Triplets! Color and overall "feel" of the photo?

[fofazoju]

Hi there,

Just wondering what you all thought of the coloring on this photo? When I looked at it on my husband's computer it looked awful (I know all monitors are different).

I like the "antique" look but if it is too green/yellow I'd love to hear. I hope the watermark isn't too distracting

Any changes you would make??

Thanks!

EXIF:
Exposure: 1/160
F: 6.3
Focal Length: 24

[kb93]

Originally Posted by fofazoju

Hi there,

Just wondering what you all thought of the coloring on this photo? When I looked at it on my husband's computer it looked awful (I know all monitors are different).

I like the "antique" look but if it is too green/yellow I'd love to hear. I hope the watermark isn't too distracting

Any changes you would make??

Thanks!

EXIF:
Exposure: 1/160
F: 6.3
Focal Length: 24

I really like the composition, but I would have tried to get all the babies looking the same direction. I know they are hard to get to do much anything with at that age. Great photo though.

[fofazoju]

Thanks!

Trust me, I tried. The baby on the left was crying for a while before the dad set her in there. I actually only had about 5-10 frames shot before she started crying again. Then that was it for the boxes. Hindsight I wish i had tried again later but I only had 45 mins with these babies (mom and dad wanted to get them home to feed) so wanted to get a variety. I just REALLY wanted this shot and am semi-happy on how it turned out.

[ccting]

Wow,, great photo. How did you take photo. Care to tell the detail? technical settings.. and post-production flow.. Anyway, are they the same baby? Or, there are 3 babies? I find all babies are the same one.

It is quite hard to do in post-production as the grass"es" are moving with wind..



Again, back to basic, i am a few question to ask:

Horizon: Horizon found 1/2 cutting the frame, Why? For me, I would rather shoot higher, then tint down the camera so that the horizon falls at 2/3 frame (minimize the sky or even skip the skip). There is must a good reason for you to do that..Care to share?

24mm Focal length: 24mm or 38mm is not normal view, and may be it gives distortion near the edges. The reasoning that I can think have for you the select 24mm is a) You can to shoot near framing those 3 babies. b) You can to get feel of depth, particulary the boxes (21% different in length in box width) c) You can to include the background (grasses) clear, as they are related to the context, d) you want to shoot near to eliminate some disturbing grass between the camera and babies. Is my thinking match yours?

Shape and Pattern: Sharp and clear. The boxes, background and even the babies. Babies are nicely patterned, but in random pose. I have different view with KB93. They already look the same and may be they are the same one, and if they look at one direction, then I might have wrong perception - Copy and paste.. For me, I find it very interesting with different pose as they look same. Even they are different babies, this image seems to give me different perception - Multiple exposure with different posting of 1 same baby, that shows different characteristics and gestures. (The boxes, clothes, grass already the same, I guess there should be something different to make it interesting. Unless they have different faces.)

F6.3: The reasoning that you have f6.3 is, f6.3 gives significant DOF for their eyes which is in different planes. You ensure the background is sharp enough to tell story about this baby, particularly "Where" are there, and the detailed texture about "where".

Lighting condition guessing: Using my own created simplified calculation based on a few available published formulas, EV is around 12~13. Which is just before sunset, or cloudy bright (no shadows), or less possibly heavy overcast, clear sunlight. Is my calculation correct. EV = 12.6, 3 Stops from Midday.

[FlyingKiwiGirl]

Woah ccting! I dying to see some of your shots, you put so much effort into analysing ours. I'm wondering if your practical is as good as your theory How do you find the time to type your replies, must take forever to view all the threads on DPS.

fofazoju, the shot looks good on my non calibrated screen, I like the antique look. Cute babies(I bet the one that was crying just wanted that silly elastic thing off her head!

[graciousness]

Originally Posted by FlyingKiwiGirl

Woah ccting! I dying to see some of your shots, you put so much effort into analysing ours. I'm wondering if your practical is as good as your theory How do you find the time to type your replies, must take forever to view all the threads on DPS.

Can I please super LIKE this?????

Oh and well, when convoluted critiques are applied to images, the result is this - Composition

I'm almost beginning to suspect that it's Photography but hiding in the critique section.....

[ccting]

Originally Posted by FlyingKiwiGirl

Woah ccting! I dying to see some of your shots, you put so much effort into analysing ours. I'm wondering if your practical is as good as your theory How do you find the time to type your replies, must take forever to view all the threads on DPS.

fofazoju, the shot looks good on my non calibrated screen, I like the antique look. Cute babies(I bet the one that was crying just wanted that silly elastic thing off her head!

Wah hahaha, sry to put you dissapointed. I am a newbie. I learn to see photo before learn technically take any photo. Learn to see first before learn to play the camera..

You me have taken the different approach. You learn by shooting, I learn by commenting. Different approach with different goals.

I find out most photographers draw a clear line between art and photography... Interdiciplinary barrier...
If you do literature review on computer graphics, they are doing Mixed reality Video, or augmented reality VR. That's to say, using the real architecture design by autocad, you walk in the model using VR CAVE... of course that thing cost 5-6 million ..

I learn photography not to become photographer, I learn photography to understand color model theories, shape and lines etc etc that may not realistic.. Well, different approach different goals.. commenting is my first step to learn photographing. Learn to see first..then only spend time to capture.