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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Gary, I have discovered that some foliage absorbs and reflects IR waves better than others. The tree in this image behaved more like a Hemlock than a Maple. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Arik |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Henry for the kind words and suggestion. I brought out the details in the bridge and indeed it helped the composition. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Melanie, interestingly, after submitting the image, I too thought details in the bridge could be brought out more. Done! Unfortunately, the foliage resisted becoming white because of how it absorbed IR waves, very much like evergreens do. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Emil, I like it! Because of weakness of character I have resisted learning to use LR, a program that handles gradients better than PS. Thanks for the nudge to use LR more often. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Jack, this is another one of those images that is hard to tame. Darkening the bottom and lightening the center should help. The foliage apparently transmits or reflects too little IR waves, so it resists becoming white as you may have discovered with some evergreens. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Palli, I agree, the image has a lot going on. I like your suggestion, but I may pursue other ways to tame the complexity of this image. Thank you for the feedback. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Henry, I really like what you did to bring out the details in the wood and how you purified the white in the skull. Making the trees pop added yet another element to this artistic composition. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Emil, botanical gardens are great locations for IR photography. I can see why you selected this shot. Using Glamour Glow worked quit well. I wonder what alternative images you might of captured with slower shutter speeds to "milk" the moving water in the fountain. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Gary, you are one of those guys who can't toss stuff out and you reinforce those who have the same habits. I have gotten into similar scan-and-PS adventures through restoring 120 year-old photographs of ancestors. It is more than packrating, it is more so mortality salient time travel. . . and an unexpected opportunity to create something artful. |
Aug 13th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Jack, I really like the contrast between the natural trees and the manmade temples. Constraining the place and size of worshipers created the right artistic balance. |
Aug 9th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Palli, you made the face come alive and this added much to the composition. The bicycle spokes create a surreal feel. Very interesting IR subject! |
Aug 9th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Melanie, the haze and fog establish the mood in this image. The F-stop you used should have created enough depth of field to keep what you want in focus, but there is some unevenness. I'm puzzled. I have had this issue too. Perhaps the pattern in the AF system created this effect? |
Aug 9th |
| 66 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Arik, the clouds are gorgeous, so textured and interesting. The color swapping nailed the blues rendering a lovely blue-white monotone image. My eye wants slightly less foreground, which will allow the clouds to standout more. What IR filter is in your camera? Do you fiddle much with white balance? |
Aug 6th |
8 comments - 6 replies for Group 66
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| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Glad you liked this Spring Time image. Thank you Sanat. |
Aug 27th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
The saturation issue may have roots in my monitor, which needs to be calibrated. Yes, the image is slightly tilted. Thanks for the comments. |
Aug 27th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Brian, I like removing things. I will try removing the the houses, they are a distraction |
Aug 27th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Sanat, you did some magic converting the original to this intriguing finished image. The original is nearly overexposed in the sky, yet you found a way to reintroduce color in the finished image. Using the canal as a leading line was the right thing to do. To make post processing easier in these high contrast situations, I have found it more workable to meter on the bright areas and rely on PS to restore the underexposed shadows. |
Aug 14th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Brian, you accomplished your goals. The finished image is so much more interesting and lovely than the original. Yes, why not leave the lens flares in the photo. Placing the sun on the edge might elicit comments from some judges, but I think it works with this hot image. |
Aug 14th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Trey, sorry to hear about the woodland areas near you. However, street photography can offer image opportunities too. I like how you cropped to draw more attention to the children fascinated with Muck's art. Capturing the older kid pointing ties the composition together. So, I am glad you took the challenge, but hope the woodland comes to life again this Fall with all those colors you handle so well. |
Aug 14th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Quang Phan, Denali is truly a wilderness. You captured its stillness and the simplicity of the image brings this out. Working against you is the light. It seems flat. I urge you to consider increasing the saturation of the trees and grass. Denali is a place where it is hard to capture in a camera the awe one easily experiences there. |
Aug 13th |
| 88 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Mark, what a summer place, what a summer scene! Removing the tourists reduced the complexity of this image, but it still gives the eye a lot to do. If you cropped and continued to remove things, my eye says the white chairs are a key element in the composition. I wonder what kind of light you might have had if you took the photo later or earlier in the day. |
Aug 13th |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 88
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13 comments - 9 replies Total
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