Playing with lions* by ctfchallenge

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14-MAR-2005	Canoneer

Playing with lions*

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot G6
Shooting Date/Time 14/3/2005 15:10:29
Shooting Mode Program AE
Photo Effect Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/125
Av (Aperture Value) 4.0
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 50
Lens 7.2 - 28.8 mm
Focal Length 28.8 mm
Digital Zoom None
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
AF Mode Single AF
Owner's Name Canoneer

Canon PowerShot G6
1/125s f/4.0 at 28.8mm full exif

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Rod		03-Dec-2005 01:16
Selective desaturation really sucks Canon mate, it's such a cliché. But if you haven’t done any before then have a good play with it & get it out of your system. You need to try everything for yourself & see what you like............Except for sill frames, don't even try them:-)

Guest		02-Dec-2005 08:19
Rod, You assumed correct!I am a "HE".... As for my comment "It was the only way...", i knew that it sounded "somehow" the moment i pressed the "add coment" button...but then it was too late;) Offcourse i meant "the only way, -I- could..." As for selective desaturation....should we start a thread at "Dpreview - Canon forums?"- I like this technique. For example if you 've seen the movie "Sin city", all the movie [mostly] showed only reds while the rest was in B&W...I liked the feeling of this...:) [Am i playing with lions????:)]~Canon-eer

ctfchallenge		02-Dec-2005 06:51
Thank you very much jstrong... Also thank the one who moved the image...i have acomputer for a limited amount of time each day and i had a hard time finding out how to move it from eligible...:) I will keep your suggestions in mind next time...although i feel i like the image i must be wrong (if so many insist!). I remember my first long exposure, where i thought "Whow!!!" but now, when i see it i think "Whow!!!!What was i thinking!!!". I understand that as I gather more experience i will be able to judge an image more ïbjectively... Well, at least it is an ..... intresting Failure....(hehehe) ;)

janewigginsphotography		01-Dec-2005 15:24
Canoneer - One nice way to avoid a blown sky to to utilize the AE lock function in your camera, point to and expose for the sky. This may darken the foreground a little, but the foreground can be then selectively lightened using levels in PS. You will still get the color and details you had wanted to achieve with little other pp if that is what you prefer. Achieving great photos straight out of the cam is a gallant goal and admirable, but if you think of pp as the digital darkroom, it really can go hand-in-hand with photography in general. With that being said, the shot has good perspective and the motion in the gal's hair gives the shot interest IMO. Exposing for the sky (which is practically a requirement for skyward shots) would have brought out more detail and a better exposed photo all the way around. Perhaps others have other thoughts or contributions they'd like to share. As others have commented, this shot and your other contribution will need to be moved to exhibition, if you wish, as they were not shot within the specific time allotted for the eligible category. Let us know if you need help in doing so :) Oh, and welcome to the challenges! You are a most welcome addition and will learn lots (as I have and continue to do! jano

Rod		01-Dec-2005 12:12
PS. Your shots are the wrong date for Eligible so you will have to bugger em off to Exhibition. Didn't you read the rules? There's only 50 pages:-)

Rod		01-Dec-2005 12:08
You will learn far more by getting good basic shots in your camera than thinking you can fix too much in Photoshop mate. Photoshop can polish a pearl but rarely can it make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear hole. I assume you're a mate & not a Sheila:-) Also for someone learning photography you shouldn't say that “It was the only way to get that hair colour" There's always a way to get what you want in a shot without obvious faults. The other thing is that selective desaturation is such a cliché that it would be considered a fault by me & other posters with any class:-) You sound as though you can have a bit of fun so you will be a welcome addition here. Good onya mate:-)

ctfchallenge		01-Dec-2005 11:22
Oh my GOD!!It's....ROD!!!! I've been warned about you...:) (hehe) Thanks for your comments! So, you don't like the blown highlights, but it was the only way to get that hair colour...ofcourse i should have considered the rest of the picture but finally one of the things i liked from this photo is that it looks selectively desaturated (without any processing)...After all the subject isn't the sky... Right now i'm learnign (intensively) photoshop and i'm amazed at what i can do...Maybe in time i will readjust the way i shoot to take advantage all of the digital photo's secrets...

Rod		01-Dec-2005 09:10
Gday Canon ear & welcome to the challenge:-) It's admirable you trying to get your shots straight from the camera but with digital some post processing seems almost a requirement unless you turn up the in camera processing. We all have our own vision on how we want our shots to look & this seems to be how you wanted it, but for me a blown sky in a colour shot rarely works & it doesn't here. I think it may work if you converted this shot to B&W.

ctfchanlenge		01-Dec-2005 07:11
Thanks Britt I DID wanted the sky to burn out...i felt that this would tone more my models hair color.... I wasn't really after for detail... Maybe i should have taken a "correct" exposure shot and achieve that effect in photoshop but i am a little stubborn. I like to get my photos without any post processing... - canon-eer

ctfchallenge		30-Nov-2005 13:08
Welcome Canoneer - I like this comp - it's interesting. One question - why did you have the exposure comp on +2/3? - especially with your ISO down to 50, you were already going to grab detail nicely, it kind of over exposed the sky and blew it out, causing the area of the statues face to lose definition. Anyhoo, I DO like the comp, the "action" of the model's hair and the model was definitely brave to stick her thumb in the lions mouth! :) ~Britt

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