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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
Thank for the CC, Ed. That's why we're all here. |
Mar 9th |
| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Hi Jean, I have been studying your image and monitoring the comments. What I look for in an image is "impact" - something that draws the viewer into the frame. The primary interest in your image is the butte in the foreground. The remainder of the image illustrates the expansiveness of the terrain, but (in my opinion) the boldness of the foreground feature is lost. Also, I want to see the sedimentation and erosion more clearly. I've taken the liberty of cropping the image the way I would have done it had I captured the scene. As always, artistic expression is subjective and that's why we're all here...... |
Mar 8th |
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| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
I use this example (from 1955...) when I respond to comments like "You did something to that". Only photographers understand that very few excellent images can be made in the camera, whether film or digital. The difference is that in the film days everyone understood that images needed to be processed. With digital, less experienced users think that the image stored on the memory card is fully baked. Your advice to Darcy is spot on. Lightroom is a digital "darkroom". |
Mar 6th |
| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Darcy, I understand what you're saying about post. I shot digital for about 10 years before I was convinced to leave JPGs behind and embrace raw. In my case Nikon NEF format. I have never looked back. Since then I have learned that the great photographers were supported by their own darkroom skills or a darkroom team. The best example that I have found is the iconic image of James Dean in Times Square shot by Dennis Stock in 1955. The post processing was done by Pablo Inirio. If you Google him, you'll see his notations on the original images. |
Mar 4th |
| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Dan, this is a wonderful image. I love the techniques that you employed. I am trying not to "overthink" the image, but I wonder if it might be improved by cropping out the rock and reflection thereof on the right side. It's subjective of course, but my eye finds it to be a distraction. |
Mar 4th |
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| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Thanks for the comments. Since art is art and subjective, I am satisfied with the image and will not be making any alterations. |
Mar 3rd |
| 93 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
Hi Paul, Thanks for the comments and suggestion. Your mods were considered (but not for long) since I was interested capturing the scene in a manner as close as possible to what I actually encountered at the site. There is a great deal of mist at Victoria Falls (in the language of the first people to live there, it is called Mosi-oa-Tunya, "The Smoke That Thunders") so I did not think it appropriate to eliminate the haze. Had I done so, it would likely have been critiqued as "over-processed" when I submitted it to assessment by RPS. |
Mar 1st |
4 comments - 3 replies for Group 93
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4 comments - 3 replies Total
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