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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments and suggestions.
I will try those in the final edit. |
Jan 15th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Tracy.
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Jan 15th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Trevor. |
Jan 15th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your kind comments, Dick. Appreciate it. |
Jan 15th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Don. |
Jan 15th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Tracy,
I like the eye very much. She is speaking through her eye.
It is a good shot with incredible detail captured.
Thank you for sharing. |
Jan 14th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Arne,
Thank you for sharing.
This is nice BW conversion. I like the tone presented and all details described. Cropping is appropriate to highlight the center of attention.
The clean-ups are carefully done - street bus and person is well cloned out.
Only one thing - you might want to take another careful look at the sky for additional clean up.
But overall, this is excellent BW architecture image for me.
Great! |
Jan 6th |
| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Tevor,
This is well done.
The details of skin, cloth, and ball is well described with the good tone values. This is nice BW conversion.
I feel the movement and enthusiasm of players.
I would open whites a bit to make it pop. see the attached. |
Jan 3rd |
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| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dick,
Thank you for providing interesting subject.
High key image means that the image is less contrast and most of the tones are in highlight and whites. It does not follow that you can clip your whites.
I applied process to create high key image with your original. When you say "high key" image, it would looks like this.
I am not sure that this will work due to lack of a main subject in the frame but is this what you are looking for?
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Jan 3rd |
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| 74 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Don,
I admire your enthusiasm on the photography. I am sure that it will keep you going and help to improve your skill..
What I like about the image is the trees on mountain - it is silhouetted beautifully. And it has a good global contrast, which is good in BW image.
I think the success factor in the image is the separation of trees in the ground. The trees are currently migrated in the hills. It does not stand out well enough.You have a bit of blight edge of the tree but other part is dark and cannot distinguish from the hill. Please refer to the attached. This is my trial. Please see only the trees in the ground.
You would understand what I meant here.
Second improvement points are sensor/lens dust spot here and there in the sky..
It deteriorates the quality of the image, sorry to say. You can clean up in Photoshop or other software easily.
Thank you for sharing. |
Jan 2nd |
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5 comments - 5 replies for Group 74
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| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Gloria, welcome to the group.
My comments are mostly covered by others so I would not repeat it here.
I like the subtle color of the sky very much. It create mood and emotional reaction.
That's the beauty of this image.
If you want to make the rock in mid layer the center of attention, then Bob's cropping would work. But it conflict with the background. That's a bit unfortunate.
I would suggest that you decide the center of attention first, then structure other components for balance. That's the basic routine in shooting for me. Center of attention needs to be crystal sharp.
I am looking forward to see the next shot in the same place!
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Jan 15th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Cheryl for your comments.
I was trying to accommodate a person to add story but it sounds like it did not work well. I will finish this with the version without the person.
I increased the mist to cover the sky. I was afraid that distracts your eye.
Thank you anyway for pointing out. |
Jan 15th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments! |
Jan 15th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
It looks better than my cropping, Cheryl. Thank you! |
Jan 14th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for all your work.
It is completely my personal taste but I would not put additional fireworks at center. It takes my eye away from the beautiful city scapes. And 3 fireworks is too busy for me.
I would keep the fireworks in right in this case - It help my eye going to the right side of city.
Personally I like this solution better than the cropping solution, maybe because I am a big fan of pano.
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Jan 14th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Robert,
Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you were at the right timing for dramatic morning scene to capture. I envy you that you encountered such a moment!
Here is what I like;
1. The rainbow starting from the peak.
2. The sandwiching blue sky (cool colors) by morning lights (warm colors) - sun and lit peak
However, this image does not work well for me, I am afraid. It is very powerful image (as Bob mentioned) with strong contrast but my eye cannot stay long in the frame.
My eye starts from the lit mountain and the rainbow help my eye to bridge to the brightest sky in upper left corner. Since there is no subject to pull my eye back to the image, my eye end up being tired with the brightest light.
If you look the image upside down, you will notice how powerful and bright it is in the upper left corner.
And also there is a big gap (blue sky) between two bright part (the sun and lit peak) in the center of the frame so it makes the image breaks apart in my view. Maybe I would try to reduce the brightness of sun/clouds and increase the details/texture to balance against the lit peak.
