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EyeDocPhotog
ParticipantYou’re a site moderator.
ParticipantOh, no, Bill…. you got it all wrong.
I was TRYING to be funny… that’s the problem with not being able to see the person’s face during the reply.
I KNEW this was going to happen… I’m not angry! I LIKE the shots.
Was just making a joke about Canon / Nikon usage.
I’m sorry if I insulted anyone… 🙁
ParticipantThese shots are aweful! I can’t even make them out as living subjects – green blows, grey mounds of feathers…
Wait…. I see the error straight away. You’re shooting with those cryptic algorithms from Nikon.
Just a sec while I get out my “visual Van Gogh with a touch of El Geco” simulator glasses, and….
Voila, now all is well! Beautiful and well done, Tara!
To the admins: could we have a radio button for posters to click alerting others of the potential hazards to viewing work in alien formats such as Nikon, Leica, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Sigma? Thank you.
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ParticipantShort form of your rant: I witnessed nepotism in a public forum of which I am not a fiduciary; I don’t agree with it.
My answer: You’ll see this again. It’s life.
Tangential note: Dispense with profanities in an argument in which you are hoping to win supporters.
ParticipantOk, WCS, sitcom was a poor choice of words.
BUT… weren’t you flabbergasted to find a recurring youtube-based series aimed at the exact topic of this forum? I don’t produce it, just discovered it by accident.
Don’t be a wet blanket, dude. I was stoked when I saw it! 🙂
ParticipantOMG, this is like looking a gift horse in the mouth!!
ParticipantI just got a banner idea…
To hell with Topaz and CS6 refine tools – let that ‘Clipping Path service’ fellow who advertises on here every 3-4 weeks have a go at it. I’ll bet you’ll wonder how you ever managed without him!
Participantsoft tissue injuries are the nastiest… they’re like the game Othello “a moment to learn a lifetime to master” except RSI takes a lifetime to heal.
I would try CC’s suggestions, especially if you have LESS trouble with a pen, tryout a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet. Being a gadget geek extraordinaire, I have one and it is a lifesaver over tedious mouse work. There are tons of youtube videos on setup and use. I had ordered one from Amazon with the intent on returning it if I didn’t like it. Do the same. No worries if you don’t like it.
Participantyou’ve probably seen these, but they are nice tutorials which give you a sense of how easy (and sometimes, labor intensive) Remask can be.
ParticipantI personally use remask from Topaz. It makes short work of masking out large areas with moderate to poor contrast between back- and foreground, and seems to ‘know’ what you are trying to keep or cut. The smart brush tool is VERY cool. It’s great for everything from large smooth edged items all the way to trees with lots of little branches.
BUT…
When trying to cut out a blond haired woman with fine, wispy hairs every which way, I’ve found I’ll spend just as much time in Remask as I would have in CS6 using all the refine selection tools.
I have a Mac Pro with 8 cores and Topaz goes like lightening, but it will run very fast on a laptop, no sweat.
ParticipantI can’t speak intelligently about the artsiness of the works – that’s subjective.
OBJECTIVELY, however, when doing portrait work it’s a good idea to have your subject in the foreground – almost all of yours are clearly not. Some portrait photogs will even tell you to fill the frame with the subject’s face. I had a difficult time trying to decide where you INTENDED the focal point of the shots to be – it should be obvious to the viewer – instead of “ok, there’s a flag with a grey sky & tilted horizon line and the girl is looking down, on her knees, and it’s way underexposed. What’s the point here?”
The one real portrait-ish (red hair and blue eyes) seems a stop underexposed and too much saturation / vibrance on the right eye.
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DISCLAIMER:
I’m a dad first, a husband second, a doctor third, and a hobbyist photographer VERY distant forth. In the spirit of ‘take everything with a grain of salt,’ please don’t google me and launch into a diatribe of unpleasantness on twitter or FB with “who are you to tell me?!” or perhaps “let’s see you do better work, bozo.” I’ll go on record now that I’m no one, and I can’t.
ParticipantWill someone here tell me why the photos on their site are such poor quality? It certainly appeared from a profanity-laced rant that there would be some examples…
My question is not meant as incendiary. I do think this company has nice work, and if WCS says Ebi ‘knows what’s what,’ can you (or another) fill me in, please? What’s wrong with the photos? Two specific examples would do just fine.
ParticipantNo, WCS, you have it wrong. I am neither challenging nor disputing the claims Ebi made – I want to LEARN here. I don’t usually see WHAT I THINK is great photography and then later learn that the ‘powers that be’ above me think it’s awful.
I just want to know WHY it’s so bad, that’s all.
ParticipantEbi – could you point out a few of the photographs on their site which are so profanely distasteful and perhaps how they could be made better?
ParticipantArt is subjective. One man’s trash is another’s treasure.
That being said, I think their website and the images displayed evince a creativity and skillfulness in photography reserved for those who claim to be ‘top of their field.’
One look at this page http://niceimages.net/further-information/ and you get the sense these folks are not waiting around for the phone to ring. They’re making < dare I say it > REAL money in photography.
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