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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you very much, Ed! I think that you encapsulated the essence about the technical problems in the image. This is one of my many "if only I had done something differently" times with a rare opportunity that is not easy to repeat! |
Jul 19th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Hi Al! I do agree about the technical issues, and also about the significance of the feeling of contact in a portrait. However, I am thinking about some of my favorite images of the film star Greta Garbo where she is looking off the camera, immersed in her private world. I think that sort of feel is what I actually was after with my lady, moving glamorously inside her own bubble, indifferent towards the audience. Thank you for helping me think deeper of the issue! |
Jul 19th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Thank you, Rob! I did try the previous generation Topaz Sharpen AI that we have at home but that only added some artifacts. Maybe it would be worth while to invest in the latest version that seems to have such glowing reviews - does anybody have experience of it? |
Jul 10th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you. Barbara, you are so right about the eyes! When I went through the images from the workshop, it felt that something was at least slightly wrong in every frame. The instructor left us with the comforting thought that every mistake that we made now would mean one particular mistake less in the next photo shoot.
- I'll go back to the BW conversion and see if I could get more tones out, and it was also a good point about the crop. |
Jul 9th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
I had something like a white vignette in my mind that would leave the part of the tank in the center visible; maybe one of the NIK Silver Efex Antique Plate presets as a starting point, and rather low contrast? |
Jul 9th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Robert, what a collection of lines, curves and arches both on the ground and in the beautiful reflection! I think that B&W is just the right way to direct attention to the patterns without distractions. The camera angle allows the river to direct the viewer into the image. I love the way the curved leading line of the river breaks the symmetry in the image. |
Jul 8th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Ed, I think that both the conversion, the new dramatic sky, and the overall look work well together and produce the desired mood. Another approach might have been to take advantage of the hazy bleak sky and go for a style of a memory fading away? |
Jul 8th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Al, again an awesome image of a magnificent scene in a perfect composition! This time, I would prefer the original, with the rich colors. The tones of okra and ink blue complement each other in such a dramatic way, making the threat of the arriving storm palpable. The lovely colors of the rainbow in the foreground also inevitably get lost in the B&W conversion. |
Jul 8th |
| 47 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara! I think that you have captured the melody in making, by concentrating in the essential. I can see strings vibrate under the guitarist's fingers. - I wonder if an even more intensive approach would work, with cropping off a bit off the bottom edge increasing the vignette so that the effect would be like a spotlight on the magic hands? |
Jul 8th |
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6 comments - 3 replies for Group 47
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| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you, Maria for the lovely comment! I am happy about how the background turned out myself, too! - It is such a heady feeling when two elements seem to click together - my night on the lighthouse island seemed to call for an alien approach. |
Jul 16th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you very much, Brad! You made me think again about the story - what if there were a fleet of boxes approaching in orbit? I added copies of the box in varying sizes and opacities, and enlarged the canvas a bit at the top and right edges to make room for them. I moved the lighthouse slightly towards the center as Peggy suggested, and added a slight golden tint on the box in the spotlight. Does this work, or did it get too crowded? |
Jul 16th |
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| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Maria, I love the golden subterranean world so! My first thought was that your enchanting half-woman-half-bird appears in a spin-off of the myth of the Harpies. She is very pretty and sweet but there is a certain coolness in her expression that makes me think that she may be capable of darker things, too. I think that Peggys darkening of the wall made the scene even more intense. - How about "Counsel" for a title? There is such a strong interaction between the bird-woman and the rhino that it is evident that they are discussing about something important. |
Jul 8th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Brad, the mood of the image does not let me go. Every element is powerful in itself, and the impact of their combination is staggering. I like Peggys subtle edit a lot, somehow the slight softening makes the grief more heartbreaking. |
Jul 7th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Peggy, what lovely sense of effortless glide over the waves! The birds with their wings in different phases of movement give the image extra dynamics. I cannot get enough of the sea and the sky and the light on the water. - The only thing I would like to suggest is maybe to move the third bird from the left just a little bit down to separate her from the dark line in the background. Thank you for introducing the Spherize filter - I found it in Affinity, too, and it will surely prove useful. |
Jul 7th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thank you, Peggy! That is a definite improvement! - I spent a dark lonely night on the lighthouse island trying to press the shutter at the only right moment to catch the beam of the revolving light, and there was time to build many wild scenarios. |
Jul 7th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Matt, I have visited Miami once many years ago, and this is very much like the impression the city left on my mind. The image is like seeing it all through sunlit turquoise water that you conjured up with the colors and the wavy reflections. I like the severe grid that holds everything together. - I wonder if keeping the grid layer on top of everything, pure white, might work. I think that it might add to the sense of depth, and maybe add a pop art type flavor? |
Jul 7th |
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| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Hi Alan, like, Peggy, I can see the stillness and peace in the image: there is something hypnotic in the slow movement of the spheres through the space. - I tried to figure out what makes me feel that the orbs are not just hanging there stationary, or moving fast: is it the perspective and the way the nearest of them seems to appear/disappear through the corner, and the roundness of the shadows they produce? The serenity of the watcher certainly plays a role, too? |
Jul 7th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Thank you, Alan! I am so glad that it works! I spent such a long time twiddling with the background back and forth that I doubt that I'll ever be able to repeat the process exactly - I suspect that the image somehow contributed to the process itself. Also, I was not conscious of the diagonal before you pointed it out. |
Jul 7th |
| 54 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Thank you very much, Matt, I'll make the adjustments with the color the light right away! |
Jul 3rd |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 54
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13 comments - 6 replies Total
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