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| Quote: | Originally posted by grover
Anybody know where the "glorieta de la Diana" is? |
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Here, Doug's photo is underexposed because the camera's meter was influenced by the dominant tone, the sky, stopping down the aperture/shutter speed.
Think about all the friends you shot at the beach who came out with shadowfaces. Those kinds of shots should be made with flash. In this case flash
would not have reached, so some compensation was called for, about 1 stop.
A valuable tool to salvage these shots can be found in Photoshop CS (Version 8), "Shadows & Highlights".
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Then again, sometimes an artist wants the silhouette of an object's shape to contrast against a background.
Not my picture to comment further. It's on the Tijuana tourism site:
http://www.seetijuana.com/tijuanasite/venatijuana/welcome_sl...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Nikon
A valuable tool to salvage these shots can be found in Photoshop CS (Version 8), "Shadows & Highlights". |
A bit forward, if you ask me, to critique his photo like that (this isn't dpreview.com) But wth that said...
Yes, this is a valuable technical tool that has also been added to Photoshop Elements 3 for those who would rather only spend less than $100 on
software and just to touch up photos.
Unfortunately, I think art sometimes gets lost in the technical details. From a personal artistic perspective I like the darker silhouette of the
statue against the sky and would probably just crop some from the left and the bottom to emphasize it even more. I think it is a matter of what the
photographer wants to convey...
Doug: I completely understand if you wanna give us both a big :moon::moon:
for "butting" in on your attempt to show a location. 
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Oops...
I see you were thinking and typing pretty much the same thing at the same time that I was, Doug. 
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Herb, not all posts are directed toward the original poster, mine wasn't; all information I gave was accurate and can be absorbed by anyone who makes
pictures. That was my intention.
I'm sure if you look enough, you'll find more worthy opportunities to bunch your panties.
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Misunderstood...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Nikon
Herb, not all posts are directed toward the original poster, mine wasn't; all information I gave was accurate and can be absorbed by anyone who makes
pictures. That was my intention.
I'm sure if you look enough, you'll find more worthy opportunities to bunch your panties. |
My panties were not in a wad. I did think it a bit rude in much the same way as
if I showed up at a party at your place and began to explain to other guests the techniques you could have used to get your carpet even cleaner
(unless, of course, you asked for the feedback.) As it turns out, it wasn't Doug's photo (maybe you had already followed the link and knew that in
which case I would not see the comments as rude).
But, beyond that, yes your information was accurate, and very good info (and a tool that has saved many of my photos from the recycle bin). I was
merely adding to the discussion by pointing out, from an artistic perspective, that differnt techniques can be applied to the same photo and yield
different results depending on what the photographer wants to convey...
BTW - I rarely get bunched undies over a message board. Life is waaaay too short!
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I wonder if he's an eskimo
Hey Nikon, do you share your wife too? Or maybe we should find a new one for
you if we don't approve of this one?
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Phew! Who brought in something dead?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by grover
I have no idea where that is; evidently on an approach to the border from other than the border fence, correct? |
Correct.
This is in the Zona Rio, near the Hotel Pueblo Amigo.
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