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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 3 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Mike. Fantastic job on the tree. FWIW I like more than either on group 99. The light painting, the reflection and the separation from the background make it extra beautiful. |
Mar 6th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 3
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| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the enhancement Gunter. I like it better. |
Mar 26th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Great job Gunter. While a different look than Ron's intentions I find the Topaz solution that you produced enhances the small trees and their curves. |
Mar 19th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Ron, I tried what I suggested and you are 100% too much cropping and front trees still had slanting problems. I had never tried it before on slanting trees but it does work great on buildings etc. |
Mar 18th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Ron, I like the younger forest, oak trees, beyond the pines. The outermost pines both go out of the frame. I wonder if you tried using the "Transform" tool to change their angle by using vertical lines alignment. Not sure how the oaks would behave, but they grow at all kinds of angles anyway. Unsure why sharpening and noise reduction would create "smearing". I like what you have done to increase contrast in the trees and darkening of the sky. |
Mar 17th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Gunter, a great job looking up and composing this beauty. I agree that the clouds need some help, but I would be careful to make them white as they lead would intersect with the top and right edge. Perhaps another cloud image could be used to fix the lighting and compositional challenges. |
Mar 17th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
I like your panorama idea Karen, but the mechanics made it very difficult to get the image that you saw. I can see where the merges in the sky and water don't work as planned. I am not familiar with the Photomerge program, but wonder if you used the latest version of PS? The sky swap should give you a better result and I would try 1 sky image for the entire width and perhaps the content aware tool too fix the "Dark" paths in the water where the dark merges exist. |
Mar 17th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy, Kudos for your Creative Steps. Well done. This image is also well done, however, I think I would differ from Stuarts crop and make it a square. That's a happy medium. I also would not have used the Topaz filters that Stuart used, simply because in the original the "Expired" can't be read. We know it from the red but I think the lack of clarity on the meter adds to the story of the meter that stands the test of time. |
Mar 17th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Tim. A very nice shot and add me to liking the crop that Lance suggested. I also like the intentional including of the chairs in front of you. That gives the suggestion that this was not a posed shot and that the couple was deep into using their favorite means of communication. |
Mar 17th |
| 29 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Ron |
Mar 17th |
8 comments - 1 reply for Group 29
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| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Very nice job Bunny and Israel and Pete. An excellent group activity to make the flower so much better. |
Mar 17th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Emil |
Mar 7th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Well done Israel. I'm partial to the color version leading my eye to the back of the image. Unfortunately some one might of dumped a load of concrete and attached wire to save time and money. A terrible mindset to have. |
Mar 4th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Well done Bunny, especially considering the WX conditions. Having the image will certainly remind you of this spot. Thanks for the tip, I've never thought of using the Studio sketch edit to fix an underexposed image. |
Mar 4th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Emil, this reminds me of another path you had your eye on within the last 6 months. You edited that one to take the eye around the corner. With your recent edit the darkened highlights allow the eye to go further into the frame, but comes to a fork (3 trees in the middle) without a clear path, or any path, to follow and while I don't have a problem with this image, and in fact like the lighting, I believe an image could be enhanced by finding an opening or curve in the path that allows access to you eye. |
Mar 4th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Pete, the darkened bud does relieve the tension between the two and looks natural as it is further away. I thought this was a magnolia bud and that there were hundreds coming or in bloom in your DC area. Good job.
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Mar 4th |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Mark, exposure time was perfect in my mind. I generally like to have detail in the foreground to give depth, but the leaves in your foreground do not. Perhaps they lack detail that could come selective editing of that green so they are lighter and provide detail. Or, depending on your cropping desires, just crop them out. |
Mar 3rd |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Hi Mark. I'll try to add my two cents. We recently had a Zoom with Tony Sweet and his message was "Simplify and Isolate your subject". The subject here being the waterfalls and the trees and vegetation on both sides of the water falls can easily be cropped. without taking anything away from the subject. You didn't indicate your lens so I can't judge whether you needed to do this in cam or post. I also find Pete's edits to the glare on the surrounding rocks give them more contrast and interest. Another suggestion to perhaps plan your next hike to go after a rain when perhaps there is more water. Your composition would be excellent for a calendar or printed image, and even shows, but the flowing water folks, and or judge, would want to see the simplified subject. Show your Intention! |
Mar 2nd |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Pete, this is showing merit and progress towards equalling your portrait photos. I first notice that your color image has that overexposure in the background. You made good edits and cropping to eliminate all of that in the mono version. It might have been easier if you moved a few feet to the side or chosen another bud to have a better background. I like the texture in the bud leaves and the two leaves that drop or curve that unfolded, but the merge with the upright bud is distracting and doesn't add to the image. I'm thinking there were other buds that didn't have a merge. Maybe if you had not cropped the small bud to the left the progression of age to the right would have helped. I would also gone higher with the iso and shutter speed incase the wind was moving things. I'm thinking you weren't using the tripod and if you stepped back and used the 200mm it would have softened the background and possibly made it easier to compose another shot. Got back and shoot another few. We are on schedule to have over feet of snow this week, so I have no hope of showing you and there is not a single sign of spring yet. Snows not even gotten dirty. But it is beautiful. |
Mar 2nd |
| 62 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Pete and Mark for your comments. On my "Mac" I'm only showing blacks under the foremost rocks and only whites are only showing red back in the upper left region. It doesn't change much by dropping the whites and needed to bring down exposure to get rid of those marked red hi lights and that leaves a bluish gray for the whites in the foreground. (Still without much detail). Old Technology I assume. |
Mar 2nd |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 62
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| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Black background posted again. Sorry, didn't have time to lighten up the centers of the flower as suggested |
Mar 18th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Here is the original Lightpad image before converting to black background. Yes, I think the conversion to black background caused the light inside of the main flower to go too dark. Good seeing Doug and Rich to pick up on that. |
Mar 13th |
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| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Nadia. You can always comment about the composition. It's very subjective when taking parts to make an image. |
Mar 12th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Kathryn |
Mar 10th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Rich, this is a well composed image that is sharp throughout. My personal preference is for more colorful flowers, but I can appreciate all the work that went into stacking all of these images and bringing out all the tones in these flowers and leaves. Well done. |
Mar 8th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Kathryn, you have again shown our group how a single image can be edited, enhanced, and composited with a perfectly matched background to make a fine art print suitable for an awaiting wall. Well done. |
Mar 8th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Doug, I find this image to be so intriguing as it pulls my eyes into the composition by the multiple leading lines. You've handled the prism well as it only interacts with the reflections. I might suggest cropping off the left edge of the image or at least reducing the highlights. Great seeing to find such a compatible composition to utilize this prism filter.
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Mar 8th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Nadia, this is a stunning image with beautiful colors and composition. Well done. |
Mar 8th |
| 80 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Beautiful Lotus flowers with their vibrant colors. A higher viewpoint and removal of distracting background (water) would have made your subject more interesting. Please try to improve the image and resubmit. |
Mar 8th |
9 comments - 0 replies for Group 80
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25 comments - 4 replies Total
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