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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Alskoj on October 29, 2017, 07:31:11 pm

Title: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: Alskoj on October 29, 2017, 07:31:11 pm

The 1/6 sec image turned out much better than I thought it would.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4509/23930066578_ba737ba4c4_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CsBR5N)LDR-10-14-17-1-9 (https://flic.kr/p/CsBR5N) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr

And the weird one... 154 sec.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4465/37733907306_d8e17cae53_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Zuq91J)LDR-10-14-17-1-12 (https://flic.kr/p/Zuq91J) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: LesPalenik on October 29, 2017, 11:45:06 pm

Much better than the second one.

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: langier on October 29, 2017, 11:53:56 pm

Water sometimes looks better with a shorter exposure, IMO.

Have you tried to blend the two images into one to see if there may be a winner somewhere in-between? Sometimes, the blending brings up an even better image!

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: BobDavid on October 30, 2017, 04:38:48 am

I like the second one. If you're interested, go back and photograph the stream again and again. It's interesting how the same or a similar scene changes under different lighting conditions.

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: farbschlurf on October 30, 2017, 04:50:32 am

They are so entirely different one cannot say one is better than the other. The faster exposure is way more dramatic. The water was fast, so that 1/6s basically "adds" enough softness for me.

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: BobDavid on October 30, 2017, 05:07:52 am

The second one is meditative.

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2017, 05:15:17 am

Holy shit, did nobody really spot Jaws? Did they mistake him for the elephant in the stream?

That's another of the problems of "critique": the expert only sees what he's conditioned to see. Like in the song, pretty much:

"A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." ....  Paul S. I think.

Rob

Edit: yes, Jaws, first pic top right.

Title: Re: 1/6 sec vs. 154 sec.
Post by: Alskoj on October 30, 2017, 09:19:03 am

Quote from: langier on October 29, 2017, 11:53:56 pm

Water sometimes looks better with a shorter exposure, IMO.

Have you tried to blend the two images into one to see if there may be a winner somewhere in-between? Sometimes, the blending brings up an even better image!

Good idea. Thanks!