Wimping out

Posted by Philip in Old Photo Critique

Oh no!  Its tax time and I’m feeling the crunch.  I have way too many things to do so I’m wimping out of my regularly scheduled post for today.  It is my intention to post the promised video tomorrow.  But so I don’t lose my record for posting every Tuesday and Thursday I’m going to do… an old photo critique from 5 years ago April 9, 2005 taken with an Olympus D40.  f2.8 1/30 ISO 131… yes that’s the correct ISO.  On automatic modes the ISO can be changed dynamically.  And that’s me passed out on the floor.

Here’s the problems with this photo:  Too much clutter.  Not on the level of the subject.  Not close enough.

Here’s the good:  Good candid shot.  Plenty of definition and color.  Obvious subject.

How would I fix it?  Crop out some clutter.  Rotate to be more level with the subject.  Noise reduction (mainly color noise) at that ISO there’s not much luminance noise. Remove the outlet from the wall.  Bump up the contrast.

Now isn’t that a better photo in… 47 seconds?