Lastly, I prefer to see a bit more details in the mountain. Shadow is too dark for me. |
Jan 11th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Bob for your comments.
I will use the image without the person behind the fall for the final adjustment.
Mist is added manually to cover up the bright sky. RAW does not have mist as it is shown in the image here.
Blue casted waterfall looks unnatural now for my eyes, too.
Your edit look unnatural due to too reddish colors in my eye.
Thank you, again. |
Jan 11th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Robert for your comments.
I will make final adjustment based on your comments. |
Jan 11th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Emily,
Nice shot!
It has nice eye-catching foreground and my eye is lead by the footprint and hoppes over the ice volcanoes in the midlayers. It shows excellent depth.
I wish it has more cloud actions at the back but it is well captured image as it is.
If I shall give an advice for improvement, I would increase saturation of brown part of ice volcano - the image is bluish overall so it would be better to have warm colors to balance against blue. The ideal is to have orange sunset color at the back but you would not expect it at 15:00.....
Anyway, it is great shot! Well done. |
Jan 10th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dan,
I revisit two images (your version and my cropped version) every day to validate my first impression since I posted my comments.
One day I feel your version is better - My cropping looks tight. The space on right is needed to breath.
Another day I feel my cropped version is better - it is tight and no free space. my eyes go straight to the sun, which is center of attention.
Sorry, Dan. I do not have confident now. So my comments might be irrelevant for you.
Maybe you could ignore my comments for now....
Sorry...
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Jan 6th |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Dan for your comments. It encourage me a lot.
I am not like a person who chases new places but I visit the same location repeatedly. When I come back, I try to incorporate the feedback from the group to improve my image.
I really appreciate your honest feedbacks. |
Jan 3rd |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Happy New Year Cheryl.
I always respect your challenging spirit.
Fireworks - this supposed to be one of my subjects to tackle last year, but most of the event was cancelled due to COVID. So I put it on hold till the events come back. Maybe next year...
First of all, I like your Pano style attempt.
It has skyscrapers and historical old buildings. I am a big fan of Pano images. It is fun to watch those buildings along the river. I like such scene.
Also, I like images taken in blue hours. This is the case. It has a nice blue contrast and gradation in the sky. It is beautifully presented.
Composition - Naturally, the fireworks catch my eye instantly since it is the brightest part and wonderful subject. And then, my eye goes to the skyscrapers on right. Those 2 subjects balance out well. Then, the eye will follow along the river and watch the interesting shape of building in the center (historical building?). And that's it. My eye will not go forward along the river to further right.....
Because the fireworks are in left edge of Pano, it becomes left heavy. So, my eye is pushed back to the fireworks. (BTW the fireworks look fantastic! Nicely done!) I wish it has something catching my eye in right side....
But again I like your attempt overall. |
Jan 3rd |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Bob,
Happy New Year!
The first impression of the image is "Wow!" It looks like a painting. Nice 3-layer structure - foreground mountain shows a crisper detail, hazy midlayer gets attention with interesting colors, and the subtle color in the sky creates mood. The composition works nicely for me.
Two things I would recommend to change; 1. The foreground takes nearly 2/3 portion of the frame. It is too much for me. I would crop the bottom a bit. Pano style might work better in this case.
2. Clarity of foreground mountains is too strong for me. It looks unnatural in my eye. That's maybe why it gave me a first impression of "paintings".
Hope this helps. |
Jan 3rd |
| 96 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dan
Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing the nice image for a new year.
First of all, I like the subtle colors and the way you describe the texture (trunks and snow). This makes me calm and peace. My eyes keep moving here and there - the sticks in the foreground guide my eye to the trees and the sun. I see the detail of the trees covered with snow. The birds get attention, and then, come back to the sun with beautiful color in the sky. I can keep looking at this.
One thing I am uncomfortable is the space in right and left corner (snow).
I think the space in left corner is essential to balance out the trees, but I was wondering if I can crop just a bit to make it refine. Also I feel the space of right is too spacious for me.
I tried a couple of cropped version and compared one after another. I ended up the version attached.
But overall, This is a wonderful shot.
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Jan 3rd |
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7 comments - 7 replies for Group 96
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12 comments - 12 replies Total
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