At the hospital

[rickp13]

this gentleman is recuperating from back surgery, and is making his slow, painful rounds each time i've visited the local hospital to see my mother-in-law.

i normally don't like fluorescent lighting, but the overall effect here with muted colors and polished floors pleased me. summilux 75mm, ISO 160, 1/125 at f1.4, vertical crop from a horizontal image.

thanks for looking

greetings from hamburg

rick

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

Rick, this is a great shot ! Great depth too.

[Hel-Stampes]

I agree. Very touching, gripping shot, in its cold, clinic, desperate way.
Technically, I'd try to enhance the grays and mute the yellowish/
greenish cast of the fluos.

[rickp13]

thank you, martin and sthan.

i've attached the original here for your info, just reduced to 800 x 600, no other changes. the patient was at least 50 meters away, so "depth" was available. as to reducing the greenish cast or transforming it to more greys, i agree completely, and will give it a try, but i'm still very much a beginner in photoshop, so wish me luck.

good weekend

rick

[Hel-Stampes]

Rick, as for the crop, seeing your original, you may consider total asymmetry,
leaving the wall on the right, which enhance isolation and distance, and cropping
the first cart on the left. I gave it a quick try, without your permission, I admit.

For PS, you may try Adjustments > Selective color or > Hue/Saturation.
Don't forget to make a copy…
Nice week-end to you.

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

This crop is a disaster !

[Hel-Stampes]

Quelle mesure dans le commentaire…
Voilà qui est finement argumenté…
This forum could do with some reasoning too…

[TONTONTINTIN.123]

Traduction française : le recadrage vertical de Rick était beaucoup plus joli avec le sol luisant et sa perspective que celui que vous proposez, vertical, avec ce mur sans intéret qui occupe près des deux tiers de l'image.De plus, la photo n'est pas horizontale.(impossible pour moi d'exprimer cela en anglais)
Pas trop faché ?

[eckart]

Je dois écrire en anglais c'est mieux pour mois
I prefer the "uncropped" version. I think your first idea with showing more of his way was a good one. No doubt, the vertical version is strong, but, in my opinion, the original is better.

Cheers,
Eckart

[Hel-Stampes]

Tintin : to me, the wall was not deprived of interest, the railings being much telling.
Anyway, I was a bit fâché, I'm not anymore : some members here have a bossy tendancy to judge,
instead of discussing. Im' glad you're not one of them.

[stuny]

Rick -

Touching, sensitive, with excellent composition, depth and detail.

[rickp13]

merci tout d'abord a martin et sthan pour le "crop" (toujours bienvenu, permission automatique) et pour la creativite et soin dans vos reponses et commentaires.

eckart, when you refer to the "uncropped" version, i believe you mean my top (first) attachment, and thank you for your positive comment. i think the original (my second attachment in landscape format) probably has too much wall and too many carts to be effective.

i know you're all busy composing and posting great photos in LUF, and i'm happy you took some time to give me some feedback on mine.

greetings from hamburg

rick