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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla, Use of single color (leaving whites aside) is brilliant. The loose petals are adding to the image.
Two observations: 1. Use of either Pop-up flash or Off camera flash would have given you the required pop of this beautiful flower
2. The shadow/border created at the wall-floor meeting point is distracting
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Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Hi Patrick, good example for focus stacking. Well executed. I agree with Neal on the composition part and with Lisa for increasing the contrast. The background can be made jet black to make the flower look richer than it is currently. Details of the flower are captured very well although I think the highlights can be increased a little bit. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
This frame is just brilliant in all aspects Murphy. Great eye for detail in picking up the right bunch for shooting. Yellow lilies with black bg is just perfect. Overall technicality is given utmost importance in this image.
I am just wondering if it would have been better to include the whole flower on either sides or is it ok as-is??? Just a thought without negating all the positive comments above :-) |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Lovely image to show the size / scale Lisa. Your intention of showing only eyes is well presented. However, a sharper image of the subject with f13/16 would have had more impact in addition to only the eyes as of now. I like the center positioning to make it a triangular composition. With a little more sharper image, the finger can be cropped a bit more. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Hi Neal, stunning portrait with right amount of color capturing. Composition is also excellent. The only enhancement I would recommend is to sprinkle/spray water while getting such images to make it more interesting. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Hello Rosa, these two contrasting colors are treat to viewer's eyes like mine... especially they pop out due to the dark brown bg. Well captured! Agree with others on the yellow sharpness. These yellow lichens also resemble jelly fish. I could use a tip from Lisa on using polarizer to reduce the glare from bright leaves. Thanks for sharing this pic. Also a faster shutter speed and a shift of 1 step to your left would have been better to get everything in focus I think. Currently the lack of sharpness on yellows could be because of the slight change in focal length or angle of shooting... just my guess. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Thanks for taking time to comment Neal. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Appreciate the feedback Priscilla. Yes, Lisa's version of the image is also little better. Happy to take the cue from there. |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Thanks for your even encouraging comments Larry. Hope to live upto that expectation in future too... :-) |
Mar 11th |
| 63 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Thanks a lot Lisa. I like your version too. DIY diffuser - used a white plastic box to go around the flash and included couple of layers of Styrofoam sheets to diffuse the light. Hope this helps. |
Mar 11th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 63
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| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Cannot believe this is a backyard capture Wayne. Beautiful setup! I am impressed with your color retrieval from Original to the edited version.
I am including my version of cropping for better presentation for three reasons:
1. Showing odd numbers wherever possible is more attractive
2. The birds are looking at same direction so the last bird can very much be included in the frame
3. There could be some breathing space in front of the left bird as it is looking at that side
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Mar 11th |
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| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Lovely presentation of the colorful subject in colorful environment Cheryl. I like your cropping as other things are not adding much to the frame. Those vibrant colors of leaves and flowers are well complimenting the lizard. I agree with Larry on the foreground greens. One thing you could try is to burn those greens and reduce the luminescence a bit to tone down a bit. That could gain viewer's attention on the lizard even better. I see the noise could be mainly because of recovering shadows to great extent... |
Mar 11th |
| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
A great image for parenting example in Nature Richard. I see your crop is to focus and show the parenting aspect. However, I would still look at your original image as a great pic for showing the habitat too.
Should you choose to retain your cropping, I concur with Michael's suggestion of reducing the highlights a bit.
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Mar 11th |
| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Stunning image Larry as always! I see there is so much to learn from your landscapes right from day 1 of my induction to this group. Your pointers on giving directional light also helps think what we could do with the little things we have in the backpack sometimes... thanks for those tips too...
I do agree it is a great wallpaper image and appreciate your gesture to send a framed copy to the Rangers. Superb!
To be nit picking... looking at the fog levels across, it makes me feel the fog was covering the trees on the extreme left of the image but was removed during post processing. Is that so? |
Mar 11th |
| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Comment |
Hi Michael, amazing capture of the clouds. I am a big fan of such cloud formation. This particularly looks like ribs of a huge mammal. Thanks for sharing the details of Pixel Shift Technology. Wasn't aware of it till I read it here. I doubt if this is available in Nikon though. I liked Isaac's version also except for the over darkened clouds there (again, personal opinion purely and nothing against the editing). Choice of B&W over Color version is certainly for good. Some images are better shown dramatically in B&W than color version like these ones. Too good! |
Mar 11th |
| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Hi Larry, I have posted the edited version of the image above. I am also posting the cropped version to show the sharpness on Cormorant's eye. But agree, overall frame looks softer. May be I guess its because the softer background. Thanks for the appreciation and feedback. Points to bear in mind for next set of clicks... ;) |
Mar 11th |
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| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Cheryl! I have posted the edited image up above. Do let me know what you think when you have time... |
Mar 11th |
| 67 |
Mar 19 |
Reply |
Right Michael. I have tried to do a little bit more for the background based on your inputs, Cheryl's and Larry's. Let me know how this looks.
But what I noticed is, when I soften the BG, that has an impact on the overall image being softer although I see the sharpness is not compromised on Cormorant. |
Mar 11th |
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5 comments - 3 replies for Group 67
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11 comments - 7 replies Total
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