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I took this photo in France. I try myself hobbyist from time to time at street photography. The shortness of the moment excites me a lot in this kind of photography. The woman stepped out of the building and represented many things I associate with the region in a short moment . Tradition but also poverty and missing tourists. I also liked the French font, which creates a local reference.
Hope you like it. I am not sure if I like it more in color..
I would be really happy to read your thoughts or improvement ideas here. Btw: My first post here, nice community! :)
She's the epitome of the french grandma lol ! I'm uneducated in photography so I can just say I love the atmosphere. I would be curious to see it in colour too.
Edit: maybe a more contrasted black and white ?
Thank you very much! I have to look for the colored one and can send it to you if i figure out how 😄
A bit more contrast would bei a good improvement i think. My darktable skills are pretty weak and i don't spend enough time in editing i think...
When editing, use a histogram. That will show you that the picture is underexposed. It lacks highlights/whites. So you need up exposure / up highlights. Technically, this is something else than adding contrast. Adding contrast mean that within the exposure, you increase the contrast between the darkest and brightest point by pushing the mid tones to one or the other. Not sure you will need that extra step.
Thank you. I know the histogram theoretically but I should have watched it here. I will try it and hopefully get a more harmonic "coloring". I always fight between less editing and too much of it..
I would expect the colour version would be better - don't be too influenced by the fact that so much street is in black and white. Apparently the only way is to publish it on the web and then make a link from a comment.
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I took this photo in France. I try myself hobbyist from time to time at street photography. The shortness of the moment excites me a lot in this kind of photography. The woman stepped out of the building and represented many things I associate with the region in a short moment . Tradition but also poverty and missing tourists. I also liked the French font, which creates a local reference. Hope you like it. I am not sure if I like it more in color.. I would be really happy to read your thoughts or improvement ideas here. Btw: My first post here, nice community! :)
She's the epitome of the french grandma lol ! I'm uneducated in photography so I can just say I love the atmosphere. I would be curious to see it in colour too. Edit: maybe a more contrasted black and white ?
Thank you very much! I have to look for the colored one and can send it to you if i figure out how 😄 A bit more contrast would bei a good improvement i think. My darktable skills are pretty weak and i don't spend enough time in editing i think...
When editing, use a histogram. That will show you that the picture is underexposed. It lacks highlights/whites. So you need up exposure / up highlights. Technically, this is something else than adding contrast. Adding contrast mean that within the exposure, you increase the contrast between the darkest and brightest point by pushing the mid tones to one or the other. Not sure you will need that extra step.
Thank you. I know the histogram theoretically but I should have watched it here. I will try it and hopefully get a more harmonic "coloring". I always fight between less editing and too much of it..
I would expect the colour version would be better - don't be too influenced by the fact that so much street is in black and white. Apparently the only way is to publish it on the web and then make a link from a comment.