Lenny Wollitz

I like the shot.  I would like to see it with a 1×1 crop with the subject centered so it would be kinda symmetrical with the leading lines on each side.

My eye is drawn to the arm and cigarette.    Is that what you intended?

Petr, thanks for looking.  What do you mean ” a better light situation”?

Dahila, I tried cloning out the part of a car in the lower left but left it in to show “traffic”.  A toss up.  The RAW file has more of the car.  I wonder if I should crop larger and show more of it or remove it totally?

Thanks for the input!  I’m taking a Photoshop course so I thought I would play with this even though I have long way to go to be good at it.  I made the background darker and changed it some including desaturating it and brightened the eyes a bit.  That frizzy hair is a challenge.

I used Topaz Denoise and this is the result, not very good.  Oh well, they have a wall art competition here every year in June, canceled this year.  I will try again with a better camera and flash next time.  I think I was up against a wall so nothing wider.

Thanks for the critiques!   I agree that the crop is crowding the edges.  I added a little the canvas on the left but adding to the top is waaaay beyond my pay grade.  It feels better. Thanks all!

Greg, I love using flash but don’t have the chance very often with street photography.  If you get a chance just put your flash on your camera and take some shots at your max shutter sync speed.  Pretty cool stuff with black or dim backgrounds and then use a small soft box or bounce it off of stuff so your shots don’t come out looking like mug s…[Read more]

This is a nice shot.  I’m no flower photographer but could you use a flash with a fast shutter speed to dim the ambient light?

Hi Jim,  I’m pretty good at Lightroom but my Photoshop skills are like having a 6 pack and needing the plastic thing to hold it all together.  Actually, I’m just starting an on-line photoshop class.  It sounds like you would like to do something creative  to this photo.  Go for it!  I will look forward to the results.

Hi Anne,  Nice!   I like the diagonal road.  My only ST comment is that their hands are almost overlapping which is a little confusing… gotta find something.  The G7 is a nice small camera and I almost bought one but wanted a viewfinder so got the G1Xmk3.  I don’t know about you but I’m getting older and the thrill of carrying a full kit is le…[Read more]

Woops, here is the photo

Here is the corrected version.  I cropped it, removed the pealing paint on one side and fixed the glare.  Don’t zoom in for a better look… I’m not that good at photoshop.

I agree about combining BW and color except this was “organic” that way.  The glare is in the photo, no flash used and I kinda like it and the other imperfections.

Anne, I couldn’t figure out what to do with the door frame.  I absolutely love your crop and I will use it, thanks!!!

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