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Klause · 25th February 2002

Good pic ! haha..

quackaroo · 25th February 2002

ziploc, playing around with positive space and contrasting colour eh

ziploc · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by quackaroo
ziploc, playing around with positive space and contrasting colour eh

Hmm... not really, I increased the contrast just to remove the details on the floor and surrounding to reduce distractions and to bring out more of the subject.

quackaroo · 25th February 2002

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Originally posted by ziploc

Hmm... not really, I increased the contrast just to remove the details on the floor and surrounding to reduce distractions and to bring out more of the subject.

and by that u used positive space (white space) to bring your subject (stronger/contrasting colours)

tts how i would describe it. nevertheless, the tweaking was put to good use.

ckiang · 25th February 2002

Removing that distraction on the top left would make it more effective. Whether you consider that photographically ethical is another matter altogether.

Regards
CK

quackaroo · 25th February 2002

under darkroom circumstances. that would mean...
"Burning out" the image

is that considered photographically ethical ?

sbs99 · 26th February 2002

Nice candid shot.

ckiang · 26th February 2002

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Originally posted by quackaroo
under darkroom circumstances. that would mean...
"Burning out" the image

is that considered photographically ethical ?

Or do you mean "dodge"? Burning in will produce a dark spot there.

You see, a photo is meant to capture a slice of time. Removing/adding elements changes that. Which is why I brought up the ethics issue. Whether done digitally or traditionally is no difference.

The regular burning in/dodging/levelling to equalize highlight and shadow levels are quite okay I presume, and is required to bring out the best of the photo.

Regards
CK

ziploc · 26th February 2002

Ya I noticed the distraction on the top left corner, but I don't want to alter the pic too much and that's why I left it there. Most of the time I would only sharpen slightly after resizing, and once a while adjust the levels if needed. In this case I found the details to be too much so I adjusted the contrast to reduce the distraction from the subject and to bring out the yellow boots.

quackaroo · 26th February 2002

actually.. hahah come to think of it
this picture is worth a second look of the "Details".
the distraction is welcomed.

dodging. argh. thanks ck. muz be the hour of my post.

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ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	Removing that distraction on the top left would make it more effective. Whether you consider that photographically ethical is another matter altogether. Regards CK