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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
I'm torn between your October image or November's. The colors in this image are gorgeous, but what distracts me is the cut off of the top of the falls, although you explained your rationale. Regardless, beautiful capture.
I love the light coming down from right side adding a sense of shadowing with the wet rock and the added foliage on the right. The yellow leaves blending into the orange is a beautiful transition of colors. I really like the warmness of the foreground with the soft water. A beautiful sense of calm!
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Nov 21st |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Nice composition Jason. The image is a bit dark, especially in the foreground, but it is sharp, whereas the background is bright and blurred. It is always hard to shoot in mid-day light and the ND10 filter used allows you to actually shoot a longer exposure which you did at 20 sec. The issue with the long exposure time when it's breezy, is the blurriness of the leaves moving in the wind. The water coming off the falls in the background is nice and smooth which is most likely what you were trying to achieve.
The right upper portion of the image is blown out with light. Wondering if balancing the reflected light to the left side by lightening the shadows may balance the image a little better.
I love the colors you captured. Fall is by far my favorite season. |
Nov 21st |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
I converted to B&W and it doesn't do it justice even with adjusting the filters in LR. I played some presets in B&W as well. but maybe it just me. It actually became more grainy looking and that could definitely be the camera as I was shooting an older Canon EOS T3 18MB Cropped Sensor, with a standard Canon kit lens as well. I feel it all within the glass as well. Kit lenses are cheap and I have had this lens for 10 years plus.
I have uploaded it in B&W using a little bit of red filter. It still is soft to me even with sharpening. I also added Optics changes as well. |
Nov 21st |
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| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for the tip Michael. I'll play around and see what this looks like. I feel that my other issue is the ISO, shutter and f/stop. I shot this at 5.6 and could tightened it down more to f/8-f/10 and could have definitely gotten a tigthter and sharper image. |
Nov 21st |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Excellent point Larry. I did shoot this one in Av priority with -0.3 exp. bias which the camera tends to over correct. I was shooting RAW which allows those changes post-production. I have heard that if you are shooting anything with a white background (such as snow), to add exposure bias so that the camera is "tricked" into adjusting to the right exposure. A lot of experimentation I guess. Varies among who you listen to. |
Nov 21st |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Excellent point Larry. I did shoot this one in Av priority with -0.3 exp. bias which the camera tends to over correct. I was shooting RAW which allows those changes post-production. I have heard that if you are shooting anything with a white background (such as snow), to add exposure bias so that the camera is "tricked" into adjusting to the right exposure. A lot of experimentation I guess. Varies among who you listen to. |
Nov 21st |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Thank you for the input. For me, I have a difficult time raising the ISO, especially then. Now, I have a more understanding of the "exposure triangle" and working on shooting more in Manual mode the priorty modes (Tv, Av, P). Which really makes me think and adjust. A tripod would have definitely been a friend for these shots. |
Nov 15th |
| 67 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Michael, nicely composed image with the grouping of the mushrooms. A true "Family Portrait". I agree with the comments about removing the blurred foreground. Your post production changes are nicely done. Getting low and capturing your point of view brings the reality of fungi to the table.
I would concur that tightening up your f/stop a little more may have eliminated some of the blurred foreground. The Bokah effect in the background is nice and the soft transition of the forest floor to the light is nicely captured as well. Viva La Mushrooms. |
Nov 15th |
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