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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
Take caution when flipping an actual geographical scene because the image can turn out to be "fake news" since "everyone" knows which way the tree bends and still has those mountains as the background. I once saw a mountain photo that was flipped, and I recognized it right away and felt it was a mistake. It was in the days of using 35mm slides when a person could accidentally make a print using the wrong side of the slide. |
Feb 27th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
I now see why I like my crop!!!! - The big area of body to the left of the snake's head and neck are probably what looks like a butterfly to Mark, and my crop eliminated that as being so prominent and eye-catching. Beautiful snake markings, though. |
Feb 27th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
I find it amazing that you have captured a photo where everything has a curve to it! Even the mountain tops are softly rounded instead of jagged. Your placement of the tree in the left of the composition allows the tree's shape to follow its branches over to the background mountains to enjoy the entire scene. I like the way my eye travels in an endless circle from trunk to branches to mountains to grass and around again. I find the far right of the image to be an area where I don't look. |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
Wow, I can't take my eyes off that curvy bridge and the brilliant sunset colors! Personally, I love all those grasses. They remind me of my own hikes along rivers while looking for a good place to take a photo from. That familiar feeling is accentuated by the sand with its deep footprints. Perfect scene for this month's assignment because almost everything in the picture is curvy! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
When I chose the topic of curvy, I never thought of a snake! I can see that the other members of our group are also equally as impressed! I like how your soft treatment around the snake makes me feel as your title states that this is a "pretty" snake! Otherwise, it would be much more of a pretty scary snake! You've included lots of curves in this "curvy" assignment.
When I first saw the image, I knew the patterns were snake markings, but I didn't see the snake's head right away. After much thought, I've concluded that it is due to the sharpness of the branch behind the snake's "neck."
Although I like seeing the entire snake as a design shot with lots of curvy elements, I find it confusing. Here's my crop idea. |
Feb 26th |
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| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
The curved opening of the red pot is, for me, the main center of interest. I like the way the pot seems lonely and isolated thanks to your composition. I would choose a time of day or a cloudy, overcast weather condition to take this photo so that the bright sunlit areas wouldn't take my eye away from the pot in its rocky bed. On the other hand, I love the way the sunlight has cast a bright area in front of the pot as if the pot was pouring out something from its mouth and running diagonally out of the picture! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
I love the way the curve of the shell fits into the curve of the mirror. I notice how you made the shell look as boldly contrasty as the marble wall. I think you could crop to a perfect square (assuming the top of the mirror was included) because the circle of the mirror is so symmetrical. Your image has given me the idea to take photos of pretty mirrors or even of paintings in a pretty frame so that I can insert another image inside the frame. |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
The exaggerated shell detail makes it match the high contrast of the marble wall. A soft shell might be overpowered by the bold wall. |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
Having seen this image of the round mirror where you wished you had included the entire circle is a good reminder to leave extra room around our subjects so that we can crop later to whatever our new creation is going to be! I always need this reminder. I don't always practice what I preach! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Comment |
I enjoy the feeling of looking up at such a complex ceiling. I can imagine the architect designing it and figuring out how the public is going to view it when walking there. For me, the color version gives my eye a couple of resting places while moving around to see the other graphic shapes. The uncropped original shows more of the columns supporting the whole scene, and that feels better to me. |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
What a small world - you knowing someone who helped with the construction. The movie played at the museum there shows the workers placing the big metal pieces into place. Maybe Uncle Bill was in the movie! Most amazing! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
I enjoyed hearing how you felt upon seeing that big expansive curve! Gives me another way to feel about it, too, as a road. Since I know what the object is and since there's no reference point for anyone, I bet people who don't know The Arch would see all sorts of other things besides a metal building! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
Gosh, all those years I lived in St. Louis and I never heard it called the half McDonalds, and I really like that nickname!
The museum at the base of the Arch can no longer be entered directly from down there. There's a brand new entrance far from the base now. It was disappointing to visit the Arch recently (I now live 4 hours away) and not enter the Arch directly. Very similar to the Louvre in Paris where you used to enter the building directly and now you have to enter through the glass pyramid. In fact, it felt the same in St. Louis but without the glass above my head. Strange feeling! I prefer things the "old" way! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
The white line at some of the edges is a very common result when moving certain sliders in Photoshop and Lightroom. The more you slide them, the more visible the white area. I always notice it in other people's photos but evidently not in my own! I guess I was watching the effect of the slider in the larger areas! Thanks for pointing it out. Another set of eyes is always helpful! |
Feb 26th |
| 12 |
Feb 19 |
Reply |
Yes, I have watched the video shown at the Arch about the building of it. It was more than amazing. I definitely recommend that visitors take the time to watch the video when there and you're sitting in the midst of the magnificent monument. Then take the ride up the inside of the Arch in the little capsules. Standing at the top of the Arch (but inside, of course) in the corridor there is more amazing than the Empire State building or the Eiffel Tower! Thanks, Stephen, for your comments. |
Feb 26th |
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