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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Tony! That would be a great idea, but I think that there are practical issues. |
Dec 23rd |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Jose - I can tell you that there was a heated discussion in the workshop, too, if the message was an earnest statement for carbon neutrality, or a sarcastic comment to environmental activism. |
Dec 17th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Mervyn! It so good to hear that the message comes through. |
Dec 12th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Bob, what a great idea! I'll absolutely give it a try. |
Dec 12th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Terry, that was lovely to hear! I was a bit hesitant to suggest something so radical for another person's image! |
Dec 8th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Jose! I think that you have used the ICM in a very meaningful way, to recreate the Ferris wheel spirit of the amusement park. I love the warm yellow-turquoise combination against the dark background. Thank you for sharing the technique! |
Dec 7th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Mervyn! I love the golden light , too. I like the way you have captured the animals grazing round the lonely acacia tree, one of them closer to the camera. |
Dec 7th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Terry! I am glad that you think that it works! Staging an image was actually a very effective exercise in terms of thinking what one wishes to convey. |
Dec 7th |
| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Tony, what an interesting place! I think that the horizontal stripes of yellow and blue make a very effective composition that suits perfectly to the panorama format. I think that a cropping a tiny bit off the right edge might bring the fishermen to an even more interesting position? - I think that focusing on the fishermen at the bottom would make another interesting image that would also make the viewer really appreciate the fine tones of the sand and water, but it would of course not show the formations in full. What do you think? |
Dec 7th |
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| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Bob, what beautiful results with the focus stacking! Every petal is tack sharp and shows the textures. The multicolored leaf makes a fine background for the flower, and I love the way its veis seem to repeat the yellow tones. I wonder if slight darkening of the leaf in the background might concentrate the attention even more tightly to the flower? |
Dec 7th |
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| 26 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Terry, what an intriguing play of light and shadow, with the curved shapes and strong contrasts. I love your BW conversion that makes the most of the light. - It certainly is a challenging image to crop. What came to my mind as an option was to select a just portion of the middle part and make an abstract, although it would be a pity to lose the original concept. What do you think? |
Dec 7th |
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5 comments - 6 replies for Group 26
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| 47 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jeff, that is a good idea, I ll try it out! |
Dec 12th |
| 47 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Robert, I am glad that it worked in the end! |
Dec 10th |
| 47 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Al, I think that you have captured the monkey in his habitat beautifully, with just enough room to show the surroundings to tell something about his life, and visually, with the variety of textures and pattern praised by Lance. |
Dec 10th |
| 47 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Jeff, I love the mood of the minimalistic landscape, with the dark tones, the mist and the silvery water. The triangle of the intriguing rocks fills the frame, and yet there is a sense of depth a distance. I wonder if reducing the brightness of the water at the right edge a bit might keep the eye even better in the center of the image? |
Dec 10th |
| 47 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Robert, I find the image impressive and deeply moving. I admire so both the way you have seen the story in the statues, and the way you have told it. Your use of perspective in the sizes of the two men, the tilted tower and Houses of Parliament fading in the horizon is masterful, as is the composition. It looks like Lloyd George in the front were showing the way for Churchill towards the vanishing point. The dramatic sky completes the story. Of all your fine images in this group so far, I think that this is the one I love best.
