I'm surprised you found that one, Moose! I posted it late one night and
when I saw it the next morning, took it down. It was way overprocessed. I
shouldn't work on photos after a glass of wine. I will look at redoing it
with your suggestions.
Thanks!
Tina
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1/10/2013 3:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > PESO:
> >
> > Just to set the scene. This is one place we held clinics:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/148273573
> >
> > I'm quitting for the night.
> >
> > C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Moose mused belatedly ...
>
> This is a good example of the paradoxes you often present to us.
>
> The composition is a perfect example of your truly exceptional 'eye' for
> images of people. The small group lower right
> take an ordinary shot and make it special. Even when at a distance,
> putting things in perspective, so that the main body
> of people have no individual qualities, you include people close enough to
> reveal human character, especially in the
> interaction of elder to child.
>
> Then you have over processed it. Not a lot, for most of it, but just
> enough to lose the feeling of reality. But there
> are also strange halos around the trees against the mountains, a sure
> sign. I hope that's mist in the mountains,
> otherwise, it's an artifact.
>
> Try backing off a little, and let your images and people speak for
> themselves. Your best work, like this, doesn't need
> any special help at all. :-)
>
> Or go all the way, as in the image "Work Break" you posted some time ago,
> making the overcooked quality a part of the
> image. With the right images, rather few, that works well.
>
> One Moose's Opinion
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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