Taking a swing

[louloumum]

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D-Lux 4

 

Thanks for looking !

 

Can't decide whether or not to try and clone out the men in the background - particularly of # 2.

 

Any thoughts ?

[pauledell]

Marie-Louise,

 

A nice series. Great action and dynamics. I am reluctant to advise another about PP'ing, but in these, I think cloning the guys in the background would be appropriate if it was done carefully. It would certainly improve the pictures.

 

Paul

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[maurometallo]

Two fine shots, Marie-Louise: Dynamics and joy are very nicely conveyed.

Cloning out the men in the background woud indeed improve the image; I wouldn't know how to do it, though...

[antistatic]

Some of the graffiti could do with some cloning as well

 

Cool action shot

[sharookh]

These are awesome - #2 being my choice!!

[thompsonkirk]

I especially enjoy both the movement & the light in #1.

 

Kirk

[jacksparrow]

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I like both, maybe #2 better, but not sure.

I'd try to make them dissapear, as you say, #1 is OK, they're not too obvious in that one, but #2 would surely look better without them.

[pop]

I like both shots very much. Have you considered a tight and square crop for the second one, something like this?

 

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[Martin T-M]

I like both, maybe #2 better, but not sure.

I'd try to make them dissapear, as you say, #1 is OK, they're not too obvious in that one, but #2 would surely look better without them.

 

Marie-Louise, I agree with Jack.

[louloumum]

Paul, Mauro, David, Sharookh, Kirk, Jack, Philipp and Martin

 

Thank you all very much for showing your interest in the images !

 

I really appreciate your feedback

 

@ Philipp: I think that's a very good approach. Thanks for making this effort !

 

I subsequently challenged myself with a little cloning exercise (also as regards the grafiti - hadn't noticed that ) and here's what came out of it

 

I think that made an improvement

Edited June 20, 2009 by louloumum

[Bo_Lorentzen]

Marie-Louise,

 

Delightful images. Well done. YEP clearly the two retouched images. number two is just waiting for them to hop off the screen.

 

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[vdb]

Both are excellent, and the cloned version is superb. Great job capturing movement and childhood energy.

[JE]

Marie-Louise,

#1's light and motion elevate something pretty ordinary to quite a beautiful image. Well done.

Jon

[hodimeyer]

Both are excellent, and the cloned version is superb. Great job capturing movement and childhood energy.

 

Marie-Louise - Virgil captured my words

 

All the best

Horst Dieter

[pauledell]

Marie-Louise,

 

You have done a marvelous job of cloning the guys out of these two pictures. I have to agree with Virgil.

 

Paul

[louloumum]

Bo, Virgil, Jon, Horst Dieter and Paul

 

Thank you all so much for the kind attention.

 

Your feedback means a lot to me...

[topoxforddoc]

Marie-Louise,

 

Great! No 1 does it for me. The blur and movement just transmits the excitement of the kids.

 

Charlie

[soleforeal]

Great fun!

Nice captures.

I like the cropped images best.

[louloumum]

Charlie & Soleforeal

 

Thank you !

 

Much appreciated

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