Many Kites * by Canon DSLR Challenge


21-AUG-2004	Teapot

Taken at a kite festival at the weekend.
There were about 300 kites threaded on the same line.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
1/1000s f/6.3 at 50.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		25-Aug-2004 07:27
Like the image - it gives this strange feeling of not knowing which way is up. - georgef8

Canon DSLR Challenge		25-Aug-2004 02:58
Teapot, I think it's an improvement. It has more zip now. Nice job. Roberta

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Aug-2004 14:46
Played with the levels slightly. Should have darkened the sky a little without affecting the kites too much. Teapot.

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Aug-2004 13:40
I had a go at creating a mask of the kites so that I could darken the sky without affecting kites but just couldn't get the final image to look right. But I agree with the comments made. Teapot.

Vikas Malhotra		24-Aug-2004 07:03
Lovely shot with the kites strung together though second everyone's suggestion on more saturation of the sky. Vikas

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Aug-2004 15:48
I really like it! This shot required two skilled people, the kite flier and the photographer. A little more contrast between the sky and kites would be good. - Larry

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Aug-2004 14:41
Roberta, do you mean bringing out more color and detail from the sky? The kites are pretty good and saturated. I think darkening and increasing the contrast in the sky would do the trick. I would experiment with adding a duplicate layer and setting the layer blending mode to multiply, probably using a black layer mask over the kites (leaving them unaffected). Depending on how that looks, I would maybe do some more tweaking, but it would be my starting point. --Olaf

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Aug-2004 14:17
Teapot, Engaging image and as Ed mentioned, it gives a feeling of infinity. Pretty cool having that many kites all strung together. You might want to play with the contrast/brightness to see if you can make the kites pop more. Roberta

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Aug-2004 12:54
A feeling of infinity. Great colors and composition. (*) A bit more DOF? -Ed Hahn