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Thread: A Night Of Fire

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    A Night Of Fire

    took ths the other night of 2 friends with sparklers....
    the hands are not focused because my focal point was on the sparklers them selves!
    let me know what you think
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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    any tips or suggestions guys?
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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    I wish the hands were sharp and the background didn't have that light line in the center top.

    However I do like the sparks-a lot.

    Nice one.
    No, I DON'T need that.

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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    rylans,

    This image has much potential, you have some interesting subject matter, and a decent composition, however, there are a couple things that distract the viewer from this.

    First, the texture in the background of the dropcloth is distracting. This can simply be fixed by increasing contrast, which also gives some better tones. Also, your composition is already decent, but if you chop that little bit of space off the top and a little bit off the left, then it's even tighter.

    Would you mind if I posted an edited version of this to show you exactly what I'm talking about?

    Nice picture though.

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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    You can also clone out that vertical light in the background.
    Nice shot though.
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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    I really like the hands in this photo. They really add to the shot, esp the closer one being so sharp. The only part that I think might not benefit the image is the strange light in the upper center part of the shot above the sparklers. I think you could clone that out. Nice work

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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    Quote Originally Posted by F-15_Flyer
    rylans,

    This image has much potential, you have some interesting subject matter, and a decent composition, however, there are a couple things that distract the viewer from this.

    First, the texture in the background of the dropcloth is distracting. This can simply be fixed by increasing contrast, which also gives some better tones. Also, your composition is already decent, but if you chop that little bit of space off the top and a little bit off the left, then it's even tighter.

    Would you mind if I posted an edited version of this to show you exactly what I'm talking about?

    Nice picture though.
    sure f-15_flyer go right ahead id love to see how you would like it to appear!

    and thanks everyone for the feed back! and tips! i just downloaded adobe photoshop light room so it will help me with my photos aswell.
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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    Here it is...

    This image belongs to rylans700!


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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    it makes the sparks stand out alot better! thanks, and what program did you use to edit?
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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    Adobe Photoshop, it was quite simple, just upped the contrast a bit, the sharpness just a tad bit, and the crop. All things you'll be able to do with light room, good luck to you!

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    Re: A Night Of Fire

    thanks! i have adobe photoshop 7 and light room as well so ill play with some of my photos tonight thanks
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