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Airy

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Trocadéro
« on: September 17, 2018, 23:15:23 »
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2018, 00:04:54 »
Looks like a slice of a movie...
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2018, 00:12:55 »
Yes, very dynamic.

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2018, 00:32:06 »
For those (such as myself)  unfamiliar with the Trocadero, more detail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocad%C3%A9ro

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2018, 08:22:43 »
Very nice picture Airy,

I like the compression of multilayers of people, the balloons and the tower in the background tops the composition.

Thanks for sharing,

Mauricio

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2018, 09:02:48 »
Very nice picture Airy,

I like the compression of multilayers of people, the balloons and the tower in the background tops the composition.

Thanks for sharing,

Mauricio
I must concur, a very nice picture, with a good use of the shallow DOF.

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2018, 09:03:33 »
Very nice look and feel, so many possibilities to PP even further in several direction ;)
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2018, 20:19:04 »
Yes.  Great shot   with a warm well known background.

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2018, 00:55:39 »
Great street shot
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2018, 01:17:09 »
"La Valse" might fit as BGM to the image.  :)
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2018, 01:26:25 »
there is definitely something special about this image. Can't quite put Mongo's paw on it. Probably a combination of elements; the most probable being the relative compression/DOF created to just give a near perfect harmony to the eye of scene. For whatever reason, a great image.

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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2018, 01:33:59 »
there is definitely something special about this image. Can't quite put Mongo's paw on it. Probably a combination of elements; the most probable being the relative compression/DOF created to just give a near perfect harmony to the eye of scene. For whatever reason, a great image.

I would say that the keys are some hidden triangles.  The diagonal line from the bottom left to the top right and another one from the head of the left statue to the three people seen below the baloons makes four asymmetrical triangles.  The bottom part of the Effel tower is triangle.

In addition, "La Valse" is in 3/4!
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2018, 07:03:43 »
Precisely. I was on my convoluted way to the office (needed a change) and ready to make some shots in this area, not for the first time. What attracted my attention was the lady holding the balloons, which was the "unusual" element - most wedding shots take place under the Bir Hakeim bridge nearby, and involve white dresses and no balloons at all.
While composing, I included the building on the left, the tourists in the foreground that could not be avoided, etc.
The newlyweds did their business and turned their faces towards the tower, i.e. away from me, which I preferred because I was basically an unconcerned "witness". This is where I started clicking.
On post-processing, I found the aligned heads to be *the* unusual feature of this particular shot and decided to reframe to 4:3 format, to get rid of disturbing elements (in particular the vertical line of the building on the left), and get a "lighter" image.
The 4:3 format allowed me to keep the feet of the standing girl in the frame. This helps keeping this sloping picture in balance, so to say. I also had to slightly adjust the horizontals for that reason.
The other lines and angles, as described by Akira, then started to manifest themselves.
Further adjustments were a slight warming up of the colors, because the subjects are in the shadow and went blue-ish.
I also raised the shadows, maybe a little too much here. That part of the PP left me unsatisfied after several trials (in CNX-D). I also could not get rid of the CA fringes around the statues, which would have been a necessary step for a big print.
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2018, 07:45:14 »
Airy, I also like the resulted overall tone like the of a color negative film, which gives some nostalgic feel to the image.
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Re: Trocadéro
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2018, 07:49:41 »
this did not strike me. I gave up color negatives very early, in favor of slides, because of the apalling quality of prints. I still have fond memories of some professional-grade cibachrome prints from slides though, bust lost them all. One of the cibachrome papers shone like mother-of-pearl, very nice.
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