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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 47 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
This is all about the amazing sky! I too like the way you have included just enough of the field to tell the story of what it is.
As to the sky, I think Jack is right - adding more contrast makes it yet more striking, but importantly remains believable (I don't like the images that are too 'HDR'). Well captured. |
Aug 23rd |
| 47 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
This is a lovely image Don! It really works with the dark background and for a white bird, it is really interesting that it works so well in B&W! This because of the lighting and the way you have brought out so much feather detail.
Well done! |
Aug 23rd |
| 47 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
I think your phone has rendered too much of the rear roof area in focus and not enough of the foreground in. The two parts do work will together - a well seen photo opportunity. Can you return with your camera?
Also, this is the sort of image that could work very well as a group - should you find others! |
Aug 23rd |
| 47 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Hello John. I see we are now in the same Nature Study Group 2 (although we're not scheduled to review each other's images, but there is nothing to stop us doing an extra review!).
Anyway, I like many aspects of your image here John. The mist helps to focus attention on a more limited part of the interesting trees and debris. I love the evenly curved hill with your image centred on it. A lovely B&W image. |
Aug 23rd |
| 47 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
This is a very successful B&W image, improving the original forcing the eye to examine the detail without the impact of colour. I loved Hoi An when visiting in 2018, but with the fear that the volume of tourists will destroy it.
I agree that the direction of travel doesn't affect me. Your image will encourage me to examine mine for potential B&W conventions. Thank you for posting. |
Aug 23rd |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 47
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| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
You are a master of PP work! Impressive here. I love the light on its head. Yes, it reads much better flipped (but that's not allowed in Nature Comps and I'm sure this is not where you would use the image).
My only suggestion is to consider more of a letterbox shape crop. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
Randy - in answering your question about PP in Nature Div...I believe anything that is not removing (other than dust spots) or changing what was there (so no flipping). Thus any software that that works on bright/dark areas, noise/sharpness etc is fine, but it must be 'believable' and any vignette must not be too obvious. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
A lovely image Marie and you are so lucky to have such bird life to photograph at home!
I love your pp relative to your work on its head (which was so dark), but I also feel the saturation is a tad too much and doesn't pass a 'believable' test. I would also crop a fraction off the left, to give proportionally more to its right and helping to take it further away from the centre. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
Interesting debate about what's allowed for Nature images. Images from zoos etc are allowed with or without their tags. That's one reason for Wildlife sections which yes are truly wild! I suspect the people complaining about Texan ranches are purists who love to complain. But they must be wrong. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
This is so interesting in many ways. As has been commented, the use of drones to be able to capture big landscapes like this without walking only to find there are trees in the way!
Before reading the comments I felt the foreground did not add much and there was quite an expanse of shadow areas in the trees. Isaac's crop and pp has sorted these and others, with the end result having what I call 'believable punch'.
Wouldn't this look great printed huge on someone's wall! Do you sell images Walt? |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
I lovely unusual (to me anyway) Image Mary. It's interesting to hear Randy's remarks about UW practicalities.
I don't find the softness to the back affects my enjoyment of your image and there is much to enjoy looking round the UW environment, whether sharp or not. I really enjoyed viewing this - thank you. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Bruce, an very well handled portrait of this Snowy Owl. It's stance is asking the question....what is it doing and I am very prepared to accept Isaac's view that it's about to take off - or it is looking hard at something. Either way, for me it still asks the question of what the story is.
Nevertheless, a lovely detailed shot. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Comment |
Welcome Randay! Lovely image and you are very lucky if you are able to get to the Tetons and Yellowstone as regularly as you wish. I live in UK have been to the Tetons NP once, Yellowstone a few times.
I have just bought the Topaz family of software and this has very much tightened the image up and I also support Bruce's crop - there is sufficient background visible to tell the story of location.
Lovely image. |
Aug 24th |
| 72 |
Aug 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Isaac. The lower falls area water is a tad yellow - the source stream passes through peaty land so that will be the reason, but it does 'ask the question' as to why the higher falls aren't the same. I've altered the white balance just in that area of the water to remove the issue on my master. Thank you for the pointer.
I actually prefer reading the image from bottom left to top right, using the lower rock as the first lead in lines, so I will leave it - as well as Nature Division rules which this image will be entered to forbids this type of change. |
Aug 4th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 72
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11 comments - 3 replies Total
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