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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
I can considerably strengthen the sky by making a selection of it and putting it in a new layer immediately above and then applying a multiply blend. |
Jan 22nd |
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| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The degree of saturation is difficult to define - I would suggest that making it look as if illuminated with warm early morning sunlight is about the level I would stop at, if it looks un-natural then you have gone too far. I would suggest that you experiment with altering the yellow saturation levels, as this has quite a strong effect on greens and oranges. |
Jan 13th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Reply |
Having been on the judging circuit for many years, I have recently become quite concerned that many of new judges coming on to it have a relatively limited experience of photography, only based on club competitions, and consequently criticize anything that does not fit to their narrow field of experience.
The change to digital has changed the desire of many from cropping almost every image to cloning out something instead, irrespective of whether the image requires that truth to be maintained as in Record, PJ and NH subjects.
Listen to what is said, but don't regard it as absolutely definitive, as most judges have a few pet ideas.
I would suggest when preparing images, look around the outside of the frame for intrusions and distractions, and also any other elements in the image that could detract from the main subject.
Remember that photographic composition rules are often best broken, as it is the final image that matters.
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Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The situation with the fires in Australia is terrible and I hope they have not directly affect you. Feel that it is important that images like this have been achieved so that there is a comprehensive record of what has been lost in the fires.
I think that this is great image, I like your positioning of 45 degrees on to the corner so that we see two sides of the hut, and have the trees on each side framing it. Having taken it at night and lighting up the interior, you have created an atmosphere covering the remoteness and isolation of it. |
Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
To me this is an excellent monochrome image, which really reveals the detail in the whites of the lily. I like the way that I can see specks of pollen on the left-hand flower. As the image has a black background and we are looking at it on a black screen, I feel that it needs a fine white stroke around it to show your framing, as it is shown here, I feel that it needs little more space at the top. |
Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
This could have been taken in the northwest of the UK as we have very similar weather for a lot of the year, but without the ice on the water. I feel that you have made a good decision to crop off parts of the base and sky to reduce the height of the image, and the left hand side to remove the tree trunk that attracts attention because of the contrast between it and the water. Wires are a problem in many landscape images, and they are not easy to clone out of skies, maintaining the original edges of clouds and tones in the blue so that the cloning cannot be detected. The tees on the right, form a good stop to the image as we read across it. |
Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
I am always interested in any type of photography that is outside the style of normal club imaging- especially making it difficult for the club judge to make sensible, considered comments on. The crystal ball has worked like a extreme fish eye lens distorting the horizon and creating the circular image similar to that you get using a short cropped sensor fish-eye lens on a full frame body. I like the way you have framed the circular image with box picking up the colour of the tulips. |
Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
The main problem when photographing kayakers is having the shaft of the paddle being across the face, and you have managed to avoid that. You have captured an excellent expression on his face, though I would have liked it to be a little lighter. The cropping off of part of the paddle does not bother me as it is not essential to the image. The striped gate pole, immediately behind the kayaker is unfortunate and provided the image is not being considered as PJ could be removed. |
Jan 12th |
| 27 |
Jan 20 |
Comment |
Your cropping of the image has nicely placed the mill on the right-hand third, and the walkway across the top of the leat helps lead the eye to the mill doorway. The sky is the lightest part of the image and so attracts the eye, and once you have noticed the bench and fence keeps going there, I would suggest cloning them out. I would also as Lauren suggests darken the sky down- In Photoshop I would use gradient on a levels adjustment layer in which he output slider is lowered from the 255 position. I like the degree of saturation, it can vary considerably due to the lighting conditions it tends to be low in bright sunlight and to increase in dull damp weather or with the use of a polariser.
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Jan 12th |
8 comments - 1 reply for Group 27
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8 comments - 1 reply Total
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