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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
I found a short tutorial on focus stacking that is almost identical to the way I do it. Exceptions are: 1) I use a Fuji X-T30 rather than a X-T20; 2)I use the Laowa 65mm 2.8 lens rather than the Laowa 25mm; 3) I don't use a focus rail, but rather just manually focus the lens in small increments; 4) I use Photoshop to stack the images rather than Serene Stacker software. Here's the article:
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64018003 |
Jun 8th |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
I've tried photographing birds, but found it extremely difficult especially the little ones that don't sit still at all. I like that you shot this guy with its mouth open. Nice capture. I wasn't sure what those grey fuzzy things were. At first, I thought they were caterpillars. They do tend to take your eye away from the bird though. |
Jun 3rd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
Purple irises are always a challenge to photograph because they are so dark and three dimensional. Also, it's difficult to get sufficient depth-of-field to keep the front and rear petals sharp unless you focus stack which you did. Your original image shows the background to be much more in focus than your final image. It also appears you selected the iris and blurred the background in the final image which makes the image much more appealing. However, the in-focus leaf on the right is distracting. I'm not sure why you cropped out the tips of the left and right petals when the original image has them in.
It's interesting that I first submitted a shot of a purple iris for this month's image, but I decided to change it to a white nigella flower. I, too, used focus stacking on my purple iris and blurred the background. It took so much post-processing effort to get the purple iris to look good. |
Jun 3rd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Ray. I did take some shots at f/22, but the tips of the thorns closest to the camera weren't in focus, and the background was too much in focus and became distracting. I don't do much focus stacking, so I was quite please with this attempt. |
Jun 2nd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
I have a thing for old, decayed buildings, but find them a challenge to captured photographically. You successfully captured this old hospital built over a stream and now overgrown with vegetation. I particularly like the rusted metal bars in the windows of the stone wall as it adds a creepy character to the scene. I like that you cloned out the sign in the window. Although your post processing of the vegetation adds color to the scene, I almost like the coloring of the original scene equally as well because it keeps that creepy feeling throughout the image. |
Jun 2nd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
A beautiful reflection image indeed, and with the duck swimming through it, just makes the image come alive. Good cropping to focus the eye on the reflection and duck. Your darkening of the bright spot in the slanted boulder avoids it being a distracting element. Well done. |
Jun 2nd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
I like the relaxing nature of this image, and I wish I were there now. The composition is well captured with the red tip of the kayak balancing the middle-right focal point of the small hill and contrasting the blue sky. The clouds, comprising of 2/3rds of the image, appear to be the main subject, but it is unfortunate that their highlights are somewhat overblown. Maybe you can bring back some detail in those areas or even clone in some of the blown-out highlights with other parts of the clouds. |
Jun 2nd |
| 45 |
Jun 20 |
Comment |
A beautiful night-time cityscape image with the city lights blending nicely with the scenic layers of mountains in the background and framed by the leaves in the foreground. The lighting is fantastic and excellently captured. I particularly like the way the city lights leads your eye from the lower left to the right into the twilight sky. |
Jun 2nd |
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