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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Paul - your image has certainly drawn out recommendations from others far more experienced than I - I'm amazed what Paul H and David have achieved! |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Mary Ann - this is lovely! Mono is great for it and I think better for removing the people (I don't think they are in right place for keeping and the image doesn't need a person to draw one in). I like the left food being ajar such that it is inviting us in. Lovely.
I don't think we need to apologise now for using phones. I have 15 pro max and am using it far more than a camera for a 2 month long trip within the Med and visiting many historic old towns. Shooting in Raw taking time to compose delivers better results and with 3 lens choices in crowds for me. |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Vincent - this is a nice scene. The flat sand and people draws the eye in from bottom left perfectly. But the white cliffs do not clearly shout white to me - others talk of increasing contrast. Rightly or wrongly I tend to work on light and darker areas separately.
Do you need as much of the left as you have included? The brighter sky area of the right V area could be cropped out by reducing the image width - but still (I think) giving the impression of a huge cliff. A second crop from the top to reduce the sky volume so the sky and cliffs meet at top right corner. Just a suggestion. |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Paul - clear story here. The fisherman looking from bottom left to right with the ferry coming from top right is perfect. I like the detail your work has achieved on the buildings in front of the ferry. Only negative is the amount of water with nothing - but still a well seen and presented image. |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Bob - Great skill has been used here, both in camera craft and PP work. Very interesting subject. I love the curves, carpets and light - plus you have handled the lights very well.
True the bit of grey wall on the left stands out as being no texture etc - less so the similar curved area top right. One solution may be just to darken the left bit (the dark surface above may be the same colour/texture). |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
David - it seems to me that you set yourself a challenge here! I find it amazing what you have achieved - but there remains 2 issues
- there is some flower bit behind the butterfly's head which stops it being enjoyed fully, and
- the out of focus flower
Do you need the latter and the rest of the left area?
I will certainly research HDR button in Lightroom to determine - I haven't used it and probably should! |
Oct 26th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Mary and I am learning about mono techniques from comments/views I get from here. |
Oct 25th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Vincent |
Oct 25th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
David - thank you for your time here. I v much like what you have done particularly with the water plus the animals pop more. I will study yours more when I return home. This is why I was keen to join this group and learn! |
Oct 25th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Paul |
Oct 25th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Apparently some 400,000 zebra migrate across the Mara River, with about 3 times that of wildebeest. They are all v nervous of the crocodiles - which we saw many times over the few days there (with horrible consequences). Many thanks for your comments. |
Oct 20th |
| 39 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Bob - Huge thanks for your comments here. As a wildlife photographer, I try to get the animals detail to show through and by so doing, I lighten their shadows. By making them too black I fear their detail will be lost.
Having said that, I fully take on board your point re blacks and I will look at the landscape and its contrast, which could do with changing. Vignettes are not allowed in Nature images (that look unnatural anyway) - but I agree that selective shading would help at bottom right and to the right of the zebra.
Thank you for your comments - helpful. |
Oct 20th |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 39
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| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Thanks Bruce - I will look at cresting that version when I'm home mid November |
Oct 31st |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
This is lovely Isaac. Perfectly timed and with good helpful information of the landscape and conditions. Churchill seems to be the place for Polar Bears. |
Oct 20th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Maria - you have done very well with this nice moments - perfectly presented. It's a pitty the mother's head is behind the calf , but still a well captured and presented image. |
Oct 20th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Richard - interesting (and as said, a difficult one to master). May be easier in motorsport. I don't feel this works for me. I think one needs to see the wings far more clearly, so as suggested, a faster shutter speed. An interesting one to experiment with. |
Oct 19th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Great shot. You can tell he's happy singing. Make it square to exclude the foliage is an option while still leaving enough space ahead of 'him' |
Oct 19th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Great shot and technique. I wonder if the R6 has a focus stacking option for handheld shooting. Either way, it's a great result. |
Oct 19th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Bruce - this is lovely. I very much like your timing with one having a scratch and the other looking out. Lovely colours. Intering that you have used a lighter vignette - it certainly helps the keep the eye in, but I'm unsure due to the brightness at the edge. |
Oct 13th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Maria - I find I'm lifting the shadows more and more often recently, sometimes rescuing detail using a bit of Dehaze |
Oct 13th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Isaac. |
Oct 13th |
| 72 |
Oct 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Cindy - software really helps now. I didn't see any eggshells - i dont know what happens to them. |
Oct 13th |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 72
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| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Cindy - well done in both its capture with food caught and perfect PP. lovely image. I haven't been to Sri Lanka buts it's on a list! |
Oct 26th |
| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Maria, great shot! I take sea birds in flight and it's far from easy! The greyness adds to the image effect - you could create a mono version. I think you've kept the amount of space above the burst to help the feeling that it's dropping as it swings round. Any you have no material to increase the amount below the bird.
You could try lighting the shadows of just the head a bit - I think it would benefit from this. |
Oct 26th |
| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Steve- well captured. I like what Cindy has achieved - I wouldn't have knows that increasing the white balance would help both the whites and foliage saturation. |
Oct 26th |
| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Sunat- your timing in taking this shot was good: its pose shows character and interest for the viewer. Lighting and PP look good. I too find its position just looks unnaturally near the centre, so a little off the left would improve it. A fraction off the top would harm as well. Very nice image. |
Oct 26th |
| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Wow Bruce, you are just so lucky to have such beautiful birds visiting your home. And you clearly have large colourful plats as well!
You've caught the jay in an interesting pose. I would only suggest you crop a fraction off the left, so the jay is more clearly looking into space. Its darkness and colours are up to you to reflect what you saw. For the purpose of making the image the best possible for 3rd parties to view, I would agree that the Jay seems a fraction dark and one could tone down the intensity of the background. Lovely! |
Oct 26th |
| 91 |
Oct 25 |
Comment |
Jerry - an impressive bird very well presented here. Very striking image. |
Oct 26th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 91
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19 comments - 9 replies Total
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