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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Thanks Rick. |
Apr 28th |
| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Stuart for your comments and stopping by. I can't agree with that cropping suggestion. I feel the reflections bring the viewers eyes into the shrimp boats. I agree it makes the boats larger, but the viewer would also see that there is some movement in the boats during the 0.8 exposure. When I crop I also try to think in terms of the normal aspect ratio and printing/matting without making a custom mat. I know that aspect ratio is not a concern in DD but I get PSA opinions that might relay to a cam club submission. |
Apr 20th |
| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Hi everyone. Thanks for your comments and critiques of my image above. I've attempted to remove the far left parts of a shrimp boat. Not 100% perfect as reflections in moving water from the boat that has been erased are not easy.
Thanks again. |
Apr 13th |
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| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I'm envious of your creative mind to make such a unique, composited image. I'm unable to see ahead like you have done. Curious which part of the image did you brain start with? The cabinet card or the rug or ? |
Apr 10th |
| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I definitely prefer the two stem version and agree with Larry that the diagonal helps so much, BUT I'll go a step further and flip the image (like posted) and now the green stem is your point of interest. The glare is a little more pronounced with this composition, so I just cut the hi lights to do a quick job. I hate peppers so I wanted to cut them and run. |
Apr 6th |
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| 15 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for the good comments Larry and Jeri. I really didn't give cropping or cloning out the white bow on the left a minute of thought. I knew that getting the reflections out of the river would of been a big chore and thought leaving that portion of that boat to not be a problem. Besides I had to leave you all something to suggest an improvement on. I had no complaints and appreciate it your thoughts. Shot was trickier than it may appear. I was on a dock and unable to walk on water to change my angle, The boats were moored on the other side of a highway bridge that separated us and concrete support piers were also present, it was getting dark and I did not have a lens longer than my 300 with me and so I needed to crop a decent amount to get this composition. But I loved the red boat and it's light and that compelled me to get the image.
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Apr 6th |
4 comments - 2 replies for Group 15
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| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Bob, thanks for your positive thoughts about my edit to your tree's sky. You are well aware that "impact" sells and that is a winning image with a different sky. I too like foggy type light skies, but they do not have as much impact as a unique colorful sky. |
Apr 16th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Bob, Shenandoah Photographic has been a print club, but they have been convinced that online competition is better than nothing. Our web guy is taking entries and putting them on web via Google photos, online voting and winners announced. Not perfect for sure but....This coming Monday we are also doing our first Zoom meeting. Who knows how long us older people will be kept from in person meetings.
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Apr 15th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Thanks everyone. Suggestions noted and many agreed with. |
Apr 15th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I agree with eliminating the right third of your image, that would Eli,inate the ship on the right. The other 3 boats and the cliffs is your best composition like Stuart Caine did above. |
Apr 10th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I agree on the idea and composition, but am bothered with the soft focus and junction? of fender and hood as well as the defects on the lower front edge of the chrome? Understand the lighting was probably not great and that your hand holding caused the lack of depth of field. I've had better luck using my 105 macro on car parts with decent results. |
Apr 10th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Beverly. Luminar does a fantastic job on the raw files. No special filters on this image. Just a little AI sky brings it out to where I remember it. I've been using less filters except for those images that were throw aways and needed something special. Thanks for visiting. |
Apr 9th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Great action shots Bill. When it comes to unpredictable action shots like this, it's not like you can recreate. Lighting, color, focus and composition are all great. Congrats on capturing the action. |
Apr 8th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
A great shot that you were prepared to capture with that 1000 iso and shutter speed. Being prepared, you were able to capture a sharp bird in the peak of motion and form. Not to worry about the butt shot unless you were to enter it in a Nature competition. |
Apr 8th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
That works great Karen. I was short on time as this was one of those sunrises where the clouds on horizon blocked much of the light until just before sunrise and the crazy birds were flying on and off the lights. Thanks |
Apr 8th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
I had similar thoughts about this editing but then I was re-reading my clubs rules (which have not been brought up to date) and "sandwiching" is allowed. This is the same, putting two images together. BTW, It's not 1 click unless one was very fortunate. I have over 500 skies that I have collected over 10+ years of digital and most times many do not work without tweeking 6+ sliders . If you had shot your tree as a silhouette then this sky might not overpower, but then again I still have "Fuji Velvia" colors in my brain and in my D750.
Hope you are feeling okay and get that hospital stay sooner than later. |
Apr 8th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Stephan, I really like the boat, water, reflections, and composition. Assumption is that you used Luminar to add the sun rays. I use them regularly. In the adjustments there is ability to warm the color of the sun and the rays. Nothing else is needed. |
Apr 7th |
| 29 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Hey Bob, I like the Tree and rock cluster it sits in. What I'm not sure works is the background. It appears that you have a texture and the white clouds/fog isn't doing anything to e. The left bottom corner rock is in the shade but yet the underneath of the tree appears brighter than it should. If I had your original, I would replace the sky and hopefully make it beautiful. I gave it a quick try. the light under the tree isn't right but I didn't go there as I'm not confident this jpg came directly from your raw.
