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lastar811 |
 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: Phibrook Museum |
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| I am on break from work, so once again I am going to make this short and fill in the blanks later. I took these pictures at the Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa (Oklahoma). |
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| lastar811 |
| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Some more pictures. I will post these in the gallery later, by the way.
Okay now my break is up and I need to get back to work. I will post the rest of them this evening. |
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| lastar811 |
| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: |
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| lastar811 |
| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| rainman |
| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Awesome! That's all I have left to say. |
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| JLW |
| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Lastar811
Please don't take this wrong but the forum amy not be the best place to post your photo albumns. I know I am not interested in trying to look at and evaluate a dozen photos at a time. If you have a particular image that you would like to have commented on...post away... I think we will all tire quickly of trying to review multiple photos posted in the forums. You probably won't get much imput. The personal photo galries are the best place for this kind of material.
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| lastar811 |
| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: |
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Sorry JLW, I hadn't realized. I've noticed that only one of the pictures in my galleries have been commented on, and only because it was in a contest. Now, I will note that my pictures are really good enough for people to spend time critiquing, and I am not trying to say come look at me or anything. However, I figured since it didn't seem people commented on the galleries that I would try here. Didn't figure it would hurt anything because its not like anyone else is posting much of anything, unfortunately. Also, though I do appreciate others comments (rather they state pros or cons) I don't need them because in reality I am my harshest judge so if you don't feel like commenting I don't take any offense to it. (Expect nothing, enjoy suprises.) I do find it funny though that in the time it took you to make your post you could have made a general critique of the group of pictures, as a whole, in at least 1/2 the time.
Rainman,
I am glad you like them. I had them printed out, just to test my monitor more than anything. Turns out that my monitor is a lot worse than I thought it was so that needs to be fixed, but ignoring that and my chronic inability to maintain a sharp focus(focal point) there are a couple of the pictures I really like. I like the picture of the door (the one with the lock slot showing) and the mother and child statue. Good news is that because though these are my favorite they can still be better so the Philbrook is open to the public every second Saturday of the month so I will be going back to retake the pictures. (Its comforting to know that some pictures are the once in a life time type.)
P.S. Thanks to this trip I learned how to use the B/W function on my camera. At least in a basic way. |
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| rainman |
| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Like the rest. Actually it is the contrast and brightness level. Just wonderfull, but how about playing with the light, huh? Next week I'll try to add something I have (I'm having problems with my computer and working on an old laptop). Appreciate the things you do. |
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| lastar811 |
| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:57 am Post subject: |
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rainman,
I look forward to seeing what you have. As for playing with the light... the museum rules said no tripod and no flash so being that the rooms are for the most part really dark (except for pin lighting on the paintings) it was really difficult. However, I did print some of these pictures out (from Walgreens) and also noted the contrast was screwy. Hopefully this weekend my boyfriend will get around to networking our computers together that way I can fix these pictures using his monitor which is oh so much better than mine. If anything better is accomplished I'll let you (all) know. |
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| ckurz7000 |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: |
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I like the first hallway picture best. It has a nice symmetry (an obvious deviation from the "rule of thirds" but here it works well), draws the line to the main subject, has a well balanced contrast -- not too harsh and not too washed out. The one thing I'd be really careful about with shots like this is to be sure to hold the camera straight and level. It seems that the image is leaning a tad to the right, which is disturbing in a motive that relies so much on symmetry and lines.
The second hallway picture loses some of the first one's appeal because it doesn't have the leading lines. Too close to the main subject is also a bad idea, in my opinion.
The door shots I don't really care for too much. Using the built in camera flash casts ugly highlights and generally gives a harsh and unbecoming light resulting in hard shadows, of which both photos seem to suffer.
The still life witht the chair is also a well intended idea which works well in b&w. But the framing and lighting is not optimal, in my opinion. These situations quickly yield OK results but to make a really memorably photo require a lot of attention to the light. The built in flash is almost always a bad idea. In this case there is over exposure near the top right edge with no more texture showing from the wall behind the chair. Composition wise, there are two points of gravity (chair, dark opening) that are competing for the viewers attention. They don't harmonize very well, in my opinion. I believe, though, that by moving the chair some and changing your position a bit, and using an indirect flash with a reflector this shot would have worked great!
The portrait of Erik is my second favorite of this series. A nice so-called "window portrait". Well exposed, nicely focused, no distracting background, works well in b&w. Only thing I'd have done differently is to ctop it more on the right.
The photos of the statues are not among my favorites. Again, because of the lighting. The two angels are too dark, and the sqare lines of the window behind them are distracting. In the second angel shot the point of view is too high, and the depth of field too deep. I can still see the gardens outside, and my eye doesn't know how to enter into the shot.
But I must commend you on your use of b&w. You seem to have an eye for it because none of the shots makes me yearn for colors.
Thanks for your contribution, -- Chris. |
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