K9Kirk
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I'm sure it does. Cool pic either way.
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Friday Brutal Critique - Not sure you can handle this!
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I think the symmetry makes that a very different photograph. Again I am not getting much sense of depth from the haze/fog. Did you add some haze/fog or reduce contrast in post?
Only edit was some slight color grading. No additional edits
Fogey
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See what you make of this.
Redlegrangerone
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I find those hard to photograph. Too often turns out to be a picture of a random plant.
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Tricky lighting, but you saved shadow detail without blowing out the brighter areas. So I say good job.
96whiteknight
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I'll play. These were not staged. I was doing event coverage and just happened to be here at the right time.
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
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I think the first would be better if less light on the car, more silhouetted. Some folks might complain about the lens flair, but I like it.I'll play. These were not staged. I was doing event coverage and just happened to be here at the right time.
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Bartley, on Flickr
Fogey
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A smaller aperture, (f/22), would have given a silhouette, a sunburst and much less, if any, lens flare.
96whiteknight
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Also would've looked more like a snapshot, I think. I'll give it a try next time I'm in this situation though. Thanks!
Fogey
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Like this?
96whiteknight
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of that look, to be honest. Very grainy, too dark, lack of subject separation.
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I love the sun rays, but IMHO we need some separation between the horse and the background. I've taken photos similar, and rarely gotten the results I wanted.
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Hey ... it's Friday! Time to revive this classic thread that has been one of my favorites for many years.
There was very little light, but the action was rapid. So I did the only thing I knew to do and made an impressionistic style image that emphasized the motion and de-emphasized sharpness and detail. So I was not trying to get a sharp image - that wasn't the point.
What do you think? What would you have done in this scenario? What could I have done better?
Canon 5D Mk4 Sigma 60-600mm @510mm wide open @f6.3 1/40 of a second 1600 ISO
There was very little light, but the action was rapid. So I did the only thing I knew to do and made an impressionistic style image that emphasized the motion and de-emphasized sharpness and detail. So I was not trying to get a sharp image - that wasn't the point.
What do you think? What would you have done in this scenario? What could I have done better?
Canon 5D Mk4 Sigma 60-600mm @510mm wide open @f6.3 1/40 of a second 1600 ISO
K9Kirk
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Looks good to me, I like a little impressionism with my pics once in a while, although it usually comes in the form of an animal in the bg being soft & oof. The slow s.s. really made the difference here, everything is blurred nicely, and you get a good feeling of movement. If it were mine, the only thing I may've done differently is punch up the color contrast and vibrancy a hair. It looks good as is, that's just my taste. I lean toward colors that pop a little. I would hang this on a wall.
Cliff Hilbert
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It looks like what I used to see at a distance without my contact lenses in. I find it very distracting. It just looks like an out-of-focus picture.
K9Kirk
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That's how impressionism is supposed to be, oof. He achieved his goal.
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In general I really like images like this. Particularly when there is a large group, galloping.
This image is nice enough, Tom, but something is off and I'm not sure what it is exactly. Maybe because there's just two animals, a bit lost in their surroundings. Maybe it's the framing and placing them more in the centre, ignoring the rule of thirds, the give-the-animal-space-to-move-into rule etc. would have been better. Maybe it's the one in the rear with its behind up that makes the image look unbalanced.
I can't exactly put my finger on it, but these are thoughts I'm having viewing the image.
I wonder how the image would look with a bit of a tighter crop.
Cliff Hilbert
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Well, good for him. He asked for opinions and I gave him mine.
the durkarian
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So, if it was even more blurry to add emphasis to the motion, would you like it?
