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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
Welcome to the group! |
Jun 17th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
The female Northern Cardinal is certainly a beautiful bird in its own right, with its subtle colors. You captured them very well! Nice pose too. This is the "pot calling the kettle black" but I think the image is a bit over-cropped. I might allow a little more room especially on the left side (the direction the bird is looking). I don't know if you used Lightroom but if so the effect of the split background might be mitigated by using the "burn" effect with the adjustment brush in a random soft dappled pattern on the tree trunk. The area around the bird's eye could be lightened a little and the iris brightened just a wee bit. This is a very nice image as-is, but if it were mine I just couldn't resist messing around with it a little. Thanks for posting! |
Jun 17th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Reply |
Thanks for the comment! |
Jun 6th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
A nice portrait of a cute little bird. How did you get that background? Although pretty heavily cropped, you did a nice job of removing distractions and leaving plenty of negative space in the direction the bird was looking. It might be worth a try to selectively brighten up the bird and sharpen to bring out more feather detail. Thanks. |
Jun 6th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
This is a very interesting photo of one of the great birds of mature forests in an unusual setting. Great capture! You took the time to observe the bird's behavior and caught it in a position showing action. You had bright light to deal with, which means strong shadows. Did you try lightening the shadows with the slider? I always start out processing shots like this by minimizing the highlights and lightening the shadows. Then bring up the white and decrease the black sliders - watch that image pop! |
Jun 6th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I salute you for making a home for insects, which are in severe decline worldwide. A good subject with good colors.
However, it must be pointed out that it's not a cricket but a juvenile katydid. In spite of this terrible mistake, I want to assure you that you are not a bad person and there is hope for you ;).
Given the colorfulness of this image, I would go for a more "artsy" look rather than "naturesy". More contrast, more saturation to make the colors even brighter. Lighten and brighten the katydid using the adjustment brush. For me, I would have gone to Topaz Studio and found a preset with a "painterly" look. The image might look more grainy but that's OK. Thanks for posting! |
Jun 6th |
| 67 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
This image certainly captures the magic of the Smokies. Great play on the light. In addition to this great image, I think this could make an awesomely dramatic black and white. I can see the pair of pictures on the wall side-by-side. Wow! |
Jun 6th |
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