Re: Ping Tom - A boating horse

RPS wrote:
HK wrote:
LoogyPicker@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jul 23, 2:27 pm, RPS <R...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well I am just a rookie amateur trying to learn a new hobby. Harry has been doing photography for many years, and is considered by many to be the next Charles C. Ebbets . I have seen some of his Harry's photographic work, so it gives me something to strive for. Who can forget the photos of his hour meter, or the boat on the trailer with the gravel and weeds growing around it. My personal favorite was the one of his new driveway.

Reggie's horsey photos were poorly lit. What else is there to say about them?

What's next, Reggie? Your take on polar bears in snow storms? Black cats in coal mines?



Actually except for some a little additional light on half of his face, the lighting was exactly the way I wanted it. I did want to take a with back lighting to highlight the hair and silhouette. Most of the black was done with layers, cutting the exposure down to 0 and then masking where I wanted the "correct" exposure to come thru the layer. I would then do a contrast layer to darken it even more, and then use a selective mask off where I wanted to just add a little contrast. The rest of it was darken by cloning in the black and selective dodging. I wish I could blame the photo on poor lighting, but that photo was time consuming. Not everyone can create artwork as beautiful as yours. I spent a lot of time to create that POS.

I'm glad you wasted your time. Don't worry about posting your next work of art...it's right here:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/hank100/Miscellaneous/pbs.jpg



BTW, there are several good "picture books" out there on how to take photos of horsies. If Atlanta has a library, maybe you should check out one.

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