Activity for User 1254 - Chan Garrett - cjgarrett5337@gmail.com

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87 Dec 20 Reply Thanks for directing me to your group 83 and the discussion on the Bulletin Board. I read with interest both the full discussion of Wabi-Sabi and the new judging rules for PSA print competition. I will make my comments here brief.
I watched a PSA Webinar this summer on the subject and believe I understand and appreciate the philosophy. My question is; "What standards are in place for evaluating the quality of the resulting images." Does simply photographing a small object result in an acceptable Wabi-Sabi image?
As for the new judging rules, they appear to verge on over-restrictive. Whether we like it or not, digital photography can't be separated from computer processing. Nor can film based photography be separated from manipulation in the developing and printing process. In both the question seems not to be "if," but "how much and what kind."		 Dec 4th
87 Dec 20 Reply Thank you for your comments. Always appreciated. The bluish object you refer to is actually A turtle on a small branch. Dec 4th
87 Dec 20 Reply Thanks for your comments. Yes, the image is "old Florida." I don't know if it is virgin, or whether it had at one time been cleared and then left to go back to dense overgrowth. It is now part of a State Park. Dec 3rd
87 Dec 20 Comment Lance: I always look forward to see what you are going to present next. You encourage me to look for the little things that others would pass by as they judge, "Nothing of interest here." So simple a subject. So easily overlooked. Thank you. Dec 3rd
87 Dec 20 Comment Dale: What a very nice Christmas image! Thank you for also teaching me a way to bring back selective color in Silver Efex. Formerly I would have spent more time in PS using layers and masks to do this. I see what Steven and Lance are saying, but I don't see a problem with your finished image. Two ways to do the same thing. Dec 3rd
87 Dec 20 Comment Steven: Excellent, as always. The leading lines of the side rails lead the eye into the vertical lines of the skyscraper. Although the raised draw bridge appears as the largest element in the composition, my eyes pass right by it to the skyscraper.
Great depth of focus. great crop.
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87 Dec 20 Comment Jennifer: Very nice, interesting image. Steve has made some good suggestions. However, when I looked at Steven's crop it appears to be very noisy. Perhaps it is due to working with an already small image, or my screen.
I tend to like your original crop, except for the out of focus bush in the left lower corner. Too late now, but if you could have adjusted depth of field, or focus to bring the bush into focus it could act as a partial frame. I very much like the feeling of depth from the blue mountains in the background. I also like the inclusion of the tanker far out from the spit.		 Dec 3rd
87 Dec 20 Comment Thanks for your comment. Yes, a little scary. Very wild. What the image does not show is that farther upstream the water is crystal clear. Dec 3rd
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