Relaxing in the shade

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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. The composition is interesting,

but the lighting is flat and boring. A fill flash might have made a big difference in the shot.

IMHO, of course.

Or did you not want comments? I can't remember. Me? I love it when people pick my stuff apart.

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2. I thought that as well, but fill flash would have taken away the effect

of him relaxing in the shade I think.

I don't know :).

[TahitiNut]

3. It doesn't take much to 'tweak' it.

It's got excellent composition and depth of field. The 'shade' is clearly indicated by the absence of a defined shadow. (I might've called it "Resting at Twilight".) Here's a quick'n'dirty tweak ...

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4. I see what you mean :)

Thanks :)

[TahitiNut]

5. While it's just my opinion, I think you've got an excellent eye.

I can imagine that what's in your "mind's eye" is just a tad more dramatic than what your camera captures. I think that's what's really great about digital cameras ... that we can, with a very light touch, get closer to what the experience of seeing it live is all about. (Like... we don't see the power lines when we view that gorgeous sunset. Our brains remove 'em.) There's a feel to it that's a bit like biting at an apple on a string while blindfolded ... at least for me.

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6. Thanks.

I think the shots of the boathouse are still my favorites I've done in a long, long time though.



This one is a bit over-saturated though, I did some post-processing and went a tad too far with saturation. I haven't uploaded the original version yet.

[TahitiNut]

7. I personally like the saturation. It'd be too wintry otherwise.

We're just a bit shy of the "greening" so tweaking the saturation seems good to me. I guess the only question is: Does it look like it felt?

Heck... it's a setting that BEGS for cameras, right?

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8. Maybe I should rephrase . . .

it looks fine on screen, I like it . . . but, due to bad calibration, it looks VERY oversaturated when I print. I like that picture enough that I'd like to a larger print and perhaps frame it for hanging, but I need to get proper calibration between printer and screen or have the print professionally done.

[RC]

9. Try these for starts.

http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

Or to get into it a little more...

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html#Monitorsetup

[ConsAreLiars]

10. What you see (on a monitor) is rarely what you get (on a printer).

And no guarantee of what others might see on their monitors. Color management tools cost $100 and way up because of this problem. I liked that photo a lot and played with the cropping a bit. Here is one result - I wanted to retain the tree arch over the boathouse and a bit more of the reflections but because of the top border and 2:3 proportions could not move the building up a bit higher in the layout without including some of the stuff on the sides that I wanted to exclude. Nice work.

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11. I like it . I see exactly what you had in mind as well.

It's just a very interesting subject :)