Re: photo opinion wanted
Bill Owens wrote: > > Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I would like it better if the legs > weren't cut off. > > Bill > ouch - glad I acrtually looked at the pic before I read that Bill! :) ann > - Original Message - > From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:14 PM > Subject: photo opinion wanted > > > This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? > > Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? > > > > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg > > > > As always, thank you. > > > > Christian Skofteland > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
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A jest more than a comment. In fact, I often agree with you, but argument seems to be more fashionable than agreement on this list at the moment, so I keep a low profile. John On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:33:58 -0400, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John, Of course, your "no comments please" is a comment in and of itself, isn't it? -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree with Frank (no comments, please). _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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On Wed, 19 May 2004, John Forbes wrote: > I agree with Frank (no comments, please). This picture is all about > colour, and it hits you in the face with it. Very powerful. As for the > legs; flamingos have very long ones, and the body wouldn't dominate the > frame if the legs were included. The picture just wouldn't work. Wouldn't work for me either; the colourful body would be much smaller. Since when am I entitled to an opinion (and particularly one agreeing with Frank), Kostas :-)
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I agree with Frank (no comments, please). This picture is all about colour, and it hits you in the face with it. Very powerful. As for the legs; flamingos have very long ones, and the body wouldn't dominate the frame if the legs were included. The picture just wouldn't work. Great shot. John On Mon, 17 May 2004 23:29:10 -0400, Christian Skofteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think it's a terrific photo! I like the bend in the bird's neck; it's not quite your average, stereotypical flamingo shot. Lovely colours, beautiful bokeh, and, what makes it for me are the OOF pink birds in the background. They're almost abstract: the only way I know they're flamingoes is their colour (which is exactly the same as the subject). Lovely touch, that!! I can't think of a way to improve it. Thanks, frank. Several people have said the bokeh is horrible. I do like the other birds in the background. Do you think the missing legs distract from the image. Funny, it's all I see in it anymore! Christian -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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gaussian blur. jco J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: photo opinion wanted >Too much color saturation, ugly bokeh. Both can be >fixed... >JCO Fix bokeh? Afterwards? Andre
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Maybe by blurring??? That's what I thought he meant. Seems kind of difficult. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: photo opinion wanted >Too much color saturation, ugly bokeh. Both can be >fixed... >JCO Fix bokeh? Afterwards? Andre
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Too much color saturation, ugly bokeh. Both can be fixed... JCO Fix bokeh? Afterwards? Andre
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Indifferent to me. Just looks like a bird - nothing to really grab me. The bokeh looks a little odd - what lens was it? Bruce Monday, May 17, 2004, 7:14:37 PM, you wrote: CS> This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? CS> Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? CS> http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg CS> As always, thank you. CS> Christian Skofteland CS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi ... Well, the bokeh is quite harsh, the reason notwithstanding, and it fights the great lines and shape of the flamingo. The colors are way too saturated for my taste. Legs are nice to see in their entirety. There's a pink wing tip intruding into the frame on the viewer's right. Big distraction. Nothing that can't be fixed. Overall, it's not a bad start. Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: Christian Skofteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? > Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictu res/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg > > As always, thank you. > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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> > - Original Message - > > > Wish I could see it's head a bit more, a slightly different angle might be > > more pleasing. > > Not the first to mention this. good. That was my thought, too. I'd like to see more of a profile.
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- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think it's a terrific photo! > > I like the bend in the bird's neck; it's not quite your average, > stereotypical flamingo shot. Lovely colours, beautiful bokeh, and, what > makes it for me are the OOF pink birds in the background. They're almost > abstract: the only way I know they're flamingoes is their colour (which is > exactly the same as the subject). Lovely touch, that!! > > I can't think of a way to improve it. > Thanks, frank. Several people have said the bokeh is horrible. I do like the other birds in the background. Do you think the missing legs distract from the image. Funny, it's all I see in it anymore! Christian
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- Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: photo opinion wanted > Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I would like it better if the legs > weren't cut off. > Yeah... that's the part I was most concerned with. Thanks. Christian
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- Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Too much color saturation, I'm a big fan of highly saturated colors, but I understand that a lot of people don't like it. It can easily be toned down to a happy medium i'm sure. > ugly bokeh. Fences... the problem with zoos > Otherwise nice shot. Thanks for commenting! Christian
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I think it's a terrific photo! I like the bend in the bird's neck; it's not quite your average, stereotypical flamingo shot. Lovely colours, beautiful bokeh, and, what makes it for me are the OOF pink birds in the background. They're almost abstract: the only way I know they're flamingoes is their colour (which is exactly the same as the subject). Lovely touch, that!! I can't think of a way to improve it. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: photo opinion wanted Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:14:37 -0400 This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg As always, thank you. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Interesting colors. > the boakahae (har!) is a little funky looking. Is that JPEG artifacts? No it was a fence behind the bird... > What lens were you using? Sigma AF 300/4 APO Macro. > Wish I could see it's head a bit more, a slightly different angle might be > more pleasing. Not the first to mention this. good. > Did you get it's permission to cut off it's legs? ;) That's the part I am not sure about. I suppose it looks pretty bad cut off at the knees... > Overall, it's ok, I guess. Doesn't really smack me with a wet tuna or > anything but it's better than a kick in the shin. > > How's that for wishy washy? Perfect! Thanks for commenting! Christian
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Too much color saturation, ugly bokeh. Both can be fixed. Otherwise nice shot. JCO J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com -Original Message- From: Mark Dalal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: photo opinion wanted From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? > Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictu res/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg I think it would have benefited from a slightly different angle to accentuate the curvature of the neck. I like it though and the timing is really good. That's some wacky bokeh. You may want to create another layer and blur it a bit. Mark
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- Original Message - From: "Mark Dalal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? > > Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg > > I think it would have benefited from a slightly different angle to > accentuate the curvature of the neck. I like it though and the timing is > really good. That's some wacky bokeh. You may want to create another layer > and blur it a bit. Yeah the bokeh is weird. Behind the bird there was a wire fence with some kind of vegetation growing on it. What you are seeing is the effect of that fence. Thanks for the comment! Christian
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Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I would like it better if the legs weren't cut off. Bill - Original Message - From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:14 PM Subject: photo opinion wanted > This was shot at the National Zoo yesterday. It is the full frame. Good? > Bad? indifferent? What could be improved? > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/flamingo_imgp2041.jpg > > As always, thank you. > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
