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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
For me, the bird is rather small, not doing much, and since it was small in the original image, there isn't much sharp detail. That branch to the left would seem to be a distraction and unwanted. Therefore, I suggested changing the subject from the bird to its "thoughts", thereby making use of the empty branch on the left, and forcing the viewer to "think" as well about the empty branch and how in the world does "Longing" relate to this image? |
Feb 24th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Very nice place for the deer. They seem to complete the scene. Unexpectedly, there were more deer in the suburbs of Baltimore than there are here in Western Massachusetts. Apparently the coyotes restrict the deer population here. |
Feb 17th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
You are right that this image seems to be leaking out the edges. Vignetting helps in this regard. I'll play with the idea, but using mild darkening, barely discerible, of the edges and corners. Possibly appropriate matting would help address the leaking issue. Here's my first attempt at digital matting. |
Feb 11th |
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| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
I love B&W and I'm often seeking to make a B&W from one of my color images. I tried out a number of conversions of this to B&W on your suggestion. Normally I like a B&W image to have some areas of full white and some of total black, with appropriate tonalities between. Allowing the sky in this one to be close to white reduced the sense of fog and the feeling of depth that I wanted. |
Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
To me, the stars of this image are the aspen leaves and I like it more when the aspens are brighter and the clouds and their reflections are much less dramatic. Finally, I prefer that the mountains on the sides are brighter. |
Feb 7th |
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| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
Very nice framing of the boat and occupants by the tree branches. I agree with Brenda that the fog is a bit bright for this image. |
Feb 7th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
I like the question posed by the curious activity of the boy in red. Maybe there is a title that could raise this issue. It was good to remove the dark ditch on the right running to the lake. It was good to remove the buildings, and perhaps it was quite hard to properly remove their reflections on the water. I like the bright reds. I'd like the image still more if the blues were less saturated. |
Feb 7th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
I like the feeling generated by the monotone treatment. The ends of the branches seem to be thinner in the processed image than in the original. How did you do this? |
Feb 7th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
My title suggestion is "Longing". That was quite a lens that you used. Did you take this using a tripod or some other support? The processing feels just fine to me. |
Feb 7th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
I understand, appreciate, and agree with your comments. The objective of this image may be a bit different however, from what you were thinking. Here, in Western Massachusetts in the dead of winter, not only is there a scarcity of color in the landscape, the deciduous trees are barren skeletons. I wanted to convey the feeling of dead winter in this locale. The actual subject is the row of trees, and by shooting at an angle, the perspective of the trees and the fog were to give depth to the image. I also tried shooting this inclulding all of the branches on all the trees. but shot from the side. This lacked the feeling of depth provided by the perspective and the decreasing clarity of more distant trees. Including all of all the trees but shot from the same position as my submitted image gave too much importance to the first tree and, at least for me, reduced the feeling of depth that I sought.
Don't worry, close-ups of flowers, and other vegetation will return with the Spring. |
Feb 5th |
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