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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
The sky tone is lighter, but you may consider adding more contrast and saturation to the bird to make it stand out more. |
Jan 16th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comment and suggestions. Here is the mono version. |
Jan 15th |
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| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
Here is my updated version. |
Jan 14th |
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| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments. I probably will modify the original by darkening the 'distracted' items you all mentioned without removing them. Brenda's version already did a wonderful job of 'clean up'. I personally view this as PJ and try to keep the original as it is. This is not a portraiture taken in the setup studio. All things around him represent his working environment at the time. It is a chaotic environment at a narrow and crowded old market inside a walled old hill town. I was lucky to snap this shot when he was looking toward my phone's direction. |
Jan 12th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
You are right about using a smartphone to take photos of people does reduce the intimidation. About this old man, my guess is that he is fixing old items or polishing up old items for living. He is not a photo model. He doesn't mind passersby taking photos of him, but he doesn't pose for you though. He is a good subject for street photograph (or PJ) as he has a face full of interesting characteristics. Many tourists photographed him. |
Jan 12th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. |
Jan 10th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
Your dedication and meticulously processing your images is really admirable. They really look like jewelry. I think the star shape snow flake will stand out more if you remove small pieces around the edges. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
Very nice capture!! I like the original color tone more than the one you processed. I would keep the background as you processed but keeping the original color tone of the bird and flowers. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
I think it is fun to work on composite images to improve editing skills with all available new technologies you could find, if you are not considering PSA competition rules.
It takes some skills and good knowledge of the lights in nature and their relation to the objects under the light to make a convincing composite image look like a non-composite image. You did a very nice job on this. The only comment I have is that the truck and the barn don't have the 'distance' in between as the light tones are too similar. I believe Sunil's version made the change there. The new version of Photoshop (or maybe still in Beta version) can help with the 'harmonize' feature. Try it out. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
What a great capture and post processing!! Love it!! |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
Thanks for sharing such a historical, powerful image with a great title as well. You made a great choice to turn this image into a BW image. I am not an expert in monochrome, but for my personal view, I would add more contrast between light and dark. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Comment |
Very nice shot of capturing birds with two acorns and good post-editing!! I would either lighten the sky to a lighter shade of blue or add saturation to the bird's blue feathers to make the bird's feathers stand out more. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I will try to take my full-frame camera with a fixed lens next time I travel in addition to my iPhone. As our guide told us, we can take photos of this guy, that's why I did a quick snap. In Morocco, the majority of local people will not let you photograph them even if you knew how to speak Arab or French. However, you may find street performers (e.g. performers with snakes, monkeys, etc.) willing to let you photograph them with fees. |
Jan 5th |
| 78 |
Jan 26 |
Reply |
I like your edited version.
To me, Morocco is an interesting country to visit as it has such a different culture and so different religions. For sure, you will have ample opportunities to take great photos in Morocco if you were traveling on your own without set schedules or joining a photography group. It is not easy to get around if you don't know Arab or French. One of the prettiest villages in Morocco is Chefchaouen (The Blue City), which is popularly photographed. You can find many videos of this Blue City on YouTube.
This image was taken while we were walking through a crowded and very narrow maze-like marketplace (Medina) with our tour guides. Without a tour guide(s), you won't be able to find your way out, unless you are fluent in Arab or French. I aimed and clicked without any other efforts to take this one. I didn't have time to position myself for a good angle(s). During the post-processing, I tried to keep it more like the PJ category and tried to keep the editing to a minimum. |
Jan 4th |
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