{"id":99,"date":"2011-01-05T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickspicscorner.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2012-07-02T23:24:44","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T04:24:44","slug":"rejections-from-the-final-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artistrichardcuster.com\/blog\/rejections-from-the-final-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejections from the Final Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew I wanted to include at least one picture of one of my dogs in my final project once the vision of direction became clear.\u00a0 I was originally going to do them all in digital (since material waste isn’t a factor) but since I had exhausted my ideas with 35mm I decided to see if I could luck out on finishing the roll.\u00a0 As luck would have it, I did get some really good photos with my 35mm film camera, but of course, I had to decide which one would make the final cut.\u00a0 It was by no means an easy task.<\/p>\n

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I really liked this picture of Ozzy, my Beagle, but it seemed there was something not quite right with this one.\u00a0 The colors were good and the soft focus gave him a smooth look (Beagles tend to have small but apparent wrinkles on their snouts and jowls, which is one of the reasons they have such powerful noses).\u00a0 It finally hit me that the reflections of light in his eyes were what threw the entire photo off.\u00a0 The reflections give him an otherworldly look that to left me feeling a little less than comfortable.\u00a0 So, this shot went out the window.\u00a0 I was kinda disappointed as this was my first choice upon inspecting the negatives prior to scanning.<\/p>\n

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I liked this picture first and foremost for the composition.\u00a0 It isn’t your conventional animal portrait.\u00a0 Both dogs are looking in the same general direction and Sharon (the German Shepherd\/Golden Retriever mix) is looking forward with intent while Angela (the black German Shepherd) is trying to figure out what’s going on.\u00a0 The biggest problem I encountered with this one was a matter of depth-of-field, with Angela not being fully in focus.\u00a0 There was also the problem with the Newton rings on Angela (that’s a downside to using flatbed scanners for film).\u00a0 Try as I might, I just could fully eliminate the rings.<\/p>\n

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I pity Ozzy sometimes when the ladies gang up on him.\u00a0 This picture stopped a good bit of the action but there was just enough motion blur to give me a sense of the intensity of their play.\u00a0 Compositionally this isn’t a bad shot and you can get a sense of Ozzy’s frustration by his expression and his baring of teeth.\u00a0 Ultimately, though, I decided I wanted to go a little less violent with my picture selection.\u00a0 Otherwise, this one may have made it in as the selection for the 35mm film camera.<\/p>\n

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Three young dogs tend to move very fast in their wrestling matches.\u00a0 This photo was actually a mistake on my part as I forgot to double check the settings when I went from aperture-priority mode to full manual mode\u00a0(for some stupid reason I thought they would remain the same).\u00a0 The result was a nice motion blur.\u00a0 The motion blur hides the violence rather well, but in the end I just wasn’t feeling this one.\u00a0 When I look at it now, I think there was just a little too much blur in the photo.<\/p>\n

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This was one of the finalists in my search for the picture to be included in the final.\u00a0 I loved the look on Angela’s face when I took this photo.\u00a0 It has the look of a puppy (she was just over a year old at the time it was taken) with curiosity yet trying to maintain her composure in case her curiosity turned out to be danger.\u00a0 The rejection came from the composition.\u00a0 Her right ear is cut off at the tip while the left ear remains whole.\u00a0 Also, there’s a little piece of something in the upper right corner of the photo that I found distracting.\u00a0 I supposed I could have cropped it out, but to be honest the cropping did not look much better than the original.\u00a0 Otherwise, I loved the tonality and color balance in this photo.<\/p>\n

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As you may or may not recall, this was my selection for inclusion in the final project.\u00a0 Angela manages to keep an air of dignity about her as she fights through the exhaustion of her previous running around.\u00a0 Also, she continues to watch for danger even while obeying my command to sit.\u00a0 Compositionally this is a very simple photo, which is something I continually strive to accomplish.\u00a0 The grass is vivid yet subdued enough that it doesn’t compete for attention with the subject of the photo.\u00a0 Plus, in my opinion, Angela is a beautiful example of a black German Shepherd with German bloodlines.<\/p>\n

Anyone have any thoughts?<\/p>\n

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