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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on February 13, 2014, 07:46:13 pm

Title: Out on a Spin
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 13, 2014, 07:46:13 pm
Canoeing on Chapora (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/02/13/canoeing-on-chapora/)

(http://www.parrikar.org/images/LL/Canoe-on-Chapora-Goa.jpg)

Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on February 14, 2014, 03:56:20 am
Nice!
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: francois on February 14, 2014, 05:01:27 am
Very nice, I like the saturated blue boat and the yellow t-shirt along with the almost monochrome sky and vegetation (in comparison). The perspective is very nice also.
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 14, 2014, 09:58:56 am
Quote from: francois on February 14, 2014, 05:01:27 am
Very nice, I like the saturated blue boat and the yellow t-shirt along with the almost monochrome sky and vegetation (in comparison). The perspective is very nice also.
+1.
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 14, 2014, 11:37:34 am
Paulo, Francois, Eric - thank you.

Francois, yes, the ultrawide 14mm can allow for dramatic perspectives.
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: batmura on February 16, 2014, 09:22:35 am
Very nice
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 16, 2014, 12:57:48 pm
Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on February 14, 2014, 11:37:34 am
Francois, yes, the ultrawide 14mm can allow for dramatic perspectives.

So it's all in the lens, and the photographer's eye doesn't matter?   ;)
I don't believe it!

Eric
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: walter.sk on February 16, 2014, 03:38:51 pm
I think that the perspective, color and composition join to make a very exciting picture.  One thought--I borrowed your picture and in Photoshop I dodged the face a little bit and added some saturation back to compensate for the lightness, and I think it might add to the dramatic effect if it is done in a subtle fashion.  There certainly is enough light reflected from the boat and water as well as from his shirt to justify the brightening. 
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 16, 2014, 06:47:36 pm
Eric - point taken :-)

Walter - good points, and appreciated.  I regard the photos in my blog posts as 'first drafts,' so there's always room for refinement.
Title: Re: Out on a Spin
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 17, 2014, 01:26:10 am
I hesitated to comment, because this image -though still a great shot- somehow irritated me and I didn't know why,
and now I think its the sky, which looks too washed out for my taste.
Lightening/dodging the person seems to be a good idea too as already suggested.
I think its some tweaking in tones which is needed.
Cheers
~Chris