Tourist or Street 2: Sparkle City

[Shadowman]

When traveling, the most enjoyable part of the trip, besides enjoying the cuisine and culture, is practicing my camera techniques. For this image I was working on lowlight shooting and architecture, the yacht was flooded by a fluorescent blue/violet light which while naturally pleasing was a bit distracting when editing and printing, however with the use of color filters in post-processing served to illuminate certain sections of the scene.

f/2.5, ISO 3200, 1/160sec.

[Shadowman]

Celebrator this past summer at a local Myanmar Water Festival. f/8, ISO 160, 1/400sec

[pschlute]

Liking the last one John. Nailed the focus.

[Shadowman]

Liking the last one John. Nailed the focus.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for commenting.

[skitterbug]

I'd like to believe it approaches at a slow speed but for some of us we know it appears very quickly.

To me, this is beautiful! You've taken various shots of this area, right? But I don't think I've seen it set up in this manner before? I like it.
And yes, winter has visited us already. We had a couple inches of snow recently! <yikes>

[Shadowman]

To me, this is beautiful! You've taken various shots of this area, right? But I don't think I've seen it set up in this manner before? I like it.
And yes, winter has visited us already. We had a couple inches of snow recently! <yikes>

Hi Sandy,

Yes, scene area photographed often as I love shooting the lighthouse, I was standing at a position a bit further from shore so was able to encompass more of the scenery. I think our area experienced the same storm system as you did, too earlier in my opinion. Thanks for commenting.

[Shadowman]

f/1.8, ISO 400, 1/200sec

[Shadowman]

...Og Getting Tired.



f/10, ISO 640, 1/400sec

[bje07]

Nice shoes, nice hairs, nice .....
well done

[Shadowman]

Nice shoes, nice hairs, nice .....
well done

Hi Jean,

Thanks for commenting.

[Rufus]

I very much like post #187...the lights, the reflections in the building, the leaves on the trees, the colours of the path and walls.

My only reservation is whether the small amount of window frame on the left is essential to the image.

[Shadowman]

I very much like post #187...the lights, the reflections in the building, the leaves on the trees, the colours of the path and walls.

My only reservation is whether the small amount of window frame on the left is essential to the image.

Hi David,

Thanks for commenting, it could work without.

[Shadowman]

Local artisan showcasing his skills utilizing both vintage and modern technology.



f/4.5, ISO 100, 1/320sec

[DanK]

I think this is a really interesting capture. However, it seems to me that some of the important detail is not prominent, while some other distracting detail, particularly on the right and top, stands out. Some of this is because of the capture itself; given the positioning, it will be hard to make the man's face--which is now somewhat obscured--a center of attention. However, I think there is a lot you could do with local adjustments. It looks to me as though you used a fairly high level of global contrast. I would try backing off that and applying contrast locally. along with some burning and dodging, that could refocus the viewer's eye, I suspect.

[Manfred M]

+1 to Dan's comments, John.

A well known photographer I studied under told the class I was taking that he:

1. Spent perhaps a minute doing global adjustments;
2. Spent 2 - 3 minutes doing area or regional adjustments; and
3. Spent anywhere from an hour to many days working on local adjustments.

The final quality of the image can be judged by how well the small details are taken care of and when these are all summed up they add a lot more impact to the image than the local and area ones. The challenging part is being able to see the local tweaks which are almost exclusively dodging and burning.

[Shadowman]

Dan and Manfred,

Thanks for the comments and critique, part of the challenge of the shot was trying to capture an interesting flame, getting the artisan fully within the frame, and trying to minimize any distractions within the background. Agree some of the foreground bits are too prominent, however they play a small role in the composition as they represent some of the modern techniques used within the profession. Additionally, taken on a very windy day so although the flame is very energetic, timing the height of the flame and the movement of the artisan was taking longer than he was working at his craft.

[Merlin52]

Local artisan showcasing his skills utilizing both vintage and modern technology.



f/4.5, ISO 100, 1/320sec

John, Nice spot, heat and flames are interesting too. I always try to isolate these type of subjects as much as possible by in-camera framing or later cropping. Always look in your viewfinder for things that don't contribute to the story you want to tell and either re-frame or use depth of field to minimise distraction in backgrounds before pressing the button. For me the issue here is the figure at the rear who draws the eye away from your subject. The other element I would take out is the box of Borax at the foot of the image, text will always draw the eye, and this could be easily cropped out, ( a square crop works well here) which will at the same time further focus attention on the subject.

[Shadowman]

Hi John,

Thanks for comments and suggestions, I thought about cropping out the Borax box but felt it would clip the anvil stand too much.

[Shadowman]

Testing out a new camera system, the Fujifilm XT-30 with the 35mm f/1.4R lens.



f/4, 1/125sec, ISO 8000

Ok camera, however did not order the correct cable, system has in-camera RAW conversion; so I had to use Adobe DNG converter to process files. Would've liked to use the Fuji software however it does not work on the RAF files once transferred to the computer. Ok camera, took some getting used to with the metallic shutter button, felt like some film cameras I've used in the past, the shutter creates a lag in my opinion and even at fast shutter speed causes a misfocus on quite a few shots. Will post a few using lower ISO settings under different light conditions.

[Shadowman]

f/5.6, ISO 100, 1/80sec