CB: Great light, great composition, great angle. It could stand a bit of color correction, but other than that, great job!
GQ: I LOVE this photo. I hope you figured out the scratches issue
Snark: What were you trying to do here? I can't make heads or tails of this photo, and it looks more like an excuse to play with your flash. Sorry, bro.
Shwaip: I like
GH: Not sure what it is; this is a very common photograph of a guitar (I mean, a lot of people choose this angle) so you need something to give it some character.
CB: Great light, great composition, great angle. It could stand a bit of color correction, but other than that, great job!
Thanks. I already had to take a lot of the yellow out of the shot to make it look okay because those keys are indeed yellow (more yellow than the picture currently shows). That's what happens when ivory sits around in a wooden box for 120 years.
Also, this subject was my first attempt to use my custom white balance and it did not give me a desirable result. I'll have to play with it more.
Snark: What were you trying to do here? I can't make heads or tails of this photo, and it looks more like an excuse to play with your flash. Sorry, bro.
Nobody asked you to be sorry. If you don't like a picture, you don't like a picture; no need to apologize.
It's a didgeridoo. It's about 6 feet long, it's essentially just a hollow branch, but it has fantastic coloring that I wanted to bring out. Focusing the flash on exactly one point gave me somewhere to draw focus and exemplify the coloring.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to tear apart the photos; I'm trying to tell you my instinctual reactions to them without sugarcoating it. If it helps to make you think about the next shot, then I guess that's all I was hoping for. If it pisses you off, that's not my intention
GH: The focus is off the artwork, it's slightly above the artwork closer to the bridge. The artwork is awesome, but the way the photo is composed or executed doesn't make it LOOK like the artwork is the focus. Maybe a light pointing on the artwork to call it out or something?
Snark: I knew right away it was a didgeridoo. I have seen a few before and they are just gorgeous. I really liked this shot too, I think you did something creative with an instrument that is probably difficult to capture in length.
CB: Is that real ivory? I can see the wear on the edges and the sections on the keytops. I bet it feels gorgeous to play. My mom had a stand-up when we were kids, but nothing this lovely. I had a friend that restored one a while back.
CB: Is that real ivory? I can see the wear on the edges and the sections on the keytops. I bet it feels gorgeous to play. My mom had a stand-up when we were kids, but nothing this lovely. I had a friend that restored one a while back.
Yes it's real ivory. I spent two years restoring the piano. All thats left is to tune it, but I'm procrastinating on that because it is in-tune with itself just 1/2 step down from "normal". Not bad considerng that it sat in my parents un-temperture controlled garage for ~20 years.
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GQ: I LOVE this photo. I hope you figured out the scratches issue
Snark: What were you trying to do here? I can't make heads or tails of this photo, and it looks more like an excuse to play with your flash. Sorry, bro.
Shwaip: I like
GH: Not sure what it is; this is a very common photograph of a guitar (I mean, a lot of people choose this angle) so you need something to give it some character.
Thanks. I already had to take a lot of the yellow out of the shot to make it look okay because those keys are indeed yellow (more yellow than the picture currently shows). That's what happens when ivory sits around in a wooden box for 120 years.
Also, this subject was my first attempt to use my custom white balance and it did not give me a desirable result. I'll have to play with it more.
Nobody asked you to be sorry. If you don't like a picture, you don't like a picture; no need to apologize.
It's a didgeridoo. It's about 6 feet long, it's essentially just a hollow branch, but it has fantastic coloring that I wanted to bring out. Focusing the flash on exactly one point gave me somewhere to draw focus and exemplify the coloring.
GH: The focus is off the artwork, it's slightly above the artwork closer to the bridge. The artwork is awesome, but the way the photo is composed or executed doesn't make it LOOK like the artwork is the focus. Maybe a light pointing on the artwork to call it out or something?
CB: Is that real ivory? I can see the wear on the edges and the sections on the keytops. I bet it feels gorgeous to play. My mom had a stand-up when we were kids, but nothing this lovely. I had a friend that restored one a while back.
Yes it's real ivory. I spent two years restoring the piano. All thats left is to tune it, but I'm procrastinating on that because it is in-tune with itself just 1/2 step down from "normal". Not bad considerng that it sat in my parents un-temperture controlled garage for ~20 years.
And it's absolutely lovely to play.