| Fei-Hung said: Love the pic and the colours are amazing. I have some friends who do photography as a job for various things so I end up looking at a lot of their work when they are around or when I go over. I've tried my hand at it but my stuff is always hit and miss. Got a few decent pics on my phone but this site is so archaic you can't post pictures from your phone or tablet -_- |
Thanks! The colours weren't as good in the unedited version, the water behind her was sort of green and didn't complement her fans as much.
I think most people's stuff is hit or miss, but as you get more experienced, and as you just expose yourself to more photography, the hits become much more frequent. I've still got a lot to learn but I'm much more capable than I was when I first picked up a DSLR. The good stuff doesn't happen purely by accident anymore, which is what it felt like when I was just starting out. Learning a bit about how to make use of Photoshop and especially Lightroom helped me as well, although I've seen people take amazing stuff just using their phones as well.
I've never tried uploading from my phone, it's probably more archaic than this site. :P I'm using postimage. Anyway, here's one more shot for now. Did this one recently, too, with another friend. Just a bit of a road trip for fun, we actually borrowed a friend's old Ford Falcon and drove around the coast for a day.
| JRPGfan said: Thats a pretty great picture... though I feel thats more her doing than yours. The fans make pretty paterns, and her eyes, thats a strong gaze. |
Trust me, that shot took more work than it looks like it did. We were operating in direct sunlight, ended up pulling over a huge umbrella to cover her so the lighting wasn't harsh. Experimented for a bit until we found an angle that worked. There was a reasonable amount of tweaking of contrast/colour in post, too. If it doesn't look like it's needed a lot of work, though, I take that as a compliment.
Oh, and the "double vision" is depth of field. The feathers closest to and farthest away from my friend are out of focus, because the focus is on her face and I was using a really wide aperture. I guess that bit's a matter of personal taste.
