I'm having second thoughts on the can, too. I don't think I'd change the lighting, but maybe a levels or curves adjustment targeted to the can. If that's too noise, reprocess from raw if you have it with increase exposure compensation and lowest contrast and mix the can area with what you have here to suit. But there really isn't anything wrong with it being so dark in the can. It's just the contrast between that darkness and the even shades of the spools that doesn't seem to match as well as it could. -- Victor
I personally love the blown out background, but you're right about the can. How should I have handled that lightingwise? I wouldn't have wanted to flash the spool, only the inside of the can, so I guess some sort of soft edged spot lighting? I know nothing about lighting. ~ Lonnit
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17-Apr-2004 09:25
At the school I went to in Guatemala, we had a couple of these spools for the kids to use as "toys". The way you used them was to climb up on them and sort of walk, causing the spool to roll. You could go forward by walking backward or go backward by walking forward.
As to the photography, if I were processing this picture, I wouldn't be satisfied with this because the background has very little visible detail. It's blown out. However, I didn't notice this until I started looking for things to criticize. That implies that it probably isn't really a problem with the picture but is a problem with how I tackle processing pictures. Now I can't decide if I want to see more detail or not. I guess I'd like to see some detail in the can, but not necessarily in the wall. -- Victor
I felt the same way. Once again I thought this would be an image that would be ruined by sharpening. I guess I'm getting a good feel for when to sharpen and when not to b/c I've been getting consistant positive comments directly relating to the sharpness when I choose not to sharpen. That's very encouraging. Thanks. :) ~ Lonnit
