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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Judy, sorry, I do not think I've used PS Elements, and haven't used NIK since they started charging and Topaz Studio I do use but I don't use layers. See the tangled web we have woven for ourselves. You should be able to do well by using your old images. You should watch step by step videos by MattK, or ON1 or most have free trials, and I think you will be able to settle on one and find many winners just by updating the processing. Also plenty of free videos on YouTube and if you are home more then the timing might be ripe for updating your thinking and your library.
You have two weeks to get everything in order. See you on this same "bat channel"
Bob |
May 22nd |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Judy, I've been up in balloons my self perhaps a dozen times. It's a great experience. I agree its the edited version is too bright, but it did provide, I think, a good exercise in seeing and editing. I can't just do twirls, that won't make everyone happy. |
May 21st |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
But Judy, I've given you the road map to this edit. Okay, you just travel the country and take beautiful photos that don't need much editing or those that can be edited in your mobile apps. OK, That's not really a bad scenario. Enjoy your holiday. |
May 21st |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Yes sir. Camera clubs since 1984 and school of hard knocks. |
May 19th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Hi Judy, just realized comments had to be done by the 20th and unfair for others not to have a chance or for me to be locked out. This was just a quick idea I had. Basic mirror image ie: dupe layer, flip horizontal or vert, Open as layers in Ps and I picked-Multiply. That darkened background, and it highlighted my favorite Twirls and Swirls. I did a quick Clarity and that would be better before vs at the end. I also should have cropped from the top. Sorry, too much time planting flowers today, so you get the quick edit for FREE and ideals for others can edit. |
May 19th |
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| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Ron, a great endeavor you have undertaken. I believe I shot ours once in 50+ years. Composition is nice but I wish you had worked the sharpness a little more via higher shutter speed or higher f/stop. Your low DofF (3.5) and 1/120 sec s/s might of defeated your sharp subject with bokeh. Possibly you didn't use a tripod? These flowers are often not at a photo optimum and you needed to bend over? You might be able to fix it some in Lightroom or Ps as I'm thinking it might of gone past blooming for this year. Maybe you might submit the original and the group could help you. |
May 17th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Bob, I am familiar with and own Blake's Visionary Panel. For an image like this that has vivid subjects (Balloons) I tend to not even look at that and I didn't even need to use Ps for these images. And the light rays were so powerful that I didn't need to use the Vpanel to discover them. I also wanted to open up some shadows on the 2 left balloons to make them similar in tone to the two on the right. I define (loosely) as someone who edits or suggests, according to textbooks, videos or visionary type panels. I do my own thing and accept suggestions from Camera Clubbers and not afraid to be different. You'll learn that about me. I understand how the tone evaluation helps in some images but not for an image like this where there is limited leeway to change the tones. |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Tim for the cloning/removal tool on the car and white spots in amongst the yellow mist. Your comments are generally AAA-OK. Bob |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
That's OK Karen, but I'm not going to agree with you. The yellow is quite natural as the sun had only risen a few minutes before. Think Golden hour. Cropping to make a vertical works for me except you chopped the bow off the kayak. I know I should have composed more carefully and not taken so many shots. I had not considered a vertical. It was just one of those occasions where the adrenaline was flowing as I stumbled upon the composition as I was walking along the river. I'll look at other images and see if the 2 best balloons can be shown in a better light. |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Another fantastic Sports image Tim. Yes, the fast ISO and resulting shutter speed gave you excellent motion stopping abilities. Tim, you have an excellent agent and advanced ticket person as you happen to get a spot where the peak of action is coming towards you and fantastic backgrounds. All part of being a top notch sports photographer. |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Bob, I'm unfamiliar with this area of the country, but I do think you've done a great job of capturing Mt Rainier's prominence to the coast and its character. I do have a consideration for you. The bottom portion of the image, concrete walk or roadway, does not serve a purpose and cropping from the bottom up to the top edge of concrete and a small crop of right side of the city should retain the same size image. I do offer the suggestion of replacing the sky with more puffy clouds or crop off the existing clouds to make more of a panorama. A small nit, would be to select the viewing stand that the boy is on and cut the hi lights. You have a very nice new camera, Personally I wouldn't shoot in less than 400 iso. The resulting higher shutter speed will cut down on those times when you aren't able to hold it steady. |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments Bob. I'm far from an image edit purist, but on this image I'm of the belief that the balloons are backlight and the balloon lighting, fog, and reflections all add to the moment in time that this lighting existed. I agree that increasing the lighting and texture enhances the image, but do not think the green from the trees competes with the small amount of green on the balloon. I also think that you have over lightened the life vest and skin on the kayaker. There was no light coming thru the kayaker so there should be no natural light on him. Thanks for your thumbs up on the light beams. All in all, I would be unlikely to render many of your considerations. |
