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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 52 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
First off apologies: I wrote out all my reviews over two weeks ago, but then somehow didn't actually copy and paste them into the webform. I didn't notice until finishing up reviews for my study group. Not sure how it happened, but THANKFULLY two months ago I started writing my reviews out in Pages and saving them in an organized fashion that mirrors what I do for the aforementioned Study Group as I was tired of seeing typos and such post-post.
So the down side is that my reviews are way overdueĆ¢ā¬¦but to make it up I'm adding to them and giving a second impression feedback as well.
(Posting the above to each review so everyone knows what happened, or really what did not happen. Bad stega, no donut.)
Original Review:
Nice image quality with good sharpness as both subjects and their perch are in focus. While not a super strong story, the interaction between the pair is evident as the left probes the right. My only suggestion would be consider cropping even tighter: because the flower and wings of the butterflies form two arcs, balancing the flower dead center and cropping more on each side would really highlight that and make a strong composition.
Second impression:
I still think the composition could be stronger with a different crop and I find myself picking up my laptop and rotating it around to see what happens when I look at the image from different orientations, as I looked again at the source version and realized you had rotated it already. For fun, I'd keep playing with the rotations! Also on second viewing the right wing of the left butterfly distracted me since it's not in focus like the rest of the bugs' bodies/wings
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Aug 26th |
| 52 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
First off apologies: I wrote out all my reviews over two weeks ago, but then somehow didn't actually copy and paste them into the webform. I didn't notice until finishing up reviews for my study group. Not sure how it happened, but THANKFULLY two months ago I started writing my reviews out in Pages and saving them in an organized fashion that mirrors what I do for the aforementioned Study Group as I was tired of seeing typos and such post-post.
So the down side is that my reviews are way overdueĆ¢ā¬¦but to make it up I'm adding to them and giving a second impression feedback as well.
(Posting the above to each review so everyone knows what happened, or really what did not happen. Bad stega, no donut.)
Original Review:
I think you did good work in post to add more color and shading levels. The composition is where the image falls a bit flat for me though as I'm left wanting more sky to balance out the darkness of all the foreground hills and valleys.
Second Impression: I'm still wanting a bit more sky, but on second look I'm noticing a lot of artifacting which makes the image look over worked. Here's a quick comparison screen grab of what I mean: upper section is your original image and lower is the adjusted one: all the tree tops have halos basically.
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Aug 26th |
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| 52 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
First off apologies: I wrote out all my reviews over two weeks ago, but then somehow didn't actually copy and paste them into the webform. I didn't notice until finishing up reviews for my study group. Not sure how it happened, but THANKFULLY two months ago I started writing my reviews out in Pages and saving them in an organized fashion that mirrors what I do for the aforementioned Study Group as I was tired of seeing typos and such post-post.
So the down side is that my reviews are way overdueĆ¢ā¬¦but to make it up I'm adding to them and giving a second impression feedback as well.
(Posting the above to each review so everyone knows what happened, or really what did not happen. Bad stega, no donut.)
Ally Green
Original Review:
A riot of color! I really like how sharp the focus and well balanced the levels are in this image. I think the crop though is too close. Take advantage of the colors and different depth since they're a huge part of the story.
Second Impression:
Still totally think you should expand the crop and here's why: a hummingbird nestled in flowers is a unique capture. Standard hummer shots are of them perched nicely or buzzing in to feed. The environment in this case is what makes the story so good. |
Aug 26th |
| 52 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
First off apologies: I wrote out all my reviews over two weeks ago, but then somehow didn't actually copy and paste them into the webform. I didn't notice until finishing up reviews for my study group. Not sure how it happened, but THANKFULLY two months ago I started writing my reviews out in Pages and saving them in an organized fashion that mirrors what I do for the aforementioned Study Group as I was tired of seeing typos and such post-post.
So the down side is that my reviews are way overdueĆ¢ā¬¦but to make it up I'm adding to them and giving a second impression feedback as well.
(Posting the above to each review so everyone knows what happened, or really what did not happen. Bad stega, no donut.)
Original Review:
A good pic to learn your tools with for sure. I too would remove the support stake, but I don't think I'd work so hard to fight the water as the artifacting from such mask work is difficult to manage. Not sure if your tools have an option to feather a mask/layer so the transitions aren't so strong: or perhaps if you have an option to detect edges: either would help.
Second Impression:
Adding to what I typed two weeks agoĆ¢ā¬¦.since you're not super concerned with story with a portrait image like this, I'd crop even closer. This would allow you not to have to worry so much about overworking the background. |
Aug 26th |
| 52 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
First off apologies: I wrote out all my reviews over two weeks ago, but then somehow didn't actually copy and paste them into the webform. I didn't notice until finishing up reviews for my study group. Not sure how it happened, but THANKFULLY two months ago I started writing my reviews out in Pages and saving them in an organized fashion that mirrors what I do for the aforementioned Study Group as I was tired of seeing typos and such post-post.
So the down side is that my reviews are way overdueĆ¢ā¬¦but to make it up I'm adding to them and giving a second impression feedback as well.
(Posting the above to each review so everyone knows what happened, or really what did not happen. Bad stega, no donut.)
Original Review:
Like Judith's pic this month, this is a good one to learn your tools with for sure. I'm not much help when it comes to composites as I don't do much landscape work. My one suggestion would be to work the image with the light pollution on the hills heavily to reduce that as much as possible before working on the composite.
Second Impression:
Had another thought if you repeat the exercise: experiment with a gobo to physically block out offending light source. Small bit of cardstock or even a spare memory card: even if you hold it with one hand, might help or grab a gradient filter and adjust it accordingly. |
Aug 26th |
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