- I looked up Parliament Square Statues in Wikipedia: Churchill's was installed in 1973 and Lloyd Georges much later in 2007. I wonder if the sculptor deliberately planned this view for someone who could find the right angle, and had the eyes to see. |
Dec 10th |
3 comments - 2 replies for Group 47
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| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Maria! I am so glad you like the colors - I think that you are right about the blues and greens - my final touch with the Sponge brush was probably too much. |
Dec 20th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Hi Maria, I love also the latest version, with the sense of movement and the beautiful background, although it may have lost some of the edge and character of the original creature in the prosess? |
Dec 20th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Thank you, Peggy! I totally love the idea of the squirrel's role - it give a whole new twist to the story! |
Dec 17th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Brad! You are right about fuzzy: the only truly sharp original is the room. The forest shot that I love so much was taken in the first light with long exposure, and there was a darned out-of-focus branch in front that blurred the top of the image. I cut off the worst part by making the mirror image, and tried to clone off most of what remained. There is also a touch of the Topaz Buzz Sim filter on top to conceal the efforts. - I thought that it might not matter in a magical forest, but I can see the problem. I wonder if a nice layer of mist to hide the treetops might help? |
Dec 9th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Brad! You are right about fuzzy: the only truly sharp original is the room. The forest shot that I love so much was taken in the first light with long exposure, and there was a darned out-of-focus branch in front that blurred the top of the image. I cut off the worst part by making the mirror image, and tried to clone off most of what remained. There is also a touch of the Topaz Buzz Sim filter on top to conceal the efforts. - I thought that it might not matter in a magical forest, but I can see the problem. I wonder if a nice layer of mist to hide the treetops might help? |
Dec 9th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Maria, your mutant donkey is so skillfully and beautifully constructed, with perfect seamless joints. I have two suggestions: he has such gentle eyes that it might be nice to have them gaze forward. I experimented with flipping a copy of the image horizontally and pasting a mirror image of the right eye on the left side. For me, the muzzle of the right-hand-side head is a bit difficult to see in the image. I was wandering if it could be replaced by a mirror image of the left-hand-side head, but then, of course, it would not truly be three-in-one. - I am looking forward to his future adventures. |
Dec 7th |
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| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Alan, I think the image fulfills your intention beautifully. I looked up Whistlers mother, and found another way to look at your image, too, more as an arrangement of elements. Somebody considered the footstool Whitlers mother rests his feet on to be the focal point of the image - here I think it may be the exquisite red flower that draws the attention first. Then I notice the person in contrasting greens framed in the doorway, and the sand and the sky, and step back looking at the scene from inside a dark room. I think that the composition with the two doorframes adds a terrific depth and an element of mystery. |
Dec 7th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Brad, the image seems to have endless possibilities! I fell in love with the latest one with the soft foamy water and, what I think is a star fallen from one of the trails. I wonder what the background rocks would look like in full silhouette? |
Dec 7th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Matt! I love the gentle humor of the image that, to one from my cold and snowy corner of the world, has a delicious slightly surreal feel. The silhouette of the palm adds to the effect, as well as the new dramatic sky with the lovely colors. Your treatment of the snowman makes him very three-dimensional, and I can almost feel the rough texture of his surface. |
Dec 7th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Peggy, I think that it was a brilliant idea to use the landscape layer for the random colors. - The two versions represent totally different moods. The bright happy fairy flower in translucent rainbow colors is peacefully floating in the air. It may be tame but it is absolutely beautiful. However, I love the wild movement of the version with the background where you make the flower run in the storm - I wonder if it could use an additional texture layer on top for extra depth? To demonstrate the idea I added, in luminosity blend mode, a duplicated layer that I touched with a wide smoke brush in black. It gave random swirls that partly covered the flower. What do you think? - I am not totally sure if you need the center for the flower? |
Dec 7th |
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| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Hi Bruce! You would not even need the title to tell that the party is heading home for Christmas. It is lovely to be able to follow the workflow that creates that spirit of anticipation that touches the viewer so. The gates lead one to follow the car through the new snow till the bend of the road, and to what is waiting there. I love the special light that the pure white snow gives to the scene. - I think that Matt has a point about the size of the car? |
Dec 7th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Matt! Ill definitely try to play with the wallpaper, although I think that the contrast between colorful fantasy and bleak reality with the faded colors and mold stains may add to the story? |
Dec 4th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Alan! - Be sure to document every step of the bathroom project, I am thrilled about the result! |
Dec 4th |
| 54 |
Dec 24 |
Comment |
Thank you very much again, Bruce! I am so happy for all the things I am learning from you! I love the inside-outside trick - it makes all the difference in the sense of depth and dimension. I made a quick revision on the squirrel tail, and I can see that it is going to work, too. - I think that I'll keep the fantasy trees for now, maybe adjust the weird colors a bit, but is most valuable to know how to neutralize them so beautifully. |
Dec 2nd |
8 comments - 6 replies for Group 54
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16 comments - 14 replies Total
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