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Critique By:
Lukasz Kuczkowski (K:14687)
1/6/2005 8:02:39 PM
Hi Karen,
I found this picture by accident browsing the recent comments :-)
like the shot and the position of this brave boy facing the waves :-)
I agree with the other UF members that, by the conversion of this shot to b&w we could obtain interesting effect and in some cases quite different picture;
there is also one think I would suggest to rethink - the composition. IMHO the most important "object" on that shot is your boy and the wave - as I said earlier I like the position of the boy compared to the wave but I think that, compared to the rest of the shot, there is too much distracting space at the bottom and at the top of the shot. This space adds nothing to the shot and what's worse - it destroys the whole effect of the boy's position.
I suggest to alter it slightly.
My vision you can find below.
Anyway, like this picture
regards and take care
Lukasz
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Critique By:
Carlos (K:12969)
1/6/2005 7:11:19 PM
Karen?
Toni BauerleinSehnert is right. This is another example of a beautiful shot which could benefit from a B&W conversion. A subjective choice like all choices we make... but I love beach scenes (probably never quite the same after recent events) and I think they deliver much better in B&W.
I think ?Pouty? and ?Hanna? do very well in black and white as well.
I understand a simple conversion works poorly Karen so I?ve included a simple but effective technique to extract the richness of a color picture, using the ?Lightness? method.
With the picture on the screen, go to ?Image?, ?Mode? and convert the picture to ?Lab Color?.
Next click your ?Channels palette? ? you now have a ?Lightness? channel separated from the color information.
Since it is the grey scale we want you click on the ?Lightness? channel to make it active, go to ?Image? menu, and click ?Greyscale?. Click OK to discard the other channels.
The channels pallet only shows the Gray channel.
On the Layers pallet click the background layer and press the ?Control-J? keys to duplicate the layer.
And switch the Blend mode of the duplicated layer from ?Normal? to ?Multiply?.
Image is probably quite dark, but it now that you lower the opacity to arrive at your desired (and much richer? tonal balanced destination.
Stay cool.
C
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Critique By:
Chris Nichols (K:7068)
1/6/2005 3:25:26 PM
very sweet!
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Critique By:
Cheryl Ogle (K:24494)
1/6/2005 2:40:55 PM
It's adorable! I love the sand in the shot leading you to the boy then the magnificent ocean. Wonderfully laid out.
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Critique By:
Cheryl Ogle (K:24494)
1/6/2005 2:37:56 PM
I think you cropped it right - the leg needs to be in the shot because the foot on the other leg has to be in there - it was essential to the photo (IMHO). I love it. My only suggestion is that the photo seems to have been taken around high-noon, I would wait until later in the day or in the morning so you don't have a glarish light of the sun (on her jacket). Also, cloudy days are great almost any time of day. She is adorable - is she yours?
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Critique By:
Karen Ferranti (K:2959)
1/6/2005 5:21:20 AM
Thank You Carlos I like your version very much. I thought about B/W for this one but I can't seem to get the contrast right when I convert. I love the close crop it works well. She was leaning over to kiss his cheek and before she could he pushed her away and yelled "yuck" and then the sweet moment was gone but I was lucky enough to catch it.
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Critique By:
Carlos (K:12969)
1/6/2005 4:14:21 AM
This is fine picture. Karen. ? a beautiful photograph which invokes a familiar tenderness felt and witnessed by this viewer, with my own children and their friends.
I copied your ?Young Love? and messed with a little bit because it is such a very special image which I would have processed differently - I hope you don?t mind!
I think there is a classic picture in this picture. Something ephemeral, or specific about the way of the body movement and position, the gaze of the little girl and the shy sweetest smile coming from the fellow, the hand resting lightly on the shoulder? it?s real vintage - and a timeless photograph.
I hope you don?t get upset with this B&W version of your shot.
It is meant to be seen at 800pixels.
C.
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Critique By:
- - (K:10510)
1/5/2005 7:31:44 PM
i add this one to my favorites .. very very nice expression.. =(
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Critique By:
- - (K:10510)
1/5/2005 7:30:25 PM
nice portrait of a nice, cute girl..
take care
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Critique By:
David Hofmann (K:22223)
1/5/2005 6:33:35 PM
very good portrait. The light and colors are so good. His pose and expression, framing. Great work. A little less DOF would be nice, but I know that this is very difficult to get with compact digital cameras.
