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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Paul - I love the subdued branches flowing up the image in a consistent way relative to the blossoms - this adds to the viewers' enjoyment. The blossoms are so white and crisp. The leaves and flower centres being green actually enhance the artistry of the image to me - I'd thought it was deliberate but saw you didn't say anything in your text. Nice! |
Apr 20th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Paul - I love the subdued branches flowing up the image in a consistent way relative to the blossoms - this adds to the viewers' enjoyment. The blossoms are so white and crisp. The leaves and flower centres being green actually enhance the artistry of the image to me - I'd thought it was deliberate but saw you didn't say anything in your text. Nice! |
Apr 20th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Paul - I love the subdued branches flowing up the image in a consistent way relative to the blossoms - this adds to the viewers' enjoyment. The blossoms are so white and crisp. The leaves and flower centres being green actually enhance the artistry of the image to me - I'd thought it was deliberate but saw you didn't say anything in your text. Nice! |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Mary Ann - this is very nice and interesting comments above. Your original mono - to my eye the contrast point is that the tones of the truck are not dissimilar to that of much of the scenery. The 2nd version is a lot more contrasy, but I feel everything is so except the sky. And I'm wondering whet he the vegetation is now unnaturally so. Thus I'm not sure. |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Bob for the tip re saturation. My workflow starts with creating how I would like a colour version to look like, taking a copy of that to process it for mono. I'll experiment with enhancing the saturation prior to conversion. |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Vincent - you description of how you found the taking of this challenging is priceless! I can imagine! You did a good job.
As often, there are a few crop options with this. Your square (and PP) creates a very clean striking 'simple' image. But it's very tight in its frame. Paul's offers more to look at. It seems to be contrast of presentation between the inner ring and the outer - which I like very much. But a more heavy PP on your crop may be worth considering. Either way, a good image.
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Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Paul - you are right that this is ideal for mono. I like everything except the position of the car within the frame. There is more behind than in front. My brain is so used to creating moving wildlife images where 99% of the time, images all have room for the moving 'thing' to go into. Same is true for sport photography.
I do take your point about the spray behind the car. Have you considered cropping the left out just left of the 2nd post, which would push the driver towards the left 3rd as well as taking out the white brollies? |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Bob - wow! I knew where it was likely to be, before I saw the title and . I went there a worryingly 12 years ago - before I thought about converting images to mono - and certainly not appreciating the potential before a shot it taken - which clearly, this is what you did!
You must have taken this at the very beginning of the sun's rays striking the folding landscape - you then seem to have kept the exposure low to achieve a very contrasty image, enhanced in PP. Impressive!
Thank you - you have inspired me to look (for the first time for many years) at my images and if successful, I'll field one here in future months. |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Lovely image David - and yes, it's all about that bench just looking out to…..nothing (or near-nothing). Calming! And that comes over in your image.
The snow in the dip helps to point the viewer in the same direction as the bench is facing. You've cropped a tad off top and bottom and that works well. You've brought out excellent sky detail. |
Apr 19th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Bob |
Apr 13th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Bob |
Apr 13th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Mary Ann, both for comments and suggested whitening of the ice. That certainly looks more what I imagine people think ice should look like, but glacier walls are rarely clean and white. I've seen many in Greenland, Svalbard, southern Chile and now Antarctica - and I haven't seen a white wall of ice yet! When using my cameras (rather than phone) I fix WB as daylight, so I at least have a known starting position for editing. The ice that day was a dirty blue/white! Which links to observations made here that my Raw file looks blue.
So I'm torn between ending up with what many would expect the scene to look like (who may not have been there), or keeping with 'close to reality'. I would be interested in thoughts of you/others!
