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p0stal b0b posted:I know I'm genuinely enjoying the discussion and learning a fair bit about what others prioritise in a finished shot. No sarcasm intended, in case it might come across that way... Oh I didn't take it that way either. I agree, it's good to see others process and end goals. Here's two of mine for folks to play with. The first is from the OG full frame 5D Mark 1, a camera I miss every day.  https://mega.nz/file/2okGASaB#xxyDlhQu2cb8ce0Q8IXvT6LArYZ9eU_ZAN_RLvk8ekQ  https://mega.nz/file/m49hwKrT#N6sX3wrebHQZHovXwWrPboyEzIC4zXrtXBBXs29g3Bw
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Bottom Liner posted:It's personal opinion but I would say either of those are better your personal opinion is a piece of poo poo (YPOPOS)
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just having ya on but that came into my head and I couldn’t not share it
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echinopsis posted:contrast is overrated imo What the gently caress. This is the worst photography opinion I’ve ever seen. Light and contrast is everything
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blue squares posted:This is the worst photography opinion I’ve ever seen. 
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it’s tongue in cheek of course we’re taking a more philosophical approach to contrast, then yeah, I’d agree, most of the time an image is better for more contrast overall, whether that be conceptually or whatever if we’re just talking about the way someone has edited it, ie, choices relating to pixels on a screen in this instance, well, if contrast was good then more is better why not crank the contrast slider? because even if contrast is important, there has to be an optimal amount of contrast for any particular photo and the vision of who is editing it. maximising for contrast may not suit this vision.
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It’s all relative to the light in your frame. Your shot and scene was high contrast and you tried to undo it, which is going to look a lot worse than adding it to a flat shot generally because you’re fighting both directions of what your sensor got.
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Oct 19, 2023 02:22
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Bottom Liner posted:Oh I didn't take it that way either. I agree, it's good to see others process and end goals. Here's two of mine for folks to play with. While these probably aren't shots I would have taken myself (and there's a whole different discussion...), I can't see much that I'd do in post differently to what you already have there, other than maybe bringing up the highlights in the first one and cropping in for both shots... echinopsis posted:
No worries. I just know for myself personally I'd rather see images that move me or that communicate a feeling or idea or vibe and aren't technically perfect than ones that are technically flawless but don't speak to me. Of course, that may just be a result of not being that great technically myself, and letting what I like to try and capture dictate what I like to look at in a finished image...
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Lifted blacks to mimic old prints is a false nostalgia for cheap drug store prints that have been stored in lovely conditions. It's a shortcut to a collective ideal about the past and is a technique most commonly used to hide technical inability. Part of why I rally so hard against Echi's use of it is that the underlying photography there is worth editing and presenting without that crutch.
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Megabound posted:underlying photography there is worth editing and presenting without that crutch. this is the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me thankyou 🥹 BUT it’s actually coz all things considered I just prefer the look of it. when I A/B with and without I just always prefer it. idk to say I am a sucker for nostalgia for something that didn’t exist
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e: btw, this is a great portrait shot you have here
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Yeah for all the discussion about the editing, I do think the composition itself is really interesting, unique, and overall great
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Viginti Septem posted:e: btw, this is a great portrait shot you have here thankyou, it’s defo one of my favourite shots I’ve taken blue squares posted:Yeah for all the discussion about the editing, I do think the composition itself is really interesting, unique, and overall great thankyou too 
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 20231008_8. Moab_DSC_4146 by Esa Foto, on Flickr 20231008_8. Moab_DSC_4055 by Esa Foto, on Flickr
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Since people have posted candids earlier here, I'll post a few too.     
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Oct 23, 2023 08:45
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I dig these two in particular, a nice couple of moments captured.
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p0stal b0b posted:I dig these two in particular, a nice couple of moments captured. Really? The first one looks like a stock photo to me e: I want to clarify, I don't think it's bad. It's a well executed candid shot, but it looks corporate to me. Megabound fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Oct 24, 2023 |
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Oct 24, 2023 07:08
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In student galas, to save costs, organisers ask for student volunteers to help with serving etc. They use white shirts usually. Those women were making the servings for a cocktail party, and hanged around in the kitchen when they had some free time. Like this.  You’ll easily look > corporate when you are all wearing similar white shirts 
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Those previous candids are great. I really like the mood of the last one, the chair.
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Megabound posted:Really? The first one looks like a stock photo to me You're quite right, the positioning and uniforms do look corporate/stock, but I was more drawn to the expression on the face of the middle young woman - it looks more like an unguarded moment than a posed expression, the sort of thing I think differentiates candid portraiture from intentional (on the part of the subject) portraiture. You're capturing something closer to the reality of who the subject is, rather than the image of themselves they are trying to project.
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I thought they were candid wedding shots. They're very clean and have a good reportage style.
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a set of self-portraits taken through automated traffic cameras
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bellows lugosi posted:a set of self-portraits taken through automated traffic cameras This is cool how do you set it up
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i go to the ODOT website on my phone and stand in front of the camera until i show up on it
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bellows lugosi posted:i go to the ODOT website on my phone and stand in front of the camera until i show up on it lol that's fantastic 😆
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Ah, so there's enough of a delay that you can wait to show up, pose, then capture
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Good Lord, a blast from the past! Edit: Like the portrait, too. torgeaux fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Oct 31, 2023 |
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torgeaux posted:Good Lord, a blast from the past! howdy old timer, happy to still get recognized in these parts.
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:howdy old timer, happy to still get recognized in these parts. Your self-portrait is burned into my brain.
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Those sunstars in the glasses are pretty cool! I really like the casual vibe in that one. Ihmemies posted:Since people have posted candids earlier here, I'll post a few too. Right up my alley! I'm really in love with candids lately. 
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Incredulous Dylan posted:Right up my alley! I'm really in love with candids lately. Thanks! Here are a few from today. Idea was to copy ideas from pinterest, and try to reproduce them..      Photography appears to be hard, even if you have ideas at hand and someone else's photos you can look some example from..
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Ihmemies posted:Thanks! these are great. not so easy to get this vibe imo
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 I’ve been trying to reduce contrast as much as possible without editing and I am getting there, and blacks already mega raised
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“Without editing… blacks mega raised” ?? At this point you’re either trolling or you have no idea what any of the terms you use mean. Also, what is your logic with the piss yellow/green color cast?
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Bottom Liner posted:“Without editing… blacks mega raised” lol some people give me poo poo for editing my photos in such a way that they may have reduced contrast and I also definitely raise the blacks (it's usually the raised blacks that reduce the contrast) but by taking a photo of a window with bright light around, I've managed to reduce that contrast without having to edit it to do so, and well, there were no blacks to raise. and yes it was a bit of a joke what I said, but I do like the photo a lot and the model loves it. and the piss cast? that's just the way it was that day my friend. lots of green behind us. can't help it though that you're obsessed with urine
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