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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks a lot Janet. Appreciate it! |
Aug 25th |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Sandra. It is Aloe Vera plant underneath the spider. As you would know, Spiders have 8 eyes generally positioned symmetrically (except few species with 6 eyes). The spiders are identified mainly by their eye pattern and the abdominal patterns. 4 eyes are seen as the other eyes are on either sides.
Haven't watched that movie. Will look for it since you drew a comparison. :) |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you Tom. :) |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you so much Dick. |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you very much for stopping by Bill. Appreciate the comment. |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks a lot Stuart. |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Salvador. I think the Exif details were missed to be included in the posting.
Exif: 1/100, f8, ISO200, Weighted Avg. Metering.
Thanks for the point on including this image in Photo Journalism. Had not thought about it from PJD perspective at all :) |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Super sharp image Tom. Crisp and clear. The contrasting colors are complimenting each other.
A tad move to your left may have given you the right angle to include some details within the flower. Irrespective, it is a great image... |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
One other marvel from your collection Dick. You are an awesome flower clicker for sure. I loved the red tones and the details you have extracted from this high contrast subject. Giving some kind of Vignetting effect has further enhanced the beauty. it is really nice. Thanks for sharing |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Janet, this is simply superb! Amazing colors, dew drops and feel. Have nothing more to say. Brilliante! |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Stuart, one of the beautiful and attractive pictorial macro. Lovely!
I very much liked the cropped version from Dick while I also liked the full frame as posted by you.
One thing that caught my eye was the wider f stop to have shallow dof. it is superb and is giving a kind of feel to the viewer given the colors, blurriness.
I think SS of 1/1000 or 1/1600 would have still helped you to get a good sharp image which could have given you an edge to reduce ISO further. Overall, it is a fantastic image |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
While the butterfly looks good in this orientation, somehow, the flowers are looking unnatural to see growing sideward / horizontal. Plus they can be seen as distracting elements as you pointed out. |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Salvador, nice freeze of the butterfly. As Tom said, it gets frustrating at time to shoot butterflies due to their restlessness behavior :)
I would probably look at portrait orientation by removing the right side of your frame. |
Aug 22nd |
| 6 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Sandra, beautiful flower and portrait orientation is giving a good perspective. Others have already talked about a lower f stop, high iso etc. I would add to Dick's comment to either choose an overcast day for the shoot or use a translucent material to soften the light as it is showing up harsh currently. Good try! keep it coming! |
Aug 22nd |
6 comments - 8 replies for Group 6
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| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Appreciate it Todd. Interesting to see different perspectives. However, in this crop, although the attention is on waterfalls, the single black rock in the center fg seems to be distracting and obstructing the flow. As Richard mentioned, I think it is good to slice & dice the image to work on various composition. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Wayne. Yes, the visitors were playing in the water that had made the water look muddy on the previous day. But happy I could get this in the morning.
"Channeling Wayne..." - haha its a long tunnel to even attempt to get on that side... but worth trying provided he is ready to mentor. What say Larry? :) |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Cheryl. This is something I love in photography/videography + the social media and such groups to share best practices + other things from different locations. People like me can really enjoy the beauty even without traveling for various reasons. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks again Larry. I do see you read my thought of including the rocks in the frame. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Michael. I included them to 1. show the pointing toward the falls and the complementing perspective given by the wide lens using these rocks 2. to show the vastness of the surrounding.
There were 2 more elements I wished to include but could not. A popping out root and big sucker moth fishes in the water. Fishes, did not even bother to come to my side unlike the previous day where they were almost biting our feet in the water :)
Root, I could not bring it into the frame otherwise would have ruined the composition. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Perfect Larry. However, Richard & you have given a useful tip to play with the image a bit more. I posted this image in recent salons and got only couple of acceptances. Wondered why... but now I know the possible reasons :)
I do like to know the adjustments you made to the image. Will help for future editing as well. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thanks Richard. It's a good tip to do a kind of jig saw of this image and see different frames that can be developed. Will look into the same. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Excellent landscape Cheryl. Even I struggle with the hyperfocal image. May be I take too less landscapes to keep trying such things :)
I have always admired Larry's landscape images from the beginning of my association with this group. This image of your's is no less in any means. Just loved it!
Yet another image from Yellow Stone Park to tickle my temptation... :D |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Stunning image Richard! I loved your steady hands to freeze this tiny beauty. Despite heavy cropping, you have achieved a great sharp image. D500 @ISO1600 as I understand, is a breeze for the body. Have heard, it can handle higher ISOs comfortably. I see that coming from this image. Brilliant! |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Oh boy! Sitting thousands of miles away, I can feel the cool breeze and the wetness in the surrounding just by looking at this image. You definitely have the art of creating an impact through your image Larry.
Super smooth falls yet, super sharp greens around. However, I am losing my orientation comparing your original post vs. edited post... wondering they must be different as the angles are way different right. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Tip is certainly useful Larry. However, any reference video link you could share to know more about it please? |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Luring landscape Wayne. Looking at such images, I am super tempted to make a visit to Yellowstone if at all I get a chance. Eye popping colors, vastness, textures, patterns, chemical reactions, what not... wow!
I liked the 16:9 ratio cropped image by Larry. However, in your original posting, I would have preferred to have little lesser FG and include a bit more sky since there is a complimenting drama in the sky as well. |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Beautiful image Todd. I liked the cropped version of your's. That is more appealing than the original one. To me, the original one looked neither like a nature pictorial nor like a macro. However, the second version is much better.
Next time after you take 1 or 2 safety shots like this, try using a reflector so you can get more details of the bee as well. or even better is to use flash to help freeze the action that the bee is indulged in (unless your aim was to capture it using only natural light). Although bg is busy, it is giving a good bokeh effect. :) |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Hahahaha nice one! |
Aug 22nd |
| 67 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Magnificent shot Michael! Very eye catchy frame. Interesting patterns of nature. Out of curiosity, I just rotated the image to see how it looks. It appeared to me like a colorful painting of a Dust-Off brush :) attached the image just to show how it looked. |
Aug 22nd |
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6 comments - 9 replies for Group 67
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12 comments - 17 replies Total
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