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My photo thread

  • JeanPaul
  • April 20, 2008 at 7:46 PM
  • e-freak
    • December 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM
    • #101

    -snip-

  • JeanPaul
    • December 13, 2008 at 7:57 PM
    • #102

    You are circling things I didnt even add in photoshop

  • e-freak
    • December 14, 2008 at 4:21 PM
    • #103

    wow then it's a big fail on my side

    but please give some insight on that background because it looks totally wrong on my computer o_O

  • JeanPaul
    • December 15, 2008 at 12:41 AM
    • #104

    The background was added in post processed (photoshop bscly) but some of the other things you circled were in the original image

    I do see what you are talking about being a line on the end of the shadow but not even an entire photo class could notice it on my 16 x 20 print I had for critique. So naturally I wondered why you would think its that big of a deal

  • e-freak
    • December 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM
    • #105

    well I only "critizied" what i circled red and that seems to be all photoshop related stuff then (as you said the bg is pp.) it's not a big deal for a "fun" photography but imagine you are doing shots for some kind of pr-campaign you'd have to think about the background implantation and that's why im pointing it out here. it's nothing wrong with just pasting some background in but it really helps a lot if you think about exact layermasks or fill options (easy multiply or add + rough layermask would have done the job already). It's nitpicky to point it out maybe but I'd rather have a bunch of critics than a class full of people who don't see it at all.

  • JeanPaul
    • January 6, 2009 at 12:14 AM
    • #106

    More

    http://flickr.com/photos/jeanpaultron/s ... 162996013/

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/317 ... dd0b_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/317 ... 58d3_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1347/317 ... 389a_o.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/317 ... c908_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/317 ... 2bf1_o.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/317 ... 64b2_o.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/317 ... 7a5f_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/317 ... b2da_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1033/317 ... b420_o.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/317 ... c3cc_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/317 ... 39db_o.jpg

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/317 ... a086_o.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/317 ... 8fb2_b.jpg

    I hope you like them

  • Skjalg
    • January 6, 2009 at 2:14 AM
    • #107

    Wow that was very inspirational!

  • JeanPaul
    • January 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM
    • #108

    More

    from santa fe

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/318 ... b3f93c.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/318 ... 274ccb.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/318 ... a8f6_b.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/318 ... fdf7e4.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3459/318 ... 78c342.jpg

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/318 ... e7de7e.jpg

    see the rest here

    http://flickr.com/photos/jeanpaultron/s ... 321433583/

  • Punky
    • January 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM
    • #109

    The 3rd and 6th shot are amazing! you really have a nice, and original style, keep posting your photos!

  • JeanPaul
    • February 13, 2009 at 4:11 AM
    • #110

    How is this for a portrait?

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  • e-freak
    • February 13, 2009 at 12:34 PM
    • #111

    woha, interesting look. i like the DOF in there but the image composition is a bit confusing. He's on the left side of the pic and looking to the left so there's too much "wasted" (uninteresting) space on his right. Also I'd have gone further away for a half-total shot or closer to really only get the part above his armpit to avoid that high-contrast spot with the "white" background and the black shirt around it. Lighting is cool, no dropshadows, yet modelling the face very well. Don't know if you have a kicker set up in there - can't really see one, for the particular image I'd not even be sure if it'd work but might be something that can add additional depth. I like that you left alot of space above his head, really adds to the composition's proportions.

  • JeanPaul
    • February 14, 2009 at 8:20 PM
    • #112

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  • e-freak
    • February 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM
    • #113

    fantastic perspective - kinda looks like you photgraphed the photographers as your main subject really cool. color gradient (or vignetting) helps the picture as well (dunno if it's intentionally). like

  • -HP-
    • February 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM
    • #114

    So awesome!

    I visit this thread from time to time for inspiration!

  • JeanPaul
    • February 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM
    • #115

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    The color was kept in on purpose, it didnt look as awesome when it was perfectly white balanced. It took a while to get the right look for the first few, but I like how it turned out

  • Punky
    • February 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM
    • #116

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    Wow, this one is my absolute favorite!, only thing that bothers me a little is that the sky is really empty and plain...

    They all look amazing, nice environments, great lighting, great atmosphere!

    Nothing to add except for one thing that caught my eye, in your first pic (the one with the ghost ) there is a lens flare in the bottom left corner, It doesn't really fit in with the photo IMO...

  • e-freak
    • February 25, 2009 at 10:35 AM
    • #117

    great pics! what punky said: the sky looks a bit plain, no gradient, no texture.

  • JeanPaul
    • February 26, 2009 at 3:06 AM
    • #118

    Welcome to my town. 100% overcast most of the time

    Oh and that lens flare wasnt added pp, it was in the original shot.

  • Satyre
    • March 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM
    • #119

    I really love the first one of the last batch and its atmosphere. Great work!

    Quote from JeanPaul

    Welcome to my town. 100% overcast most of the time

    Arf...

    I think you could profit from that though. Are you into HDRi a little bit? Overcast skies are often freaking amazing, using a HDR treatment. They give to the shot a very strong atmosphere and by seeing your shot with this abandoned building, sure you could catch some breathtaking photos.

  • JeanPaul
    • March 5, 2009 at 8:48 AM
    • #120

    Well, for starters, HDR photography is an abomination. Its disgusting and over used. My opinion on this wont change unless the technology drastically changes or the photo community learns how to do it correctly (overdone ugliness) But even after that I am still not sold on what it does to images, its soft and the colors are ugly. And if I were to do HDR in these situations I would have been there triple the current long ass time I was there as HDR requires bracketing all your shots either 2, 3, or five exposures up and down. (not that bullshit single shot HDR you see everywhere (even though there are some companies that are close to cameras being able to shoot all single shots with the dynamic tonal range of a bracketed image)) And with how long some of these shots took to take, I didn't feel like doing that. Anywhoo...

    My town's overcast is not a normal one, its a 'lake effect' overcast. Instead of cool cloud formations and awesome dark grey clouds or anything of the like, its a solid 50% grey gradient most of the time. No cloud shapes/formations or anything, just a low lying grey. (fucking shoot me now) so even with HDR, you still wont get anything from the sky.

    Oh and my grandmother

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