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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
You have captured a really impressive rock formation with its multicoloured layers of strata, which has been well lit by the sun. I like the shadows of the clouds working across the surrounding woodland. The sky with its heavy cloud formations makes an excellent backdrop to the rock formation. |
Mar 7th |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
This definitely not an image to put before many camera judges, they would at best want very heavy cropping off of the lady's hair which occupies the largest part of the frame. I actually quite like the idea of showing the speaker and a member of the audience at the same time. I just wonder as to whether what she is looking at on her phone is relevant to what is being said. I think I would have preferred her hand and phone not to be in the shot as they act as big distractions. I would suggest darkening the light unit down or cloning it out as it is the brightest part of the image. |
Mar 7th |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Your club creates some interesting challenges for its members, I like your interpretations of them. On first looking at the image I thought that you had actual caught the moment of the 'smash'. Your combination of the 2 images has worked well size wise. Your use of multiply blend has created some of the cats whiskers appearing to be in front of some of the biscuits. This would probably be easily corrected by masking off the parts of the cat on the lower layer that are showing in front of the biscuits. |
Mar 7th |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Photographing waterfalls is always a challenge, as as you say they are often surrounded by deep dark sides, not to mention choosing the most effective shutter speed to achieve the desired detail in the water. Here we can see that there was a fair amount of dark foliage to the righthand side and presumably also on the left. Your choice of exposure has created a good degree of movement in the water and has revealed good detail in the foliage of the tree on the right. The foliage just above the waterfall being in sunlight has become over-exposed and therefore a potential distraction. My approach to this would be to try to darken down this foliage, as I consider that seeing the top of the fall is important. I would also consider cropping the top down to the top of the rock on the left, as this would remove the bright yellow tree but leave the top pf the fall visible.
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Mar 7th |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I find this a very busy picture, and the street going up the hill leads to an obvious centre of interest, which needs to be stronger than just a dark coloured car and a pedestrian crossing the road, a streetcar or a bright coloured car would both have been very effective. To me the line of lanterns at the top of the image is competing with the main street for attention, and I feel that they would be better removed . |
Mar 7th |
| 27 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
As you have not mentioned HDR, I am assuming that you created a 'base image' by masking to reveal the most appropriate exposures, and then the dodging and burning has completed bringing out the detail in the rocks on either side. I like the ribbon effect on the water, it gives good sense of the flow, though I would prefer the water not to be reflecting the blue of the sky. I would also suggest cropping of the small area of sky visible at the top as it can pull the eye away from the waterfall. |
Mar 7th |
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