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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, Cindy. I think you're right about the image being a little dark...especially the upper half. |
Aug 17th |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
This B&W image works well as a silhouette with the strongly backlit tower. The direct shot of the sun and its reflection balances the tower and adds another point of interest. However,the right one-third of the image doesn't seem to add much to the overall image, and I would suggest cropping it off. |
Aug 7th |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
I like the picturesque, old town setting with the mountainous background. That alone would have made a wonderful image. I'm not sure the art students add anything to the scene. If there was only one student drawing the scene, it might make more sense. But, as is, the four of them bunched together is more of a distraction. |
Aug 3rd |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Nice capture of a green heron. I'm not too keen on the blown out area in the upper left. The bird is perfectly exposed thought. What if you cropped the image to a square format removing the left side? |
Aug 3rd |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
I love water lilies, but the red floating pad together with the white lily make the image very special. Just the pad or just the water lily alone swouldn't have nearly the impact of both of them sitting next to each other. And, the reflections add a nice bonus. Great image!!! |
Aug 3rd |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Just beautiful! Perfect composition, and your post-processing skills really brought out the natural details in the stone ceiling. You were so lucky to find a brief moment in time when no one was around. |
Aug 3rd |
| 45 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Robert. I hadn't heard the term "penny farthing" before. I looked it up, and the term makes sense once you know the relative size of a penny and a farthing. |
Aug 3rd |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 45
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| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, Dick. In past years, the sunflowers grew quite tall and I took a step ladder to shoot over them. In recent years, the county planted a different variety of sunflowers that are shorter, so no step ladder is needed. I did have to hold the camera over my head though without a tripod. These sunflowers always face east and don't follow the sun. |
Aug 18th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Shirley. I darkened the sky, and the pink was there. I didn't add the pink color or saturate the sky. |
Aug 18th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Maria. This particular sunflower field is very well known to photographers in this area and to many in the U.S. So, I didn't just happen to find it. There were about a dozen photographers at the field already when I got there. And, I did try to find a sunflower at least partially facing me for this shot, but no luck. Maybe next year. |
Aug 18th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Barbara. As I was driving out to the sunflower field, it started to rain. I almost decided to turn around and go home. I'm glad I didn't. |
Aug 11th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
You may have used a point-and-shoot camera with no exif data, but what about post processing work? Was this image straight out of camera? It looks like unusual lighting to give the image a pinkish cast. Was that natural? I like the simple 3-bud composition with the front bud in sharp focus and the background blurred out. Very nice! |
Aug 7th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
Maria, you captured this unusual flower very well. It may be common in Australia, but I've never seen one in the east coast of the U.S. I like your post-processing work to even out the tonal ranges of the highlights and shadows and how you saturated the overall colors in the image. The use of a 400mm focal length created a nice blurred background with subtle round bokeh balls. Very well done! |
Aug 7th |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
What an excellent shot of a daylily and buds. The entire flower is in perfect focus and stands out nicely from the background. The simple background and texture complement the flower nicely. There seems to be a whitish areas at the top and in the background at the base of the flower. Was that deliberate? I would probably prefer the background to be more uniform. |
Aug 3rd |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
You captured this sunflower beautifully by blurring out the background and making the sunflower the sole object of attention. But, photographing flowers on a bright sunny day is not usually recommended unless you use a diffuser due to the harsh shadows created. I wonder if your images taken in the shade would have been better. |
Aug 3rd |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Comment |
You created a very nice still life image with the various stages of the flower's development. I wonder if it's possible to lighten some of the shadowy areas so that the edges of the flower are more distinct from the background. It's hard to tell where the flower ends and the background begins. |
Aug 3rd |
| 65 |
Aug 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, Esther. It would have been nice to have a blue indigo sitting on one of the sunflowers though. |
Aug 3rd |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 65
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10 comments - 7 replies Total
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