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Paths - a recurring theme

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
My offering (again, from today's shoot):

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Jacob Eliana: Muskegon Road in Fog

Rachel, of course it's charming.

I'd love to see even a mouse, a bird or one leaf falling, some extra element for me to refer to for survival!

Asher
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Taken recently of a man going home to lunch and siesta. Hope it fits here.

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Graham Harris: To Lunch and Siesta

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Graham


Graham,

I like it as a subject. Perhaps the colors distract a tad? I have been thinking about sepia. It has the sense of earthen tones and could work well. I am tentatively posting my version. Let me know if this is out of order and I'll remove it.

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Graham Harris: To Lunch and Siesta

Sepia Concept ADK

I think B&W with no hue lacks life. However with sepia, we can believe in this more. What do you think?

Asher
 

Graham Harris

New member
Thank you Asher for taking the time to look and convert to Sepia. I think your version has more feeling to it, giving the impression that he has been doing this for years. It even overcomes the issue of the modern rucksack.

Thanks for the idea, I will play more with the original.

Graham
 

Nichole Lampron

New member
I think it's the grass there. It was pretty dead when this shot was taken and pretty yellow looking but I don't think it was that yellow, I think it was picked up by the camera I was using. Either that or I'm just not good with a camera and screwed it up somehow. lol
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I think it's the grass there. It was pretty dead when this shot was taken and pretty yellow looking but I don't think it was that yellow, I think it was picked up by the camera I was using. Either that or I'm just not good with a camera and screwed it up somehow. lol

I'm thinking it's the light but I don't know why. Maybe Bart or would have a better idea.

Asher
 

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
Hi, Nichole,

I think it's the grass there. It was pretty dead when this shot was taken and pretty yellow looking but I don't think it was that yellow, I think it was picked up by the camera I was using. Either that or I'm just not good with a camera and screwed it up somehow. lol
Is there any chance that you have inadvertently made a peculiar setting for the in-camera white balance color correction in your camera?

I don't know what camera you were using, and what provisions it has for white balance color correction. But I would think that setting the white balance to an arbitrary chromaticity in terms of color temperature, with a very high value, could do that, or perhaps an accidental "custom" white balance setting made from a shot of something blue.
 

Mike Shimwell

New member
Hi, Nichole,


Is there any chance that you have inadvertently made a peculiar setting for the in-camera white balance color correction in your camera?

I don't know what camera you were using, and what provisions it has for white balance color correction. But I would think that setting the white balance to an arbitrary chromaticity in terms of color temperature, with a very high value, could do that, or perhaps an accidental "custom" white balance setting made from a shot of something blue.

It may be film, with a bit of a light leak somewhere?

Doug, old timers like me have seen a few light leaks... :)

Mike
 

Nichole Lampron

New member
Mike, I know light leak and I would be inclined to agree with that but this is digital I shot on that day. I usually like to shoot film though.

Doug, that is possible, I'm still learning how this thing works and well, it's possible the white balance could have been off. I still like shooting film instead. I don't think I'm going to be investing a DSLR just yet.
 

Mike Shimwell

New member
Mike, I know light leak and I would be inclined to agree with that but this is digital I shot on that day. I usually like to shoot film though.

Doug, that is possible, I'm still learning how this thing works and well, it's possible the white balance could have been off. I still like shooting film instead. I don't think I'm going to be investing a DSLR just yet.

(oops I'm) Wrong again...

Actually Nichole, dslr's are easier in that they have more familiar controls and let you work more like you're used to.

Having said that, I'm still using film alongside digital.

Mike
 

Nichole Lampron

New member
Mike, thanks and you didn't know if this was film or digital. So don't worry about it. It's possible that I may make the leap by this time next year to a DSLR.
 

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
Hi, Nichole,

If this was by any chance a Canon dSLR, and you could e-mail me the camera file:

doug.kerr@att.net

I can look at the proprietary Exif metadata and see if these was any peculiar white balance color correction.

Best regards,

Doug
 

Nichole Lampron

New member
No this was not a Canon DSLR. I don't have access to the original file right now. I can get to it in the morning. I have a date with my fiance tonight.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Paths and patterns

Sometimes paths, although clearly indicated, become oppressive because of the strong patterns that direct your eyes. Here's an example:

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and another:

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scott
 

John Angulat

pro member
Sometimes paths, although clearly indicated, become oppressive because of the strong patterns that direct your eyes. Here's an example:


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scott

Now THAT'S a path!
However, I find nothing oppressive at all.
To me it is pleasing.
Yes, it pulls my gaze towards the end but the human subjects balance it quite well.
 

Ben Rubinstein

pro member
Why scary Asher? I find it instantly recogniseable, that is how we see the scene as we drive on the highway every week, etc, our brain processes it differently however the picture above is far closer to the reality and as such I'd say it has far more of the familiar about it rather than the strange or eerie which the term 'scary' would assume.

I look at that image and I think of many a similar scene and the automatic memory surfaces of driving home at the end of a long day, home to warmth, love and good food, the sun sets but it won't be long until I'm in my wifes arms.

Interesting how differently our minds perceive things isn't it?
 

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
Hi, Ben,


Well, it is dangerous to drive and take photographs at the time. I mean, you might not choose a prudent shutter speed, and get motion blur.

Best regards,

Doug

If my sight/hearing/brain processing would lead me to see the highway like this; I would immediately pop
my sub-lingual medication,pull to the side and call 911.
 
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