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Critique By:
Karen Ferranti (K:2959)
1/5/2005 2:53:47 PM
Thank You, I should have corrected the bench before I uploaded. I spent a lot of time on Christmas basket and missed this. This is a little better.
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Critique By:
Karen Ferranti (K:2959)
1/5/2005 2:26:43 PM
This was originaly very dark, I cropped it and adjusted the brightness everything was going well till I resized it for usefilm. I tried to fix the softness but I made it worse so I just backtracked to this point and left it. This is another shot I framed I was just worried that it was a bit too yellow.
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Critique By:
Antonia BauerleinSehnert (K:30599)
1/5/2005 6:35:04 AM
The light, color, sharpness and composition are great on this one. I love the expressions of the children. Can you correct the verticle on the bench? That is the only distraction for me, and if you could I think the image would go from great to greater. T.
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Critique By:
Antonia BauerleinSehnert (K:30599)
1/5/2005 6:33:18 AM
This is a darling shot. The photo has an old feel to it...something about the soft contrast. It looks a little soft in focus as well. I'm not sure how to fix that without hardening the image and as closeup as it is and the fact that it's a baby, I'd be tempted to leave it alone. It is way sweet. T.
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Critique By:
Rachel Leah (K:26110)
1/4/2005 9:33:17 PM
Awww... very nice photo! I love the coloring, lighting and everything else in this shot! The clarity looks perfect! I love their expressions and the way they are sitting... this is adorable! Excellent work 
~Rachel~
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Critique By:
Former Member (K:4077)
1/4/2005 8:06:19 PM
Fantastic colors and capture. Very good idea! Congrats!
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Critique By:
Gord Runtz (K:3348)
1/4/2005 5:39:52 PM
A nice photograph which you will enjoy looking back on a few years down the road!
Gord
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Critique By:
Ismael Videa (K:363)
1/2/2005 5:03:26 PM
Almost all your pictures are very good (nobody is perfect), and this one is great portrait, the backligth, the definition of shapes and the handsome boy, he is going to break some little girls hearts for sure!.
Buen trabajo!
Ismael
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Critique By:
Gustav Miller (K:309)
12/7/2004 12:06:04 PM
a very nicely composed portrait of a fine looking boy. Very nice lighting and great colors.
Well done with your Kodak 6490.
Gustav
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Critique By:
sunil stanly (K:37)
12/7/2004 10:47:07 AM
i will do this to improve it. if i can reshoot the picture i would include the full reflection of the house!!
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Critique By:
A K (K:8499)
12/6/2004 11:10:02 AM
Gorgeous shot. I think the tones are a little flat and grey - could use a boost in contrast? Otherwise certainly lovely. The pose and expression, how he is so oblivious to the camera, makes this just so wonderful.
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Critique By:
A K (K:8499)
12/6/2004 11:08:50 AM
Lol. Look at that mush! The clarity here is outstanding.
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Critique By:
A K (K:8499)
12/6/2004 11:07:30 AM
What a little beauty. I love the softness of it - the colours seem so vibrant, and yet the whole thing has this gorgeous muted feel to it.
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Critique By:
Nicko Darwis (K:180)
12/6/2004 6:27:58 AM
I like the colored version much more. The image is so colorfull...nice backlight
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Critique By:
Bruce Elliott (K:2434)
12/6/2004 4:49:44 AM
Colour version works for me, but nothing wrong with B&W either. A lovely portrait, well captured. Really nice shot.
Bruce
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Critique By:
Gustavo Scheverin (K:164501)
12/4/2004 4:18:06 PM
Muy linda foto Karen!, el secreto entre ellas y la mirada cómplice hacia el fotógrafo me parecen encantadores!
Un abrazo!
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Critique By:
Marcy Massura (K:1848)
12/4/2004 10:30:23 AM
Yup- I prefer colo. Only because it helps to convey the uniform more quickly to the minds eye- lovely square composition. I would 'heal' the scare over eye- is destracting
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Critique By:
Cindee Warren (K:143)
12/3/2004 7:48:40 PM
wonderful colors, detail.
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Critique By:
Cindee Warren (K:143)
12/3/2004 7:47:36 PM
pretty colors and shape
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Critique By:
Cindee Warren (K:143)
12/3/2004 7:45:57 PM
nice detail
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