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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Billy, thank you. I appreciate your comments. If I were to enhance the colors on the bird, as in brighten one so that your eye goes there first? Maybe darken the red of his legs? Would that draw your eye there first and then the other falls together? |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Billy, thank you. I totally understand what you are saying about getting the whole picture in before the judge moves on. Is it important for the judge to see the dead bird in his mouth, or does the action of the sand and the orange/white dog hold enough merit for consideration as an action entry? |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I too like what you have done with the lights, but what if you put one blue light in the middle where you have the split? My eyes are drawn to either right or left, kind like they are searching for something in the middle to marry the two sides. I love it as a panorama. Great shot! |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Rick, it is stunning. But islands need palm trees :-) I almost feel like there are 2 islands here - the desert one and the tropical waterfall one. I'm having a hard time marrying the desert part to the tropical part. But then I am a Virgo so that is expected :-) Nice composition! |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I too enjoy the trip back down memory lane for Colonial Williamsburg, my old stomping grounds. Black & White definitely makes it appear "older" but I think you could enter this as a portrait or something close to that. Nice job! |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
That tree was cut down, it didn't fall down by nature, but your message remains the same. Love the reflections, would make a great puzzle. Glad the ice opened up for the reflection as it looks so serene and like glass. GREAT photo! |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Joan, I love the colors of this photo and so representative of some of the mountains we have seen on our travels. Being Mt. Shasta, I'm surprised you didn't get a spaceship in it as well. Beautiful! |
Jan 24th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you Bruce. |
Jan 15th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Actually, for our dogs, to catch the bird is not unusual. When we first train them, catching the bird builds up their prey drive. When we break them next to wing and shot, they are required to just point the bird and hold steady (not move) while we flush and shoot the bird, then we send the dog for the retrieve. This was early in Dice's training- I would have preferred he not have caught the pigeon, but he did and getting the action in a photo was just amazing. I mean in the black and white, I think you miss some of the dirt particles that you see in the color version especially around his muzzle. I think you see more evidence of action in the color but I also like both versions. You have made my decision harder. Joan thank you for your insight as well. Glad to know having that amount of foreground is okay. |
Jan 15th |
| 15 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Kirstie, thank you. I agree it might be better as a black and white. As a color I think, given the foreground, I jump to the color of the dog and bird, missing the action part, whereas in black and white it seems to be all one composition and I see the action first, wonder why the action and then see the dog. The pigeon is then ancillary to the dog, not as prominent and offensive. Thank you again for showing me a different way to see it! |
Jan 14th |
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