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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
The original is a great composition, dominated by the lead rider. Catching a moment like this suggests that you were almost as intense as the guy in front. I can almost hear him grunting.
Richard's cleaning up of him really helps, as does the darker background and cropping. What was a cool capture to begin with is now, I think, really much enhanced.
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Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
For me, the initial image was already beautiful. I like David's crop and also the flip-which makes sense as we see from left to right. |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I love both treatments; there is a magical feel to your image, Mark, which takes me into another world. I think darkening the small pool and ferns does help us focus more on the falls, and makes for more magic. These falls are the kind of discovery we are all looking for, and you found it. |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Pete, I really like your softening of the yellow and white in the upper left. In my edit, this peripheral area was distracting and I didn't do a good job of calming it down. I didn't think of fish; how about fish swimming through the waves? |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
What a great job of post-processing! As a result, the trees have been beautifully rendered. I'm a sucker for reflections, and this is as good as they get. My only thought is about the sky treatment; the original has a very moody quality because of the clouds overhanging the hill-top, which I would have kept as is. |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
For me, this works. It is really humorous, and the big head and the giraffe's shadow don't bother me because your picture just makes me chuckle. Heavens above, we need stuff like this nowadays! |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
The version that appeals the most to me is David's, because the added contrast makes the staircase stand out more. It is, after all, the dominant subject.The original image was a great capture, by my books (ha ha). |
Feb 13th |
| 5 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Nick, I used the left half of the original image. The post- processing was not much more complicated than I described.
Richard, the technique is largely experimental, as most images don't "work". One out of fifty keepers is good going!
Because you are using a long exposure e.g. 1/4 or 1/8th second while moving the camera, shooting when the light is low is ideal. During the day, I use a polarizer but a ND filter can be substituted. Obviously, for a long exposure, you need to set the ISO as low as possible. Always make a test exposure after adjusting your settings; in this case, I didn't but got away with it.The camera movement should be smooth and steady. For vertical subjects e.g. trees, you move the camera in the vertical plane, whereas for horizontally placed subjects you use the horizontal plane. Those are only guidelines, but good for starters. There are many articles addressing ICM that will probably explain the process far better than I can! |
Feb 9th |
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