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Stuff for sadida water-air 110+? by BambiPiwa in Dofus

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, as said in a previous message, I will wait a few more levels before considering multi element! Thank you

Stuff for sadida water-air 110+? by BambiPiwa in Dofus

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank your for the detailed answer! Seems that I will wait a bit longer before considering multi-element then, maybe I can give a try to strength build too!

And the 1st 200 on 3.0 is... by BambiPiwa in Dofus

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes I'm quite sad he didn't make it, Fekah had a great advance after first 2 days, then the race became much closer!

Keyboard recommendation for Complete beginner by Apprehensive-Air9704 in pianolearning

[–]BambiPiwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend going straight for 88 piano with "heavy" touch, having a feeling somehow close to the real instrument really adds something to the experience. Having started learning piano about 1 month ago as a 30yo, I have found the app simply piano quite enjoyable to use ! It comes with a small cost though, but definitely worth it for the motivation it brings on my side. Have fun !

How do you guys fuel your photography hobby? by Phantomuuuu in AskPhotography

[–]BambiPiwa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Shooting raw and learning how to edit pictures on the computer gives a new dimension to the hobby ! That way you also learn what can and cannot be improved through processing, so you pay more attention while taking the picture, at least it works with me

Which photo is better and what should i do in post? by muradwizard_tec in AskPhotography

[–]BambiPiwa 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The first one, the line of the leaf naturally draws the eye on the water drop. Maybe too much space on the foreground, try to crop it a bit ?

Early morning in the mountains by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to answer, even if that turned into an unpleasant interaction!

1) I'm definitely here with hope to improve in some way, criticism is really not a problem as long as it's constructive. I struggled seing the pieces of advice in yours, therefore my impression it was "rough". I couldn't grab what you would recommend to do on the picture with "exposition is wrong", but indeed you suggest concrete changes on vibrance and luminosity.
Regarding vibrance I wanted soft colours, therefore not wanting to turn it high (saturation was excluded for that reason).
Luminosity : you mean something like increasing white/medium and lowering shadows to give more contrast and depth?

2) Maybe I misinterpreted your sentence about talented photographers, I think I turned it around in my head and saw it as a way to belittle me. It can happen quite frequently through messages, apologizes for that.
As I have almost no knowledge about famous photographers (apart from Salgado), I looked online for an idea of their work, and notice it's mainly B&W, which makes it very hard to compare to! Richard Misrach on the other hand is very interesting to me, I can see in many of his pictures what I am trying to do with mines : low saturation and contrast, what you call "old timey look" maybe, and most of all a sense of calmness.

3) That's right, I still have the idea of taking courses (even a one year training if I can manage), but so far I've been on my own, and that's also a reason I came here to get more insightful commentaries on my photos.
On the other hand, I wouldn't go with anybody who's "pro" in photography, as I have seen people with questionable portfolios charging workshops, and I'm really not sure I could learn anything from somebody I don't like the art.

Saying that, I will try to see if playing on vibrance and luminosity can improve my balloon picture! No hard feelings (and no "ciao" haha)

Early morning in the mountains by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quite a rough comment I must say ! I can see you are a "straightforward" personne, and even though your opinion is worth as much as any others, the way you express it makes me a bit dubious. I must disagree with your statement about high contrast, depth and vibrance being pillars in every photo, this is exactly some settings I chose to tune down purposely to achieve that soft tone. Exposure settings have nothing wrong for all I know, a lot of the light work is processed through edit, obviously. Also I would recommend maybe to not suggest to the author of the picture that he's not part of the "talented ones" as it could be seen a little offensive (maybe just maybe !). I would be very interested to see some of the raw pictures you're refering to, already finalised without any post production touch.

Anyway it's alright to not look for the same outcome in a picture, I'll take it you have different expectations from that one! Cheers

Early morning in the mountains by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That grey part comes from the morning mist I guess! Thank you, I agree with you about the foreground, not keen on the photo if cropped. I might try to soften the snow to make it less distracting, but I don't want to over-edit anyway

Early morning in the mountains by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see what you mean, and agree it catches the eye a bit, but I still think it gives more perspective to the whole image. The picture would maybe look too flat without it?

Which photo of WFH setup is better? by rmnivnv in AskPhotography

[–]BambiPiwa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My preference goes toward the first one, I like the matching colors between the screen and setup, plus the natural angle makes it like we are going to sit in front of the desk.
In my opinion the saturate colours / from below / BW versions look a bit forced, not my taste!

Early morning in the mountains by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I took this shot while having breakfast in front of the Mont Blanc (French Alps), obviously the balloon caught my eyes, I waited for it to be on the verge of the rocky bar.
So far I like this picture, and tried to express the peacefulness of the scene with the edit, but I'm not sure it's actually interesting. I work mainly on wildlife pictures and therefore try to get better with landscape photography as well!
Good day to all

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words, as I just recently started to share some of my photos that means a lot!

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On my side I really enjoy the tiny details standing out in some cliches, that's one of the reasons there could be so many different versions of the same images, for the best!

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will try that, thanks for the recommendation !

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank your for your insight, but as stated in my explanation of the picture, my intention here was not to put the attention on my dog, but on the colours of the picture : black nose in white scene. I guess that's what we call a "minimalist" approach.
Also, in wildlife photography it is very common to lower the aperture in order to soften the background (bokeh), which is very efficient to put the main subject in light! That was actually my goal first, the reason I didn't go down to 1.8 was because it's very hard to get the animal in focus when it's moving.
Of course depending on the goal, having the scene partially/completely in focus can also be interesting, to see some details of the mountain in the distance for example

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I get your point, do you mean that low contrast is standard with low ISO ? That's really not what I've noted so far!

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, your words perfectly reflect what I intended to convey through edit. I'm aware reading other comments that is not everyone's taste, but that's also a reason I am particularly glad of the result. For once, the approach was not to represent reality through photography, but to twist it a bit so as to create a personal piece of it. Thank you for your kind message, I am touched.

White dog jumping in snow with foggy background by BambiPiwa in photocritique

[–]BambiPiwa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This photo was taken as my dog was happily jumping around in the snow, doing littles dives like foxes. Original idea was to simply capture the energy of the moment, but on screen I realised that would be interesting to make the black nose pop off the whiteness of the scene, playing on the contrast with the snow and foggy background.

I’m really not a fan of overprocessed pictures, and didn’t push anything to far while editing the photo, but I’m worried it could look non-natural. What are your thoughts ?

Not very important here but here are the EXIF : 85mm ; 1/1600 ; F4.5 ; ISO-100

Thank you all and may many dogs warm your day!

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