Re: Blue Sky's?

On 2010-06-12 00:58:40 +0100, tony cooper said:

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:53:28 +0100, Pete
<available.on.request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2010-06-12 00:19:32 +0100, tony cooper said:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:05:17 +0100, "Charles E Hardwidge"
<boing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You're similar in character to Robert Epstein who floats around the Buddhist
newsgroups, and others I won't mention. You'll almost likely never be an
Alan Browne but you're much closer to Tony. His strengths are getting off
his ass and being around people. He posts mostly crap but /some/ of his
shots are almost /very good/.

Well, thanks for almost-compliment. I'll take what I can get.

Alan is, in my opinion, the most technically accomplished photographer
in these groups. I don't know his occupation, but he has an
engineer's approach to photography. His preparation and technique is
flawless. However, his subjects are often uninteresting. You view
the result and admire the technique, but the subject matter doesn't
grab you.

By comparison, I'm lazy and sloppy. I see a subject that interests me
and start snapping. When I do get a good photo, it's usually more
luck than preparation. I do get out, though, and look for subject
matter.

Here's today's shots: Fiddler On The Green...a man sitting in local
park. Very shaded setting.

http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Other/Current-Favorite-Shot/2010-06-11-001/897757441_QhUi5-XL.jpg
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Other/Current-Favorite-Shot/2010-06-11-002/897757473_rdYTa-XL.jpg

Where's

your

shot of the day?

Tony, you need a new monitor.

The first one can be lightened up. I ran Brightness/Contrast and
lightened it up, but discarded that version. It lost the look of what
I saw. It lost that look of a man sitting in the shade on a very hot
day. The grass is that bright green shown.

The grass in the foreground, the violin, and the shades are the only believable items in this photo. Of course, the blue areas of the bow, violin peg, and underside of the violin are not.

The grass in the sunlight is distracting because it is too saturated as are the reds and blues in the shade. The trees look like something from a cheap stage show, the contrast and tone of the guys sneakers are disturbing, as is his violin case(s) and the dark areas of the red chair. Not many people have blue hair on their arms where I live.

--
Pete

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