Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Week 11 - Night Ball

This seems to be the week to share a photo of our children on Photo Feedback.  I've really enjoyed this forum as a place to get some critical feedback on photos.  What an amazing group of photographers who are willing to put their images out for discussion!

I spent last weekend coaching my daughter's softball team.  This is a very serious team - practicing all winter and braving the cold rains of Oregon springtime just for a change to hit the ball.  Last weekend, we played our first night game.  Her messy hair gives a hint that this is the 3rd game of the day.  In spite of that, I love the calm look on Jamie's face.  She is simply relaxing, taking in the thrill of the lights.  And a little light flair to add to the composition.  :)

From some of the feedback, I did a bit more editing.  I'm amazed at how a little edit makes a difference!  Here is how it looks with the suggestions: 

Original version



Lights in lower right removed. 
Increased blue saturation and reduced red saturation

Further cropped to increase focus on her face 




7 comments:

  1. Here from Photo Feedback.
    What a thrilling shot. It's so clean with your upward angle only showing her and the lights. I like that you pointed out the detail of her hair and where she was in her day.
    I would suggest taking her out of center and moving her close to the left of the frame. It would give a sense of her hopes to really hit it out there and would give the photo a bit more tension.
    It's a great shot with inherent memories for her to treasure and show off. I love the crispness of the black background. Good work.

    Sorry... I just wanted to say that when I viewed the photo large, because of the black background, it made her look more centered since it blended together. Now I see that she's not. :-P So... good work! ha ha

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    1. Thanks for the feedback, Kel. I really appreciate. I did play with further cropping, but it starts showing a good bit of grain on her face. The cropped version (along with other suggested improvements) is posted back to my blog if you are interested. Thanks for the feedback.

      Julie

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  2. Julie thank you for joining in again. :) This shot is really cool. I love the light you captured. The contrast of her being so bright against the black sky is fantastic. The sharpness is wonderful. I love the light flare, too. My only suggestion on this would be to maybe clone out the bottom two light flare pieces. I love the ones coming off of the light post, but the ones at the bottom keep pulling my eye over there. But that is all I have got for you. This shot is super cool!

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    1. Thanks, Kim. You were totally right. I removed those errant lights and it looks much better. The new version is posted to my blog if you are interested. Thanks again for the feedback.

      Julie

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  3. this is great! I love how sharp and crisp the photo is. i'm not sure what i would change. nice job!

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    1. Thanks Allison, for visiting my blog. I'm sure we are all going to build a more critical eye as we continue our feedback group. Hopefully it will make us all better photographers!

      Julie

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  4. Great job, this is simply an awesome shot! Since you've already done all the improvements, it's hard to come up with anything else... but just to comment them, I think the added blue saturation was a really good idea, it works extremely well. Cropping also was a good idea, since you cannot really see her face so well anyway - cropping closer makes her face more of a focal point.

    This is an amazing shot and if I had taken it, I'd be very proud :-)
    See you next Monday at Photo Feedback!

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