Thoughts

[john michael white]

I have been debating about the following two pictures.  I am kind of torn and unsure.  I like them, and the action that the blurring suggests, I am just not sure if they work or not.  What do y’all think, do the images work or are they too out of focus to be any good for anything?

[lee church]

JMW, Hope you’re feeling better bud.

1. Not a bad shot I’d put it w/ the collection just because it’s part of the story line.

2. It almost looks like you used a Tilt or something, almost.

[Shannon Drawe]

Blurs are always a tough call. My personal rule is that something somewhere (it could be almost anything) has to be sharp. Otherwise, in my eyes, it’s an unintentional situation. shannon

[Mike McKeown]

Kinda agree with Shannon, there has to be something to hold the focus… they are nice, but not quite there…
This from a novice…

[john michael white]

Thanks guys.

[Chad Simcox]

Here is my critical, honest feedback.
The first photo is a good personal memory, but I don’t think it’s useful for anything on a publishing level. The shot doesn’t tell the viewer anything. I have no idea what the photo is really about other than netting a fish. There seems to be no true focal point. We don’t really see the fish. The motion blur looks unintentional, it’s not apparent/prominent enough to suggest that you’re trying to show that action. Over all the image is very flat, both in contrast and in composition. The “focal point” is centered, that’s bad composition. I want to see something more dynamic than a hand coming from the side of the frame to the center. The muddy mess at the bottom of the frame looks like a smudge on the lens. I can’t really tell whats going on, and it doesn’t add anything to the photo.
I can’t see the second photo, it’s marked as “content protected by owner”.

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[john michael white]

Good feedback Chad.

[David Anderson]

JMW, I can’t see the photos ?

www.dsaphoto.com

A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.

[john michael white]

David,

I had deleted them off my website, since they weren’t that good.

[David Anderson]

Any chump can take a nice photo of a static situation these days on their flash DSLR and wizz bang softwear, but motion is one of the hardest things to capture on a camera and it can take zillions of frames and experimenting to get right.

The shots above look ok to me and if included in a photo spread may well be fine.

The only negative comment I would offer is that they’re not cropped tight enough because IMHO you don’t need all that background to make the point.

The angler netting the fish is cool.

www.dsaphoto.com

A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.

[Ben Cochran]

I am not one for processing an image in order to save it as much as I like it a lot more when the photographer maps everything out, prior to the shot. Having said that, IMHO, blur works out best with B&W as it can add a very dramatic artistic impact to the image. I feel that different crops would also add a tremendous amount of additional effect to these shots and you may end up with some really cool shots.

If it is ok with you, I would be more than happy to do a little post edit and repost your exact same shots with a different crop and perhaps conversion, to better illustrate what I am talking about and with your permission…

[john michael white]

Sure Ben, you have my permission to show me what you are talking about with these shots.

[Ben Cochran]

Here ya go… I only spent a short bit of time on these but I hope you see what I am talking about.

[john michael white]

Thanks Ben.

[john michael white]

Well Ben, I played around a little bit tonight, and here is what I came up with.  Color, Dark B&W, Light B&W, and sepia versions.

Color:

Dark B&W:

Light B&W:

And Sepia:

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