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What do you think?

Postby jeykey » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:05 am

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Tell me what you think about this shot.  :)
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:21 am

The clouds, sky and aircraft are all very good.... but I would have taken the shot over some mountains or something - that sea is a bit dull. Also, if you want the retro black and white look, it might be better trying a sepia effect. ;)
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Re: What do you think?

Postby JLangholzJ » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:56 pm

it might be better trying a sepia effect. ;)



the reason being that based on simply the style of that AC, full color wasn't widely available yet, and B&W although commonplace was starting to get more widely replaced by sepia and other light color films.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:04 pm

it might be better trying a sepia effect. ;)



the reason being that based on simply the style of that AC, full color wasn't widely available yet, and B&W although commonplace was starting to get more widely replaced by sepia and other light color films.



And also cos it'd look better... ;D
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Re: What do you think?

Postby jeykey » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:57 pm

Personally I prefer B&W for his shot, because originally it shouldn't look like an old photograph, but like a simple, sharp, B&W photo.  ;)
But I made two sepia versions. Is it better now?  :)

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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:59 pm

I like the sharper grainy one alot! :D
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Re: What do you think?

Postby Double_Farvel » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:24 pm

Nice! I like the third one the best!  ;) It has the most contrast between the sky/plane and the clouds and water.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby J. » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:41 pm

sepia one indeed look good

spitfire boy, I always see you dishing out on everyone elses work but i do not ever remember seeing you post anything  ::)  

EDIT: just saw your post about 3 down.... but still
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:29 am

[quote]sepia one indeed look good

spitfire boy, I always see you dishing out on everyone elses work but i do not ever remember seeing you post anything
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Re: What do you think?

Postby jeykey » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:59 am

I agree with you completly, spitfire boy!
I always prefer rather critical comments because there's no perfect shot and there is always something to improve.
So when I see a critical comment I know that someone really thought about the shot and not just wrote something.
So thanks for your critique spitfire boy.  ;)
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:29 pm

Sorry about the above post of mine.... I was tired and irritable at the time and I was ready to snap at anything. Although I must say that being accused of lack of contribution I find not only unfounded but also unacceptable, in my mind at least.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby J. » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:32 pm

Sorry about the above post of mine.... I was tired and irritable at the time and I was ready to snap at anything. Although I must say that being accused of lack of contribution I find not only unfounded but also unacceptable, in my mind at least.


i was just saying, you seem ready to critique on everyone elses work yet rarely see yours.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:57 pm

Sorry about the above post of mine.... I was tired and irritable at the time and I was ready to snap at anything. Although I must say that being accused of lack of contribution I find not only unfounded but also unacceptable, in my mind at least.


i was just saying, you seem ready to critique on everyone elses work yet rarely see yours.


But why is there anything fundamentally wrong with that? :-?

P.S. I can't recall seeing much of yours either... ;D

Anyway, lets stop this now before it gets out of hand. I just wanted to make clear that me helping people become better screenshooters by telling them where improvement can be made does not automatically mean I have to chain myself to my computer (I have other things which have to take priority, bear in mind I'm in the exams period, years 10 + 11) and post a fully fledged screenshot set every 5 minutes. I prefer to come up with one occasionally that I feel I've put a lot of effort into. And I do NOT wish to be lectured to on how I should change that habit. I mean, so what if I'm a bit slow posting my work... that does not automatically mean I cannot get involved in this area, where the shots are displayed. It's a common and rather irritating trend I've been noticing... it is NOT tantamount to hypocrisy, because I'm not accusing anyone of anything or belittling them in any way.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby J. » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:10 pm

yeh but i dont post crit in every single post with a shot in. good luck with those exams... the ones you sit in 2 years are much harder though ;)
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Re: What do you think?

Postby spitfire boy » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:34 am

yeh but i dont post crit in every single post with a shot in.


But what's the problem with me doing so? Answer; there isn't one.

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