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On 8/13/2015 9:41 AM, newshound wrote:
On 13/08/2015 12:23, dadiOH wrote: 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 Homage to Vincent? My thoughts too. I liked it. Thank you. -- PeterN |
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On 8/13/2015 9:43 AM, Mort wrote:
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 That's a nice Renoirdering. Mort Linder Thanks. Sort of a cross between Renoir & Monet. -- PeterN |
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On 8/13/2015 10:28 AM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:53:22 UTC+1, peterN wrote: On 8/12/2015 9:14 PM, 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. Valid point. Here's a severs crop: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/20150726_sky%20casino_0524_DxO%20painted%20black%2 0jack.jpg 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 Valid interpretation. I prefer this version, I find I'm almost invited to take a seat and have a games with the empty seat at the angle and position it is at. Although I would have proberly rotated the image about 2-5 degrees CC / anti-clockwise, just so that the edge of teh table is more horizontally straight. Is the problem with photographing is that you could be transmitting an image of a players hand to another person. Or it could be that of the people don't want to be seen for whatever reason. I've been in a club or two that has had a photography ban. I think it's a privacy issue. It is not unusual for some to go to a casino who do not want others to know about it. -- PeterN |
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"PeterN" wrote in message
... On 8/13/2015 9:43 AM, Mort wrote: 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 That's a nice Renoirdering. Mort Linder Thanks. Sort of a cross between Renoir & Monet. -- PeterN I like it too! |
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On 8/13/2015 10:49 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 This is not inside, but it is of a gambler: https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...dog-012-X2.jpg You image certainly shows the man in his environment. I still have that old fashioned preference for monochrome, for most street. We have previously differed on cropping. I usually prefer a much tighter crop than you. But, that's OK. Just a matter of taste. Warning: Mini Rant: IIRC I have previously stated that I would never go to any dog track. The treatment of both fast and older dogs is abominable. Dog fighting is illegal, yet fighting dogs are treated better than racing dogs. For ethical reasons. I will do nothing that might, in any way, encourage dog racing. Back to photography. I think we see a lot of interesting characters in any gambling environment. -- PeterN |
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On 8/13/2015 11:15 AM, PAS wrote:
"PeterN" wrote in message ... On 8/13/2015 9:43 AM, Mort wrote: 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 That's a nice Renoirdering. Mort Linder Thanks. Sort of a cross between Renoir & Monet. -- PeterN I like it too! Thanks -- PeterN |
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newshound wrote:
On 13/08/2015 12:23, dadiOH wrote: 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 Homage to Vincent? My thoughts too. I liked it. So did I. I'm quite fond of the impressionists. Northern renaissance too, not so much the southern. |
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On 8/13/2015 2:57 PM, dadiOH wrote:
newshound wrote: On 13/08/2015 12:23, dadiOH wrote: 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 Homage to Vincent? My thoughts too. I liked it. So did I. I'm quite fond of the impressionists. Northern renaissance too, not so much the southern. I have used these programs from time to time to get impressionist effects. Topaz Impressions: Very slow, and not as much control or variety of preset as the Corel products. Company support is decent. Corel Painter Essentials: It is very fast compared to the other two products. You can paint over the photograph either automatically, or by hand using a Wacom tablet, or do some in automatic mode and finish by hand. I have not needed support groups, as the help files are adequate for my needs. I have not yet run into things that I wanted to do that I needed Painter for. Corel Painter: Same as above, but far more flexible. I use an older version of Painter, which is almost as slow as Topaz Impressions. Company support sucks, but there are some neat and cooperative user support groups. See, e.g. Painter Factory. -- PeterN |
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"Tony Cooper" wrote in message
... On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:51:26 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 8/13/2015 10:49 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 This is not inside, but it is of a gambler: https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...dog-012-X2.jpg You image certainly shows the man in his environment. I still have that old fashioned preference for monochrome, for most street. I did several black and whites of that day. https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-Track We have previously differed on cropping. I usually prefer a much tighter crop than you. But, that's OK. Just a matter of taste. I don't subscribe to tight crop or wide crop. Crop is based on the photo itself. What I do practice is shooting wide in the first place and determining the crop in post with a lot to work with. In Image #6, 2011-11-30-07, the crop is very wide. You might crop narrow on just the man, but my crop is intended to show the man as somewhat isolated. He's all by himself studying the program. Warning: Mini Rant: Warning: Photographs of dogs are in that gallery. Recently I submitted two images in my camera club's monthly competition. The black and white was a photograph of a street person. The judge admitted to liking the treatment, but rated it very low because he abhors photographing "bums". He feels that it is offensive to take advantage of them. To which I reply: à chacun son goût. I think this woman is thankful that she photographs "bums" http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/...eless-paradise The second image, in color, placed third; missing first by less than a full point. I thought it was rather ordinary, but the subject matter was innocuous. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On 8/13/2015 3:21 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:51:26 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 8/13/2015 10:49 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 This is not inside, but it is of a gambler: https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-T...dog-012-X2.jpg You image certainly shows the man in his environment. I still have that old fashioned preference for monochrome, for most street. I did several black and whites of that day. https://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Dog-Track We have previously differed on cropping. I usually prefer a much tighter crop than you. But, that's OK. Just a matter of taste. I don't subscribe to tight crop or wide crop. Crop is based on the photo itself. What I do practice is shooting wide in the first place and determining the crop in post with a lot to work with. In Image #6, 2011-11-30-07, the crop is very wide. You might crop narrow on just the man, but my crop is intended to show the man as somewhat isolated. He's all by himself studying the program. Warning: Mini Rant: Warning: Photographs of dogs are in that gallery. My daughter's dog competing at Westminster. She qualified for the finals, but totally screwed up. (She saw a TV camera and decided to pose, rather than complete her run.) Even though she totally messed up, she still gets lots of love and affection. They don't do that with racing greyhounds. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/stormy%201.jpg Recently I submitted two images in my camera club's monthly competition. The black and white was a photograph of a street person. The judge admitted to liking the treatment, but rated it very low because he abhors photographing "bums". He feels that it is offensive to take advantage of them. To which I reply: Ã* chacun son goût. Chevaux pour les cours In our regional competition one judge took two points off because I mounted it on a white matte, instead of a black matte. The image lost first place by one point. The second image, in color, placed third; missing first by less than a full point. I thought it was rather ordinary, but the subject matter was innocuous. Yes camera club judging is far from perfect. I only submit for the cometary. When I first joined my camera club I was in the beginner's group. The judge stated that one image I submitted was the worst he ever saw. I liked the image. A few years later the same image was runner up for print of the year in the salon group. -- PeterN |
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