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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
Nice composition, the boat and its' reflections are great, I also like the color photo better because I can see the boat better. I lose the boat to the back ground in the b&w version, perhaps more contrast on the boat and its shadow so they standout out more from the house and its shadows. |
Jun 11th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
A great portrait, wonderful face full of life and character expressing a great story. I would also crop more off the bottom to eliminate the leaf or clone it out and perhaps a little less light on the left side of his face. It does look good and I bet he had fun posing as he looks like he's enjoying himself. |
Jun 11th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
I am also late to the game so to speak, I agree that the bottle is too bright in the original post. I do like the stone that it sits on, but perhaps a little less of it top to bottom. There certainly is a lot going on the the "power plant" photo. I would eliminate the top flower, and duplicate and flip the bottle and flower on the left place in on the right in place of the brightly illuminated one. For whatever reason I find myself distracted by the "coat of arms" or graphic on the bottle but I do like to patterning on the bottle. |
Jun 11th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
I like to contrast between the shadows on the wood and the wood grain itself (perhaps my wood working background), the wood grain takes my eye from the white verticals of the fence to the distinct shadows cast then to the grain of the wood all the way to the bottom of the photo. I do agree that cropping out the top of the photo improves the look and feel. I would like to see the photo cropped (if it's possible) along the left side of the photo starting at the 4x4 vertical post to the right of the gate and following the first bright shadow all the way to the bottom of the photo and then darkening the shadows so less wood detail shows in the shadows. |
Jun 11th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Michael, I have used select subject but I have to get better at refining what p/s selects, more practice needed. |
Jun 11th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
It took a while and several pictures before I got this one bird to look the right way at the right time to give me the twinkle in his eye. |
Jun 7th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
I always have difficulty in deciding on the final crop of an image. I did have one with more of the cattail showing but I thought it took away from the bird as the center of attention so I only left a minimal amount of the perch. |
Jun 7th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
I essentially blurred and smudged the background using the healing brush tools, not the blurr and smudge tool as I typically don't get the results I would like to get. The halo around the wings became more pronounced when I converted to b&w simply using lightrooms b&w punch preset. I do need to improve my masking and editing skills within photoshop. I typically start in lightroom and ensure that the white balance is set correctly, then adjust the overall tone and presence of the image. If I need to change or adjust the background at that point I move into photoshop to work the background. Then back to ligthroom for final converstion to b&w using just lightroom or using the NIK software filters |
Jun 7th |
| 99 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
Removing the background was a bit of experimentation as my photoshop skills are not the great. I used the spot healing brush and the healing brush tool to remove unwanted background pieces and to blur together the remaining background. Then selecting the background I decreased clarity and texture and then converted to b&w. Not the most direct but I finally got the image to where I thought it was acceptable. I did have the camera on a monopod to help steady it, the higher shutter speed took care of some of the camera operators shake. Thanks! |
Jun 7th |
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