DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Beatnik Understudy
Beatnik Understudy
Muppet


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: School Days: Music (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z612
Location: my
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Aperture: F/3.6
ISO: ISO-200
Shutter: 1/6 sec.
Galleries: Emotive, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2007

took this shot in my studio (which is unfortunately my bathroom). used one over head light, and one of those bendy desk lamps. the origional pic was a lot darker. in editing i turned up the adaptive lighting, contrast and sharpness. i then converted to black and white, tinkered with the coloring controls, and turned to sepia. i did all editing on "HP Image Zone". the entire idea was to get a beatniky feeling, and i hope that i did just that...

Statistics
Place: 175 out of 183
Avg (all users): 3.9577
Avg (commenters): 3.3333
Avg (participants): 3.8269
Avg (non-participants): 4.0073
Views since voting: 671
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 189
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
02/28/2007 09:37:44 PM
ok, after getting comments, trying to fix the origional, and being absolutely disgusted with the picture myself, i have come to two conclusions. the first one is that this was my worst picture yet and it should be scrapped. the second conclusion i came to, is that if i had to do it over again, and i probably will someday, i'll add more light, add a black backdrop, and do very different things in my editing process. the lights would at least either have to come from both sides, or be stronger and wider. having the black backdrop would allow me to experiment with colors and spotlighting. (textured walls seem to get every color of the rainbow inside pics, which isn't good if you want to turn up or down the saturation of certain colors). also, the editing would be done in Adobe Photoshop, giving me more options for black and white, sepia, noise, and last, but definitely not least, sharpness. well, that's all i have to say about this piece of trash. sorry if it burned your eyes! ;p

Message edited by author 2007-04-08 00:38:58.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2007 07:47:21 PM
Out of focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/20/2007 12:50:19 PM
It's cool, and it looks really photojournalistic, but it doesn't really appeal to me. Sorry. 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/20/2007 03:24:36 AM
don't like this at all
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/18/2007 04:14:47 PM
The picture is to dark and is out of area
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/17/2007 10:12:10 AM
a bit blurry and the color seems a tad bland
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/16/2007 04:24:26 PM
blurry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/15/2007 03:57:30 PM
Tis a bit OOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/15/2007 09:36:12 AM
The set up of the photo is pretty good - especially the drum and hat. But, this image seems a little fuzzy and the lighting with the sharp shadows is not very flattering to the cool drum. I woudl love to see more detail on the drum - sharpening and improved light might help out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/14/2007 11:24:25 PM
needs to be sharper. strap leads eye out of the picture-distracting. nice color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
02/14/2007 09:56:54 AM
not very sharp
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/14/2025 01:02:47 PM EDT.