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Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 00:24
removed.
Badger UK
15-06-2008, 00:29
First one is better in colour the second in B&W. Don't really know why, just my feeling.
fabdabcab
15-06-2008, 00:31
seem a little on lrg size to me otherwise ok
bidden
15-06-2008, 00:36
First one is better in colour the second in B&W. Don't really know why, just my feeling.

Might be because it takes the busyness of the backround away?
I like both in b&w
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 00:39
Hmm, resizing seems to have given the b + w shots a nasty texture.
Badger UK
15-06-2008, 00:39
Might be because it takes the busyness of the backround away?
I like both in b&w
You could be right. B :-)
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 00:45
Yeah, background...well, at the time he was sat there trying to sort out my grip or something. As said, was testing the waters, but don't think they are horrendously bad shots.
bidden
15-06-2008, 00:48
They're crisp as owt, i could never get a result like that afer a few hours with a new piece of kit.:clap:
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 00:50
Heh, I had actually only turned it on at the time having got the lens on and decided to work without the grip for now.

I have only tried it with the 28-135 IS USM, not touched the macro, 80-400 Tokina or 70-200 f4 L yet.
Jayst84
15-06-2008, 01:00
Colour balance looks pretty off in both of them, especially #2, so B/W for me. 2nd one could be sharper too, but I imagine that's just down to the shutter speed.
CT
15-06-2008, 01:14
The first shot is looking well over -saturated .I desaturated and just boosted the contrast a little. Nice portrait study!

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1269/IMG_0018-1-edit.jpg

Some of these are still oversize but I'm hitting the sack for now. ;)
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 01:19
Thanks... I did resize the b + W but something went wrong and the darker shades became all noisy and horrid? Not sure how to resize without that happening?

Thanks for the adjustments, I guess I went a little overboard playing with them lol.
AndyB
15-06-2008, 15:28
You beat me to it CT. I was going to suggest they do work in colour but the saturation needed to be taken back a bit. Other than that they are great portraits.
davidbridges
15-06-2008, 15:42
Yeah they seem alright compositionally, the resizing or whatnot has made them look slightly OOF/ oversharpened... whos the host ?
DiddyDave
15-06-2008, 15:42
I thought 'Candids' were unposed shots?

:shrug:

DD
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 22:41
I thought 'Candids' were unposed shots?

:shrug:

DD

They weren't posed. I took them while he was sat in my living room sorting out my battery grip or somesuch. He just happened to be looking up. Had they been posed, I sure wouldn't have chosen such a terrible background lol.
Graelwyn
15-06-2008, 22:42
Yeah they seem alright compositionally, the resizing or whatnot has made them look slightly OOF/ oversharpened... whos the host ?


Photobucket... which never seemed to do great things with my shots. I have flickr, but that doesn't seem to work here with img when I do it. I might have overdone the sharpening anyway pp... I am very new to elements. Only my second time using it.
TheKrikkitWars
16-06-2008, 19:44
Both the mono shots are dismal, if you want to make mono images, you NEED to learn about what makes a good B&W shot, rather than just converting everything to mono and asking if its better, Mono≠Instart.

If shooting in colour is your thing... keep the colour. Anyway; rant over sorry if that seemed slightly harsh.

The second is a really, really nice capture, but currently a bad photo, go sort the colour balance and it will be lovely.

I took the liberty of taking the photo and making an attempt at converting it to B&W myself.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/IMG_0003-1a.jpg (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66682)
Graelwyn
16-06-2008, 21:15
Thankyou, but I see no reason to be so harsh nor rude about it thankyou very much. I am new to digital, and maybe you should bear that in mind before spouting off. I shot plenty of b + w film and find your remark highly insulting, not to mention insensitive, with no attempt made to word it a little more carefully. My self confidence in my photography is already s**t without the likes of you rubbing it in. Think I shalll just sell off the stupid camera and put it down to another of my useless failings.
davidbridges
17-06-2008, 10:17
Thankyou, but I see no reason to be so harsh nor rude about it thankyou very much. I am new to digital, and maybe you should bear that in mind before spouting off. I shot plenty of b + w film and find your remark highly insulting, not to mention insensitive, with no attempt made to word it a little more carefully. My self confidence in my photography is already s**t without the likes of you rubbing it in. Think I shalll just sell off the stupid camera and put it down to another of my useless failings.

Calm down... People are only trying to help