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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I've had the chance to visit this amazing park several times and this is one of my favorite viewpoints. This image really captures the "smoky-ness" of the Smokies while retaining detail in the shadows. My only concern is that the sky seems a bit noisy on my screen. Perhaps some selective blur might be in order. |
May 18th |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Comment |
I concur with Allen's comments, especially about your shutter speed. Good sense of movement without being surreal. I also agree about the sky, though I think would have either retained the treetops or cropped more radically into the trees. Where you chose to crop at the top feels a bit awkward to me. Really strong image otherwise. |
May 18th |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Great subject and angle, though I do agree with Jim and Allen about the contrast and including the water. |
May 18th |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Comment |
One of my favorite subjects. I don't think to shoot these in monochrome, but I can see that I'm going to have change that. Very nice. I think I lean more toward Jim's more contrasty version as it really brings out the veins though I would tone it down a bit in the edges of the petals. |
May 18th |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Reply |
I thought about removing it, but decided that only including some of it turned it into symbols. I cut it off in the original photo. Should I clone it out altogether? |
May 16th |
| 11 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jim. I debated about the words but decided that I liked their location plus reinforces that this is a place other than my home.
By the way, the sign is for a gift shop and the words translate as "The Open Workshop". |
May 6th |
4 comments - 2 replies for Group 11
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| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
I like this version a lot. |
May 16th |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Emil,
Thanks for your kind words about my image. I'm enjoying the group so far and look forward to participating each month.
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May 16th |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Melanie. |
May 8th |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Gary. Thanks for your kind welcome and your feedback on my photo. I like your crop.
Most of my IR work is monochromatic, so it's always a bit of a stretch for me to work in color. |
May 3rd |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Emil - I also love old wood barns and quietly sigh when I see yet another one fall down. This is a wonderful composition and a great subject for infrared. Thinking through Palli's and Arik's suggestions, I took it and applied some high pass sharpening to the structures, leaving the foliage and sky alone. I darkened the edges and lightened the silo and hay bale. |
May 1st |
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| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
This is wonderful, Palli. I love how the abstraction of the water creates an almost haunting portrait of the little girl. Normally I don't like such heavy vignetting, but it's just right in this image. |
May 1st |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Gary - Terrific subject beautifully rendered in B&W IR. Love the white trees and dramatic sky. My only thought is that your perspective correction made the overall composition a bit too "squat" compared to the original. I went into free transform and squished it a bit. I think it makes the tower soar more like it does in the original. Just a thought. |
May 1st |
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| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Charles - There's something about an empty park bench that really speaks to me for some reason. I've taken hundreds (thousands?) of images of them over the years. This is really nicely done. I like where you placed the bench in the composition and I really like your subtle color processing. No suggestions. |
May 1st |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Another great road picture! I love the sky and the distant subject. Since you are so close to having a centered composition, I'd suggest going all the way and cropping in from the left edge and putting the road's center line in the center. I agree with Arik's point about darkening the foreground, but would apply it more to the fields to either side of the road and leave the road a bit brighter. |
May 1st |
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| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Arik - Lovely image from an unlikely subject. I love the stark contrast between house and sky as well as the intersecting lines in the structure. No suggestion. |
May 1st |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Melanie - Great subject! I love using roads and paths as leading lines and like what you did here with yours. I do have to agree with Arik that those wonderful clouds are too crunchy. I also find them too dark. Masking out the sky and processing it separately would also add some separation between land and sky. |
May 1st |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Palli. Good suggestion about the post. |
May 1st |
| 66 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thnaks, Arik. I appreciate the kind and encouraging thoughts. |
May 1st |
7 comments - 6 replies for Group 66
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11 comments - 8 replies Total
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