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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
The ingenuity of mankind will never cease to amaze me! |
Jun 17th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Shirley, it has come out well. The clone tool has worked a treat. The quality/size of the background sky is probably a lesser quality compared to the foreground image and is grainy by comparison.
Maybe if you took the whole image back into Camera Raw or Lightroom and applied some grain over the whole scene.
In camera Raw (Lightroom), open the image then Effects>Grain and move the slider and see what happens. |
Jun 17th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I like your rework. You have teased out a lot more detail from the dark areas and the brown cast has gone. |
Jun 17th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
This is an interesting action nature shot. The head and the eye of the osprey are sharp. I would not be too fussed about the blurred wings, they are moving and you image emphasizes that. However I wonder how the image would have turned out if you had used camera settings similar to those Jim used in his action image, namely 1/6400, f/5.6 and ISO 500.
The image is nicely composed and I like that you have been able to get nearly to the same level as the bird to take this shot.
Well done |
Jun 15th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I love the covered bridges in the USA. Each with a historical plaque explaining when it was built and how long it is. My wife and I spent a day or so driving around Pennsylvania searching for covered bridges the last time we were in the USA. They are beautiful.
You had a nice bright day to take this image and it is nicely composed. I love the way the water coming over the weir mimics the vertical timbers of the bridge. Maybe that could be an image in itself.
Your image looks as though it was taken in the late morning and I have to wonder what light effects there might have been in the early morning or evening.
Your image makes me want to go exploring! |
Jun 15th |
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| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
This is an interesting photo. I wonder what the purpose of the horse drawn "chariot" is. Maybe it is one of those quaint English rural things! The pony doesn't look too rushed so it might have been quicker for the driver to walk.
The "darks and shadows" are still very low. Is it possible to lighten them to bring out some of the detail in the dark areas, and perhaps even lighten the whole image slightly?
The "warm cocoa" filter works but leaves a brown cast over the image. Have you tried raising the temperature of the light to warm up the image?
A great capture and I am curious to know what this man, pony and contraption are all about!
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Jun 15th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
This is a great action photo, Jim. Everything is sharp. The shutter speed is fast enough to achieve this, the aperture is about as wide as it goes for the lens choice (plus extender) and you have managed to keep the ISO low. I like your post treatment and the final composition with the reflection.
A really good result, well done |
Jun 15th |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Shirley, I think this is a great city scape and I like the sunset you have added in. As Piers said, it has great impact.
If it were my image I might try and clone some of the bright sunset clouds down between the buildings. Particularly between the larger foreground building and the one to the right of it.
Maybe use the square marque tool and select a strip right across the image at the brightest sunset level. Then copy and flip it vertically and drag it down over the water so that the sunset is reflected in the foreground. Reduce the opacity of this layer and blend it into the shoreline.
Lightly paint some of the sunset orange colour over the bright reflected faces of the buildings. They are too white at the moment or change the temperature and warm the buildings to match the sunset.
Lighten the dark shadows in the trees
Clone out the concrete "lookout" in the left hand lower corner and replace it with water.
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Jun 4th |
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| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thank you Piers.
The image really looks very bland without the audience background. Unfortunately I have never been in the position to take a photo of a large audience face on and this is the best I could do with the images I have. If I go any darker it loses the effect of being an audience and becomes a mottled, blotchy background. So I have left it as it is.
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Jun 3rd |
| 2 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thank you Shirley. It took many hours of thinking and photoshopping to arrive at the final image. I feel that it is a nicely balanced image that tells a story.
I only use images that I have taken in my composites. I only met Eric of few years ago so all my images of him look like this. Unfortunately, I don't have any of him as a hairy young folkie! |
Jun 3rd |
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