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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Paul - so my 2-penny worth is that if possible, I'd limit your art filter to the barrels, then darkening the original floor to stop a viewer's eye being taken downward. |
Mar 22nd |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Paul - the barrels look very good and interesting. My eye is drawn to:
- the floor. I don't understand what has happened though PP. There is texture and defined pebbles in the original, but to me the area below the barrels looks odd
- the whitish small barrels on extreme right take my eye, as does something to their right. Perhaps darken that area?
Sorry for being negative (and a lone-voice at that) - particularly where you have been impressively creative here! Hope you forgive me! |
Mar 21st |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Mary-Ann - another strong street scene. Mono definitely works well. I don't mind your original shape - to me, the extra pavement and benches don't add. I
Your friend included adds mystery - without her, the others aren't that interesting. |
Mar 21st |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Impressive Vincent! Yes a good fine art image - which as such, may not need the bush at bottom right for reference. Well done. |
Mar 19th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Paul - I've been there (and been a National Trust member for 50 years) but not recently. Yes, this is good in Mono and I guess there are a number of images possible from that area. The stairs leading from one corner to another adds interest and mystery, with the plant support (or whatever the rails are) taking the eye top left. I like the composition.
The can though is lost within the vegetation. As said above, I think making the can materiallly darker, while still showing it's aged texture with make the image more interesting and focus attention more to the can. At the moment, there is no clear main subject. Nice. |
Mar 19th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Bob - very good to experiment, but I've found that (rightly or wrongly and colour or mono) for ICM to work, there needs to be some thing or area which is recognisable, so one knows approximately what one's looking at. But I don't like/understand most modern art. I keep seeing some form of face with a top hat at centre/top and I can't move past that area. Sorry. |
Mar 18th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
David - I too am not a fan of tints/sepia, but it works well in this case. I also note that you have chosen to crop virtually all space round the flower out. This works in this case - helping to direct my eye to the flower's detail including the anthers and petal texture. Impressive! |
Mar 18th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Bob - thank you for this "blue tint" mono treatment idea - I like the effect. I don't use Photoshop, so will research how to achieve this in Lightroom. Much to learn! |
Mar 16th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Mary Ann - I actually wasn't far off vertical/horizontal, just the angle of glacier wall and board moving on parallel to it doesn't help. I do have the level shown in viewfinder, but with a long lens hand-held (plus's the excitement of only having a few seconds to take the image!) I find it a challenge! |
Mar 14th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
David - I'm very grateful for your input and time here. I like what you have done here.
I wrestled in my mind with the fact that i was at an angle to the base of the glacier with the boat going parallel to it, trying to judge horizontal by the mast being vertical - don't think I quite got it. But the main change to me is how you have improved the wall of ice - there is more detail and contrast - thank you. |
Mar 11th |
| 39 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
David - I'm very grateful for your input and time here. I like what you have done here.
I wrestled in my mind with the fact that i was at an angle to the base of the glacier with the boat going parallel to it, trying to judge horizontal by the mast being vertical - don't think I quite got it. But the main change to me is how you have improved the wall of ice - there is more detail and contrast - thank you. |
Mar 11th |
8 comments - 3 replies for Group 39
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| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Maria - sorry to be so late (I don't know how I missed this one!). Rollers are lovely as is your image. I really like your image - I find it wholly believable that this is how you saw it in good light. Lovely. |
Mar 30th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Interesting! Thank you |
Mar 17th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Isaac - a classic view of ever there was one - but you being there in spring adds more water flowing in the water which helps. It is also taken from a longer distance from the falls than often taken (inc me) and that provides more changes in river direction.
