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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
Thank you for the information. It sounds like you need to treat yourself to a wide angle lens. I've had success for landscapes like this using six partially overlapping portrait orientation shots taken with a 17-55 mm at between 17 and 35 mm. |
Jan 22nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Is there any chance that you would be able to reprocess your original and show us what cropping and work on the detail in the wave does to the final result? |
Jan 22nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
I suspect that your comment refers to my original submission. I agree that it is nonessential in the original, but in the next three, I feel that it balances the image and, of course, the lantern is essential in the final two versions. |
Jan 22nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
Now, I want some fog so the light beams can be seen. |
Jan 15th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Here I've made it appear that almost all the light on the scene comes from the lantern. |
Jan 15th |
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| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Not exactly easy. |
Jan 14th |
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| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
In light of Jon's suggestion and Jessica's interest, I'm quite interested in putting a real light in the lantern and taking the picture while there is enough evening light that the steps away from the lantern can just be discerned. In my mind this will shift the focus from the wet steps to the lantern--another picture, interesting still, and perhaps better yet. |
Jan 14th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
My gosh, this is yet another version that is better than my original submission. I like that the lantern is more prominent in this. |
Jan 12th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
Here is what your idea looks like. I like both it and my revised version better than the original. |
Jan 12th |
 |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
I don't know how to eliminate halos when sharpening except by painting them out. In this case, I like the image better with the halos. |
Jan 9th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
What really makes this photo is its sharpness and detail across the whole image. This photo is a real accomplishment. It is no easy task to make a good focus stacked image. |
Jan 6th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Lovely action, and of a family member to boot. Since telephoto lenses are so sharp, you will still have a super sharp image if you drastically crop from all sides. If you can, it would help if you could rescue some detail in the white area. |
Jan 6th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The colors and shapes of the clouds are wonderful.
Why such a large number of photos to make the panorama? Nothing that is visible in your posted image needs anywhere near the resolution that 44 photos can provide. Were you forced to such a large number by not having a fairly wide angle lens for the sunrise?
What software did you use to assemble the panorama? |
Jan 6th |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
It rained last night, so the steps were wet again this morning and I tried again. I was not able to find a camera position that significantly improved the image. Therefore, I diddled around with my submission, and while it is not really very good, I think it is better than my first submission. |
Jan 3rd |
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| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Those are very helpful suggestions. I'll give them a try and I hope to be able to post a new attempt at this shot before the end of the month. It's funny how my mind could blot out all that distracting business in the shot and be entranced by only the steps, leaves, and lantern. |
Jan 2nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
It is a fun picture. The blurring nicely reduced the texture of the ground, but the concentric circles that were formed still somewhat distract me. Maybe painting on some blurring with a brush would be better. I think I like it better in monochrome as then the colors don't distract me from Macie. |
Jan 2nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The Rose of Sharon seed pods look just great in front of the field and barn. It is a really nice picture. I am neutral on the grunge and texture additions, as it would look just as good to me without these modifications. It might look slightly nicer if you reduced the inward tilt of the silos. |
Jan 2nd |
| 30 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The wall, trees, and roof are all very nice, and the dark illumination is also most pleasing. The presence of the severely oversized moon sharply reduces my liking of the full image due to its lack of naturalness. In order for the moon to have naturally looked this size, the shot would have had to have been taken from a location 200 feet back from the wall with a 500 mm focal length lens, but in that case, the stones and roof would have been unnaturally foreshortened. I much prefer photographs that are records of things natural, or at least look as though they could have been natural, but I understand that some people quite like such fantasy "photographs". |
Jan 2nd |
12 comments - 6 replies for Group 30
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12 comments - 6 replies Total
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