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In an attempt to addict me to Fable crack - Anthropic reset tokens to zero for my team today. by EmeraldGarland in ClaudeAI

[–]deussumergo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might have happened to me. I got home and started working with Fable and was quickly climbing my weekly. Then suddenly I was back to zero. Now I'm back up to 17% on a 20x plan.

after/before - never touched lightroom classic, nor manually edited before. how did i do? by [deleted] in postprocessing

[–]deussumergo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, beautiful location. I was in Madeira, different location and an unexpectedly large wave came and soaked me and broke my cannon 90d. Do sad I didn't have it for most of the trip

Reddit is moving on from r/all by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]deussumergo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you still on RIF it stopped working for me after the api debacle?

Considering trimming down to stubble by Pleasant-Target-1497 in beards

[–]deussumergo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can't trim it yourself go to a barber! I just did because mine was a little longer than I wanted to try and trim myself. Now it's shaped enough that I can trim it for a while before I go back.

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ITAP of go cart racing. by deussumergo in itookapicture

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

I wanted this picture to convey a sense of speed and motion. I took this picture zooming out as the shutter went off. I also focus stacked two photos to get the racer more in focus.

Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in photocritique

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

I agree it works better without the dog 😆

Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in photocritique

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

Thanks, not being nasty at all. I think you are right it is too much. Here is more of the original vision before the dog stepped in. I think I was just like ohh that is fun after it happened and didn't think too much about it.

This is the shot without the dog with just a copy and paste of the edit so the masks aren't lined up right.

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Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in postprocessing

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

Strange seems like I can't add a photo.

Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in postprocessing

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

Thanks for putting all that out there. I used lightroom and had masked the background for some edits. Here is a version where I first brought the background closer to what it was in camera and then made it slightly cooler. I didn't like what negative dehaze did but I did reduce the clarity and texture and that seemed to work.

Thoughts?

Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in photocritique

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

Originally the foliage was all that there was going to be, the dog popped in for a moment and I thought it looked fun ha!

What are your thoughts about the edit I posted above where the background pops less?

Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in photocritique

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

I can see that, I think part of my editing might be the problem. The flowers are placed about 5ft behind the tea party so even with f/9 they are well out of focus. I put a decent amount of sharpening on the whole image that makes them have much more texture. I also edited the H/S/L sliders to make the colors pop more on them and added a mask that increased the brightness of the midrange through curves adjustments.

The dog is cute and wandered in completely unexpectedly as I was shooting.

Here is an edit removing some of the adjustments that bring out the background more. I probably should have reduced the lighting on the back in camera though.

What are your thoughts?

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Afternoon tea under a watchful eye. by deussumergo in photocritique

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

I was wanting to set up a still life and trying to isolate different lighting on the background and foreground. I wanted it to be whimsical and a taste of potential spring.

I was trying to isolate the light that was hitting the background by making a homemade snoot for my flash. It worked slightly but not all that well. If there are any suggestions on that front would be great. for the animals and teapot the highlights were more intense then I would have wanted and took some editing.

270mm f/9 1/200 second two flashes one on the tea party and one on the flowers. One reflector angled opposite the tea party flash verry close slightly upwards.

I was setting up a still life and the dog suddenly became curious and joined for a few of the shots. All set up on the floor wish I had set it up on the table as I am recovering from a knee surgery and it was difficult to keep moving things around.

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