Lovely. I assume you've also been in winter and seen the spectacle of the frozen spray built up to nearly the top level! |
Mar 15th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Richard - well done with this! Your pair show real character of these interesting creatures and you have presented them well here. Cropping is a personal choice, but I agree, given one hasn't when whole animal, one might as well have a "facial portrait" to direct the viewer's attention to their eyes/character. I find your background fine. Lovely shot! |
Mar 15th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Karen, this is a winner! An interesting colourful hummer with a perfect background - well done. Also line the branch coming out of bottom left corner - perfect. Yes, take a fraction off the top. |
Mar 15th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Well done Maria - another great macro shot. You got him in a level plain so that it's all in focus. Intriguing with 2 legs close together - don't know whether that's normal. |
Mar 15th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Bruce - Yellowstone in winter is such a magical place! We were lucky too, seeing Bison in the early morning with their over-night coverage of snow. But you got this chap far better than I did. You can feel the cold from your image - great detail. |
Mar 15th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
1 extra image to help demonstrate the vastness of what one sees. |
Mar 14th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Thanks Maria - see my replies above for further info. |
Mar 13th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Karen |
Mar 13th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Yes - huge power as they launch upwards - taking shots at 10ps, the left one here wasn't visible 2 shots prior! |
Mar 13th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Yes Maria, Humpback whales are to
Me the most interest because of their acrobatics at times and how vocal they are when feeding intensely as a group. Their rear fluke is also more interesting than other whales, both enabling them to be individually identified and as a sense of scale in a wider image. |
Mar 13th |
| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
1 extra image to help demonstrate the vastness of what one sees. |
Mar 3rd |
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| 72 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
I'm sure you will enjoy many Humpbacks there Bruce, as well as other wildlife plus magical scenery. |
Mar 3rd |
9 comments - 5 replies for Group 72
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| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thank you and yes, we feel very lucky to see such wildlife from cruising - at the same time as being fed and watered in style! |
Apr 8th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Bruce - thanks for sharing this extra image! Gosh what an interesting bird. I simply don't recall ever seeing a picture of one before. Lovely picture with the bush included. |
Mar 30th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thank you and yes, we feel very lucky to see such wildlife from cruising - at the same time as being fed and watered in style! |
Mar 25th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Steve - yes, South American coast offers amazing wildlife and scenic sights (plus Antarctica!). |
Mar 25th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Hi Cindy - in this case, there was a pattern of them going out, down - then back up, such that I could anticipate. A bit like normal dolphin behaviour, but very recently I've been wrestling with Common Dolphins which just kept up playfully randomly anywhere! That was hard! |
Mar 25th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Maria |
Mar 25th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
So interesting Cindy to see Royals on land especially during a courtship display! We are seeing them now as we travel north in the Humboldt Current west of Chile/Peru (as well as other Petrels that breed in NZ). Incredible how far birds will travel to get food!
Lovely shot, well handled and presented here. |
Mar 14th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Very nice detailed close up Maria. Excellent feather detail and eye is so clear.
I never worry now about ISO - all modern software is just so good at removing it without harming detail. |
Mar 14th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Jerry. |
Mar 14th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Very nice Steve! You must have quite a card collection! Very good teacher detail and the snow feels very much in the background, not over powering. |
Mar 14th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Sunat - I always enjoy looking at your image of birds from India. You have very nice light on the main subject ducks which you have brought out well in your PP. I agree that you don't need as much space around the subject ducks - and given that there are clearly more ducks in the group than you have photographed, I ask you to consider whether you need as much width here as you have shown. There clearly are a lot of ducks!
Here is one suggestion where I have tried to crop as much as possible not through a lot of birds - the main benefit is that the ones remaining are thus larger in the image. |
Mar 14th |
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| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Bruce - you're so lucky to have such interesting wildlife within a day's trip away! Good experience just to watch and listen.
Not coming across this behaviour before, it took me a little while to understand what was the subject, partially because its side-on. I agree that we don't need to see the whole of the out of focus bush, and thus so much snow above him - plus a small crop from left may help to stop his face being in the right part of the image.
Lovely. |
Mar 14th |
| 91 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
David - this has worked out well - lovely light both on egret and frog. There is good feather detail and is sharp. I would have thought your D500 has enough pixel "horse-power" to crop as much as here - I find Topaz v helpful with my micro 4/3 sensor in expanding the pixel size when needing to crop significantly - works fine if image is sharp beforehand etc.
I can see where branches have been removed above the subject - but this may not be identified as such for this not having access to the Raw file. |
Mar 14th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 91
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23 comments - 15 replies Total
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