Be It Ever So Humble, Home Is Still Home * Traveller by Canon DSLR Challenge

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	Traveller

On The Amazon, Eastern side

Canon EOS D60
1/60s f/8.0 at 20.0mm iso100 full exif

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jnconradie		05-Aug-2006 13:12
Wow, CJ in CA ! That was really excellent PS work. Feel free to do "just a little work in PS" on any of my images any time! Regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Aug-2006 11:17
Hi Lonnit and CJ...I like CJ's version very, very much. Interestingly, I went back to see the original and it has much more color and depth than what is posted here, much as CJ's version has, and she only had a tiny file to work with, (very good work CJ). What I am curious about is if when I processed this in '03 I wasn't trying to convey the difficulity I had with the heat and light conditions I faced 2 degrees off the equator? It was an odd experience having to down 4 liters of water every day and my eyes actually stinging because all the natural fluid from them had been washed away repeatedly by sweat. It was fun in a terrible sort of way. I could not do multiple exposures because I was in a small boat I had rented heading up river, always moving forward but with the river and swells making shooting difficult as it was. Because no one particularly cared for my Setao bathroom shot, I'm going to replace it with maybe a more representitive Home Sweet Home shot. Thanks for all the fun with this image. Best Wishes, Traveller

CJ in CA		04-Aug-2006 19:41
Traveller, I keep getting drawn back to your picture and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the "African Queen" feeling I get when viewing the shore from this perspective plus the fact I love water shots and docks (my only one in eligible so far is a dock)! For me, just a little work in PS (crop a little and darken it up a little) makes the scene more intimate, as if I were going to land on the dock. The centering of the dock and shanty especially give this feeling. I hope you don't mind this version and I'll delete it whenever you like, but here's another way of PSing your very interesting photo. CJ http://www.pbase.com/image/64561516

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Aug-2006 18:29
Trav, it may not have salvaged the sky, but I think even the jungle is overexposed. As you said, you're trying to capture a sense of place, and the place was dark amongst the lushness. The first moment I looked at it, it felt unnaturally bright - I expected the area to be dark. You can bring the exposure down without losing important detail in the hut. BTW, did you consider taking two, possibly three exposures and combining them? That would also have captured the greater range of exposure that the human eye can see, giving it even more of a natural sense of place. Pardon the pun, but "on the bright side" I do feel the burning sun! :) ~ Lonnit

jnconradie		04-Aug-2006 04:37
Thanks, Traveller, for the detailed reply.... understood and appreciated. Very best wishes. ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Aug-2006 20:41
Actually, Nico, much of my work has a center composition. There is a philosophical reason for this....most often I want to show the thing in it's surrounds, what I call capturing, "A Sense of Place." General rules such as the Rule of Thirds and Isolation of your Subject simply do not apply if this is your philosophical base. My goal is not a dramatic photograph, or the most striking possible, my goal is to convey as much information as can be had to the viewer, to hopefully put the viewer there in that Place. This is what the eye would see were you there, you wouldn't look at the right or left third of the house, you'd look at the center of its placement in its surroundings...hence the center composition. So yes, I do have a reason for doing this...I'm not sure everyone would agree but I do have my reasons. I think that this is less appropriate in more standard shots, things, places that people are more familiar with...but with the exotic....show as much as possible is my guiding Rule. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Aug-2006 20:28
Unfair criticism, Lonnit. I was surprised that the equitorial sun burns hotter than you can imagine....the shade is darkly black, (even at noon it is hard to hand hold any shot in the jungle) lit area's are burningly bright, I was constantly turning my exposure dial 2 stops under to 2 stops over. I know that this shot is only 1/3 under, but I had to do a lot in PP just to get anything postable. On the equator, I don't think it possible to hold any solid colors without blowing the sky...I mean not physically possible, the camera just can't handle the range, or at least the D60 couldn't. But thanks for the opportunity to explain :>)))) Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Aug-2006 15:54
Wonderful find, but major overexposure going on here, particularly in the blown sky. :( ~ Lonnit

jnconradie		03-Aug-2006 14:59
Oh, you are so fortunate to have been able to see that part of the world as well - so befitting for someone with your name! I am jealous! :-) I was interested in the choice of position for the house. It seems as if you pretty much decided to place it right in the absolute centre on purpose, i.e. for a reason. Since I suspect you typically have solid and interesting reasons for your choice of compositions, I wondered if there perhaps also an interesting story behind this one? Regards ~jnconradie