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swans in the river Zaan

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J.W. van den Bos

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Jan
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Cedric MASSOULIER said:
Hi,

Very strong colours can be a style... but sharpening is really too strong !

Regards,

Cedric.
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Yes, Cedric,

Any aspect can be a "style" and to that I'd add "over-the-top-sharpening". If we see enough of this work, we'll get some idea of these questions and answers.

Really, it might take a visit and a few beers to go over your portfolio and be able to understand where your work represents

  • the careful well earned decisions of an experience artist

  • the intermediate choices limited by technique

  • the way some filter delivered the image

so please have patience with us a we learn more of you intent and experience. If you tell us more we'll be more comfortable in addressing what we might find as anachronistic choices in best presenting your work.

Asher
 
J

J.W. van den Bos

New member
Many thanks for these fantastic comments and tutorials, thats is one of the reasons why I like thid site. Your comments are fair, honest and tot the point. Please have patience with me.
Jan
 
Alain Briot

Alain Briot

pro member
J.W. van den Bos said:
Many thanks for these fantastic comments and tutorials, thats is one of the reasons why I like thid site. Your comments are fair, honest and tot the point. Please have patience with me.
Jan
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The general treatment / processing of the image is far too harsh for me. It does not evoke the poetic image that I have of swans. Too much contrast, saturation, sharpening, etc. It looks like everything was pushed to the extreme.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Jan,

You are a great enthusiast. With many, many threads we can't keep up!

this one here is dark and moody. That's fine if you want it to be that way. It's your own artistic choice and if someone else doesn't like it, it does not matter. However, is that exactly what you need for your vision?

I'm going to make a jump in logic and say that you are not yet quite where you feel you should be as a photographic artist. This could be totally wrong! It might be you know exactly what you are doing and so my comments are out of place. Feel free to correct me.

In simple terms are you having exhibits and selling prints? Is this your living?

If you are learning, tell us, then let us help you. If you are already an accomplished recognized artistic photographer, forgive my lack of preparedness.


We need to focus on the topics you have started and those already ongoing started by others.


  1. Don't make new threads right now, just for a while, just limit yourself to perhaps 3 new threads per week if you can't find an existing place.

  2. Add pictures to the threads you have

  3. Don't use filters for a while unless you feel absolutely in need.

  4. Just show the picture as taken

We'll help then!
 
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