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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: grzybu on September 06, 2012, 05:52:39 am

Title: Few shots from Italy
Post by: grzybu on September 06, 2012, 05:52:39 am

Hi,

Some are few shots from my family vacation in Italy.

1.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7942447750_a37b1a284c_b.jpg)

2.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/7942448106_4d6a96c0e1_b.jpg)

3.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8452/7942447212_29f7e32f28_b.jpg)

4.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/7942447372_26583d956b_b.jpg)

5.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7942446936_e43297518d_b.jpg)

6.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7942447048_1744de6a8b_b.jpg)

7.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/7942446776_d54c1abbae_b.jpg)

8.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7942446604_00de60cf69_b.jpg)

9.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7942447598_92185a0937_b.jpg)

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: francois on September 06, 2012, 08:02:54 am

Grzegorz,
Thanks for sharing. I like the first two very much. Did you enjoy the trip near the marble caves and quarries?

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 06, 2012, 10:20:47 am

Love #2 but would like to see the shadows opened up a bit in the middle area.

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: amolitor on September 06, 2012, 12:59:29 pm

#2 is fabulous, but #1 would be better if it didn't have the people ;) I like the sign and the piping in #1.

While I too wish the shadows were more open in #2, I have a suspicion we'd see things in there that we'd prefer not to, so perhaps it's best as-is. Bury the bad stuff in the shadows ;)

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 06, 2012, 01:31:00 pm

I opened up the shadows in the B&W but mostly concentrated on the atrium area to allow more light to fall from the top to the bottom.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7944573530_c11deea397_o.jpg)

and in the first, got rid of the people...cumbersome they were (hope they are not family  ;D)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/7944573758_cf64df22fe_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: RSL on September 06, 2012, 04:07:50 pm

Pleasant vacation pictures Grz.

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: grzybu on September 07, 2012, 06:45:31 am

Thanks for comments.
While opening shadows in 2. make it better I think, I'm not sure about removing people from 1.
Some life is missing now, I think.

1.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7948760742_13fa88d32c_b.jpg)

2.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/7948761006_3b9cb11a29_b.jpg)

Well, I have to print both versions and compare prints.

Title: Re: Few shots from Italy
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 07, 2012, 08:48:15 am

Look at it as a B&W and see if the people still make the scene. I really prefer this one as a B&W, much like your second in the original series. I think if the woman had been wearing a complimentary color (perhaps a light blue) to the predominate yellows in the scene (the man is wearing magenta), then I think the people would hold more interest to the scene.