A New Enemy?

[Preeb]

This is a combination of two photos I took nearly 10 years ago at the Gettysburg Battlefield with my old Nikon E995 P&S. I envision it as if he is assessing the new invasion and wondering whether to open fire, not realizing that his time is long past. Critique is welcome.

EXIF data is:

Nikon E995
Shutter 1/320
Aperture f7.5
ISO 100

I copied the background layer of the shot of the cannon then converted to B&W. I then selected the union officer from another image and copied it as a separate layer, reduced the opacity to about 60% and saved as jpeg.

[windrider86]

I think I'd like to see the placement of the soldier in a different location. The idea is great but its hard to tell if he is standing behind the canon or in front.

[autofocus]

It seems the enemy has some sort of secret weapon in the form of some sort of 4 wheeled vehicles.
Kidding aside, removal of the cars may make for a more powerful image

[autofocus]

Here's a cropped version of what i mentioned above...good solution, if you don't want to bother with cloning out the vehicles in the original configuration


soldier-dps by vmontalbano, on Flickr

[Preeb]

Originally Posted by autofocus

Here's a cropped version of what i mentioned above...good solution, if you don't want to bother with cloning out the vehicles in the original configuration


soldier-dps by vmontalbano, on Flickr

I considered removing the vehicles, then I guess I just got lazy. The placement of the soldier was dictated by the vehicles. They looked really odd when visible through his midsection. I like the cropped version though. If I was taking the photos today I'd do a much better job of examining the background before taking the shot. I was a bit rushed because I was traveling with my wife and her sister, and neither of them is at all into photography, so I was usually just stuck with hurried snapshots.

Thanks all for the suggestions.

[autofocus]

I was a bit rushed because I was traveling with my wife and her sister, and neither of them is at all into photography, so I was usually just stuck with hurried snapshots.

It's a cross you'll have to bear, haha. I have just the opposite problem. There's been many a time that I have to stop my wife, also a photographer, from going crazy shooting. If there's 5 angles to shoot a photo, she'll try to invent the sixth way of doing it Being that I still do 95% of the edits, you can see my plight, sigh....

[Preeb]

Originally Posted by autofocus

It's a cross you'll have to bear, haha. I have just the opposite problem. There's been many a time that I have to stop my wife, also a photographer, from going crazy shooting. If there's 5 angles to shoot a photo, she'll try to invent the sixth way of doing it Being that I still do 95% of the edits, you can see my plight, sigh....

At least it gives you something that you like to do together. I wish that my wife would show more interest. She has a pretty good eye for composition, and with a little effort I think that she could do some good work.