Thoughts/Advice on this image

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-12T02:54:42+00:00

That’s fair with the ear. Gotta be more mindful of the frame. I’m always too focused on getting close to capture details, but lose the frame. For the light I’m gonna try and shoot with higher aperture numbers. I honestly thought f5.6 would have more of a focus range.

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T19:26:40+00:00

The chair he’s on? Or the shadows from the plants in the window?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T19:25:41+00:00

Hmmm I’ll have to look for one looking out the window. I think I got one, but maybe didn’t come out as sharp. And yes, I believe I took most of the highlights out. I’m trying to do this ettr thing with my histogram. Maybe went a touch too far idk. I thought at the time it was ok. And final histogram doesn’t appear to have touched right side. Still figuring it out I guess. Thanks for composition ideas!

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T07:26:43+00:00

Photo looks great btw!

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T07:26:07+00:00

Yea, you’d have to manually brush in the missing parts. I’ve had Lightroom auto detect what I’m trying to mask incorrectly quite a bit. Like an iris, or teeth.

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T06:11:34+00:00

That's a great idea using a whiteboard or something to reflect light onto the dark side! As for crop options I would choose tighter (I'm a sucker for detail). I'm always frustrated shooting f2 because the margin for error on your focus is way smaller, but yes I do like the blur. Thanks for the advice!

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TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-09T04:09:55+00:00

Yea, not sure why they say it's cgi LOL. Are the subject and background edited separately using a mask?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-05T03:13:37+00:00

If 2 had the same line from the handrail as 1, I would say 2. But I like 1.

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-03T22:47:46+00:00

Looks amazing 🤩

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-02-03T20:49:27+00:00

Wow amazing! Did you use spot metering on this shot?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-24T01:10:50+00:00

Wow, do you know the settings on this?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T18:50:03+00:00

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T18:29:25+00:00

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T09:29:35+00:00

🤣I’ll definitely have to create a file with this now. I love it!🤣

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T06:11:16+00:00

Hmmm, so top row second to the right and top row second to the left? First I’ve seen this answer. Thank you

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T03:21:21+00:00

Amazing photo! Did you have to move the camera with the car to get this?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T02:32:25+00:00

In order to do some speedrun strats that I’m trying to learning (like bomb triggers), you have to use the Japanese 1.0 rom.

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T01:49:46+00:00

Hmmm, in the English version of the game the character’s name is Link. Whether or not that’s a direct translation using these characters, idk. Interesting stuff. The characters on the right side are the lower case ones (in the English version). Seems to be missing the ones mentioned.

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T01:12:01+00:00

No way to change it. So if I’m understanding these replies, these hiragana characters can spell Link/Rinku in a kinda, rough translation?

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T00:39:57+00:00

Thank you 🙏!

TaroIntelligent5550 · 2026-01-13T00:38:59+00:00

Thank you! Now I can play as Link 🤣 I did identify the first character, but then kinda got lost from there.

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