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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
The busy sky keeps drawing my attention away from the mill. I wonder if a long exposure would have reduced all the details into streams of clouds and relegated them more to the background.
I also find the masts, also being vertical objects but different, compete with the mill and don't support it.
I like cormorant. |
Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
You certainly rescued this delicate flower from your original. At first I did not care for the pink but repeated looks convinced me that it is THE colour for this image. Nice. |
Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
The only comment one can make is to stack superlatives on top of superlatives. Gorgeous.
I guess the only, very little, suggestion I would make is trying a bit more structure on the stones. A little more lichen pop might be OK, but not necessary. |
Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Although it was a battle I think you produced a lovely image. I agree on leaving the noise in the stones, the noise is hidden and you don't want to soften them.
I think if you had removed most of the tree on the left it would have made the composition too tight and thus less interesting. The left side provides a balance to the right side trees and to the very tall tower. |
Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Is this in infrared, you did not say what wavelength?
Where was your focus, was it the water? Pushing the processing has brought out some noise, most notable in the foreground water.
I like the composition of the long branch over the rest of the scene. This is a horizontal scene, not vertical.
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Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
An exposure focused on the mountain at 78mm and f8 has a near focus of about 114'. Have you tried doing focus stacking? Images focused on the mountain, one on the trees and one on the fence and then stacked would have yielded a final image with much more impact.
Also did you align the images before going to HDR? There is movement shadow in the fence. |
Nov 23rd |
| 35 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Always glad to hear your input Julie.
I agree the half cactus on the left should be removed. While I was looking I also now want to take out the two spikes in front of the group of cactus on the right.
I think the area on the left arch is a chink in the corner of the stucco.
I intentionally darkened the left lower edge to force the viewer up to the more interesting arch and beyond.
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Nov 15th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 35
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| 56 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
So sad to see a fine vessel dying on a rocky shore. But the "savage" quality of the those foreground rocks conveys the danger the ocean holds for those you sail upon its waters.
Thank you for sharing this, nicely done. |
Nov 21st |
| 56 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Ah, the many benefits of monochrome. In the original all I want to look at is the warm saddle and ignore the horsewoman. But mono makes me look at all the shapes and textures, which abound here.
Now I pay attention to the woman and her outfit. Well done.
I also really like the "matting. Now the horsewoman steps out of the image towards the viewer and that
is what is important. Great stuff!
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Nov 21st |
| 56 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
In all their gear the original rides look all the same, as does their bikes. You have made individuals again.
I really like this. Reminds me of some of those great sports painters like LeRoy Neiman. |
Nov 21st |
| 56 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
I can never catch a lake this still! Your enhancements of the fall colours make this a classic. Well done. |
Nov 21st |
| 56 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
I kinda wanted the old door to disappear so let it fade off.
I also obscured the NO TRESPASSING sign.
While I did some sharpening I wanted the overall effect to look painterly so left lots of the scene soft.
When I started working with this image the warm fall colours began coming through and it became
much more than what I started with.
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Nov 21st |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 56
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10 comments - 2 replies Total
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