Cem_Usakligil
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Challenge: Mission Impossible: Repairing Fishing Nets
Hi All,
Here is a picture I have taken during a short trip along the Black Sea coast of Northern Turkey in May 2005. It was taken with an analogue SLR (yes, they still exist <grin>) which was a Nikon F801 using a Tamron 28-200mm F 3.8-5.6 lens on Fuji Sensia 100 ASA positive film. I don’t remember the aperture, shutter or zoom details (probably I must have zoomed into somewhere between 70 and 100 mm). It was an overcast day with occasional showers. I have scanned the dia using my CanoScan FS4000US dedicated film scanner at 4000 dpi. I use the VueScan software for all my scanning jobs and I am very happy with it. The jpeg version I post here has been optimised by the scanner software itself, but I also have a raw tiff version which is quite similar to a digital raw file for fine tuning purposes, if needed later (read on please). I haven’t done anything with the jpeg in PS except for resizing it and adding the copyright text on top (just to keep Asher happy obviously <wink>).
Now here comes my problem, or rather, problems since I have a lot of issues with this picture.
Firstly, I have yet to decide whether to keep it or not. I know that there are many technical issues associated with it (composition, clutter, exposure, focus, framing, etc) but I feel somewhat emotionally attached to this one. That is why I have kept it for the time being. Just to give you some background info, this is the harbour of a small town called Inebolu. These fishermen, like many others around the world, are very poor people. They are totally dependent on their daily catch which in turn depends on the quality of their equipment. Mending the nets is therefore a very important family activity, as you can see.
So here is my challenge to you, should you choose to accept it <Mission Impossible tune playing in the background>:
- How to crop the picture? Keep the overall view, or get closer to one of the persons (such as the old guy)?
- Colour correction, highlights and shadows. The usual stuff.
- Would the picture improve if it was taken without the young boy behind the pole? (here comes the retouching part <smile>). Or any other ideas?
- Colour or B&W?
- How to improve the apparent focus and sharpening?
- Any other suggestions?
A large version of the picture can be found here:
http://photo-i.brabantsewal.com/opf/mending_nets_large.jpg
Thanks a lot in advance,
Cheers,
Cem
Hi All,
Here is a picture I have taken during a short trip along the Black Sea coast of Northern Turkey in May 2005. It was taken with an analogue SLR (yes, they still exist <grin>) which was a Nikon F801 using a Tamron 28-200mm F 3.8-5.6 lens on Fuji Sensia 100 ASA positive film. I don’t remember the aperture, shutter or zoom details (probably I must have zoomed into somewhere between 70 and 100 mm). It was an overcast day with occasional showers. I have scanned the dia using my CanoScan FS4000US dedicated film scanner at 4000 dpi. I use the VueScan software for all my scanning jobs and I am very happy with it. The jpeg version I post here has been optimised by the scanner software itself, but I also have a raw tiff version which is quite similar to a digital raw file for fine tuning purposes, if needed later (read on please). I haven’t done anything with the jpeg in PS except for resizing it and adding the copyright text on top (just to keep Asher happy obviously <wink>).
Now here comes my problem, or rather, problems since I have a lot of issues with this picture.
Firstly, I have yet to decide whether to keep it or not. I know that there are many technical issues associated with it (composition, clutter, exposure, focus, framing, etc) but I feel somewhat emotionally attached to this one. That is why I have kept it for the time being. Just to give you some background info, this is the harbour of a small town called Inebolu. These fishermen, like many others around the world, are very poor people. They are totally dependent on their daily catch which in turn depends on the quality of their equipment. Mending the nets is therefore a very important family activity, as you can see.
So here is my challenge to you, should you choose to accept it <Mission Impossible tune playing in the background>:
- How to crop the picture? Keep the overall view, or get closer to one of the persons (such as the old guy)?
- Colour correction, highlights and shadows. The usual stuff.
- Would the picture improve if it was taken without the young boy behind the pole? (here comes the retouching part <smile>). Or any other ideas?
- Colour or B&W?
- How to improve the apparent focus and sharpening?
- Any other suggestions?
A large version of the picture can be found here:
http://photo-i.brabantsewal.com/opf/mending_nets_large.jpg
Thanks a lot in advance,
Cheers,
Cem
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