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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on September 12, 2020, 08:21:12 am

Title: impression of venice
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 12, 2020, 08:21:12 am
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Jeremy
Title: Re: impression of venice
Post by: kers on September 12, 2020, 08:33:56 am
Really beautiful!
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Post by: RSL on September 12, 2020, 08:44:42 am
A good abstract, Jeremy.
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Post by: francois on September 12, 2020, 08:59:12 am
Clean and pure lines. One of the best Venice shots I've seen lately, really!
Bravo
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 12, 2020, 10:09:21 am
Clean and pure lines. One of the best Venice shots I've seen lately, really!
Bravo
+1.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on September 12, 2020, 11:23:28 am
Perfect.  Unambiguously Venice, yet marvelously understated.
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Post by: John R on September 12, 2020, 01:00:35 pm
I looked and thought, a striking image no matter what it is. Then I went online and looked up Gondola, and there it was the connection to Venice. Did you expose just for highlights on this one?

JR
Title: Re: impression of venice
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 12, 2020, 02:36:56 pm
Thanks, all!

John, I accidentally underexposed by just over 2 stops. (One irritation of the Canon 5Ds, and possibly other cameras as well, is that you can't say "underexpose this shot but then revert to normal", or at least I've not found out how to do that; my absentmindedness results in the next shot (at least) being wrongly exposed. But I digress). I thought I could do something with the result anyway. I went out that evening to take some more, similar shots, but didn't return with anything I liked very much.

Jeremy
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Post by: John R on September 12, 2020, 03:19:58 pm
Thanks, all!

John, I accidentally underexposed by just over 2 stops. (One irritation of the Canon 5Ds, and possibly other cameras as well, is that you can't say "underexpose this shot but then revert to normal", or at least I've not found out how to do that; my absentmindedness results in the next shot (at least) being wrongly exposed. But I digress). I thought I could do something with the result anyway. I went out that evening to take some more, similar shots, but didn't return with anything I liked very much.

Jeremy
I learned that technique from Freeman Patterson in my early years of photography. When you have strong contrasty light you can expose for the light and let the other areas go black, especially on slide film. Your image has a lot of impact. As for absentmindedness, I have the same problem, so can't help you;)
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Post by: armand on September 12, 2020, 05:07:54 pm
Very nice, just the essentials!
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Post by: JNB_Rare on September 12, 2020, 07:47:01 pm
Very cool!
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Post by: Arlen on September 13, 2020, 02:59:58 pm
A very strong image, indeed. Eye catching and thought provoking.
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Post by: Chris Kern on September 13, 2020, 06:47:21 pm
I accidentally underexposed by just over 2 stops.

As my mother was fond of saying, "never look a gift horse in the mouth."  Many of my best photos involved an element of serendipity.  That shot is a real eye-catcher.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on September 13, 2020, 11:27:13 pm
(One irritation of the Canon 5Ds, and possibly other cameras as well, is that you can't say "underexpose this shot but then revert to normal", or at least I've not found out how to do that;

My Nikons all do that.  In addition to exposure compensation, I've inadvertently left bracketing on, resulting in exposure mayhem that can remain undiscovered for several subsequent exposures.

We need protection against forgetfulness.  A "reset all" button would do this, but I've never seen one.