Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Philippe, Many thanks for the thorough commentary. At the end of the day I will make the editing decisions according to my own preferences, but on the other hand this list is populated by good photographers, people whom I respect a lot, and as we all know, editing your own work is notoriously difficult. I think that if there is an image I really like, I will keep it no matter what; but from the comments already received there are a couple of images which I did not think were in the top 10, but which apparently strike a chord with several people. Thanks again! Nathan Philippe Orlent wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Ask to edit the selection to different people, and you will get a different > selection, unless you determine clear criteria of selection. And even > then... > > But this is how I do it when I have to edit a big series of images: > basically it's about doing the selection in different rounds after > determining what is the goal of the selection. > > If the goal is: making a series about bicycles, I'd immediately toss those > where the subject isn't the bicycle itself. There are quite a few of those > (more city/landscape than bicycle). > > You'd also have to determine how much pictures you'd want to keep in the > end. I'd say: go for the 10 best ones. > > First round: I go through them pretty quickly. What immediately "sticks" to > my eye stays, the others are out. This is almost only based on pure > intuiton. (which after years becomes a combination of intuition, instinct > and experience) > > So these are those that stick to my eye (for different reasons): > 2,5,9,14,20,21,28,47,60,65,71,89,91,92,94,106,109,115,117,120,122,123,124,12 > 5 > > Next round would be getting the "doubles" out. In this case I'd choose the > best one out of those with "do not park bicycles here". > > Next round would be looking for those with post-processing potential and > for > those that are on the spot. > > Then I would do the PS work on the post-processing potentials: cropping, > B&W > or color, levels etc. So the digital darkroom work. Personally I go even > further and do retouching on the photos: sometimes a detail distrubs the > whole, and I do not hesitate to take those details out. > > Then I would trim down to the best 10. > > Finally a last round of finetuning to make it a strong series. > > Since this is an ongoing project, I'd do this monthly, and at the end of > the > year another round of selection of the 12 x 10 chosen ones. If you keep > 1/4th of them, you will have a fantastic series after 1 year. > > And I'd keep the unselected ones, too, to have a look at them from time to > time: sometimes you overlook one that has to come back in the selection. > > --- > > >>From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> >>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:33:10 +0200 >>To: LEG <leica@freelists.org>, Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: [Leica] Bicycle project off the ground >> >>I mentioned some time ago that I had embarked on a project to photograph >>the enormous variety of bicycles and their owners in this country. I >>have taken about 150 such pictures during the past month, and edited >>them a bit. In addition, I have some older ones from Switzerland and a >>couple of other places. I have now put 129 of them in a gallery. This is >>very much a work in progress, particularly as regards editing. But I >>would be grateful if people took a look at this stage and let me know if >>there are any that particularly stand out for them. The images are here: >>http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/704709 >> >>Nathan >>-- >>Nathan Wajsman >>Almere, The Netherlands >> >>General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >>Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >>Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >>http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >>Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com