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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your kind words, Arne. Appreciate it. |
May 17th |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Fantastic, Tevor!
Composition is good, stopping water movement is great, and the subject body is pin sharp.
Also nice lighting!
Excellent job!
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May 7th |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Dick for your comments. Also appreciate your edit.
Looks good for me. |
May 7th |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi David,
Thank you for visiting our group and providing suggestions.
I like your edit very much.
I will play around myself.
I appreciate your input.
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May 5th |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Arne,
A really good story telling image.
Barbed wires reminds me a movie called "Jurassic Park".
My take was the tower is inside the barbed wire being captured. I mirrored it dinosaur inside the cage roaring.
I like the mountain far back. It adds sense of distance.
Enjoyed a lot!
Thank you for sharing. |
May 4th |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Don.
In most cases, you prefer color version over BW.
Someday I hope that I can post the BW version you prefer.
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May 2nd |
| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Lance,
Thank you for reviewing the image. I am glad to hear that my goal is achieved in your eye.
To answer your questions;
1. No 24mm does not cover all the scene. I am posting one shot with 24mm. 24mm only covers this potion. Even ultra wide lens, i.e. 14mm would not be able to cover all of the scene here.
2. Even if the ultra lens could cover the scene, I would still choose to pano because I want to present much more details in the image. Also I would like to avoid distortion of ultra wide lens in this case.
Hope this make sense. |
May 2nd |
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| 74 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Tracy,
I see your passion on this image and photography. That is a good thing.
Maybe I did not explain well.
Some petals are blown out in the original. In conversion, even though you darken down that part and looks ok in histogram of BW image, the details are lost and you cannot get back.
Blown out portion is very small portion. But since this image is so beautiful my eye catches it instantly.
As for your goal - my message was "my eyes was wondering what to see and where to see because it is busy for my eye". My suggestion was to highlight one flowers so that my eye can travel around within a flower and enjoy it more.
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May 2nd |
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| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Tracy,
Thank you for posting this image. "flower photography workshop" sounds fun.
Looking at this image, there are 2 goods; 1. there is no overlap between the flowers. (there is one overlap but it is not a big issue). 2. selecting black background is a win.
now improvement points - Center of attention is not clear. I guess the flower in the middle would be the one (based on the sharpness), but if other flowers are blurred more, it would become clear that the center flower is the center of attention. second, the some petals are blown out. That's a bit pity.
At this point, in order to make the center flower "focal point", I would use dodge and burn.
Also I cropped a bit of the bottom (which looks busy in my eye).
Here is my attempt. |
May 2nd |
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| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Don,
Thank you for posting.
You like the old buildings. This is challenging.
Yes, lighting is tricky as you said. There are 2 sources of lighting, so I would edit to highlight the part where the light is hitting.
Also the subject has a great texture but patterns are exactly same here and there, so it looks so busy and my eye will get tired immediately.
So If I were you, I would just highlight the part hit the light and really darken down the rest. By doing that, viewers can just see just the bright part of the wall. I would make easier for the viewers to appreciate the old building texture. T
That's my personal opinion.
Please see my attempt here. |
May 2nd |
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| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dick,
Here is second choice for me.
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May 1st |
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| 74 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dick,
Thank you for posting the image.
yes, it is a bit complicated. When I look at this first, I could not figure out where to look at.
There a couple of flowers but the vines are brighter than the flower.
So If I were you, I would pick one "center of attention", then structure or compose the image.
looking at the original, I would have 2 ways to go.
Highlight the flowers as much as possible, but darken down the rest.
Just my opinion.
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May 1st |
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6 comments - 6 replies for Group 74
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Robert,
Thank you for your comments. I will try your idea of tripod. I am visiting this place next week. |
May 23rd |
| 96 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Gloria. Appreciate it!
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May 23rd |
| 96 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your inputs and edits.
I am visiting this place in 3 weeks so I will try if I can move right to reduce the sky. But I guess by the time I visit, leaves are grown enough to cover up the sky. That's my guess. I visited in April in this shot.
Your BW conversion idea would work. I think your edit need a bit more contrast. See my attempt.
But appreciate your idea.
As for calming effect, I will try different composition next time and hopefully it deliver the calming effect.... Will see.. |
May 5th |
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Comment |
But one thing I need to note;
the big rock top is touching the hill edge or even exceeds the edge of the hill. That's not good for me.
I would place the top of the rock below the edge of the hill so that the hill is clearly recognized as "background".
That's my personal observation.
Hope this helps. |
May 4th |
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Comment |
It still has a good triangle diagonals here and there. So it gives powerful impression on the viewer in my view. |
May 4th |
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Comment |
2. The light is harsh but not that bad. It has some shade and it makes the subjects 3D looks (light/shadow).
3. There are beautiful 3 layers in the image, foreground, midground big stone, and background yellow hills.
On the other hand, there are a couple of points needed to be fixed;
1. Yellow casted overall
2. blue sky is good in contrast against the yellow hills but that's does not add value to the story of the image.
3. Orton effect - I do not like all the subjects are softened. Center of attention need to be clear and sharp
So my strategy to make this work is;
1. Position that the big stone is the center of attention. Place that in 1/3 from right by cropping left side.
2. Crop most of the sky so that attention goes to non-sky area.
3. Make up evening light - it gives a feeling that the scene is hit by evening light. So I replaced the sky with evening sky (I learned how to do it)
4. dehaze the big stone and foreground to looks sharp. But add blur in the hills to add sense of distance.
5. I like the green tree on middle left. Currently it is in shade, but I brighten up significantly.
By doing this edits, this is the end result.
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May 4th |
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Bob,
Thank you for remind me of this spot.
I have visited there nearly 25 years ago. So I barely remember this scene.
First looking at this image, I find a couple of strength;
1. There are a lot of triangle diagonal.
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May 4th |
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| 96 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Don for visiting this group and comments.
Monopod might work. Will try in next visit.
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May 4th |
4 comments - 4 replies for Group 96
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10 comments - 10 replies Total
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