|
| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Yes I feel it is now more effective, though I would prefer a bigger canvas with the face still in a similar position and I feel that the secondary viruses should be more and smaller to create a more 3D type effect. |
Apr 19th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I decided that the time had come to start printing my images from Namibia. As I prepared to print this one I realised that in order to increase contrast I had put the trees onto a seperate layer. So I stamped (combined) the base 3 layers to create a new layer below the tree layer. I then reduced the opacity of this layer to reduce the detail of the background, I feel it makes a much stronger image, because of the silhouette effect. |
Apr 18th |
 |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
To me this is an interesting and topical constructed image. I like your idea of inserting a masked face into the circular virus, and I think the inclusion of the hands helping to form a 'Oh Gosh' kind of expression works very well on the central face. I think that the other air us circles would have appeared more effective without the faces in them. |
Apr 16th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Photographing in busy suk/market areas is always a challenge, in many counties there is distinct reluctance by many of the stall holders to be photographed, There is usually a extremely busy or potentially distracting background, or unwanted people being in or moving into your framing, not to mention that the lighting often leaves a lot to be desired.
I feel that your treatment here has been very successful, cropping down to eliminate the person on the left, though I would probably have cropped a little more off to place her face on the intersection of the thirds. Your burning in of the background has a similar effect to the slight darkening and de-saturating of the back ground that I regularly use, to make the main subject stand out more. The soft blurring has also helped the lady stand out more. I always use 'reversed High Pass' in these situations as Guassian Blur tends to 'bleed' and can often slightly soften the edges of your main subject.
The only alteration I would make to your image, would be to burn in the light patch on the bottom right corner. |
Apr 9th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
it is always difficult to compare the effects of various methods of processing by looking at low-res images, such as we have in this circle, also the software used by the circle to resize/reproduce the images will affect the final version we see. There appears to be little difference between the 4 versions presented, and all produce highly acceptable results. It appears to me that the main minor differences involve slight differences in the level of contrast, and therefore apparent sharpness - the ON-1 process appearing to give the upper surface of the bird's wing a little more punch compared with the others. |
Apr 9th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
This has captured the warm evening light very well, I particularly like the contrast between the sunlit areas and the shadow areas. Capturing the rising moon in the image was an added bonus. |
Apr 8th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
A very simple image which coveys the current situation of isolation very well. |
Apr 8th |
| 27 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Exploring the images that can be achieved within a very restricted area is a task that most of us tend to ignored unless forced to do so, though it can give us good opportunities to experiment.
I like this image, at first glance it appears to be very simple but it has required a fair amount of work in not only choosing a suitable and appropriate background, but in setting up the focus stacking to get the right number of exposures to get everything in focus particularly was you used a large aperture and therefor had small depths of field.
To me it is too tight in the frame, I feel it needs more space at both sides and definitely on the base. |
Apr 8th |
8 comments - 0 replies for Group 27
|
8 comments - 0 replies Total
|
