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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Peter
It is so good to hear from you. I dearly miss you in our group. Thanks for your suggestion. |
Jun 11th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Georgias
In the LR print module, one can create a tryptych. It would be interesting to see how this image works in the tryptych format with your original crop as one image, and the left and right image per Jose's comment as another.
See attached example of a tryptych I did on Social Distancing. I apologize for using my example, but did not want to suggest a yet other crop since the crop depends on your purpose.
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Jun 10th |
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| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Debasish
To understand color toning and deal with imperfections in backgrounds, I have been experimenting with the infinite color panel that is an action composed of various PS adjustment layers (curves,color balance, selective color,gradient map, and color lookup) then choosing a background color I like, doing a selection of the object, masking, and then using reduced opacity. I found this helped me with getting more harmonious backgrounds for color toned images and was a good technique for dealing with some things in the background that I wanted obscured i.e. my comment on the wrinkles in your image.
This process for me was easier than cloning and allowed the option of experimenting with opacity.
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Jun 10th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Lance
The reason I asked about this image was your squiggles which you explained were purposeful. Once, by mistake, doing night photography of St. Peter's Cathedral and using a remote, I had triggered the shutter and not knowing this picked up my tripod with camera attached and produced an image with squiggles. Purposeful squiggles and movement create a more dramatic capture. |
Jun 8th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
Larry
I looked up the reference to Philippe Halsman. I have used the concept of jump in some of my other images i.e students jumping in the air on the running track for a One Run cancer fund raiser, basketball images where I staged the jump, my portfolio on the Thames River. For the latter, I wanted my granddaughter to stop throwing sand at the geese on the river side, so asked her to jump. Jon Fishback, who mentored me for the Portfolio Experience, said it was a strong image and I did not understand why.
Thank you for bringing this reference to my attention. |
Jun 8th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Georgias
I found this image interesting. When I first looked at it I thought it was a composite.
With your original crop, it emphasizes the nature of street photography, the quick eye you had and provides setting.
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Jun 8th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Lance
How would this image look today with social distancing? Would people be jammed close together or would you find people moving out of the frame and thus your camera orientation change. ?
You have presented four images. I do not understand how/whether you have composited the main image since it seems so different from your straight approach to photography and photo editing.
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Jun 7th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Jose
I like the simplicity and strong graphic quality in this image.
I tried putting peas and rice in a glass goblet and then light painted the glass. The rice grains sank to the bottom and the peas either sank too the top or floated at the top. In another image, I put cherry tomatoes and cucumbers in a glass of water. The cherry tomatoes sank to the bottom and the cucumber floated at the top.
When you said you stacked the image, did you take several images and the peas and rice were in various stages of falling and then stack them.
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Jun 7th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Georgianne
I like how you have composited these two images to create an interesting story of a little boy examining the wheel or is it trying to lift it (a little superman). Very imaginative and creative.
During this confinement, I also have watched various videos on texture blending, compositing etc. and experimented and finally understand your approach to textures.
My only suggestion, is to reduce the opacity of the texture layer on the boy by selecting him and painting reduced opacity on that part of the mask.
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Jun 7th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Georgias
Good reflex action and monochrome does a wonderful job in removing color distraction.
I understand that street photography does not follow the traditional rules applied to images. However, as I scrolled down removing the top of the image, it simplified the image and brought more attention to the legs. The image became more universal. I cropped down to the boys head because the man on camera left was cropped to mid forehead.
JPS |
Jun 7th |
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| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Dirk
I cropped him slightly tighter and it still provided the story of the heron in his environment. However, I found that when I cropped him too tight, I lost detail and the background appeared messy.
I liked the way the plant on camera right balances the heron.
I found the blurred grass blades camera left bottom slightly distracting and wanted to remove them.
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Jun 7th |
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| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Debasish
I find this image beautifully composed, with good lighting and detail.
What did you use as background. I noticed slight wrinkling? |
Jun 7th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
Lance
Your comment is useful. When I try this again, as with my still life, I will have to concentrate on visual impact, story etc. There is no clear reason why the lady is jumping. Thus the image is weak. I can visualize several stories i.e. a boy jumping to catch a ball, someone running past the background and panning the image, an old person going by with a walker. The images may not all be jump shots, but simply life passing by the same spot. I shall think about it and try again.
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Jun 6th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
Steve
I have not seen the book.
You are planting an idea in my head. Perhaps, I should do a project in this area getting people to jump, skate by or whatever. There were a couple of young people playing skate hockey in the area and were intrigued with what I was doing. I was tempted to ask them just to skate by and I would photograph them in a motion image. |
Jun 4th |
| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
Steve
See my comment to Lance. Flying hair, beautiful body, motion blur vs a hat, musical instrument, and stop action.
A zoom lens solves the problem of social distancing.
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Jun 4th |
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| 83 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Lance
I attach the full image.
Last Saturday, I went down to the same spot and saw a lady from Columbia in the band shell area dancing salsa. I asked if she would try a jump shot for me. Unfortunately, I set my shutter speed to only 1/250 sec but this created a different effect with the blurred feet. She did 2 jumps only and was positioned in the middle of the boarded area. So, in this case she is very centred in the image as shot.
I will attach that image as well. |
Jun 4th |
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