Another HS Football C&C

matt.garnett · Dec 12, 2011

Okay I so did as I was told and I overexposed at the game, and fixed the exposure and did some noise reduction in lightroom... Here are my results, let me know what you think:

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MLeeK · Dec 12, 2011

Your images always take a REALLY long time to load.
How do you feel about the way that worked for you?
They definitely look much better than the group you posted last week!
Your overexposure evidently was great. You have white jerseys with the detail retained in them (that is hard as hell sometimes!!)
I can't really comment on much else because it's taking aeons to load for me...

matt.garnett · Dec 12, 2011

Well I feel that they look quite a bit less noisy, and that it was definetly worth it. It will take a little bit to get used to because I normally like to see what my picture is going to look like straight off the camera, but other than that it's good. And since it's taking so long to load, what settings do you suggest I export my pictures? It won't ever let me upload the directly to Thephotoforum so I upload them to my personal site and link to them here. Thanks

MLeeK · Dec 12, 2011

I upload everything to flickr at 720px on the long side.
Glad it is working for you!
I know it's a little hard to get used to, but once you do you'll have the correct image in your head the second you look at the screen. I don't even have my screens set to display an image at all after I take it anymore!

matt.garnett · Dec 12, 2011

Hmm okay, looks like I may need to break out my old Flickr... :meh:
I really appreciate your tips, it's always nice to quickly get feedback on your photographs!

imagemaker46 · Dec 13, 2011

They don't look too bad, but could use some cropping.

1. Crop all the empty space out on the qb's left side.
2. While I like the "closed in" action, I feel losing just that bit of the qb's helmet takes away for the image. I would crop it at his right foot and take out #31 and those players.
3. Crop out #5 and just leave the qb and the group of players.
4. Can't really do any cropping on this one, it works the way it is.