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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
I think I know that spot. Is that Long Pine or Pine Glade Lake? Nice shot with an impressive sunrise. That D800 was a good camera in its day. |
Feb 5th |
0 comments - 1 reply for Group 4
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| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hi Arne
I fully agree, that color palette was interesting. The building seems to just float and glow in a surreal manner. Funny, you like a more blue sky, Michael prefers a warmer sky. I could not decide. I've been playing with both most of the afternoon. You are so right, I am a bit off center. I had to shoot from outside a iron fence and there was a flagpole base that was centered and about 2 feet wide. I have the camera as close to the flagpole base as I can get. But you caught me. I can count on your eagle eye. However I will try to suggestions to fix the look. I really would not have thought of you fix on my own. Much appreciated.
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Feb 25th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Adi---I just keep trying. For the record that is NO airplane. That is the International Space Station. I can see it every night it always has the same look. Could have cloned it out and would if I would show it. But I just kind of enjoy it. Great conversation starter. :-) |
Feb 25th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Michael.
First, I am using Photopills for the Moon shot. But it took me 3 months to get it to actually work. I am absolutely a slow learner. :-)
You and Arne are giving me fits. You suggest a warmer sky, he prefers cool blues. I've been playing around all afternoon trying to get it right. I was able to brighten up the steeple, you are right, it looks better than way. There really are no light at actually strike the steeple. So did a select steeple with a mask and workee from that. It looks OK. |
Feb 25th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
I like the way the town (city?) sort of nestles against the foot of the mountain. It sort of magnifies the majesty of the Olympian Gods over the insignificance of human effort. I think the panorama feel works but I'd like it a lot more without the rock in the left corner. |
Feb 15th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks for your thoughts Bill. The sky was nearly colorless (really weird) but I liked the contrast and the clouds framing the spire. Making it darker it just got muddy. Believe it or not this is darker. In the end I liked the glow of the temple, it sort of glowed brighter than the sky--kind of a religious experience. I is not a favorite image. |
Feb 15th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Barbara
I was working on planning my moon shot and nearly didn't even take this shot. I like the way the clouds framed the spire and the contrast between them. I also felt the foreground was a bit busy and considered cropping the green plants in the foreground. But I wanted to se what others thought.
You will just have to wait until next month to see the moon shot and decide if it worked. :-) |
Feb 15th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
It looks like a wonderful location for photos and you have a nice one submitted here. You are quite right about the colors and I really like the touch of color on the distant pick. I feel your processing looks quite natural and fits the scene. I have two additional thoughts. It might just be me, but I feel as if the rivers flows more to the left (even though I know it ends up going to the right). I also feel the sky is quite non-de but being bright draws a great deal of attention. I would suggest cropping some sky from the top and also a bit from the left. To me it makes the river feel like it move more to the right and the sky is less of a distraction. Just my opinion, and I could be completely wrong. The image is lovely. |
Feb 8th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
This is the most common angle from which I see the bridge photographed. What make this different is the reflection you worked to include in the image--it was a good choice. The colors helps to bring life to the foreground. While you have opened the shadows of the foreground I personally find the amount of heavy black shadows on the far right to be a distraction. I just wish there was a just a bit of detail.
On a side note. I'm glad to see someone besides me takes a tripod along for a business trip. Mine always gets packed. Good job!! |
Feb 7th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Bad weather always make for good pictures (and opportunities). The mysterious mood and the vanishing of the subject as it fades into the distance I find dramatic. Personally I would prefer this flipped as I read from left to right and so by flipping it I would start on the bridge and then move toward the right and into infinity. |
Feb 7th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
First, I do enjoy seeing a photographer push themselves and their gear to create something different. I like the shapes formed in the ice along with the subtle introduction of color. You also managed to introduce a variety of different textures that hep engage the viewer. I do agree that a slightly faster shutter speed will bring detail to the flowing water and add more detail and pictures. This really has a uniquely original look that makes this stand out. I'll look at this often throughout the month.
