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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
thanks Mitch, I've darkened the thigh using a similar local shade. |
Dec 22nd |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Updated and hopefully final version
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Dec 22nd |
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| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
its a comp in February with the theme 'Musical Instruments'. |
Dec 22nd |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
thanks Helen, I tried it but felt it looked too odd. |
Dec 22nd |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Reply |
This works really well, the tree crop and colour changes feel natural and balanced.
Changing to a pano also works if the story you are telling is about the lighthouse, whereas the original was about the rugged coastline with a lighthouse in the distance. It just shows how a crop can change the message being presented.
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Dec 22nd |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Great shot Mitch, and its amazing how post processing can now clean up a shot which we would have just binned a few years ago.
I agree with Jim about cropping some off the left and bottom to make the bird more prominent, but as to rotating the image I wouldn't know how these 'hover' and the experts would pick up if the angle was wrong.
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Dec 19th |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Great capture of a moment in time Jason, and not one you had much time to consider. I agree with Brenda in that I prefer the original, which for me already looks aged with holes in the flag, and it doesn't have the bright bottom left. I would also keep the belt as it completes the uniform look.
To me the focus point looks to be on the glove, not the face which you have sharpened and improved but I would prefer it to be sharper still.
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Dec 19th |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Hi Helen
Great capture, and most of the comments I thought of have already been said (must get in quicker!). I will throw in the idea of 'back focussing' to speed up the capture but you may already be doing this. For those who are not, separating the focus and exposure setting on the camera (ie set focus using a button on the back of the camera instead of the shutter doing both focus and exposure) means you can focus in advance and be ready to get a faster capture (exposure only) when the bird launches.
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Dec 19th |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Great capture Sunil, and I think you picked the best part of the image to play with.
I agree the sign behind the car and the clothes in the shop door are distractions, but I also know you don't like to change what you saw, so I did 2 things, remove the sign but also darkened down the clothes but left them there.
I also cropped it differently as the shop awning/canopy closes off that area but I don't think you need to go higher. I also left the guy under the right umbrella as this add more context to the shot.
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Dec 17th |
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| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Super idea Jim.
I agree with pretty much all that has been said, and your revision with Jason's suggestion to flip it is much stronger in my view.
The only think I can add is the third lady's leg looks strange, I know its her stockings/tights but it just feels 'off' for some reason that I can't explain (which doesn't help, sorry).
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Dec 17th |
| 78 |
Dec 21 |
Comment |
Late again, sorry.
This is a fabulous landscape that doesn't need much more before you use it.
Taking Helen's point about the leaves on the left, I totally agree you should 'anchor' the leaves rather than have them float, so more left foliage or none all, I'd go with more.
Jim's crop loses the left hand tree which I feel adds to the scene, so I'd keep it. He has cloned out the spurious rock in the water and I'd do the same, plus crop some off the right to emphasise the land mass.
I did feel the rocks in the foreground were too bright so darkened them down ensuring all that lovely detail was kept.
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Dec 17th |
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