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Backlit fountain C+C

  • 21-06-2010 1:25pm
    #1
    the_monkey
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  • #2
    kelly1
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    Nice but I think they're a bit too dark. Just my opinion.


  • #3
    plasticman3327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭plasticman3327


    The framing of the shots doesnt really grab me either


  • #4
    kelly1
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    plasticman3327 wrote: »
    The framing of the shots doesnt really grab me either
    Maybe the buildings distract?


  • #5
    plasticman3327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭plasticman3327


    Yea there is alot going on and it just seems to take away from the fountain which should be the main subject.

    I'm spending more time trying to work out what the buildings are then looking at the fountain.

    Might just be me though but it seems to draw my eye.


  • #6
    Crispin
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    Overexposed where the sun shines through and underexposed for all the buildings. Presuming they were taken in the afternoon sun. Think they would be better taken when the light is a little less harsh.
    Also the first one isn't straight and the framing is a bit odd in both photos imo, nothing about them grabs me.


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  • #7
    Borderfox
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    I like them


  • #8
    Kazujo
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    I like the second one but maybe crop out some of the black at the bottom of the frame and possibly a little on the sides to take out the patch of sky stretching down on the left.


  • #9
    the_monkey
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    Crispin wrote: »
    Overexposed where the sun shines through and underexposed for all the buildings. Presuming they were taken in the afternoon sun. Think they would be better taken when the light is a little less harsh.
    Also the first one isn't straight and the framing is a bit odd in both photos imo, nothing about them grabs me.


    cheers, I'd love to know a way of getting it so the buildings are in correct exposure + the sun !!! impossible no ??


  • #10
    Crispin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Crispin


    the_monkey wrote: »
    cheers, I'd love to know a way of getting it so the buildings are in correct exposure + the sun !!! impossible no ??

    Lol, I didn't claim I was giving helpful C & C ;)


  • #11
    Nforce
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    cheers, I'd love to know a way of getting it so the buildings are in correct exposure + the sun !!! impossible no ??

    Multiple exposures or *whispers* HDR :)


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  • #12
    the_monkey
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    Nforce wrote: »
    Multiple exposures or *whispers* HDR :)


    HDR is something i need to try .. I keep putting it off, I fear it or something ??? :confused::confused:


  • #13
    AnCatDubh
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    2nd is better than first but i'm not really warming to them.. Sorry...

    Dynamic range of taking highlights and shadows is something that most cameras are fairly poor at (as are our eyes actually if you think about it - although much better than the camera sensors). Ever look at the sun for a couple of seconds, then cry as you think your eyes have just been burnt for a few minutes while your retina recovers? Cameras are pretty similar. They can differentiate just so much and beyond that you are talking 0,0,0 and 255,255,255 (shadows and highs)

    Here's an old thread which I got some good feedback on on this subject. There are many different approaches, mostly some form of 'trickery' :eek: - all highlighting that basically cameras aren't cut out for dealing with such scenes particularly well without a certain amount of 'help'.

    I'd almost suggest that the compositions are too 'busy' in what you've posted above and to simplify would be the way to go if you were to do it again and if it were possible.

    I actually don't mind blown highlights or deep shadows for such an image (there are obviously inappropriate times to use it also) - it is the reality of the situation.

    Hope that is of some use.


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