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Ogrt48
5th of March 2005 (Sat), 18:50
http://www.ogrt48.com/images/whatswrong/ir2.jpg
http://www.ogrt48.com/images/whatswrong/ir3.jpg
Hatem Eldoronki
5th of March 2005 (Sat), 19:26
They are decent for an advanced amateur! Keep it up.
mdude85
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 13:27
they're nice... very very processed, but that's okay if that's the look you're going for.
Steve Parr
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 13:39
The first picture doesn't look like a photo, it looks like a painting. I like it a lot...

Steve
cactusclay
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 13:42
I like them, looks like infared, very cool, nice job. :lol:
am_pitbull_terrier
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 14:18
I like them, looks like infared, very cool, nice job. :lol:

I agree NICE job.
lomond
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 14:29
I like them very much.
The composition is excellent.
As is the PS work IMO.
Kudos.
stoneylonesome
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 18:45
Very good, Very moody in a sense. Keep up the good work :)
cotug
6th of March 2005 (Sun), 23:50
I love the first one. The second seems a bit dark in the foreground. I would lighten it up a bit, maybe blow it out in the highlights. Composition is very nice.
roanjohn
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 08:16
OOOHHHH!!! Eerie!!! Love it!!!

BTW, I live around there :-p

Ro1
Ogrt48
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 11:21
lol its a 10 minute walk from my place ^_^ Just take the little walk way over the highway and I'm on 64th ave right there. Corner of 64th ave and 99th st in Rego Park :D
eljustino
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 16:32
Are they infra red? I like the first one a lot. Excellent for a beginner, and as someone else says great for an advanced amateur too!

I think you have a smart technique (in terms of the infrared or manipulation effects or whatever yields the interesting tones) which adds a lot to both pix, but I think the second one could be better lit and/or cropped. Still not bad though.
Wendy Lilygreen
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 12:16
If you really are a beginner then you are doing really well. I'd like to see some of the dark bits levelled out a bit but you show great creativity and a natural eye for composition, something some people have to really work at. Keep up the good work.
PS can we visit you in NY? We live in Wales in the UK!
IainB
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 16:01
Wonderful, Wendy. Great intensity, especially in the first. Please tell us your post-processing.
Ogrt48
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 16:36
http://www.deviantart.com/view/4595206/ =)
IainB
9th of March 2005 (Wed), 03:11
Sorry Ogrt48! I attributed your work to Wendy. Apologies!
delhi
9th of March 2005 (Wed), 08:04
It's nice! But I'm afraid the amount of post-processing took over the quality of the shot.
charlesu
9th of March 2005 (Wed), 18:40
Excellent! Thanks for posting!
JX
11th of March 2005 (Fri), 10:59
delhi wrote:
It's nice! But I'm afraid the amount of post-processing took over the quality of the shot .

I disagree with you. OGRT48 used Photoshop to create an effect he wanted to convey. Delhi, you make it sound like post-processing is evil, and should not be done.

By the way OGRT48, nicely done.
stoneylonesome
11th of March 2005 (Fri), 12:24
delhi wrote:
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I disagree with you. OGRT48 used Photoshop to create an effect he wanted to convey. Delhi, you make it sound like post-processing is evil, and should not be done.

By the way OGRT48, nicely done.

Like someone pointed out in another thread. "Even film is processed" Ansel Adams sometimes spent more time. "post processing" one of his photo's than he did setting up for it. Photography is ART. and art is in the eye of the beholder. Unless it's photo-journalism there is nothing wrong with manipulating a shot..
delhi
11th of March 2005 (Fri), 12:39
It really depends on what the originator wants to convey. If post-processing is needed to convey the message then go for it. I'm just in the camp of "let's not over post-process until the true picture is lost". I do some post-process myself. But careful not to turn it into something that becomes fake. ;)
btw, this is no on your picture ogrt48. i think they look very nice.
Ogrt48
11th of March 2005 (Fri), 13:39
Well I like it and it printed out lovely. =)
roanjohn
12th of March 2005 (Sat), 10:46
lol its a 10 minute walk from my place ^_^ Just take the little walk way over the highway and I'm on 64th ave right there. Corner of 64th ave and 99th st in Rego Park :D

It's about a 10 minute walk from my place too!!!!:lol::lol::lol: Did you check out the local zoo in the area?? It's a photographers dream!!!

Ro1
Reigh Higgins
12th of March 2005 (Sat), 12:03
Number one is nice. It looks infrared.
serissolutions
13th of March 2005 (Sun), 00:04
Love pic 1. Great use of image planes / layering.
Looks like you touched it up alot in PS. Does not look natural but if thats the look your going for then its really good work.
Composition great.
Ogrt48
13th of March 2005 (Sun), 11:33
It's about a 10 minute walk from my place too!!!!:lol::lol::lol: Did you check out the local zoo in the area?? It's a photographers dream!!!

Ro1

Zoo? o.0 The only zoo I know of isn't around here o.0
Whoops, I just moved here from Cleveland in Oct though so I dont know the area much..
Geeeyejo
13th of March 2005 (Sun), 20:34
Is the globe a remnent from the 64 World Fair? Great shots!
roanjohn
13th of March 2005 (Sun), 21:03
Zoo? o.0 The only zoo I know of isn't around here o.0
Whoops, I just moved here from Cleveland in Oct though so I dont know the area much..

Walk a bit further down.......pass the bridge and make a left (around terrace of the park).......there is the Flushing meadows zoo!!!

Ro1
Ogrt48
13th of March 2005 (Sun), 21:22
Hm, is that what either of these places are?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/MattsOnlyHope/flushing%20meadows/uglyplace.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/MattsOnlyHope/flushing%20meadows/place1.jpg

and how much does it cost to visit? ^_^ I dont have a job and I live off ramen noodles, no joke, I eat em for lunch and dinner :D nothing in the mourning haha. Lifes great =)