Patterns & Shapes
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Yeah the Dedpxl.com is a nice idea and I hope he keeps it going for a long time. I didn't enter my photo's into the first assignment as I didn't think they were good enough so nobody else will either. Not made the effort for this 2nd assignment yet. The one thing I've noticed is that most people are under the assumption that they should restrict themselves to architecture, probably because this is what Mr. Arias demonstrates with.
I've been following Zack Arias' new project, DEDPXL. Purchased his new video, OneLight 2.0
He has monthly assignments now, assignment 2 for April is Repetitive shape, form and rhythm.
I entered a few shots I took around work this week.
D7100 / 50mm 1.8G
like the first and third shots. First one for the win tho. Nicely done.
Thank you Doug.
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out, good observation. I'm fortunate to work in such a big building with a lot of shapes, lines etc. I'll make a point to look for these types of things outside of architecture.
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out, good observation. I'm fortunate to work in such a big building with a lot of shapes, lines etc. I'll make a point to look for these types of things outside of architecture.
Scott Murray
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I think this works 
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
Nice shots - and thanks for the heads up on the DEDPXL site. I like focused challenges each month, so having something in addition to the monthly assignment here is great (Flickr Fridays are a little too compressed time-wise for my schedule - I barely have time to think about it).
As for your shots, I love 1 & 3, but think they need a touch of perspective correction to get them to Zack's 'A' or 'B+' grade.
On Photo 1, use the Lens Correction filter in PS/PSE and give it a -3 on both Vertical and Horizontal perspective. I might also brighten the midtones as well (for me, values of 6, 1.26, 251 seem to work on a Levels Adjustment). Maybe, if you've got the Nik tools, add some structure and soft contrast using Silver Efex as well.
Photo 3 is a little more problematic, and outside of a +3 on the Vertical there's not much you can do since the line divergence is in the gaps - none of them seem straight one-to-the-next.
All great shots, but #1 is the best of the bunch. I really like that shot a lot!!
As for your shots, I love 1 & 3, but think they need a touch of perspective correction to get them to Zack's 'A' or 'B+' grade.
On Photo 1, use the Lens Correction filter in PS/PSE and give it a -3 on both Vertical and Horizontal perspective. I might also brighten the midtones as well (for me, values of 6, 1.26, 251 seem to work on a Levels Adjustment). Maybe, if you've got the Nik tools, add some structure and soft contrast using Silver Efex as well.
Photo 3 is a little more problematic, and outside of a +3 on the Vertical there's not much you can do since the line divergence is in the gaps - none of them seem straight one-to-the-next.
All great shots, but #1 is the best of the bunch. I really like that shot a lot!!
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Scott Murray
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My eye was on the head and trying not to get bitten
Thank you Jake, I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I did use the LR Lens correction for each image as well as 'leveling' as best as I could. I'm not (maybe my abilities) able to make all of the lines in image #3 'straight' due to the structure I shot.
I do not have PS, but plan to add NIK to my work flow in the next few months.
I'll play with it in LR a bit more this week.
When I try those Lens correction settings it makes the centre look rounded, you then need to add remove distortion -2, but you now have a straight left side (which he was contemplating cropping off, but I like it, it bounces the eye back in to the photo), but I wear thick glasses so it make everything looked bulbed like
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
You can't get #3 totally straight. Lens profile correction will fix part of #1, but there are still horizontal and vertical components. If you are in LR5 you can use the Auto or Full correction buttons as well as they will fix the perspective issue, and if you're in LR4 then there are Vertical and Horizontal Correction sliders in the Lens Profile section that work the same as PS/PSE - set them both to -3 and crop out the new dead space.
Here are a couple screen shots from LR5 with various edits.
Light & Clarity edits to bring out the details
Light correction with "Auto" clicked
Light correction with "Full" clicked
Light correction with manual profile adjustments and cropping shown
My preference is the "Full" adjustment as it eliminates that very small dark section in the upper right corner.
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
When I try those Lens correction settings it makes the centre look rounded, you then need to add remove distortion -2, but you now have a straight left side (which he was contemplating cropping off, but I like it, it bounces the eye back in to the photo), but I wear thick glasses so it make everything looked bulbed like
You're right - didn't notice. The automatic correction in LR5 works great for that.
Agreed on the left edge needing to be there. It gives the photo depth. It's probably something Zack would criticize, but until you see it without it it's not obvious.
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The Explore option is sometimes replaced with the Commons option on the right side of the main home screen (refresh the page and it changes). Both pull from a 'pool of images', Explore is for recent images uploaded to Flickr.So the staircase image was just featured on 'Explore' in Flicker. Guess that means someone thought enough of it to feature it? based on views/likes? Still not sure what that means lol
I haven't, but it's purely down to my own laziness. I did go out one weekend to look for patterns to shoot, but I guess my mind set wasn't right as I only made a couple of rubbish shots.
It's the same story for lots of things for me right now, I should do a 365, go to gym, or just leave my computer desk and apartment.
It's the same story for lots of things for me right now, I should do a 365, go to gym, or just leave my computer desk and apartment.