Lens: 14 - 42mm, Focal Length: 42mm, f stop 5.6, 1/80 sec., ISO 160
Single off camera bounce flash to subjects right (our left).
Single off camera bounce flash to subjects right (our left).
This photo is one of about 30 I took of a gentleman that lives about a mile from me who makes custom guitars in his basement shop. He is a true craftsman in every sense of the word and his guitars are owned and used by some big stars. Based on some of your comments the other day I'm going to let you in on a little something. But before I do I want you to embiggen the photo by clicking on it and then rate it in your mind from 1 to 10 with 1 being a total waste of good bandwidth - in other words I wasted my time posting it and you wasted your time looking at it, up to 10, with 10 being it should be hanging in a gallery so fine art connoisseurs can write about it in the best magazines. When you have done that and decided the score then come back.
Are you back all ready??? Well that's okay as long as you've got a score in your head. Now, for the rest of the story. I personally really like this photo. I like the expression, I like the composition, I like the lighting and the color. The problem was that is was slightly soft on the focus in the original, but I still wanted to share it. So how could I do that without you knowing that it was not in sharp focus like it should have been? Well first I took it into Bridge and sharpened it as best I could - I'm no expert at that, and someone who really knew what they were doing could have probably done better. While I was there I darkened the two top and the left bottom corners just slightly to keep the focus towards the center. I still wasn't satisfied, so the next idea is to try to make it look more "Artsy". To do that I took it into PhotoShop and tried a bunch of different art filters on it. I finally settled on this one. This is the Water Color Filter set to very low settings so it is not overdone. If you're like me you hardly noticed it until you embiggened it.
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I really like this photo. And I do like all of the artsy touches you did. I gave it a 7.
Great work!
['ô ] Avery
I recognized the Water Color filter immediately. If that was my shot, I would have darkened (slightly) more of the background, bringing greater emphasis to the foreground.
But I love the shot - and in this case, I find that border you do distracting. I'd rather see a solid border of some sort around the shot.
And now you hate me.
Unfortunately, I don't know much about Photoshop layers and filters...definitely something I need to sit down and start learning. I could tell you did something with a filter. I agree with LceeL...a darker background might have brought out the subject even more. (since you know how to do such edits) I also agree that this border cuts into the picture too much. Something around the entire frame would be better, I think. But...what a great photo op this was and you have so many choices with editing for artsy effects!
I like the photo - composition and subject, and I get a sense of loving work being done (sanding with the right hand ?). I'm not too sure yet on the water colour effect - it's more subdued in the smaller version. I'm sitting somewhere around a 6.95.
You take beautiful photos Scott and this on is captivating.
Wonderful picture and very interesting post.I think this guy is sooo easygoing, he looks so peaceful in this shot!Well...his job is very cool, lucky guy.
Léia :)
very expressive shot!! regards
i like the texture of the photo. to me it makes it more masculine and seem older. this picture makes me happy. tools, wood, music. i gave it a 7.
Thanks for your comments. I agree with Lou and Carolyn that I could have darkened the background a little more, I did on another one of him and I almost didn't do the border because it does detract a little. On my next post I'm going to write a little about that border, because there seems to be some confusion on it.
Love the artsy look! Thanks again for the info.
Oh, I can't see the small version of this but if I click on the blank space where it should be, the enlarged version pops up. All your other posts are OK, showing the small photo properly in each case.
Jennyfreckles,
Can't imagine what's going on, I've looked at it in IE, Firefox and Chrome and all pull up just fine. I'm glad you got to see it in the full mode though. Thanks for dropping by.
sO NiCe PiCtuRes..
aLL BeaUtY NaTuRe iN yOuR eYeS PhOtOGRaPhy iT'S sO aWeSoMe..
LOVE iT..
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I have to say I love this photo. It is the one type of work that I would like the opportunity to try and do some work in myself.
I may need to go in search of some interesting subjects.
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