What you may not know is that there was a newspaper box right there at the end of the stairs and was very much in the way. So I removed it with the cloning tool in Photoshop. I have a trial version of Photoshop Cs6 and have been using it a lot here and there. The photo I just posted (Wordless on Wednesday) has a lot done to it from Photoshop. I used to have Cs2 on my old computer and now that I have a new laptop, I wanted to get a newer version of Photoshop, and had to really, because Cs2 wouldn't run on this new one. So, I'm having fun trying to be creative with my photos. Thanks for all your comments and pluses. :-)
Well, you seem to be having fun with your new tools and laptop, which is the main thing, isn't it? :-) i have no Photoshop and sometimes i am missing tools on picassa to remove, like you did. There is a retouch tool, but it's aweful and it doesn't really work well. If i really have to remove something, i have to do it in the Windows Photo Gallery, which takes me a lot of time and i only do it, if unavoidable.
Yes true thijs gerhardus about the framing. I would have cut on the top under the branch on the left, which would have showed the scene nearer. I personally don't mind the bus. I consider framing as a very important, basic thing. I believe, that the framing is always something, what i look at the very beginning.
Believe me , I notice the framing first too, always, but it was something about these stairs, that I decided to leave it like this. For one thing , the rail on the right is a center rail instead of an end rail, like the one on the left that goes down the side of the walkway instead of on top of it. And I had wanted to crop some of the top of it out, but thought that it looked better this way to make it have a bigger impact, because I want to make it a big printed photo, where the girl would appear bigger in it anyway. But I should have used a shade filter across the top in the trees. But to stand right there, it was an amazing feeling, and that's what I wanted to keep in this photo. I do think though that the way you both would have it done, would look very good as well. I thank you both very much. :-)
For me the most important, was the way you caught the girl, right down in the middle of the end of the stairs. Mentioned only my opinion as an add to Thijs's suggestions.
I very much appreciate anything anyone says Gina, especially a photographer like yourself. And Mathijs suggestions are always welcomed as well. :-) And yes, seeing the girl out of the corner of my eye and then a quick glance at her, made me try hard to capture her as she rode by on her bicycle. Anywhere in the photo would have been fine to me, but to have her centered in the shot, It was a very fortunate capture. :-)
Matthew Woodall regarding me, i'm not at all a really good photographer in the technical sense i think. Happy, that i got to the point, to understand about 10 % of my dear Nikon... I love to do it and i guess, i have a good eye and quite sensitive senses, that's all dear friend.
caught in the right moment!
ReplyDeleteYep, thanks Gina. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat you may not know is that there was a newspaper box right there at the end of the stairs and was very much in the way. So I removed it with the cloning tool in Photoshop. I have a trial version of Photoshop Cs6 and have been using it a lot here and there. The photo I just posted (Wordless on Wednesday) has a lot done to it from Photoshop. I used to have Cs2 on my old computer and now that I have a new laptop, I wanted to get a newer version of Photoshop, and had to really, because Cs2 wouldn't run on this new one. So, I'm having fun trying to be creative with my photos. Thanks for all your comments and pluses. :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, you seem to be having fun with your new tools and laptop, which is the main thing, isn't it? :-)
ReplyDeletei have no Photoshop and sometimes i am missing tools on picassa to remove, like you did. There is a retouch tool, but it's aweful and it doesn't really work well. If i really have to remove something, i have to do it in the Windows Photo Gallery, which takes me a lot of time and i only do it, if unavoidable.
Thanks Mat, and yes I agree the colors on that bus is an eye sore. Thanks for your help and encouragement. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes true thijs gerhardus about the framing. I would have cut on the top under the branch on the left, which would have showed the scene nearer. I personally don't mind the bus. I consider framing as a very important, basic thing. I believe, that the framing is always something, what i look at the very beginning.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me , I notice the framing first too, always, but it was something about these stairs, that I decided to leave it like this. For one thing , the rail on the right is a center rail instead of an end rail, like the one on the left that goes down the side of the walkway instead of on top of it. And I had wanted to crop some of the top of it out, but thought that it looked better this way to make it have a bigger impact, because I want to make it a big printed photo, where the girl would appear bigger in it anyway. But I should have used a shade filter across the top in the trees. But to stand right there, it was an amazing feeling, and that's what I wanted to keep in this photo. I do think though that the way you both would have it done, would look very good as well. I thank you both very much. :-)
ReplyDeleteFor me the most important, was the way you caught the girl, right down in the middle of the end of the stairs. Mentioned only my opinion as an add to Thijs's suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI very much appreciate anything anyone says Gina, especially a photographer like yourself. And Mathijs suggestions are always welcomed as well. :-) And yes, seeing the girl out of the corner of my eye and then a quick glance at her, made me try hard to capture her as she rode by on her bicycle. Anywhere in the photo would have been fine to me, but to have her centered in the shot, It was a very fortunate capture. :-)
ReplyDeleteMatthew Woodall regarding me, i'm not at all a really good photographer in the technical sense i think. Happy, that i got to the point, to understand about 10 % of my dear Nikon...
ReplyDeleteI love to do it and i guess, i have a good eye and quite sensitive senses, that's all dear friend.
Thanks Mathijs ! :-)..wow google street view is everywhere huh ? lol :-)
ReplyDeleteI got some shots going upstairs too Mathijs. :-)..I just haven't posted them yet. :-)
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