If you said "I shot this pic at 12800 iso" back in the film era people would have just laughed at you
Spank,i don't really like them,perhaps you are right when you say you were uninspired
The weather wasn't 100% cooperative and I was sort of learning as I went w/r/t architectural photography, but it was fun, I got paid, and the designers liked the photos. So I guess it's fine.
For my Photography A level we are taking pictures based on other photographers styles and techniques. I have taken this and then edited it:
I was wondering if anyone knows a photographer, whether they are amateur or well known that uses a technique of mixing colour and black and white, like above. Will really appreciate it if anyone knows of any, thanks!
I don't know any photographer which makes use of this tecnique but...
I can't really appreciate partial desaturations,they make me think the picture was bad or the subject wasn't clear so the one who shot it decided not to throw it into the bin but to make it look like it's cool without an apparent reason.
If i look at your picture i feel the urge to say:"Why?",what is the purpose of having a grey(not much black nor white there) background and a yellow jumper?I can't really understand it,the action is good but the environment is distracting in the upper area.
For me this tecnique is almost completely useless.
I wouldn't describe it as a photographic technique. It's a graphic technique.
I've only seen it used once effectively, in the film Schindler's List. It was emotive and it worked, but for me that was its once-only usage, never to be repeated.
Excellent stuff but... wait... you complain about the weather while you have that kind of scenery around?
You should come here to to shoot - no light and year-round snowy slush. They even import solar panels fully recharged to here so we could use them as batteries.
Can't give you any names nor links to actual photos, but whenever I see something like that, it's usually red-ish and b/w, rarely ever anything else, perhaps blue. Very cold or very warm, definitely the extremes.
Your shot is good, but somewhat lifeless. I think the partial desaturation, as IlGuercio so eloquently put it, only works for romantic/erotic or cold/sinister subjects, not so much for action shots like yours.
I'll let my imagination go bonkers for a moment:
A dog, black background, blood dripping from its mouth, only the blood in colour, perhaps oversaturated, everything else b/w.
Strawberries on a curvaceous girl, probably just the torso, only the strawberries in colour.
Portrait of someone with blue eyes, neutral or hostile expression, only the eyes in colour.
Hmm, well we were just told to experiment with the photos in different ways and I was just messing around and came up with that. I'll have a look into Schindlers list, see if I can find anything there. Thanks
I agree with you nut i would go for partial desaturation just in case the subject is ALREADY clear.
I've seen so many pictures that deserved to be deleted yet its owner doesn't want to and tries to save it somehow by applying strange effect or absurd crops.If a picture is confused,if you wanted to highlight some of the colours but you couldn't,well,delete it.
I haven't been taking pics for a good 4 months now and the reason is i don't see anything good around me.
If i went shooting now i would just come back home with few pics and all going to be cancelled.
This isn't,of course,the case.The subject is clear apart from the desaturation and the action is good.If it was me i would have processed it differently,but that's another story.
Well, it was more that I'd set up to take some shots of the house and then a giant cloud would pass in front of the sun and I'd sit around with my dick in my hand for 30 minutes waiting for the light to come back.
I have this weird blue dot (upper right corner) on some of my recent Pictures. What could that be? I'm pretty sure it isn't dust since it appears on different areas on the pictures.
I'd think the 70-200/4 would be more than sufficient for rallying (assuming good weather). I hear it's plenty sharp and there's no real need for f/2.8. Renting a higher-end body might be good, but you'd have to have time to familiarize yourself. Learning a new body on the job probably isn't the best idea.
