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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
The subjects of the image are awesome. There is no doubt about the point of attraction. The development process that you described was logical and made it easy to follow even for me with passing knowledge of Lightroom. Your treatment of the fur retained enough sharpness to show that they weren't cuddly little bunny rabbits but tough creatures living on the prairie. As I studied the image it looked like sun was getting high in the sky providing additional challenges for post processing. The processing that I would consider is to edit all background elements to de-emphasize any distractions from the subjects yet provide just enough to give a hint of the environment they exist in. I might suggest removing all the bare branches on both sides of the image, removing the two bright yellow/orange stickups above the does shoulders. After that I may try using some blurring methods to everything else not on the plane of the subjects, a method that would allow progressive blurring to mimic DOF. I do not know just how to do that in Lightroom, I would use some layers and masking and blurring techniques in Photoshop since it is my choice and what I started with. |
Jan 20th |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
Larry, I was enveloped in your image as presented, I could feel the chill between my shoulder blades as I read your description of the conditions you were presented with.I have little to add, anything I may do to this image may change the overall mood. I may attempt to do something with the foreground waters to depict the fury of the wind fueled surf, perhaps a bit of color dodging with the blue/green waters pallet of the waters in the upper third of the scene. I also looked at the monochrome images you provided and while they are more foreboding the colors tell a story of deep unsettled waters and add more definition to an unsettling sky. |
Jan 20th |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I really enjoy your macro. Your patience of waiting for the antenna to raise is something I need to work at to improve all my images. I follow a few macro artists on Flickr and find the work done in the east and far east most interesting. I did download your image and added a bit of micro contrast to it and brought out some more detail in the shell and the foliage, and attached it for consideration. I find it hard to wait until next month to see the next image you will post. |
Jan 4th |
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| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I agree that this is a stunning image. I lived Minnesota for 22 years.....I do not miss the cold or the ice fishing. I did see some banding in the sky, most visible on the left side of the image. I may also clean up some of the skyline and crop from the right side. The recovery from the original shot demonstrates the effort you made. |
Jan 4th |
| 67 |
Jan 19 |
Comment |
I have never tried this technique, it is a real eye catcher and since the wild Sunflowers patch is why you took the picture it works well. I am a dodge and burn fanatic and I believe that this technique could bring even more drama to this image in the clouds and the mountains to gain that Ansel look and feel. I may also try to minimize the browns even to almost black. Another trick I use sometimes for colors that I have a problem with adjusting, tuning them to muddy, is to change the image LAB color and push the color there to get what you want. LAB usually keeps the colors from becoming muddy and maintaining contrast and edges, then bring the image back to RGB color.
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Jan 4th |
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