Here's hopeing you get some more freezing cold weather so you can try it again--soon. |
Feb 7th |
| 36 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Being a naturalist (realist) at heart I always struggle with these types of images. I've learned to play the art element game and in this case I look for the lines and the repeating shapes. Then I try to connect and then create movement (rhythm). But what I like most in this image is the conversion to monochrome. The use of a full tonal range really make this stand out and capture attention. |
Feb 7th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 36
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| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Love the pose of the lovely pale edged flycatcher who is certailky trying for a modeling career. |
Feb 19th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Welcome to the club! At least we aren't rolling along in wheel chairs! :-) |
Feb 19th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Exactly, and now that I look at it maybe some crop from the top would help as well.
The big question I always ask myself is how do I get the viewer to see what I want them to see. If the bird is the big deal then I eliminate stuff. If it is to be an environmental portrait the I need context. You have a good capture of the bird. Now you have to determine what the image is about. |
Feb 18th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
I like these little intimate moments in nature. Doesn't matter if it is new life after a forest fire or coming out of lava these are special capture in nature. I like this because it is really dark-- major contrast and there is nothing to distract. Using very simple color palettes, basically just two colors makes each color so much more vibrant and important. This is just a nice shot.
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Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
This just cries WOLF! When you have nightmares this is what you think of. A black (what else could it be?) wolf, with lock and fixed yellow eyes (I'm shivering in fright) coming out of the wilderness with snow still clinging to his coat.
If you need a story line--just say the viewer should be frightening to death.
Frame it and sell the camera---it won't get better than this. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
OK, you got your ducks in a row! I like the clean and simplistic feel of this--but I am a big fan of minimalism.
It seems to me the lead duck is a bit soft. While you could have raised the ISO so you could get more DOF you probably didn't have the time to do so But if you had been shooting with auto ISO and in manual, all it would have taken is a roll of your thumb to change the aperture and the camera would have done the rest.
IS it just me or is this image just not straight? My head says one thing and my eye another. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
I really like this environmental image. I like the rising line of the penguin march and the absolute frigid feeling. I had to get up to get a jacket just to finish typing this I feel so cold. As much as a love the scene and the cold I equally hate that rock on the far right. It just look so out of place and it is doing nothing positive to the image. Get a bulldozer and move that rock.
This may be one of my favorite penguin shots. It is what you think about when you hear the word penguin. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Well at least the little fella finally has a name. Love the bright colors and the nice pose to just show off how handsome he is. Doesn't matter what camera you use as long as you come back with shots like this.
Judging from the original you really don't have room to add space on the left unless you include bits of leaves and I don't like that idea. However I would make this a vertical crop and get rid of half those leaves on the right. They are very bright and take attention away from your little star model. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Well, I think he might be more of a "branch" creeper but what do I know? You have a nice nature story with a nice sharp bird gently holding his next meal. Even the wings of the meal are nice and sharp. Your perfectly blurred background really make the bird stand out. Nothing to complain about with a shot like this. Well done.
Just a question. Did you take a monopod or a tripod with you for your overseas trip? |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
How right you are. It is ALWAYS about the light.
I'll keep in mind your Nature Story--it isn't a bad one either. :-)
Thanks for the comment. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
I love the GBH. They are just so majestic. This isn't a photo I would enter in a Nature competition, but If my walls were not full, I could see hanging it. Some images just make me happy.
By the way, it WAS o-dark thirty, I missed breakfast and was starving. But I enjoyed every moment out there stalking my feathered friends. I always do. Thanks for commenting. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hey, I had really good models and my assistant, Ma Nature, just turned the light. :-)
Thanks Michael, I appreciate it. |
Feb 17th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Bud
Well maybe if the Male was handing his lady a a fish for Valentine's Day it would provide a stronger nature story for you and a bit of Romance for Isaac. :-) |
Feb 13th |
| 67 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Looks like they are expecting quadruplets and so needed the extra space :-)
Have you processed your Rodeo pictures yet? |
Feb 5th |
6 comments - 8 replies for Group 67
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12 comments - 14 replies Total
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