OcUK Photo Comp - Season Five : Round Five - "Emotion" DISCUSSION

hoodmeister · 17 Jul 2006 at 13:40

Yep.

Email me ~ thehoodmeister [at] hoodi [dot] plus [dot] com

Vipernet · 17 Jul 2006 at 13:49

n/p email in trust dude.

Vipernet · 17 Jul 2006 at 13:49

lol, kind bunch aren't we?

morgan · 17 Jul 2006 at 13:56

cheers guys. have emailed hoodmeister. never entered the comps before..thought i may as well have a go.

nothing to loose but my sanity, dignity, reputation...

Colin_da_Killer · 17 Jul 2006 at 13:59

http://imageshack.us/

Free image hosting...

morgan · 17 Jul 2006 at 14:22

didnt think i could link from imageshack..cheers anyway. piccy now online. thanks again hoodi

cyKey · 17 Jul 2006 at 14:29

Colin_da_Killer said:
http://imageshack.us/

Free image hosting...

Flickr > Imageshack

Just as free, has far better features and allows hotlinking.

Colin_da_Killer · 17 Jul 2006 at 16:14

cyKey said:
Flickr > Imageshack Just as free, has far better features and allows hotlinking.

You can hotlink off imageshack... you also don't need to register

To each their own

PaulStat · 17 Jul 2006 at 16:43

that's a great shot morgan, will be hard to beat that one

cyKey · 17 Jul 2006 at 17:26

PaulStat said:
that's a great shot morgan, will be hard to beat that one

He's probably not going to accept my opinion but I don't like it. It focuses on the back of the guys head more than anything in the shot. It would be better if the woman's face was in focus imho. Its just the first thing you really focus on is the guys slightly curled hair. Just doesn't work for me. Hopefully someone else thinks the same so it doesn't seem like its just me having a pop at him

danza · 17 Jul 2006 at 17:43

cyKey said:
He's probably not going to accept opinion but I don't like it. It focuses on the back of the guys head more than anything in the shot. It would be better if the woman's face was in focus imho. Its just the first thing you really focus on is the guys slightly curled hair. Just doesn't work for me. Hopefully someone else thinks the same so it doesn't seem like its just me having a pop at him

I agree to an extent. The DoF is too shallow really, but the picture does communicate emotion more effectively than the other pictures so far. Lets see what happens eh?

cyKey · 17 Jul 2006 at 17:45

danza said:
I agree to an extent. The DoF is too shallow really, but the picture does communicate emotion more effectively than the other pictures so far. Lets see what happens eh?

I dunno, TerraS's does a pretty good job

danza · 17 Jul 2006 at 17:58

cyKey said:
I dunno, TerraS's does a pretty good job

True!

Raymond Lin · 17 Jul 2006 at 18:00

cyKey said:
He's probably not going to accept opinion but I don't like it. It focuses on the back of the guys head more than anything in the shot. It would be better if the woman's face was in focus imho. Its just the first thing you really focus on is the guys slightly curled hair. Just doesn't work for me. Hopefully someone else thinks the same so it doesn't seem like its just me having a pop at him

I'll add my 2 p's worth, sorry morgan. Nice idea but it doesn't work.

like others have said, DOF is too shallow, focus is wrong, composition is too far to the left. Also the photo is a bit flat, the lighting is off, which makes the contrast a bit weak too.

brocksta · 17 Jul 2006 at 18:56

danza said:
I agree to an extent. The DoF is too shallow really, but the picture does communicate emotion more effectively than the other pictures so far. Lets see what happens eh?

what about mine!!!!

morgan · 17 Jul 2006 at 19:48

thanks for the comments people. its all good.

never do these comps but thought i should contribute a bit.

was going to post one of the following:

morgan · 17 Jul 2006 at 19:50

and I went for the shot I did. I just like it. It may not be good technically but it was a very special moment. The focus is actually on the ring. Obviously during the dance it is very hard to imagine the shot, focus, recompose and shoot all in such a small amount of time. If I hadnt pressed the shutter the moment would have passed.

critsim isnt having a pop. terras is the winner for me. sex sells and they are great cans

Raymond Lin said:
I'll add my 2 p's worth, sorry morgan. Nice idea but it doesn't work.

like others have said, DOF is too shallow, focus is wrong, composition is too far to the left. Also the photo is a bit flat, the lighting is off, which makes the contrast a bit weak too.

Ouch! all construstive critism though so thanks.

Just had a look at your shot. The focus is off on the bacon at the front of the plate, I might also add that you have blown the highlights on the furthest sausage from the camera. Also if you had used the rule of thirds to get the egg slightly more to the right of the frame you would gain more impact

brocksta · 17 Jul 2006 at 19:57

morgan said:
I might also add that you have blown the highlights on the furthest sausage from the camera.

lol, made me giggle

King_Boru · 17 Jul 2006 at 20:27

The focus is actually on the ring.

Going by the title of the picture you mention 'totally in love'. The first thing that came to my mind was is she in love with the ring or him? I think to display the 'totally in love' feeling the focos should have been in the area that their eyes seem to be gazing at eachother, just that little square and apply the DOF around it.

However I do totally agree with you how you need to set everything up. But in these scenarios the AV Priority Mode should come in handy. Setting a stop of 5.6 or lower will help loads with the DOF.

Nice try all the same. Glad you entered the compition.

King.

Blackvault · 17 Jul 2006 at 20:56

Ok mine is up. It's of a mate that has just got smacked in the lower regions by a foot ball. Can't more emotional and painful than that

Blackvault