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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
As I noted, the flip comes from my bias. I realize that I have too great a tendance to sometimes let my bias keep me from investigating other possibilities. Either way, it is a really good image. |
Feb 13th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the comments. I fully agree with your concerns (fears) about such extensive cropping. I remember reading about "Death by cropping." Here, I had no choice, and as you stated I was able to make it work. |
Feb 13th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Am I correct? Have you re-cropped this image since it first appeared, as Will has suggested? I like it.
This image really speaks to me. First of all, I consider this to be a most successful conversion from color to B&W. I see a full range of tones from black to near pure white without blocking any shadows or blowing out any highlights. I believe you probably started out to photograph a very good beach landscape and had the good instincts to change focus to what you saw happening on the rock. If so, I believe you have captured an even stronger image than you had at first purposed. My compositional bias would be to flip the image horizontally. |
Feb 11th |
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| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
I agree with the comments and suggestions made by Will. I am finding in my work that when faced with a situation where the scene before you has a wide range of light values it is best to expose for that brightest value. Darker areas can be brightened in processing but blown out highlights will be impossible to restore. I like your use of limited DOF to isolate the flower. I also like the sharp focus on the small branch holding the flower. My eyes were immediately drawn to the red color of your subject, and I like the concept of the image. It may be that I am far too sensitive about looking for lines that lead my eyes into the image from left to right, but this causes me to think I would flip the image horizontally to let my eyes enter the photograph from the left and not be immediately blocked by the large flower. |
Feb 11th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
I certainly would not think this to be a tourist snapshot. This seems to me to be a well thought out unusual way to photograph this scene. I can anticipate that some viewing the image would falt the image due to the leaning in of the buildings, but I see them as forming leading lines pointing to the spier on top of the center building. It was the brightness of the buildings that first attracted my eyes. Only after viewing the buildings and the reflections of the clouds in a very interesting sky did my eyes move down to view the darker base of the image. Once there I noticed the foreground fountain and appreciated it as giving a good foundation to this strong photograph. |
Feb 11th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
There is a lot for me to like about this image. It appears to me to have good balance, natural color and a very interesting subject. I very much like the curved lines of the river leading me down and into the falls. From there the river leads me down and back to the left side. I like that the falls are set just off center to the right side of the image. For me, the sharp foreground tree at the bottom right adds depth to the image.
The only possible problem I can think of may be that the water spray at the bottom of the falls appears to be blown out with no remaining texture. |
Feb 11th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
When I first looked at this image, I felt that someone had drawn patterns in the sand around the main object. A second look convinced patterns me the drawings in the sand are natural lines produced by flowing water. As interesting as the piece of rock seems to be, I feel the sand patterns are what creates the real impact in the image. |
Feb 11th |
| 87 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
Thank you, Cindy. I really wish I could have set up at an angle that eliminated the road and did not to crop as much. But my legs will not allow me to stand without something to support me. I can stand but can't maintain my balance. Therefore, no running into the road to get the better angle. |
Feb 1st |
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