test of the concept. https://www.dropbox.com/s/b72e5o6mgu...no-01.jpg?dl=0 Ah, but it's not my photo... so, as always: YMMV Peter's version is much bolder than yours, and the bolder version seems to work better in my view. You've toned it down and the result is too muddy looking for me. I'm not big on re-working other people's work, but I'll do it here. I would crop the left side off thusly: https://www.dropbox.com/s/joc80fxmho...inoTC.jpg?dl=0 I think Ron C had a valid point about lacking a center of interest. One of the reasons I posted was that I couldn't put my finger on what the image lacked. My problem with your version is that my eye did indeed bounce between the two tables and the red pit boos stand in the middle. So as I previously responded I cropped the image to one table. BTW there is a lot of street potential in casinos. As you know that is not what I look for. Do the Indian casinos near you allow photography? We crop a photo to present the scene as we think it should be presented. I was willing to crop wider than Ron C because I think the elements I included are appropriate for the scene. It's a little unbalanced due to the mass on the right, but that's acceptable to me. The more severe crop, in my opinion, makes the scene too crowded and busy. The nearest Indian casino to me is in Tampa...about two hours away. I've never been there. I have photographed inside the dog track, but I don't know if it was allowed or not. No one challenged me. https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...1-30-09-X2.jpg Wow! HDR city! What exposures did you use? |
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On 8/17/15 PDT 1:25 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:14:43 -0700, John McWilliams wrote: https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...1-30-09-X2.jpg Wow! HDR city! What exposures did you use? Not HDR. Standard shot at ISO 200, 1/320th, f4. Just some Photoshop manipulation to emulate a type of magazine photo from the 50s. I saw a shot in an old Collier's magazine and I was trying for the same look. "Some" manipulation?? Yes, you got a 50's look there! A fram in the same sequence but rendered in black and white: https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...1-30-01-X2.jpg Still hurts my eyes just a little (all the white areas at or close to 255.) |
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