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12-MAR-2004 Lonnit Rysher

* Tires by Lonnit Rysher


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Guest 18-Mar-2004 15:05
Not possible b/c the branches are right in front of the fence I'm shooting thru and the tires are so far away that this shot is about a 1/5th crop of the original shot, and I'm zoomed in all the way with my 75-300mm.

I'd played with the sharpening but I didn't like it any sharper than this. I loved the smooth dustiness of the tires and keeping it soft, IMO, maintained a nice silky smooth feel.

Thanks for the suggestions. :) ~ Lonnit
Guest 17-Mar-2004 08:44
I too noticed the stems or branches in the way, but my reaction was not to move them out of the way but to stop down instead to bring them more into definition. Depending on the distances involved, though, that might not be possible.

And about sharpening, you might want to play with using USM with a relatively large radius to bring out the 3D nature of the tire pile, although a flat image would make a nice, abstract presentation. -- Victor
ctfchallenge17-Mar-2004 03:19
Phil, I did laugh at the pun! LOL! I'd considered BW for this but decided it needed the color. Maybe you're right about it needing a splash. I thought it was a very unique color combination though, the soft grey and soft tan. That's not a common combination, so I figured it was enough to stand on its own. As for the crop, I did hesitate on that top crop you mention. It brought the rest of the shot to a very poor alignment though, including bringing that branch on the left way too high. I felt this was the best crop I was stuck with. Thanks for the comments. I'm glad to see I actually thought about the things you mentioned. It means I'm on the right track. :)

And, to the mystery person, thank you for the very nice compliment. :)

~Lonnit

Guest 16-Mar-2004 21:56
I have my "ultra-critical" head on today...
For me, this is a little "flat" (no pun intended). If there was just some way of adding a dash of colour (the brown at the front doesn't do it) then I think it would work better. And perhaps a slight extra crop at the top. Phil
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Mar-2004 21:43
Not quite sure I like a photo of a pile of tyres but I do - says a lot for the image though that something like this can be good to look at.
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Mar-2004 03:44
Knowing that is was the vines and fence in the shot, I didn't notice that it was coming across as sort of flying dust. I love that you're getting that sense and I like the shot even more now! I was going to pull it. Thanks for changing my mind. :)

As for the sharpening, that is something that I am very particular about. As I was doing it I knew it would be very wrong to have this tack sharp. Brand new cris-edged tires - you bet, super sharp. These dusty old things, soft is the only way to go. I think too many people get carried away with sharpening. Just because one has the ability to sharpen, doesn't mean one should do it every time. :) I really appreciate that you picked that off b/c it was a very conscious decision. :)

~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Mar-2004 03:35
Lonnit, that's nice that you did not oversharp this image. Looks nice - especially the foreground unfocused grass and gray dustiness of the tires!

Great job!

Alex (alekas)
Tabs 15-Mar-2004 02:57
Very nice shot. I almost get the feeling of the dust from the tires flying around me making me sneeze!
Canon DSLR Challenge14-Mar-2004 18:52
Intriguing (sp?) image, brings back memories as I used to work for a car tire company in my teens. I'm not sure it would be a better image without the branches, they add some color splashes and also something that looks like dust in the air...
-FretNoMore aka Anders
Guest 14-Mar-2004 03:37
Unfortunately this was taken with my 300mm at full throttle. I couldn't get any closer. There was a very old chain link fence that I had to shoot thru, that was covered in vines. The tires were in the middle of a massively huge hunk of land where an enormous supermarket is going up. This shot is a crop of a much larger shot that showed lots more tires and some background. This was the best crop I could get that eliminated the largest possible amount of the foreground obstructions. I liked it so much though that I figured I'd submit it and see what the reactions were. I would love to reshoot, but I don't think I'm willing to stand on the roof of my Lexus to do it! LOL! Hubbys 4x4 would do, but I won't really be able to get him over to the site during the nice moring light. Oh well!

Lonnit
Teapot 13-Mar-2004 16:55
I like this one the best of your 3 entries Lonnit. The branches in the way detract a little from it. Any chance of a reshoot with the branches removed.
Olaf.dk 13-Mar-2004 14:16
Oh, did you also try one up close, just showing the tread pattern of one of the tires? No good? --Olaf
Olaf.dk 13-Mar-2004 14:13
It looks like there are some branches or something in the way, very close to the lens (way out of focus). Could you have held them away? --Olaf
Guest 13-Mar-2004 14:05
Lonnit this is excellent!!! Wonderful pattern!!