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5 years 8 months ago #594924 by jeffnles1
Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Model: NIKON D7200
ISO: 500
Aperture: f/11.0
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Captured: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 6:41am
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5 years 8 months ago #594931 by garyrhook
I, personally, love the bokeh. And the composition. And the fact that the stalk is not entering in the corner of the image.

At the risk of repeating myself: it's too dark. The tones are in the mid-to-black range, with very little in the upper mids. The lack of definition in the shadows of the head bothers me; I should be able to discern all of the detail therein (IMO). As is, it's just black and detail is lost.

A really good image provides detail in the shadows, and in the highlights (unless there's nothing there in the first place). By providing that detail you encourage your viewer to look closer and harder (cue Rafiki), to tarry. Isn't that what you want?
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5 years 8 months ago #594934 by Nikon Shooter

garyrhook wrote: … it's too dark.


:agree:
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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5 years 8 months ago #594939 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Jeff

I like it 'as is' as a slightly contrasty, well exposed example of a seed pod

I also take Gary's thoughts in mind ... but I fall back on my film-days sayings of 'expose for the highlights and let the shadows look after themselves' ... meaning that blown highlights distract much more than 'dead' blacks. It may be that 'yes' with some of today's sensors & RAW shooting, it may be possible to lower the dynamic range to show it all, but as it is, I like it that way

I'd be happy with it as a 12" x 16" on the office wall

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5 years 8 months ago #594944 by garyrhook

Ozzie_Traveller wrote: I also take Gary's thoughts in mind ... but I fall back on my film-days sayings of 'expose for the highlights and let the shadows look after themselves' ... meaning that blown highlights distract much more than 'dead' blacks. It may be that 'yes' with some of today's sensors & RAW shooting, it may be possible to lower the dynamic range to show it all, but as it is, I like it that way.


Well, no, we can't recover blown highlights, but we can also do better now. And I wasn't talking about the exposure, I was referring to post processing. Which I think has gone too far.

As for the exposure, there are pixels in that image sitting at 255, full-out white. And there are a significant number at 0, full black. Which means the image wasn't processed well. I'm willing to bet that the image wasn't shot with blown highlights, and the original probably has plenty of detail. My challenge is to do better. And it's possible to maintain a high level of contrastiness (is that a word?) without losing detail.

Then again, maybe this is precisely what Jeff intended. I'm only offering my opinion, right?
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5 years 8 months ago #594970 by Ozzie_Traveller
Hi Gary

All's okay ... and you make a lot of sense to my way of thinking

Phil
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5 years 8 months ago #595086 by Bobby Mitchell
Nice pointers for this shot! 
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5 years 8 months ago #595482 by Stephen Graham
Nice framing! 
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5 years 8 months ago #595747 by Rohan Tushar
Good composition! 
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5 years 8 months ago #595971 by Kelly Emery
Nice render! 
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5 years 8 months ago #596124 by Adam Wilson
Nicely framed shot. 
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5 years 8 months ago #598012 by Jin Hyuk Kwon
I agree! 
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5 years 8 months ago #598903 by Kyle Johnson
:judge:  Good shot! 
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5 years 8 months ago #599372 by Kira Minori
Nice placement here. 
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