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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 15 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Kirsti, what a great followup to last July, The composition definitely leads the viewers eyes toward the Creature. I can't think of any improvements to make. If you placed creature in this spot, I might try to enlarge him prior to replacement to make it have more Impact. |
Mar 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 15
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| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
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Mar 19th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Karen, but I prefer saturated colors. Sorry, artist prerogative, |
Mar 19th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Tam |
Mar 18th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Bev. But if I were to use it in a PJ competition it wouldn't qualify and I feel the boat doesn't detract from the image and in fact gives it scale. Thanks for visiting and your comments. |
Mar 14th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Tam, I'm guess you did not want the lady to see you taking the photo. I think the image could be improved by cropping out the motorcycles etc across the street. They are a distraction from the subject of your image. This could also be accomplished if you were able to move back to the left and shoot the lady with the blue wall as the background. Maybe you could also of caught the moment the lady was going thru the puddle or getting her reflection in the puddle if she went around. This would add impact and enhanced the storyline to your image. |
Mar 13th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
What a beautiful lantern Karen. I love the snow, that really makes the image. Now that you've taken this beauty you can go out tonight/tomorrow (I scheduled the snow for you) and tried the slower shutter speed. Will the snow on top of the lantern melt very quickly once the lantern comes on? I'm guessing its gas (this country boy hasn't seen a bulb this shape) and that would generate much heat. BTW I think off center works best because of the tree type on the right is more appealing than the single trunk tree or pole left center of the image. |
Mar 13th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Judy, neat place to see but LA won't ever be on my bucket list. I wonder like the 2 gentlemen preceding me about the composition and perhaps you took an image list this. To help remove the distortion from looking up to step back and I believe your zoom went to 200 or 300mm and shoot the beautiful iron and wood work from further distance. That should help with removing the column on the right and maybe cropping the pole on the left. In my mind, all caused by pointing the camera up to the next level and by shooting from across the room you could capture what you wanted without the distortion. Frustrating to realize that cropping won't fix, and the transform tool leaves blank edges (now content fill helps). |
Mar 13th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Bill. Over the years when I was able to shoot balloons making water reflections, the judges for the most part said the reflection should be darker than the original subject. That was true with slides, but the raw images on digital images come out the same. I prefer the darker versions because it gives me more saturated colors in the reflection. Thanks for your comments. |
Mar 12th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
A great vantage point you found Bill of all these colorful buildings and roofs. Just maybe a minor tweaking of the shadows slider to open the shadows a bit on some roofs and tall buildings mid frame in shadows. |
Mar 7th |
| 29 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Another of your great underwater creations Stephan. Just wonderful ability you have to pre-vision these shots and then capture it while you are both underwater. Just amazing. |
Mar 7th |
9 comments - 1 reply for Group 29
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| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks for your comments Emil. My Yankee heritage causes me to say no thank you. I'm not going to lighten the balloons and not likely to watch Jack Curran. I'm happy using my Tone Curves for most edits and in the 6 months I have been using Lightroom I have yet to use Camera Raw. I do use Ps on occasion and considering using an editing panel down the road, but I'm still editing and tossing images and making art images. I find it very difficult to learn new processes, but thanks again. |
Mar 23rd |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Beverly. Yes, a magical experience. |
Mar 21st |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Thanks LeAnn. I was sitting here do other emails and why not answer you promptly. Yes, My our 2 COVID's were done in February. We used our computer skills to get on the appointment list early in the under 75 year olds. All went well and we even went out to eat on Monday AM. I subscribe to Steve Perry's stuff and read about his COVID this week. I saw that he thinks he got it at dentist. I've been to my dentist twice last year and no issue, but they had all the precautions in place. We never took chances in going out anywhere without mask except the dentist. No idea where Steve lives and I don't believe I know of Layne. Now is not the time to be sad. We are almost thru this and better days lie ahead.
RE: Balloon pic. It is a 20MB file so pixels to crop. In color, I didn't like the idea of looking up the nose of the 1st balloon on left. You are correct about removing the trucks and tent tops. The cropped image does bring the eye to the back, but the viewer doesn't gather the notion of the immense crowds in attendance as they do with the full width version. I have many images think this version is just not as powerful of a composition. Did you want me to send you a copy with more pixels?
Did you have a chance to use your "Trigger" yet?
Take care
Bob |
Mar 19th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
How dare you replace my bald flat sky. :-) You should of been with me as it was very disturbing to me to get up at 4 AM (actually 1AM Eastern) and arrive at the field to see the gray sky. In fact there was a small rain shower that popped up later on. Actually the sky you used is appropriate as too much detail in the sky would of conflicted with all the details in the balloons. I take it that you are finding the sky replacement tool in PS to come in handy. It is easy to use. |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Another great shot Israel, although I do agree it needs a new sky. Because of the height from the windmill, something is needed to take up all the blank blue space. Oliver's sky does a great job without diverting interest from the truck scene. I also like his darkening of the vehicles and building in the background that just don't fit with the old truck. The white rocks also disappeared under Oliver's watchful eye. Opening of the shadows inside the headlights also adds interest to the image. Thanks Israel. |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
A beautiful shot. Bunny. Probably impossible to duplicate with the height and cloud formations you had. I like the darker sky versions. The trees at the base spread the view to both sides of the building and bottom point of the triangle on left side isn't cut off. Therefore I think Bunny's composition works the best for this building. |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I like all the variations. I agree that separating the Hydrangea from the background is the solution for making the flower pop. Nothing wrong with using the older methodology Oliver, but I'm with LuAnn and believe that Topaz offers the most variations to the flower and the background. But Leah gets the credit for finding such a great survivor to photograph. Flowers are popping here in the Shenandoah Valley. Spring will be here this week. |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
An interesting concept to modify the light. I agree that you accomplished changing and enhancing the light compared to the original, especially on the building. I'm not seeing the need to add rays to the hill to show the direction of the light. The "white" water reflection to the far side of the building shows the light coming from the direction of far hill. The added texture? to the top of the far right mountain does not look natural. |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
A Really Super job LuAnn. I was not familiar with the "Dark Field" photography other than the outside version. You've progressed so much with this indoor winter photography. Nothing for me to say or recommend. Just EXCELLENT.
Bob |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Great seeing, Emil, and superb job with picking the right clouds/sky for this image.
I too am not convinced that the vignetting at the bottom of the image works to your favor. The original shows that you have room to fit the reflected three tops well within the bottom border of the image, and the darker water doesn't detract or cause the viewers eyes to wander out of the scene. I vote to remove the vignette and just darken the dark tones at the bottom of the image. |
Mar 7th |
9 comments - 1 reply for Group 62
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19 comments - 2 replies Total
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