photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Canon DSLR Challenge | all galleries >> Challenge 79: Rule of Thirds (with Purple) (Host: mlynn) >> Exhibition: Calendar 2007 Images > OCTOBER - Late Bloomers
previous | next
22-OCT-2006 Lonnit Rysher

OCTOBER - Late Bloomers

Planting Fields, Oyster Bay, NY

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/200s f/16.0 at 43.0mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
share
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Nov-2006 02:51
Bright and beautiful! --Melanie
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Nov-2006 02:23
Kiki, color tweaking is serious if it's a complete change of color. My Stingray was red, and I turned it purple. I must say, I did it for the challenge, but it was a vast improvement of the image. Then again, it was man-made, not nature's perfection, as this is. :) I always color check and correct the color balance, white point, and black point, in my images before doing anything. It's the very first step in my workflow. This image needed no correction. It was perfectly exposed and the colors were right on. I increased the saturation by the tiniest sliver, since I shoot raw and the images are not processed at all in camera. I use no color presets, sharpening, nor contrast - all my images are shot neutral and unprocessed. I tweak or not, to my heart's content, depending upon what the image calls to me. Sometimes I know in advance what kind of a look I'll be going for in the final image, at the time I'm shooting, other times I just capture the image and make the decision when I first call it up in PS. I pretty much shoot from the hip and go with the flow, as it feels right to me. I think if you look thru my galleries you'll find many different subjects and many different styles, although the same subject might receive many different treatments. :)
~ Lonnit
jbhgmvo01-Nov-2006 01:33
Color tweaking is seldom overprocessing. Tweaking saturation and luminance can be. Color correction is very subtle stuff, and those tools the most useful we have, IMO. Since you've modified colors in most of the other entries, with less subtlety, I was half expecting a "how" ;) But I agree that the original above is better. Strong and delightfully bright RGB with a yellow dot in center. Anyways: It's voting time :)
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Nov-2006 00:42
Kiki, for purposes of ease, I am responding here. Thanks for respecting my request about not posting the other image here.

Ok, I see that all you did was to tweak the flower to purple to make it eligible. Here is the reason I did not do that. When I was shooting this, the moment I saw it, I loved it. I snapped the picture and couldn't contain the "YEAH!!" that burst forth from my lips. I nailed it and I was thrilled. I thought nature's colors here so perfect, that it would simply be wrong to change them for the sake of a silly little challenge. It was a perfectly captured shot, and I was proud to have nailed it. So, that's why I decided to enter a lesser shot - one that I was not merely as happy with. It's a great feeling to nail a shot and not have to tweak; I couldn't disrespect the image. I think the pink is much prettier, so it would also be crazy to turn the pink to purple, in effect lessening the perfection of the image. I was so proud of myself for getting the shot and I wanted to be able to lay claim to it being pure.

Now, the irony, is that your peeve was that I process too much, and here you are telling me to process an image I refused to! LOL! Huge smile on my face. :D

I'm not worried about the image in your cache. We don't need to be anal about that. I'll just maintain my anality towards the rule of thirds, thank you! LOL! ;) Now, about that "anal" stuff - what it means is that I am supremely obsessed with using the rule of thirds.

Thank you for the incredible praise for my use of the rule of thirds. Because I do obsess with it, it thrills me that you went thru the image with a fine-tooth comb to discover all the elements of thirdenism. :) Because the love the image so much, in it's natural state, I can't bear to change the color just to make it eligible. I need to be true to myself here, so I simply have to settle for displaying it in exhibition.

The rotation was done in-camera. I often shoot at an angle to add playfulness, tension, etc. If the image screams to me to be tilted, I tilt it. I feel it - I do it. :) Flower shots are a dime a dozen, so I couldn't shoot them if I didn't do it from my own perspective. People often say I take the unique angle on my shots. Well, if the crowd is over there shooting one way, I'll be somewhere else shooting just the opposite. On this same day, when everyone else was lined up in front of the chorus girls, shooting them flat on, I was lying on the floor, next to them, shooting thru their legs! LOL!

As for people not getting it - nobody gets me anyway - so, there's not much of a chance of me caring about that! LOL!

I do sooooo appreciate your commentary, not just here on the rave reviews, but equally so on the mild trashing of the other. Comments are music to my ears. :) I've thoroughly enjoyed both of our conversations.

Warmly,
Lonnit
jbhgmvo31-Oct-2006 23:27
Mailed to your PBase account.
Canon DSLR Challenge31-Oct-2006 22:44
Sure, Kiki, however, I just ask that if you do a rework of the image, that you just provide a link to it, here or in private email, not post the actual rework here with the image. Thanks! ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge31-Oct-2006 20:51
Fabulous. Love the vivid colours, the rotated angle an the contrast against the sky. Excellent late entry! - Najinsky
jbhgmvo31-Oct-2006 16:28
May I ask you something, using the image as an illustration? (a version of it)
Canon DSLR Challenge31-Oct-2006 04:29
LMAOTIRDML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~ Lonnit
jbhgmvo31-Oct-2006 01:58
Bless you.