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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Dear Anne,
I love your shape in landscape concept! What I great project! I might steal the idea.
This picture is great in a lot of ways. Postcard-ready.
Maybe you went a little too far in the contrast, texture, or dehaze sliders. Slider work definitely improves everything but I think maybe a little too far; it doesn't look real.
I love the composition and the view out the window, it's just the texture in the woodwork that seems a little too sharp.
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Feb 24th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Andrew, sorry I'm late to the party, I've had some trouble signing in recently.
While I was incommunicado I played around with your image. I disagree with the suggestions to make it wider. I also wondered how it would look in monochrome. Here's what I came up with. |
Feb 24th |
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| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I've been to this place and I felt that the dancing sand in the distance was part of the magic of it.
I feel that your image and Andrew's version of it are almost two completely different pictures. Your image makes me focus on the figures. It's about the people in the landscape. Andrew's is about the landscape; the people seem to only be there for scale.
A really beautiful picture. It's been amazing to watch you pursue similar ideas in really different pictures and grow so much as a photographer. I have a much stronger sense now that you knew what you were after and went out and go it. Kudos! |
Feb 15th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hard for me to add to what others have said. I was going to say something about the sky, but you fixed that. I love the close-up feel of your crop, but I also kind of wish we could see just a little more of the branch - say up to, but not including, the white streak. Which would give you more of a square crop than a vertical one.
Really great shot, great catch, great work! |
Feb 15th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hard for me to add to what others have said. I was going to say something about the sky, but you fixed that. I love the close-up feel of your crop, but I also kind of wish we could see just a little more of the branch - say up to, but not including, the white streak. Which would give you more of a square crop than a vertical one.
Really great shot, great catch, great work! |
Feb 15th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I tried photographing an event like this in Florida, the police motorcycle officers were doing something similar around cones. My images did not convey the excitement or motion of the event AT ALL. You have done such a great job here! Anne explains quite specifically all the pluses about the depth of focus.
I'm not quite so bothered by the tight crop on the rear rider, as my eye follows the diagonal line of the cones and I didn't even notice the tight crop until it was pointed out. But now that it's been pointed out I think you could try Andrew's advice about adding some blurred white background.
Andrew, can you tell us how you added the blur to the wheels? That is an incredibly valuable skill! |
Feb 15th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
My first guess was that it was an egg, until I read the title.
I wonder is a bit less of a crop would make the story clearer.
The textures and the adjustments you've made to color work wonderfully. I like the way the ball is framed by the parallel sticks. Beautiful picture. Let us know how you fare in the competition! |
Feb 15th |
| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
What do you think of this one, Andrew?
I thought the one I posted told more of a "Manchester" story, but this one seems to address some of the suggestions made in the comments.
PS I like to call this one "Talk to the Hand" |
Feb 15th |
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| 40 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Anne, you are so kind!
When you say "open up the shadows" do you mean make the shadows lighter?
I will try it.
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Feb 2nd |
7 comments - 2 replies for Group 40
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