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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
I like Barbara's version of a border. Thanks for the idea of putting it on its own layer and fiddling with the layer's Opacity. |
Aug 25th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
Oh, you're so right! Why didn't I try that? Thanks! |
Aug 25th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
I use my "superzoom" 24-1200mm Canon Powershot SX50, in RAW plus jpg mode for almost all my photos except flower macro. I don't know why the superzoom cameras aren't more popular! It has features that my Rebel doesn't have, like I can see the image in the regular viewfinder after I take it. I can also take a video when I'm in any still photo mode by simply pressing a little red button without changing any other setting to video. |
Aug 14th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
Lightroom brags that their noise reduction is as good as any (I read that recently!). I guess I could've done it on just her blue uniform. Didn't think anyone could see so well as to notice it...I know, I didn't! |
Aug 13th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
I warmer white for the sheet music would coordinate well with the yellowish gem. |
Aug 13th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
No audience was allowed on the sides of the testing area. I would've loved taking photos from the angle you mentioned! |
Aug 11th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
Oh, wow, how did I miss that? I did notice they were obviously placed where they were on purpose and wondered about the design. I thought your "T" was in the title of Tea Time. Now I appreciate your carrots and apples so much better! Clever you! |
Aug 11th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
"T" is for traffic! Clever! I like the composition with its lines being angled. The colors are so natural for the traffic lights. And the star effects are wonderful! I wouldn't change a thing! |
Aug 9th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
Were you shooting in shutter speed priority in hope of catching the action? I like the way the flying turkey's head stands out against the plain black background area. I would've used post editing to slightly darken the white-ness of the grass. I often decrease the Highlights around the main subject(s) to put more emphasis on the main area.
Imagine having turkeys in your own backyard?!!!! I'd be out there photographing them so often! How fun! Do you have a photo collection of turkeys? |
Aug 9th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
I eat carrots for snacks most of the time and never cake, so this looks normal to me! Were you trying to spell something with the food? I see "it" on the left plate! Reminds me of my food entry last month where I attempted to display "PSA"!
I don't mind the reflections of the ceiling lights. In fact, I didn't even notice them until Gavin mentioned it. Also, I didn't notice the grain until Kerstin mentioned it. I guess I was looking more at what was on the plates and also at their pretty curvy shape. Very nice still life! |
Aug 9th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
T is for treble clef...very clever. I think your composite is delightful. And very well done. I never thought of using a piece of jewelry as a photo element. Why not! You took the photo of it! I don't care for the ragged border around it, because to me it looks like black blobs are on top of the nice sheet music! |
Aug 6th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
Very much like a colorful painting that a locomotive engineer would probably love to have hanging on his wall. I like Kerstin's suggestion to crop to make the train less lost in the vastness of the outdoors. As for myself, I would clone away the vehicle on the bridge. T is for train and tracks...you did them both! |
Aug 6th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
I didn't even notice the flying ponytail until I saw the photo. The action is very fast, and I was just hoping she would make the jump successfully and maybe get near the board! Most kids weren't able to break the board, because they missed it with their foot as they went flying by! |
Aug 5th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Reply |
The grain comes from lightening her trousers so much. I always get grain in dark areas where I've used the Shadows tool. I didn't bother to smooth it out. ISO 400 was set automatically by the camera. I was shooting shutter priority mode.
The room was a little dark. Main lighting is the window light, which overpowers those ceiling lights. And, of course, with all those windows behind the main subjects, the main subjects are slightly silhouetted. I didn't dare use spot metering, because it would have blown out the background to a bright white, which I'd find distracting. So I opened up the shadows. |
Aug 5th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
I apologize to everyone for the strange characters in Kerstin's text of how she did it. Sometimes, the copy and paste process inserts them. |
Aug 4th |
| 12 |
Aug 17 |
Comment |
Here's Connie's "How I Did It" -
The image started with a picture of a necklace with a treble clef dangle. That layer was duplicated out of habit. Next was added an image of piano music at 50% opacity. Even though the necklace showed through, this wasn't the effect I was looking for. So I used Topaz Remask 5 to separate the treble clef from the background and chain. This went on top of the piano music layer. The underlying layers were showing through the music, so I put a white fill layer underneath the piano music layer. (At this point the layers with the necklace were no longer needed.) Then I duplicated the piano music layer and added the ragged border and texture with One1 software. Whew! It was a fun exercise and I learned something new.
Attached are the original image of the necklace, and of the piano music. |
Aug 4th |
8 comments - 8 replies for Group 12
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8 comments - 8 replies Total
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