Without Prejudice 2

[pegelli]

I think the scooter adds something to the image in more sense then one

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

But if you don't want the scooter, it could easily be removed with one stick of dynamite or else Context-aware Fill in PS.   

[32BT]

But if you don't want the scooter, it could easily be removed with one stick of dynamite or else Context-aware Fill in PS.   

No, I did want this scooter, nicely complementing the green, patiently waiting to be captured. Not the other one being parked right in front of me just when I was aiming to shoot. Had to recompose for this shot...

[graeme]

Yes, I was there.

[muntanela]

pictures within a picture.

This could be a very good definition of the wide angle close-ups. I'm experimenting, during the next months I will continue in this kind of wild flowers photographs. (But it is physically and technically challenging...)

[muntanela]

Yes, I was there.

Delightful 

[BobDavid]

Modern equivalent of an old theme?

The scene actually extents another set of windows to the right, but too bad, the moment i tried to take a picture, some really heavy dude drives up with his scooter and parks it dead smack in front of me and throws me one of those "fucku" looks.

I decided not to ask politely...

A bit of tweaking for a fine image...

[32BT]

A bit of tweaking for a fine image...

Yes, that's a possibility. The vignetting I originally used doesn't work in this image, which I initially edited on the i-device with a kazillion lumen backscreen. At home I decided not to use it, and give it a bit of Slobodan treatment instead. This is what I ended up publishing.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

...This is what I ended up publishing.

I like the strong graphics effect in your latest version, but I also like Bob' scooter. Combine them (while keeping the sidewalk as-is)?

[John R]

Quite frankly I had forgotten that harsh light can often create very good high contrast bw images. I was leading a walk in Toronto's High Park on a bright sunny morning. Very harsh light. But I did notice that rhythmic patterns of light and shadow were created as the sun shone through the trees. So I encouraged people to look for such patterns and try to assemble them into an arrangement. Here is one sample.

[muntanela]

Gentiana acaulis L.  near the Brata hut (blending of three exposures, flash).

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Eating al fresco, looking up...iPhone

[francois]

Gentiana acaulis L.  near the Brata hut (blending of three exposures, flash).

Very nice!

[Jeremy Roussak]

Quite frankly I had forgotten that harsh light can often create very good high contrast bw images. I was leading a walk in Toronto's High Park on a bright sunny morning. Very harsh light. But I did notice that rhythmic patterns of light and shadow were created as the sun shone through the trees. So I encouraged people to look for such patterns and try to assemble them into an arrangement. Here is one sample.

I like that, John.

Jeremy

[muntanela]

Very nice!

It was for you, indeed . I remembered that you like the blues...

[graeme]

Cragside House Northumberland, UK.

[John R]

Cragside House Northumberland, UK.

Very nice. Is that some kind of Orton treatment?

JR

[graeme]

Very nice. Is that some kind of Orton treatment?

JR

Thanks John

I had to google Orton treatment.

Lightroom settings for this image:

exposure +20
contrast +80
highlights -100
shadows +82
whites +14
blacks -4
clarity -73
dehaze +8

In the detail panel sharpening, masking & noise reduction settings are high. ( Shot at ISO 6400, about as high as I can go on my camera ).

Graeme

[GrahamBy]

Eating al fresco, looking up...iPhone

All praise to the camera that you have with you

[GrahamBy]

Another concert. There was a theremin... actually a therasyn, which works by measuring the capacitance around its antennae and responding with tone and strength. You modify those capacitances by placing you hands near the antennae.

You might imagine such an instrument is sensible to stray magnetic fields, from say the lighting. You'd be correct. It was ISO25,600 dark and I was focusing manually, using whatever was bright enough to get a fix on: a small red led on the side of the theremyn, the sparkly bracelet on the pianist's wrist, plus hope and luck.

Anyway, lens flare can be cool