Black & White (Feedback to improve my skills are greatly welcome!)
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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  • pcgpcg
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    I presume the vignetting is added-on? Great tones, nice light balance, rich blacks. It's a matter of taste, but the vignetting is too obvious for mine--and would have been were you shooting a 1930s lens. It's an effect but one I try to use lightly. Otherwise, nice work
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    You're right on the vignette; it was too much and works in some compositions but not in every one.

    Thank you for your constructive feedback!
  • dannatdannat
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    the kids shots are great, the one which doesn't work for me is the chair - too many greys, i feel it lacks the blk/wht contrast to give it the punch a good blk/wht needs. maybe also because i found it a bit busy distracting
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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  • pcgpcg
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    The skeletal leaf is marvelous. In this case I would have darkened the lefthand stalk is focus a viewer's attention on the leaf itself.
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    dannat said:

    the kids shots are great, the one which doesn't work for me is the chair - too many greys, i feel it lacks the blk/wht contrast to give it the punch a good blk/wht needs. maybe also because i found it a bit busy distracting



    Thanks for your feedback dannat! Good point on the greys.
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    A more dramatic approach based on previous comments.
  • steve1401steve1401
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    I like your photos, but is there any chance you could include them NOT full size - it took an age for the page to load and even though (eventually) my browser resized them, they have hogged a lot of memory and the page is jirky...

    From a B&W perspective, the kid on the wall and the abstract shot both work best for me - good tone and contrast.
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    Thanks for your comments steve1401 and I'm sorry for the big size; I'll replace them with smaller versions but I thought it was better for viewing and I realized the resizing is not a preview with a link to the high resolution version.
  • steve1401steve1401
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    mindthemix said:

    Thanks for your comments steve1401 and I'm sorry for the big size; I'll replace them with smaller versions but I thought it was better for viewing and I realized the resizing is not a preview with a link to the high resolution version.


    No need to apologise :-)

    I don't know which image host you use, but you can always make a smaller image appear on the page, which links to the full size one - it's easy with Flickr as Flickr has a handy code generator tool to give you the code, see below:

    Jump

    EDIT - just realised I have turned off full size viewing in Flickr, but principle applies :-)
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  • X10LeicaX10Leica
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    Great B&Ws .. Recalls a Rollei Retro 80s pushed and pushed ..
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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  • cosinaphilecosinaphile
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    keep it up and explore whats possible , your work is good ...and you have an eye
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  • stockografiestockografie
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    Great shot´s. But I also must say that the vignette is just a little to obvious.
    What I tend to do with BW shots is to convert them in LR3 and play with the red, green and blue myself instead of LR3 managing this automatically.
    I love the kids picture on the skateboard. Did you use a fill in flash on this one?
    Keep up the great shots.
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    cosinaphile said:

    keep it up and explore whats possible , your work is good ...and you have an eye



    Thanks so much for your positive feedback!
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    stockografie said:

    Great shot´s. But I also must say that the vignette is just a little to obvious.
    What I tend to do with BW shots is to convert them in LR3 and play with the red, green and blue myself instead of LR3 managing this automatically.
    I love the kids picture on the skateboard. Did you use a fill in flash on this one?
    Keep up the great shots.



    Thanks for your time reviewing my photos and great feeback.

    You're right on the vignette, I have to stop adding that effect and apply only for those shots.

    For the kids I used off-camera flash (Metz 28AF3-N), ND filter on and shutter speed above 1000
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    Daddy's perspective

    My Son's perspective
  • stockografiestockografie
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    Great shots of the Cobra, although I do like the color ones you added better. The Red is just damn sexy on this car.
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  • collierportraitscollierportraits
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    They are very nice images. Keep them coming...

    Are you shooting in B&W or converting later? If conv, then how much PP are you doing to the images?
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    collierportraits said:

    They are very nice images. Keep them coming...

    Are you shooting in B&W or converting later? If conv, then how much PP are you doing to the images?



    Thanks for your positive feedback!

    I shoot RAW+jpg then Silver Efex 2 Pro in Aperture. In this case I only applied High Structure preset at 30%. I'm learning a lot shooting in B&W so checking the JPG gives me instant feedback.
  • mindthemixmindthemix
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    stockografie said:

    Great shots of the Cobra, although I do like the color ones you added better. The Red is just damn sexy on this car.



    Thanks for your feedback! This car in red is really hot.
  • julian_areax100julian_areax100
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    @mindthemix awesome shots, can you write what settings you used for each picture? you are as sharp as a knife :)
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