HDR SHOOTOUT#37

[grapnell]

Well Grapnell, selective coloring is ok. But the whole front end of your red car has no shape at all, its just a solid red.

Okay, here is my second try. More shape on the front, and no selective coloring.

 

[Bynx]

Why is there so much red in your image? The silvery parts on the rims are magenta and the whole gray cement floor is all magenta. Can you tell us your processing technique?

 

[grapnell]

Bynx, probably the same reason that the floor in your picture is magenta, and you have magenta in your front grille. Probably slightly oversaturated with red/magenta. What about you? What about the magenta halos around your lights? Oh, and you have magenta on the bottom right corner of your car.

 

[HughGuessWho]

Bynx, probably the same reason that the floor in your picture is magenta, and you have magenta in your front grille. Probably slightly oversaturated with red/magenta. What about you? What about the magenta halos around your lights? Oh, and you have magenta on the bottom right corner of your car.

But your ceiling is even red.

 

[Bynx]

Bynx, probably the same reason that the floor in your picture is magenta, and you have magenta in your front grille. Probably slightly oversaturated with red/magenta. What about you? What about the magenta halos around your lights? Oh, and you have magenta on the bottom right corner of your car.

If you cant see the difference then there is a serious problem with either your monitor or your eyes. If you want to hear good stuff about your postings then post good stuff. Meanwhile what you are posting deserves the criticism its getting. If you dont like the criticism dont post. What has been said by others has been fair, in my opinion. The style you are trying for (selective color) has not been good. Looks like high contrast xerox and then colored in with a felt marker. That definately has nothing to do with HDR.

 

[JRE313]

Bynx, probably the same reason that the floor in your picture is magenta, and you have magenta in your front grille. Probably slightly oversaturated with red/magenta. What about you? What about the magenta halos around your lights? Oh, and you have magenta on the bottom right corner of your car.

grapnell
VIP and Bynx are not noobs at this. YOU ARE!! It seems that you are talking this to heart. They are not here to badmouth you. Just trying to help you out and make you better. I used to get defensive when they critiqued my photos. But I have learned alot especially from those two. Believe me, I have made many many mistakes.
I also did not even noticed the man in the photo. My bad. I will do another shootout. This time it will have nobody in it.

It will be another car though. Hopefully you will like this one. I will post later today.
They both critqued my photos many many times. We are only here to help.

 

[HughGuessWho]

I will second that. I have learned more about HDR from Bynx's and vipgraphx comments on this forum than I have from reading 3 books on the subject.

 

[grapnell]

agreed, all I'm asking is offer suggestions on how to correct specific things, not just say things like, its no good, it's terrible, etc. I appreciate constructive criticism.

 

[vipgraphx]

grapnell

I am one who try's to give the good and the bad but, sometimes its only the bad that I see. As much as I try to see the good in every photo its not always there. Sometimes being blunt is the only way to get the message across.

In this case you did not take the picture so could not really comment on that and the only thing I could comment was the use of selective coloring method you have chosen to use. This is one of those cases that I could not honestly say

good and bad as much as I do try there are those occasions.


View my flickr gallery if you think my work shows I have no clue to give advice then just take what I say with a grain of salt and keep on moving forward. It may very well be that my methods of processing do not fit your style and in which
case I completely understand.