Lighting is probably not correct for this sky but wanted to show you what I might suggest. |
Apr 7th |
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7 comments - 5 replies for Group 29
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| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Hi LuAnn. Thanks for your note. We are doing well. Kind of disappointed with the lack of ability to travel anywhere and my summer/fall trips are cancelled also. Spring is progressing well, tulips are just about done and most all of the trees are in process of leafing. I know, keep smiling, Minn. is just a tad behind VA, but it's working its way North.
Yes, I have had positive remarks for this Alaska image. I had entered it as a 16x20 print at my local Cam Club and it lost to other prints that did not have the sharpness and range of B&W. That's the way it goes sometimes. But the comments from our group and visitors reaffirms that it is a great print. I have to begin my search for next months image. Any subject matter you wished I would submit? Stay Well.
Bob
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Apr 23rd |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Yes sir you nailed it. That also places the emphasis on the snail that has it's head through the hole. |
Apr 11th |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Absolutely. Aren't you in the land of 10,000 lakes? Maybe it's all flat but you have water further north? I can't remember, the geography, but in 1963 I flew with some other Explorer scouts from NY state to St Paul and bused up to Duluth and then 10 days in the Boundary/Provincial Parks area doing canoeing. I've been using my down time to edit or cull years worth of slides and yes, I cam across some from that trip and I looked at maps to refresh my brain as to where we began our trip. BTW, the quality of slides were not great, but better than nothing. So look up waterfall locations. I love all times of water photos and hard to believe how little surface water exists here in Virginia. I miss it so much. But I don't miss the cold and long NH winters. I'll have to hunt down a street photo so you can give me some pointers.
Best Best |
Apr 10th |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Israel, great job in seeing this macro opportunity. My only idea would be to crop the image so that only 3 of the snails are in the image. That would give you the strongest composition. |
Apr 10th |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Well done Gary. Just the idea of getting off the ground and up onto the flatbed was a stroke of genius. And when you saw the condition of the wood you knew you had made the right decision. Beautiful leading lines to the light at the end. I agree with the others in that the flatbed wood should be brightened but be sure to keep the bright light spot in the sky in keeping with your title. |
Apr 7th |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Oliver, I find my eye wandering out of the image in the top right.( I agree you couldn't crop that down as it would be a shame to cut off the tops of the nice weeds behind the bench). Not positive why, but I believe in a different season there is a nice pond with ducks floating waiting for you to throw them some food. As they say visit multiple times for the best images. I don't see the over sharpening, that's just a layer of ice crystals on the snow. Another time of day or year would probably eliminate the bench shadows and those certainly add to the composition. I also find the color version more interesting than the BW. Maybe add a snowman over in the blue area of the upper right. The BW has the shadow and the texture of the weeds. |
Apr 6th |
| 62 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Very nice LuAnn. You practiced the art of seeing and came away with a very nice image. You saw the water flow as many tiny streamers by using the â…› shutter speed for this volume of water. That also makes it possible to see some of the rocks behind the water. You resisted making the water go soft (probably like many of the other photogs) and made this unique image. You included two important things by showing the beginning and the ending of the waterfalls. I agree with Oliver that the pool at the bottom could use more light. Using silver Efex, I would place a control point in that area and try that to brighten things up. Not sure why you didn't shoot this as a vertical, but If it was me I would of taken the shot a little closer and shot horizontal and exposed the water for a second or more to make it silky soft and opened up the shadows on all those nice jagged rocks and juxtaposed them against the soft water. I'm not being the least bit critical of your beautiful image, I would just of tried to make something different considering that I was supposed to stand there and make something different. I probably would of lost in that regard to your very fine image. And also to my wife, as she absolutely hates soft water because it doesn't naturally look that way. |
Apr 6th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 62
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| 75 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Very Good |
Apr 19th |
| 75 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Walter, your camellia is very nice. I understand your desire to capture the center in sharp focus and you did that very well. You also managed to keep the detail and subtle colors of the remaining flower. I do wonder why you had the ISO up so high unless you needed to stop movement via wind. Does your Nature DD group follow PSA Nature rules? If not I would recommend cloning out the brighter twig in the upper center/right of the background. |
Apr 18th |
| 75 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Hi Walter. Great to meet you. I just viewed your Gleason Brook image in the Showcase, very nice, and recognized the scene as some of the Manchester CC members have visited the Hillsborough area frequently. I moved to VA in 2015 and see you are now in GA. I visited Driftwood beach with an excursion group in the first week of Feb and posted image on Group 29. I'm also hearing from Pete, my group 62, that you are very good. I see that from many of your submissions on Group 75 are excellent. So you shot Showcase Gleason in what year? My contact info at www.bobleggphoto.com |
Apr 15th |
2 comments - 1 reply for Group 75
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| 80 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
My DSLR still shoots Velvia so strong skies I love. I don't use Luminar skies, I use my own that I have been collecting during 15 years of DSLR. |
Apr 9th |
| 80 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Well Beverly I see where you found that Luminar sky replacement filter. I hadn't seen Topaz doing that well, then I read your reply. Great job, looks very natural.
Bob from 29 |
Apr 9th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 80
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20 comments - 10 replies Total
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