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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/14/2008
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thanks a lot my dear Ania,appreciate your input,with all of my best,
Saad.
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Ania Blazejewska
{K:23981} 12/14/2008
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very good capture Saad
I like these patterns!
perfect in b/w
best regards
ania
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/10/2008
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Thanks a lot for the reply and info, Saad!
Well, if the wished contrast doesn't come right out of the shot, then any afterward editing will be rather for the worse. Contrast is a very delicate thing - it is not managed by software even in our days. Lowering contrast with some software tool always introduces that kind of "haze" all over the image, which no way resembles a lower contrast image as delivered from agood camera. It has to do with the way those algorithms work. They search for edges of great contrast, and then compress the contrast space, in order to lower the differences between the two sides of the edge. (The "edge" is some contour for example.) But then, oh but then! But then the same compression is applied to all areas of the image, even if they don't have such a great contrast. So, since usually most of the image areas are in normal degrees of contrast and only some few are really high contrast, the alteration "corrects" just a few regions and destroys all the others. Which means that such contrast manipulations are to be applied specifically to the appropriate areas. But then, oh but then again! One has to be really careful in selecting those areas. Simply using the lasso to circumscribe some area won't work! One has to apply the appropriate fethering of the selection which is a science in itself. And if one has already a camera that does it the real way, the optical way, there is no reason for not using it. And there is also no reason for following any trends - be them real or only personal impression of what is going on.
About perspective, well indeed, streets are hard for photography. Still, this doesn't mean that one has to stay on a single shot. For example, what about limiting the DoF to the length of that series of jars and coming closer to one of them? The disturbing background could have been eliminated by softening it out of the DoF. And of course best thing would be to shoot some dozen of images with different angles, settings, and so so, and see which one worked best. But really *different* settings and angles.
Cheers!
Nick
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/9/2008
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thank you so much JD,
my best wishes,
Saad.
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txules .
{K:62768} 12/9/2008
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good repetitions that works beautifully in BW, like it....txules
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M jalili
{K:69009} 12/9/2008
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و انت بالف خير حبيبي........ ز
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/9/2008
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UF members!!!!!
it is hard to please you all,I do some shots moody,some of you make it low key,
at another time I do it low key,and again you preferred it with hi key,what should I do to please you all?
In Arabic we quote pleasing all people,is unachieved goal,and I want to achieve that goal to please all my friends,
thank you my dear friend Yazeed,
كل عام وأنتم بخير
Saad.
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/9/2008
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thank you dear Nick,too many issues you mentioned about this shot,about the contrast ,I have lowered it ,to produce more dark image,it is the trend at UF in the last few month,
about the perspective,this is the best I could get,it is a street show,and I have to exclude other items from being in the shot,the angle,and other items are all related to the camera,it was point and shoot one,
my best wishes,
Saad.
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M jalili
{K:69009} 12/9/2008
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I like this composition and perspective . but I like it in this tone .
Regards dear .....
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 12/9/2008
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A good idea and also a good shot here, Saad! The details are OK and the lighting also. Perhaps a bit more contrast, which in this case I think means that a bit more exposure was needed. (Attachment).
The perepective is still not as powerful as it could have been. Wider angle, hyperfocus, and get nearer some of the many glasses with perrer, so that you put a tension into the image by exaggerating the difference of optical sizes from near to far.
Cheers!
Nick
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/9/2008
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thank you so much Aziz,
my wishes,
Saad.
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aZiZ aBc
{K:28345} 12/9/2008
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EXCELLENT, .. 7/7
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/8/2008
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thank you my friend for the visit,and yes ,the images colors are the green for the covers of the cans ,and yellow for the contents,I thought that the repetition will more pronounced in the gray tones,thanks again,
Saad.
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Billy Bloggs
{K:51043} 12/8/2008
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Good use of the repeating pattern. It looks like the scene was very colourful, but converting to black and white was probably a good choice if you wanted us to concentrate on the repetitive shapes.
Regards, Gary
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/8/2008
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Hi Stan,it is exposed in the street from the shop,this is in local small markets that sells everything used as a food,about the pickles,
Iraqis,never ever bought pickles from anywhere except Iraq,where they do the finest pickles in the world,the pickle you see in the shot,is just some peppers and some other vegetables kept in highly salted water,I have even not tested it when they brought it with the food at the restaurants,
Saad.
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 12/8/2008
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that one is not bought as pickles Harry,all the jars here are pickled one,one thing you do not about Iraqis,they never ever bought pickles from anywhere except Iraq,where they do the finest pickles in the world,the pickle you see in the shot,is just some peppers kept in highly salted water,no Turkey,Syria,and Iran,and all our neighbors takes pickles from Iraq,
Saad.
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Wolf Zorrito
{K:78768} 12/8/2008
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I love the top row with alternating bottles. I expect he will soon have more items to sell, i.e. cats claw medicine from Iraq !
Harry
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 12/8/2008
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I like the repeating patterns of the jars and the tones. Nice lighting for the circumstances. Was this under a tent or a store front. Nice POV. Did you buy any?
be well, Stan
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