Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/04

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Subject: [Leica] IMG Sumo!
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 15:37:10 -0800
References: <0C09DBEA-BFA5-4EA9-AA38-AA7EEFADC27A@yahoo.co.uk>

I looked at the darkened one first and thought: "Good job." But when 
I looked at the original, I thought the crowd was plenty subdued 
compared to the subjects of the picture, and decided that I preferred 
that one.

Nice picture,

Herb


>This weekend I visited Fukuoka to attend the Sumo finales.  I wanted
>the closest seat I could get, so stumped up for the 540 dollar
>ticket.  However, my seat was in the furthest row (the 8th row) of
>the pricey rows.  Because I wasn't as close as I wanted to be, my
>200mm wide open at f/2.8 didn't throw the crowd out of focus as much
>as I wanted.
>
>I thought later I would try to selectively blur the background, as I
>remember Tina did for a couple of her photos.  However, I don't know
>how to do that, and I think I wouldn't be so proficient in that
>Photoshop technique.  So I decided to stay in Lightroom and use the
>brush tool to darken the crowd instead of blurring.
>
>So, I'd like anyone's opinion on how this treatment looks compared
>to the original.  Also, if anyone thinks using Photoshop's blur tool
>would help, please give me some pointers as to how to apply it.
>Would I just choose the gaussian blur and wave the brush around the
>areas I want blurring?
>
>I know the real solution would to have been to get closer to the
>action. Next year I will book my tickets well in advance and request
>a front row seat.
>
>Here's the crowd-darkened version:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/27d7xlh
>
>And here's the original:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2c4ougb
>
>All the best,
>
>Peter Cheyne
>
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Herbert Kanner
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] IMG Sumo!)