Activity for User 137 - Jon Allanson - joncallanson@gmail.com

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27 Aug 18 Comment The corridor along the side of the Doges Palace is a favourite of photographers though it most often seen looking the other way (or with costumed model). I like the fact that you have a lady sitting at the far end with that little bit of red in her clothing to attract our attention.
I also like the inclusion of the pigeon, they are the often ignored residents of the square by serious photographers. My only criticism is that you have not levelled your image in post processing an have still got sloping verticals from being hand held.		 Aug 9th
27 Aug 18 Comment To me this type of work is moving too far away from photography for my liking. having said that you have created a pleasant and effective image which resemble an oil painting. I feel that the sides of the image are rather too dark to show any detail, and I like the way that the Leaves in the foreground look more natural than the water and distant shore. Aug 9th
27 Aug 18 Comment Well done to your guide, even large birds can be very difficult to spot when they are surrounded with foliage. To me it appears that your camera focused on part of the tree rather than actually on the bird making it all slightly out of focus. The eye looks sharper because of the high degree of contrast between the darkened light parts. I also feel that you have cropped in too tightly and enlarged the section too much which both of which will emphasis the slight unsharpness that was thereon the bird in the original frame. Aug 9th
27 Aug 18 Comment I like your conversion to mono and the way the HDR processing has lightened up the grass to create a boundary line to the forest and helps emphasis the line of mountain huts that goes across the image. I would probably have lightened up the right hand hut so that there was some detail showing in the timber. Aug 9th
27 Aug 18 Comment You have captured the dragonfly well, I prefer the slight twist in the orientation it makes it look much better. The real problem to me is the stalks in the background as they are lighter coloured that the dragonfly they attract our attention away from it. I accept that it often difficult to get a relatively plain background or one far enough behind to be well out of focus, In these situations it is a good idea to use the widest aperture on your lens as this will help put the background out of focus. Aug 9th
27 Aug 18 Reply As this is a travel image should conform to similar rules as do photojournalism and nature. These greatly restrict how the image is treated cloning, using gaussian blur to soften parts, adding or removing anything to and from the image are unacceptable. The main tool that you are therefore left with is cropping. Aug 9th
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