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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Hi LuAnn
Thanks for your insight. I agree that the border takes away from the image, which is why I reprocessed it (see response to Israel). I printed the borderless version and think it is an improvement.
Bunny |
Jul 16th |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Pete. For an update on the image, see my reply to Israel. |
Jul 11th |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Emil. For an update on the image, see my reply to Israel. |
Jul 11th |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Hi Israel,
My intention was to capture a documentary image, so removing items it not something that I would do. I think the light adds to the image and am happy that the exposure is correct.
I just finished a 4-day fine art printing workshop with photographer Stephen Johnson. (https://stephen-johnson-gtt1.squarespace.com) As part of the BW printing lesson, he encouraged me to use a BW adjustment layer rather than to use presets in Silver Effects Pro. I found that gave me greater control. (I know I can tweak any preset in SEP, but I rarely do.) Printing meant that the digital frame is unnecessary (I plan to use a real frae).
I reconsidered the crop suggestions that everyone gave me. I started with the original RAW file and tried a lot of things. But I gravitated back to the original crop (almost exactly). You'll also see that my latest conversion favors more diffuse light from the windows (inspired by Pete's suggestion).
The print I made in the workshop looks quite good. I printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl using a Canon 1000 Pro printer, with color managed by the printer instead of Photoshop. (All settings that Stephen recommended,) |
Jul 11th |
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| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I like your edits. Thank you so much for providing another perspective! |
Jul 7th |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi Mark,
You've done a terrific job at capturing the immensity of this skyscraper. Your conversion to BW and object removal works well to put the focus on the height. Well done! |
Jul 5th |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Hi Josef,
If you have not yet planned your trip, you might take a look at the Kodiak trips offered by bryanpertersonphotoworkshops.com
I've taken a few online courses with him and one in-person workshop where we photographed in Seattle. His prices are reasonable. In Alaska, he rents a house for the participants to stay in. I've seen photos taken there and talked to a few people who went. They enjoyed it immensely. Bryan is a great teacher who will make sure you walk away learning something and capturing great images. |
Jul 2nd |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
And here is a more radical crop. It's my "avoid the problem by cropping" strategy. |
Jul 2nd |
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| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Hi LuAnn,
The bright sky is always a tough situation. What you do depends on the purpose of the image, as you know. In a Nature composition, sky replacements and filling by cloning aren't allowed, but dodging and burning are. So this is what I would do.
1. After capturing an image, I'd see if I had any blown out sky and then move to a different angle and take another shot if necessary. (Better said than done because we all get caught up in the moment.)
2. I would use masking to bring the sky highlights down and perhaps dehaze or clarity to see if there is any underlying structure in the sky to bring out.
3. I would try a few different crops.
When I've listened to Nature judges, they typically forgive bright spots in favor of what the main subject is doing. As a viewer, I do too, because a bear image is amazing and I refuse to allow my eye to be dragged anywhere past that bear's face!
Here is a version where I tried to soften the sky and performed a slight crop to get rid of some of the sky. There is pixellation, but that's because I don't have the raw file. |
Jul 2nd |
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| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi Israel,
I love that you are documenting the three religions in the city. It makes for a powerful image. The vintage look works well with the subject, given that Jerusalem is old and historic. I'm not a fan of sky replacement, because there are many places on the planet where a blue sky happens most of the time. You might try a version without sky replacement. The clouds tend to distract just a bit. Otherwise, well done! |
Jul 2nd |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi Bob,
Once again, you inspire us with your abstracts. The image, to me, is about gestures. It is quite pleasing. Nicely done! |
Jul 1st |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi Emil
I love the simplicity of this image. Your choice to use BW and the many edits you did result in a pleasing image. Well done! |
Jul 1st |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi LuAnn,
What a wonderful portrait! I think the BW version is much better than the color. The conversion, along with your processing, brings out details that I appreciate. I understand how you want to repair the sky, but I think the bear image is strong enough without sky repair to be a great nature shot. While people like to see "behavior" in a nature shot, this bear is obviously intently looking at something and thinking about his next move! Wll done. |
Jul 1st |
| 62 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Hi Pete,
You did a great job capturing the smoke. I have yet to get a good smoke image. Any tips? You editing does put the image into the pareidolia category. You might consider going further by adding some eyes!
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Jul 1st |
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