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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
You inspire me to use IR more often for landscape photography. Because of the tonality that is possible with IR, as you demonstrate in this image, work reminiscent of Adams or Weston can be achieved. Waiting for the right cloud formations is essential. Your post processing brought out the clouds nicely. |
Aug 17th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Palli, I like how you flipped and flipped again the image until the right composition appeared. It is believably a vertical structure. Taking out the cameras was essential to supporting the illusion. And you discovered this image in a mall . . . great photographers can find an interesting image in places where one wouldn't usually look. Because malls in the State of New York are private, not public spaces, photographers have to get permission to shoot there. Most are denied permission, which seems so unfair in this age of smart phones. |
Aug 8th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Gary, like Melanie, you have found mesmerizing beauty in a dilapidated building. The bare tree echoes the desolation. I like how the image is front lighted and the dead grass and collapsed barn stand in contrast to the sky. You have inspired me to drive the back roads in search of the remnants of a lost time. |
Aug 8th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Jack, the original image is grand, but being a high contrast hound, I like Palli's adjustment. I am curious about the similarity between the colors in the original and the finished image. Was an IR filter equal to or greater than 720nm installed in your camera? |
Aug 8th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Thank you Palli and Gary for the supportive comments. This wet-behind-the-ears IR photographer needs them. With complex images and natural vertical lines defined by trees, I have trouble locating the horizon. Before submitting this image I performed a crop similar to yours, but you leveled it a notch for the better. I did not like the cloud in the upper right hand corner, but let it be. |
Aug 6th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Ernie, what an exceptional translation from the original image. Deleting the humans draws more attention to the geometric shapes and lines. Did you paste in another sky? Even with f/4.5, the 15mm lens gave you great depth of field. Did you use a tripod? |
Aug 6th |
| 66 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Living near places with abandoned barns, sheds, and shacks can be depressing, but it is uplifting for IR photographers. I have plenty of such structures near me. The placement of the dead tree behind the abandoned house adds just the right amount of asymmetry. Highlights in the foreground build the composition. My eye thinks the cloud in the upper right of the frame might be reduced in luminosity, or maybe deleted? But not sure about this. |
Aug 6th |
7 comments - 0 replies for Group 66
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| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Trey, I hope you can get to a national park in Alberta Canada. It's one of the best homes of Mother Nature: Lots of opportunities for landscape photographers. Don't envy me too much. It's a 12 mile boat ride to Spirit Island that one must book months in advance. The weather is quite unpredictable, so disappointment is in the cards. |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
I wish I had your post processing skills . . . and your eye as well. I like the adjustments you made. Thank you. |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
What masterful work you have done to transform the original image into something dynamic and interesting. Bringing out the clouds to make the sky more interesting helped a lot, and making the distant volcano less hazy added balance to the composition. However, my obsessive-compulsive eye wants more sky at the top and slightly less wall at the bottom. Also, artificial as it might be, something might be done to darken the white mortar in the wall. The human eye is attracted to contrasts caused by white stuff, or so I've been told. |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Such a peaceful harbor scene. The birds gliding by add to the grace of the image. Good work bringing out colors in the sky and lightening the boats. Perhaps even more attention might be drawn to the birds and boats if the sand and mud at the bottom of the image was cropped out. But it is your call. |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
What a beautiful image you captured with such simple subjects. The contrast of golds and yellows with the blues is very pleasant. Hundreds of people could walk by this scene and with many not appreciating the beauty you captured. My eye wants to move the large roll of hay at the center, left-side of the image more toward the middle line and a bit lower, but I am not sure doing this makes a better composition. |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Nice composition. The straight lines of light provide an axis around which the beautifully curved rock structures cling. The upper light source presents a strong highlight challenge and in post processing, the saturated red color from the rocks seems to have bled into it. Perhaps a piece of sky from another image could be pasted in its place using a masking technique? |
Aug 4th |
| 88 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Cinque Terre has got to be one of those great places to vacation and do some photography. Goodness, you did a lot to pull the colors out of the original using PS and other post processing programs. Removal of the tourist on the boat must have been tricky. Nicely done. The 15mm strengthened the curve on the dock as a leading line. The dull flat sky seems not to fit with the rest of the image. Perhaps lightening it a bit might make my eye happier? |
Aug 4th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 88
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12 comments - 2 replies Total
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