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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Reply |
Hi Lauren, I also took a try at blurring the background. I made a duplicate layer with a mask in Photoshop Elements, gaussian blurred the image, then masked out the swan and foreground with a soft edge black brush. I refined the mask with smaller brushwork. The effect really made the image look like it was done with one of those $10,000 fast lenses.
Karl |
Dec 27th |
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| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Marie, There are thousands of holiday lights to photograph every year. How does a photographer make an original image out of this situation? You accepted the challenge and did very well although you should be scolded for not carrying the camera! Your festive interpretation works well. It's an exercise in color, shape, and implied movement. Well thought out and executed as new phones make better images. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Lauren, Beautiful monochrome image. The feathers are well delineated with fine tonality. Facing the swan head-on gives in immediate relationship between camera and subject. A softer background might help give a more dimensional feeling. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Sandra, Exploding flowers! I like the segmentation by color of the image into roughly three pie slices. It's a nice balance. I support Judith's variation of a double exposure where one shot is a sharply focused still and the other is a zoom during exposure. The contrast of red and white in this scene may produce interesting options. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Valerie, I liked the high key impressionistic illustration effect. Perhaps the two diagonal posts/masts at center could also go. The figures definitely make the image stronger and give it some familiar scale and life. What do you think of flipping the image horizontally? The America's Cup should be great fun. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Peter, In camera multi-exposures are fun. I tried making an alternate rendering. I first decided what I wanted the main subject to be. The boat is small and diffused. The bird is small and flying to the left. That left the tree as main subject. Then I flipped the image so that when 'reading' the image left to right, the tree is where your eye lands and is large so the eye doesn't run out of the image. The bird was a bit too asymmetric for me so I moved it slightly so the eye can follow the bright cloud from the bird to the subject tree. The parts you selected for this composite are excellent. Beautiful color tones. Adding a digital frame is a nice option in lieu of a real one. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Hi Judy, Driving around during the holiday season, I noticed a lot of deflated balloon type decorations. Happiness that died? I see a futuristic Mt Rushmore type face facing left. I might crop 25% off the bottom and darken the background. This is a good example of making an interesting artwork out of refuse. Karl |
Dec 26th |
| 79 |
Dec 20 |
Reply |
Hi Marie, Thank you. The addition of color adds another dimension. Playing with images is what makes photography fun. Karl |
Dec 26th |
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