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with comments from Philip Grosset "These are the photos for my assign. I have to shoot light trails and zooming (or panning) and also superimposed (or multi-images) for this assign. Hope you can comment on them soon. Thanks." (Woon Huey, Malaysia) |
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| These are both your photos. The one on the left comes out well, but the composition looks just a little haphazard. It might have been more interesting if you'd managed to capture the moving lights of traffic on the road. On the right you've superimposed the fountains onto a leafy background but I'm afraid the result just looks odd. |
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| Your photo on the left would be improved by coming in closer, as I have done on the right. But it would have been much more interesting if you had caught the rider coming slightly towards us (so that we could have seen more of his face) rather than riding away from us. You haven't got him really sharp either. Panning shots like this are notoriously difficult to take, and all you can do is go on practising! "Hi Philip, Love the site. Not been shooting much lately but here's a shot from the weekend. I just love these fungi (not to eat though). I wanted one for my screensaver in the Autumn. What do you think?" (Ian Draper) |
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| Your really sharp and colorful picture on the left must make a fine screensaver, especially if you use icons to fill in some of the space on the left. As a photo, though, I'd prefer to come in closer so as to concentrate more on the fungi, as in my version on the right. This is one of those symmetrical subjects that really can look more impressive when very near the centre of the picture. Reply from Ian Draper: "Thanks for your prompt reply.You are right about the screensaver, it is wonderful with the icons taking up the space on the left. I have made a copy of my photo how you made it to compare the two. I am not convinced that it does make a better photo though, although I do understand what you mean. Thanks again." Yes, I can see why you prefer your original version as it's a pity to lose the attractive leaves - but, if you want to keep these, I feel you really need something more on the left to produce a more balanced effect. How about the alternative I show below? |
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| Here I've tried filling in part of the empty area with a copy of your smaller fungus, which I've reduced in size and bent the other way to make the duplication less obvious! | ||||||||||||||||||
Reply from Ian Draper: "I`m amazed. The picture now looks stunning. What do I need to be able to do things like that? At the moment I only have a basic version of "Microsoft Picture It" that came with the computer. Thanks again." A really good value photo editing program is Photoshop Elements 2. I use the full Photoshop but it's very expensive, and Elements meets most of a photographer's needs. It's also much easier to learn! "Hi I like this shot very much, it was taken at Jurong Bird Park of Singapore using my Fuji S602Z. Need your comment please.Thanks in advance" (Wee W M) |
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| I too like the dramatic coloring of your photo on the left, and the way it makes the bird stand out from the background. I'm sorry, though, that parts of it - and particularly its feet - are cut off, as this means there's some ambiguity about whether it is landing or perched on something, and there's a suggestion that it's about to fall out the bottom left of the picture! I can't restore the missing parts, which is what I'd really like to do, so in my version on the right, I've done the opposite and tried coming in even closer in the hope that this might make a stronger composition. When considering cropping away parts of your main subject, whether it is a bird or a person, it's often better to remove either a lot (to make the cropping look deliberate) or nothing at all (if slight cropping just looks accidental). But, even so,your original version remains a striking and memorable photo. | ||||||||||||||||||
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