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Apr 13th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thank you Vincent. I forgot to add that I also had a good pair of binoculars round my neck! |
Apr 13th |
| 39 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Many thanks Paul and "yes". |
Apr 10th |
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8 comments - 6 replies for Group 39
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| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Maria - this is made by the expression you have captured on your hawk - it's endearing. Great feather detail encourages a detailed look. My only suggestion is re the sky and the bright area to its immediate right, I find them unnecessarily bright ( in the latter case, just because of the dark tree). |
Apr 8th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Richard - first, I'm glad your camera software update has sorted your issue.
This works well, possibly because of the two striking eyes and beaks. Well done. But you've chosen to put the pair in the approx centre which I find wrong for moving animals, especially birds. Having more ahead than behind then leaves you the decision as to how much top/bottom feels right. Nice capture and nicely presented (other than the crop/position. |
Apr 7th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Maria - this is glorious! I love the sort of soft detail that radiates from the butterfly - everything is just so sharp, but very pleasingly so, encouraging a thorough examination of it all. Stunning! |
Apr 7th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Lovely shot Bruce - very colourful with its beak, reflection, eye all blue - plus the rust (that's a fair description!) and green. I note the rust feathers seem to go up its neck a tad in an intriguing way. |
Apr 7th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
"……if done to look natural " should be above! |
Apr 7th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Karen - I also used a bit of negative Texture. I find this is useful to keep the eye on the main subject if done don't looks natural. |
Apr 4th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
You were lucky Isaac with good grizzly sightings there - we only saw them in the Tetons park and brown bears in the Reserve at West Yellowstone. Lovely pictures, both. |
Apr 4th |
| 72 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
The first thing Karen, is that this is an amazing crop! Yet there is much detail in your final image which is a lovely moment. I just think the back of the turtle is a tad bright - and the log as that the brightest part of the image. |
Apr 4th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 72
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| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Bruce - some coincidence you and Steve chose the same bird this month. This is simply lovely, made by the wonderful light. Interesting point Cindy makes and I note you used 1/1,000 shutter speed - I'll try similar for the right subject/conditions. Lovely! |
Apr 19th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Sanat- this is made special by your low angle - well done! It's beautifully presented in its environment (which is nicely blurred out). Your timing is also good - clearly walking with intent. Good image. |
Apr 19th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
FlyByeHigh is a lovely image Steve am sure sells well. How many different cards to you have?
I like very much the triangle shape the bird has in flight, with neck high. I wouldn't have thought it a particularly aerodynamic! Good luck in taking more images. |
Apr 19th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Maria, your image cries out 'something's wrong', with it sat down clearly in daylight amongst debris - just not normal! It's an Atlantic Puffin breeding on most coastal area both sides of the Atlantic further north and spends winters at sea (down to North Africa). It rarely is seen either from or on land in winter. Bay of Biscay (off north Spain) is noteworthy for bad winds - so that north Spanish coast may be an exception.
I like your image. It's a sad one and thus I feel the image shouldn't be bright and cheerful.
We saw a puffin in the sea on 30 January as our cruise ship (which was delayed day and half leaving South England due to horrendous storms of Spain). |
Apr 19th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Cindy - very impressive camera techniques, well done! The stand out here that makes the image special is the look he's giving towards you - it makes such a difference. Yes you have mud in its beak, but having some story like that is almost a prerequisite. The look right brings it up a level!
With that story and the benefit of the look right, I think the image needs to show the little chap big in the frame. Fabulous! |
Apr 19th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Many thanks Jerry for your analysis and I will tone down the rear bright areas - you are right, thank you. |
Apr 9th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Jerry. Pelicans are such charismatic birds, we can't help smiling - especially Brown Pelicans which you see in many US coastal areas and I saw last week off Costa Rica and in the few days we had within the Caribbean. Your image shows their character very well with good detail and colours. Lovely. |
Apr 8th |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Steve - this is a different type of shot I was taking on the day for interest (taken from my Group 72 entry this month). |
Apr 8th |
 |
| 91 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks Steve - this is a different type of shot I was taking on the day for interest (taken from my Group 72 entry this month). |
Apr 8th |
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6 comments - 3 replies for Group 91
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20 comments - 11 replies Total
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