When I Art...

[bmah]

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Here is another:

Up There:

That is really amazing.

[Xiz]

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haha thanks. I feel like for that one I am in 'Bugs Life' or something. I guess that was the inspiration?


(Whats this? I have inspiration for shots now?)

[Xiz]

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I'm on Vacation right now in Pinecrest, California. Snapped a cool pick of my two friends Hannah and Connor when they were not looking. I liked how this one turned out.

That Moment

[midnghtraver]

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In that one of the dandelion, you have the perfect perspective. You make that dandelion look huge. Also, I never realized how much dead dandelion fluff looks like spiders webs.

[Jonlovesddr]

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dam ziz that ones nice

[Xiz]

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Got a few more of my favorties:



(Higher Resolution)

[Pseudo Enigma]

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damn \iz you're pretty good at getting the camera out at the right time.

my fav

[noname219]

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The only thing I want to point out : pay attention to the overall sharpness you want to give to your subjects in post-production.

For example :

The fine details of the dandelion seeds have a thick outline. You can adjust this with Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom (clarity slider) or in Photoshop (contrast slider in Shadow/Highlight I believe ?). A dandelion has a soft texture so, imo, I would try to aim for that.

It really depends of the type of subject. A rocky-texture can be visually more interesting with a higher clarity such as this one :
(what lens did you use btw ?)

(oh and watch out about your copyright/name placement )

Other than that, you really have a good diversity in your pictures. Colours always strike the eye too.

[Xiz]

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The only thing I want to point out : pay attention to the overall sharpness you want to give to your subjects in post-production.

For example :



The fine details of the dandelion seeds have a thick outline. You can adjust this with Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom (clarity slider) or in Photoshop (contrast slider in Shadow/Highlight I believe ?). A dandelion has a soft texture so, imo, I would try to aim for that.

It really depends of the type of subject. A rocky-texture can be visually more interesting with a higher clarity such as this one :
(what lens did you use btw ?)


(oh and watch out about your copyright/name placement )

Other than that, you really have a good diversity in your pictures. Colours always strike the eye too.

Sick dude. Thanks for the advice. And for both photos, I actually used the same lens. A 24-105 f4l

[noname219]

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Sick dude. Thanks for the advice. And for both photos, I actually used the same lens. A 24-105 f4l

Actually, I did look a bit more into your picture (the dandelion one) and it wasn't really the clarity/overall sharpness that caused hard edges but artifacts in the sky. (if you compressed the picture into a lower resolution format, that may have caused this)

To heal your picture, you could do this :



Make a radial filter and reduce the amount of noise (or make a layer mask if you're working on Photoshop). Reducing the clarity and/or sharpness can help too.

Here's the before and after comparison :



And the final result :

I don't like to work with works of others but I figure it could help.

[Xiz]

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^ Holy shit dude thanks a bunch. And yeah, it is actually a lower rez file that I did just for FFR, I can link you to a higher one if interested, but the same issue occurs. It will just make post easier.

I can't thank you enough for your advice. I'll take this to heart.

[noname219]

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You're welcome.

Sure, you can link me the full resolution shot. (could make a damn good background if you ask me )

Another question : do you shot in RAW or in JPEG ?

[Xiz]

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Here is the full rez shot:

And lol you are the 4th person to say it would make a great background :3 I'm so honored!!


EDIT: Now that I look at it, yeah you are right haha. I see what you mean now.

[noname219]

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Same modifications applied :

Note that I removed the small piece of grass at the bottom. ^^

[Xiz]

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So sexy One day I'll learn haha. Thanks for your help man