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chewbakarox
5th of January 2009 (Mon), 23:17
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1025/3173169322_5621517491_o.jpg

Canon Rebel XSi/450D
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Kit Lens)
Shutter Speed: 0.6 sec
f8.0
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 25mm

First post here - would love to hear what you all think. No post processing except for conversion to JPEG and resizing. Any tips regarding composition or PP would be greatly appreciated!
hecster
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 00:40
very cool! however, that person in white on the right side could go.
chewbakarox
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 10:47
Hecster - Thanks for the input. The guy in the white certainly is distracting. Would cropping him out be something fairly easy to do in Photoshop?

Anyone else with some C&C? Be brutal - I need to know what I'm doing right or wrong!!
skrewz
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 11:28
I would crop him.
Just use the clone stamp tool and turn him into the background (black)
Nice pic.
chewbakarox
6th of January 2009 (Tue), 16:20
I would crop him.
Just use the clone stamp tool and turn him into the background (black)
Nice pic.

Cool...Never used the clone stamp tool before in PS but I'll give it a shot tonight!
howaboutnow
7th of January 2009 (Wed), 01:34
Very nice.

I would of done a closer up shot maybe trying to get more the lighted trees in the background? Just a diff angle.
chewbakarox
7th of January 2009 (Wed), 23:37
OK....Used the clone stamp tool to get rid of the dude in white, increased the saturation, and sharpened the image. I also increased the image size a bit, since I learned that I can do that if I use Flickr as my host. Would love to hear what you all think now.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3179152802_cace8c70f6_o.jpg
howaboutnow
8th of January 2009 (Thu), 03:13
Stunning
F4 Cyborg
8th of January 2009 (Thu), 09:24
100% improvement, reminds me of a Christmas song I think it was Christmas balls
chewbakarox
8th of January 2009 (Thu), 10:27
Thanks for the compliments. I have another one of the ornaments with Radio City Music Hall in the background. That one will require a lot of PP but I'll post it up to see what you guys think!
scorpio_e
8th of January 2009 (Thu), 11:34
Great work . Pre and post:)
chewbakarox
8th of January 2009 (Thu), 21:06
OK...Here's the other one with the Radio City Music Hall lights in the background. Literally was only able to take one shot before they turned the Radio City lights off. PP included fixing a crooked horizon, bumping up saturation, turning up brightness a bit, upping contrast, and sharpening. Thoughts?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3181565010_de6872bde2_o.jpg
chewbakarox
9th of January 2009 (Fri), 09:40
Bump....fixed the link for the image above.