May 14th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Comment |
A great composition on the windmill Elaine. When I visited them I was not able to find the "opening" in the grasses to have a great vertical composition like you have. Focus and exposure are right on. Your gray day is probably better than trying Ps Sky Replacement and trying to get the sky and water reflection to work. |
May 9th |
| 29 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Elaine. Your comments are appreciated. |
May 9th |
7 comments - 7 replies for Group 29
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| 80 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Oops. Now I see it. Either way it will be gone. Thanks Doug |
May 19th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Doug. I had not seen that black line before. Yes the remove tool will remove. But you said the center was too dark and somehow you got a blue line in the center. I had no blue in my image. |
May 19th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Rich this is a very nice image and your bringing out the whites and the glowing petals tie it all together. The darkened background reduces any distraction. Well done. |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Ingrid, a beautiful image that is sharp, colorful and has a pleasing background. One small nit would be if you thought about reducing the hilights (white on left top of flower and the background just a tad? Keep up your good work. |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Kamal, I really Love the Red flower. Nice and sharp and the background is pleasing and natural and shows how you have learned to both subject and background to make an image with no distracting elements. Well done. |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Doug, another one of your stacked images, with acceptable sharpness, but I have to say it is not one of my favorites. Perhaps if I saw a color coming up inside that would help. The holes also don't seem to be things that I have seen before. I do like your background color and texture. Perhaps you have found a less common type of Tulip bud! |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Nadia, another one of your flower images, I especially like the glow, water drops and the touch of green and of course your background. I always photo the clematis from the top to capture the stamen etc. Not sure where they will be planted yet as they have not yet arrived. 90% of everything this year is new. Maybe I'll luck out and I'll have a way to photo while laying on my back. |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Rich. No problem, Abstracts don't hold 100% Love and interest. The DD format is not the same as club judging where the judge(s) have their score in 2-3 seconds. Not that these score well, unless the subject is Abstract/Creatives. I agree that removing the hi light areas is something I do but never record in keyword notes. |
May 17th |
| 80 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Nadia. The dark background is not automatic as can be seen in the original. I darkened outside the flower blossoms. Update: I tried to recreate in Ps and now am quite sure I used Studio2. One of the reasons for liking Studio 2 is that the photog selected the motion tool and then "Swirl". Nothing to select as in Ps that needed to select then inverse. Here is the current version from Studio2 and I used Less Blur and achieved more of the flowers that you and Ingrid liked. Also Studio made the Swirl from the center out depending on the location and size of the Swirl controls.The Swirl/Twirl cause the most problems for me as I forget which I used by the time the image gets into LrC and I enter keywords. |
May 17th |
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| 80 |
May 25 |
Comment |
Marti, what a great image capture and editing job in Monochrome. The image has an excellent depth of field and tonal range. I've gone out on a branch, "Blue Spruce" says my Plant ID vs your Pine, No deduction for wrong ID, and tried to remove that dark branch on the right side. Used LrC and ended up using the clone tool after lightening the branch. Acceptable Marti?? Re ID. Pine is almost soft and Spruce is very sharp. You might of noticed when grabbing or touching a branch. |
May 15th |
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| 80 |
May 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Ingrid. I appreciate your comments. I try to spend an hour before bedtime to look at my images. Like most of us I don't get the time to edit all the images I shoot, especially the time to create an abstract. Sometimes it only takes me a few minutes and other when it gets to be close to an hour and after multiple Command Z's I give up. The new editing features do make it easier to have more time. |
May 11th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 80
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13 comments - 12 replies Total
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