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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
To me this is an interesting piece of artwork that was definately worth recording. I like the way that the multicoloured tree winds its way up the stairs. Removing the windows has removed a possible source of distraction. I am not sure that your softening of the surroundings has been particularly successful, I would recommend the use of slight darkening and saturation instead. |
Feb 13th |
| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Lizards are nearly always awkward to photograph as the larger ones being long and thin are hard to get all of in the frame. So going for detail shots of the head is usually a much more satisfactory shot. Here you have got excellent scale detail and the head stands out very well against the black background. I feel that it would benefit from a little more saturation and contrast. |
Feb 13th |
| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Having been involved with bird (and aircraft0 photography for many years I am very aware of the problems caused by shooting against a bright sky. If the subject is only against a plain sky, it needs to be correctly exposed for rather than an exposure for the sky and then lightering the subject. I have found a good way of getting it right is to meter with the ground horizon about 2/3rd up the frame and locking or manually setting the exposure at that level, or by exposing for the sky and then over-exposing by 1 or 2 stops. Some of the resulting over exposure of the sky can be corrected with the sliders in LR, or by selecting the subject in PS and applying an adjustment layer to the sky.
In your image here you have a different situation with the bright patches coming through the foliage and very is a form of chromic aberration creating the cyan halos around the edges of these patches which is often emphasised by the sharpening processes used. The cyan lines created can in many cases be corrected by selectively applying a cyan or blue hue and saturation adjustment layer to take out the colour. Trying to darken the light patches does usually work as they turn to an unacceptable grey.
Probably the best method in an image like this one is to replace all the light patches with foliage, this could be done by cloning but a better method is to select good area of foliage and then use it using content aware to create a whole sheet of of this foliage, place this below your image layer and then mask accordingly to eliminate all the bright areas.
Towards the end of last month, I asked Brad to forward you a set of my digital notes and you will find more detail in the cloning out small areas and the chromatic abberation sections. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
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Feb 9th |
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| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I really like this simple image though I feel your keyline is a bit too tight at the top. I agree with Lauren that the dark area on the branch on the right would be better cloned in. |
Feb 9th |
| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
These situations in which you have very little time to get shot as your they are passing, often means that you end up with not the ideal image and you have to try to make the best you can of it. The action here is definitely the colt moving, and at both ends of the frame are potentially large distractions, I feel that your cropping was appropriate in removing them. I am pleased to see how you have toned down the high-viz jacket which would have been a major distraction because of its strong colour. I feel that either the background behind the horse would be better slightly darker and desaturated or the horse lightened up slightly, both of which would inches the separation between horse and background. |
Feb 9th |
| 27 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
To me in this image you have exposed for the sky, which has left the underside of the wings in deep shadow and devoid of any detail. Looking at the leading bird the head is but the rest appears to be soft and there appears to be the typical slight white halo that can often occur along a dark/bright edge. Unfortunately the second bird is quite out of focus and I feel would have been better cropped off rather than re-positioned. I like the fact you have increased the space the bird has fly into, and feel that coning some of the foliage from the left to the right would make s more pleasing base to the image. |
Feb 9th |
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