Photo sharing

[anileve]

Dusken and Siggy, what do you think? What should be improved?

[Emil]

It's out of focus, duh.

[anileve]

That was my intention, however I see that it didn't give the effect I was looking for.

[gevo]

Actually its not that out of focus, its the shutter speed.. if you had made it few tenths longer, you would have gotten better light.. but the problems with that would have been keeping it steady...

was there like dust or mist in the air>???

[Siggie]

Dusken and Siggy, what do you think? What should be improved?

What were you going for with the lack of focus? That's always a gamble. I think it would have worked if there was more than just shadow in focus.

I think it would look much better without that thing in the corner.... it takes up too much of the picture and doesn't add much.

[anileve]

Ok, so it's is out of focus dammit! What can I do, it was taken from a small room through a window. I guess my settings and my steadiness were off. I really liked the lighting of that room. There are a few shades of red, orange and peach. The shadows of the statues gave them that enigmatic appearance. I loved the different shapes of that room as well, the arch, the squared tiles and a wall consisting of the elongated rectangles. Plus the lighting descends into the next room and accentuates the sculptures. It’s sort of “a room within a room, within a room,” surreal feel. Perhaps I am reading into it too much, but when I saw the room I fell in love with the shot. I guess it’s more of a personal sentiment. Now if someone could do me a favor and fix it with Photoshop, I would be eternally grateful. I tried to fix it myself, but I just added a blur, I am still very new to it.

Siggie dear, welcome back. How was Hawaii?

[Siggie]

Ok, so it's is out of focus dammit! What can I do, it was taken from a small room through a window. I guess my settings and my steadiness were off. I really liked the lighting of that room. There are a few shades of red, orange and peach. The shadows of the statues gave them that enigmatic appearance. I loved the different shapes of that room as well, the arch, the squared tiles and a wall consisting of the elongated rectangles. Plus the lighting descends into the next room and accentuates the sculptures. It’s sort of “a room within a room, within a room,” surreal feel. Perhaps I am reading into it too much, but when I saw the room I fell in love with the shot. I guess it’s more of a personal sentiment. Now if someone could do me a favor and fix it with Photoshop, I would be eternally grateful. I tried to fix it myself, but I just added a blur, I am still very new to it.

Siggie dear, welcome back. How was Hawaii?

It may have just been shallow depth of field...
I love the idea. If it's not impossible, you should try to retake it.

Hawaii was a blast. I had a lot of fun, spent a lot of time outside, some time laying out and snorkeling, but managed to tan minimally. How do I do it?

[Siggie]

Okay, how about this look? I did this in a hurry just to see how it would look... you can tell i didn't do it carefully.






*edit
Interesting... I'm looking at this from work now and it looks soooo dark. Practically no difference with the original. xxxxty monitors perhaps.

[anileve]

Thanks for taking your time to improve the quality, but I think it's hopeless. The image looks even more blurry, grainy and the colors are too harsh. I won't be able to get this shot, I don't remember the room I was in. I guess when I have more time I will try to work on it.

[Siggie]

Thanks for taking your time to improve the quality, but I think it's hopeless. The image looks even more blurry, grainy and the colors are too harsh. I won't be able to get this shot, I don't remember the room I was in. I guess when I have more time I will try to work on it.

Yeah... trying to sharpen it in photoshop makes it a bit grainy. It works a bit better with a larger image though. I tried to make that first room, the one you were standing in, lighter, so at least it could be seen that that was in focus, rather than the whole thing looking out of focus.

I think it would be worthwhile to look into it. It's a promising idea.