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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 30 |
May 21 |
Comment |
The color and multiple layers make this pretty special. The palm fronds on both sides do frame the picture, but they also close in on the scene. I wonder how it would feel if more of one palm were visible and the other absent. |
May 7th |
| 30 |
May 21 |
Comment |
What an interesting flower. I like the flower on the left and its leaves and the very nice blue sky. I think I would like it more without the flower and leaves on the right and minus the topmost leaf of the flower on the left. The leaves would have been sharper if you had been able to increase the ISO a lot, and shoot at f/16 or f/22. |
May 5th |
| 30 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I like the pink and green colors of the flower as well as the detail in the flower. I have mixed feelings about the blue however, as I find that its unnatural position for that color behind a bleeding heart is disconcerting. (Now and then, and on some images I may continue to comment unless it appears to be disruptive.) |
May 3rd |
3 comments - 0 replies for Group 30
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| 42 |
May 21 |
Reply |
I wonder if reducing the brightness of the regions that are less important would emphasize the regions are are important. I, myself, am most interested in the three central rock outcroppings. |
May 16th |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I can see the blown areas of white feathers, but I'm having trouble seeing that it is over sharpened. Tighter cropping would increase the appeal of this for me. |
May 12th |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
The colors are very nice. I'd like it more if there were something in the foreground. |
May 12th |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I particularly like the repetition of repetitions. I don't see anything that I would change. |
May 7th |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I agree with Stuart, and I thought I'd take a look at how the image feels with a little more space on the bottom, some sharpening, and more contrast and saturation in the butterfly. Finally, for the fun of it, I thought I'd see how it feels with the butterfly facing to the right and then cropping a little behind the reoriented butterfly. Pardon me for messing so much with your image, but I like it so much I couldn't resist. I'm guessing that you shot this from about 10 feet away, which would give a depth of field about an inch. You might have been better off at ISO 1000 or more and f/16. |
May 4th |
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| 42 |
May 21 |
Reply |
All the comments have been very helpful, thank you all.
Yes, Bev's changes really added snap to the image. It took me a while with my editing program to approach what she did. I've found that I like the effect of rotating the image slightly to bring the leaf closer to a comfortable diagonal. |
May 4th |
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| 42 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Having more than one "appendage" to the flower helps balance things, and brightening helps. Here is a variation that incorporates more modification of the original image than I'm generally comfortable with, but does seem to solve the balance problem. |
May 3rd |
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| 42 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Darkening the leaves in the upper left and brightening the flower certainly help. |
May 3rd |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Reply |
I very much like the treatment of the stamens. Interestingly, when the image is relatively small, to me, the removal of the bottom right leaf leaves the flower feeling like a table with a missing leg. However, when the image is large, to me, it feels fine. |
May 3rd |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
This is definitely an action shot. Pretty scary. The colors, sharpness, and cropping all seem just right. |
May 2nd |
| 42 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I agree with Michael that this is different and interesting. I tried removing the converging verticals of the window that result from pointing the camera upwards, but to me, that removes some of the charm of this shot. I'd prefer it if the F were not so close to the left and bottom borders, and if the peeling paint above the window were either patched or just a little further from the top border. |
May 2nd |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 42
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9 comments - 5 replies Total
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