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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: David Eckels on April 09, 2021, 11:52:13 am

Title: An Experiment
Post by: David Eckels on April 09, 2021, 11:52:13 am: C&C
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 09, 2021, 02:13:36 pm: Has Arizona legalized recreational drugs?
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Post by: David Eckels on April 09, 2021, 03:42:06 pm: Just recently!
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 09, 2021, 03:44:11 pm: I can see ;)
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Post by: degrub on April 09, 2021, 08:13:29 pm: You are on a “golden hour” streak i see. :)

Not uniformly orange enough for me. Too many greys and tans in the grass to my eyes.
Title: Re: An Experiment
Post by: John R on April 09, 2021, 08:27:38 pm: Quote from: degrub on April 09, 2021, 08:13:29 pm
You are on a “golden hour” streak i see. :)

Not uniformly orange enough for me. Too many greys and tans in the grass to my eyes.
Maybe golden-hourish, but looks overdone to me.

JR
Title: Re: An Experiment
Post by: David Eckels on April 09, 2021, 08:37:39 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 09, 2021, 03:44:11 pm
I can see ;)
Slobodan, glad your vision has returned.
Quote from: degrub on April 09, 2021, 08:13:29 pm
You are on a “golden hour” streak i see. :)
Best time to shoot, no? ;)
Quote from: John R on April 09, 2021, 08:27:38 pm
Maybe golden-hourish, but looks overdone to me.
Thanks, John
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 10, 2021, 03:43:47 am: “An Experimenr” is not enough. What kind of experiment? Psychedelic? Copy & Paste? Collage? Content-Aware Fill?

Btw, it does look interesting and pleasing esthetically.
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Post by: David Eckels on April 10, 2021, 11:15:51 am: Thanks, Slobodan. I was actually testing these waters: "If it needs explanation, it's not a good image." Or words to that effect.
I saw these red desert thingies all over the park and they were intriguing for some reason. When I cam across these with side lighting and black shadow background, I captured at 200 mm, f/16 from ~30ft away. My DOF was disappointing, shooting into the middle of the bunch as I was, and I felt the entire frame was too distracting. So, I cropped way down, ~20% or original frame and applied Topaz Sharpen AI. The light was what it was, but I did pump the vibrance and saturation some (30/15). Maybe a little too much, but I liked it at the time. When I was working on it, I was thinking of your "Pollack" photo from a couple months ago; I don't usually go in for these pattern type images because of their busyness and I am not very confident in making them work esthetically. I also flipped it horizontally because I like that one flower positioned at the edge of the upper right corner--a little dynamic tension maybe?
So, psychedelic is pretty valid. Over done may be, too. Stylistically, I think it is not quite dialed in yet, and that is why I posted as is. It was, after all, an experiment ;)
The feedback is VERY MUCH appreciated. Maybe I'll post my "final" take on it.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 10, 2021, 06:12:28 pm: Definitely worth some more effort.