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Neal R. Thompson, MD
Dennis Hirning, PPSA
Maria Drumm
Timothy D. Morton
Sol Blechman
Shahron Williams von Rooij
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August 2010 -- The Drummer

How I did it - I was invited with my wife to the opening of the promoting ceremony for a new resort. On the stage a band of Drummers were performing a musical show with only drums. The stage was full of colorful lights but the background was disordered with many unrelated things. I found this fountain in a garden outside the building I felt  it is an ideal background for the type of music they play. I did some cropping for both photos and enhanced the Drummer with unsharp filter and increased it brightness.


COMMENTS:
 
Neal R Thompson MD

It is not clear that the man has a drum.  The colors are contrasty.  The subjects of the fountain and the man seem unrelated and would be confusing without the explanation.

Dennis Hirning, PPSA It appears that you have combined the two images well. You might try using the Highlight-Shadow adjustment on the drummer to see if could balance the lighting. You might also try a little vignette to keep the viewer's eye on your subject.
Maria Drumm

When I first saw the image, I thought the man was in the boat. Good job of repositioning. The drummer appears a bit too blue on my screen. I would neutralize the color

Timothy D. Morton First I hope the resort works, and feel the sprit of the drums and the pool looks so powerful I would actual like to take a swim but think it's a long way just for a swim, and thus the colours are very moving.
Sol Blechman If you mean you put the image of the drummer in the scene with the fountain, you did a good technical job of that.  The stop action of his hand adds lot but I wish to see a bit more of the drum to help identify what he's doing.
Shahron Williams von Rooij   Looks like you cropped off a bit of the top of his head, although the fact that he’s bald makes it less distressing;) Nice event shot.


Member Bio
Member 7 - Biography
Photography is my hobby together with music form the backbone of my life.
For living I studied Mechanical power engineering and hold several positions.
Now I am the GM of a British textiles company working in Egypt.

My Passion to photography started at the age of 12 when my father got me the first box camera. With this camera and a black and white film I won my first contest from school for a Pharaonic wall drawing.
 
The hobby evolved and I kept adding equipments eventually I build up a complete processing and printing lab for BW pictures. Until the arrival of the color technology, then I joined the lab of my uncle who was a pioneer in this technology at Egypt.
 
Live responsibilities took me on and off from photography. Now I work with the Nikon F80 and struggling to process and scan films at home. In addition I work with Nikon D80 and I am navigating in the sea of digital photography.

 


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