A marked improvement
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flameop

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Friday 25th August 2006
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3 of my fav shots from last Sunday. Looking back through my old stuff I think there is a marked improvement since Feb. Special thanks to doodah for his help and inspiration, cheers mate










flameop

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Friday 25th August 2006
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..ta to whoever added the subject line.. forgot. lol...

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Kinky

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Friday 25th August 2006
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Glad to help. I think the title is right!

I have to say I think the pics are brilliant - I wish my standard was up to a similiar level.

The only thing I would say - and it's probably more a personal observation, and maybe limited purely to my notebook screen, but the pics seem a bit dark to me. I'd need to view them on my normal screen.

But still great - and a lovely subject matter yes

K

GetCarter

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309 months

Friday 25th August 2006
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Very nice. Also a bit dark on this monitor.

flameop

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Friday 25th August 2006
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thanks guys.

yeah maybe I over-did the grading a touch on the blacks, though I was aiming to crush the shadows quite a bit for a contrasty look. First time doing some pre-grading in Lightroom first so still learning

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CVP

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305 months

Friday 25th August 2006
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I like number 2 the best of these, a nice angle and well executed.

Chris

doodah

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246 months

Friday 25th August 2006
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that's not dark that's mood!

you want dark i'll show you dark!



si - it's always a pleasure going out with you.




Edited by doodah on Friday 25th August 09:08

badbeachbuggy

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Friday 25th August 2006
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Third one is a belter, well done

flameop

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Friday 25th August 2006
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Look forward to next time , still keeping an eye out for that high up - looking down shot.. scratchchin

Edited by flameop on Friday 25th August 09:18

joust

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289 months

Friday 25th August 2006
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Third is a bit too of an obtuse angle to me, but I like the composition.

First one is nicely balanced tone wise, although again I think the angle is just that little bit too much for me.

Second is a lovely composition, although perhaps cropping it so the double yellow lines don't end, and go right into the corner might work?

Looking good overall!

J

ledaig

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Saturday 26th August 2006
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No. 2 is the mutts nuts.

flameop

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Saturday 26th August 2006
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Thanks.. I think when I shoot angles.. nearly automatically get 45 degrees I'll shoot flat and a middle one for more choice later.. I see your point sometimes it works well sometimes 40>45 is just to much. Found the ones I really liked I'd actually shot less of. Wide on the 1st worked well but had parked traffic so only shopped one midshot, so gonna try an early re-shoot sometime as I really like the simplicity of the building.

Such diverse buildings in a small space.. great find mate

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