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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
I understand the desire for a tiny tripod if travelling or just walking around a market. I've used table top tripods by Manfrotto and Leica with 35mm film cameras. In the last few years I've used the Really Right Stuff tabletop tripod with Arca-Swiss quick release ball head. While terribly expensive ($200+), it has performed perfectly with full frame bodies and travel zoom lenses plus I can carry it in my pants pocket or use it as a grip on the camera. Karl |
Oct 21st |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Hi Sandra, A lovely fall still life. You have managed the color well with some saturation increase but not overdoing it. My only concern is focus. I like the idea that the squash in front is separated from the corn and background squash by selective focus. But the neck of the foreground squash is out of focus. Simply turning the squash to have the neck in focus with the rest of the squash when photographing would help. A still life usually means the photographer has enough time to observe and make decisions and corrections to the scene and image. Also, separating the foreground squash from the rest by slightly darkening the rest of the image with a masked Levels layer would make the image pop. Karl |
Oct 20th |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Hi May, A very curious image. Because it doesn't have an attracting central subject, the viewer looks around to see what's happening. We see the back or side of the close people, never their full face. Is the photographer afraid of detection or just desiring to be the invisible fly on the wall? The people are wearing masks. Hooray! I get a feeling of close to the ground. Many feet/shoes are in the image. The traffic/pedestrian signals are very low at people height instead of high up as in most situations. Very peculiar. Technically the image falls short in the limited grayscale with blown out highlights.
Karl |
Oct 20th |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Hi Valerie, I had not heard about Pep Ventosa. Thank you for bringing his artistic technique to our group. He has plenty of tree images on his website, but I think the simplicity and ethereal color palette in yours is better than most of his because they were done in urban environments. This looks like great fun that I'll have to try. It looks like you are enjoying a beautiful spring down under. Karl |
Oct 9th |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Hi Lauren, I enjoy seeing a hummer in a different, natural context than we have in Pennsylvania. It's a good exposure and you were fortunate to have a temporarily quiet model. The original scene is a bit chaotic. I did a small crop leaving the hummer in the right third. Then I added a slight vignette using the Gradient tool in Photoshop Elements at 20% on each corner. Finally I added a Levels layer to reduce the background to 80% luminosity while masking out the hummer so he would be exactly as originally exposed. It's still the same image but local tones are adjusted to bring attention to the beautiful bird. Karl |
Oct 9th |
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| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Hi Judith, This image isn't working too well for me. The softness of the butterflies head and antenna leads me to concentrate of the top flower/foliage and the right wing veins. The background sprig atop the right wing is an unfortunate juxtaposition. The most 'tattered' parts are out of focus on the left wing. If the butterfly was yellow & black it could contrast by color with the plant and background which would better draw attention to its deteriorating wings. While the top right quadrant has nothing to do with 'tattered', it gives the impression of the motion in flight you were originally seeking. Flying butterflies are challenging to get in good focus. Sometimes you burn through a memory card and have to settle for a beer to drown the frustration. Karl |
Oct 9th |
| 79 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
I was never a big fan of Steiglitz's Equivalents. I didn't feel they had enough content to satisfy me. Perhaps that's why I chose this image with a person in it. On the other hand, I do like paredolia where we imagine shapes of familiar things in clouds, wood grain, moon, ice formations, etc.
Karl |
Oct 4th |
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