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| 12 |
May 20 |
Reply |
I like your version with the background cleaned up even more than what I did to it. As time goes by and as photo editing becomes easier and easier, I am starting to like plainer backgrounds even more. The main subject seems to pop out and be the natural center of attention. |
May 30th |
| 12 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Portraits of individual flowers almost always have the bullseye problem. So for me, if the flower is beautiful, I pay no attention to that sort-of rule and just enjoy the blossom! |
May 30th |
| 12 |
May 20 |
Reply |
The background behind the lower part of the fountain (which I didn't show) has a curb and a street, so I can't ever capture the entire fountain in the ideal way! |
May 30th |
| 12 |
May 20 |
Reply |
That's why we like participating in these groups! Other people often catch the obvious. I've even been caught with a crooked horizon...like how obvious is that, and I missed it myself! |
May 30th |
| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I'm enjoying the shape and shapes of this flower! Thanks, too, for the info about it. I feel I should've known about Bitterroot but I didn't! That rocky soil looks extremely uncomfortable to have to kneel on to take a photo. Glad to hear this one was growing on a slope! I'm always looking for ways to make a photo look more special while keeping its authenticity. For this image I suggest cleaning up some of the pebbles around the edges of the frame so as to make them less distracting. Here's my sample photo. It doesn't take long to do, and I like the way the image feels less like a snapshot. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I love the way the pink blossoms signifying spring contrast so dramatically with the dark, naked, leafless tree branches. Yes, I agree that there's a great view around every bend on the Blue Ridge Parkway! The clear blue sky sets off the scene. The thing I find quite distracting from the main subjects is the brightness of the lower left foreground area. Here's my edited version where I darkened that area to allow the eye to go directly to the blossoms and interesting almost silhouetted tree. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is so hilarious! He sure looks like a sign of spring as well as a happy sign! Reminds me of my fountain, because when we see the water, we know the winter is over! My suggestion involves looking for distractions and using the rubber stamp to clone them away. My sample edited photo no longer has the little white spot on the right and the more colorful spot on the left. I feel that little tweaks like this can give a main subject a little more impact. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Here's the vignetted version. Oh, I forgot to say that I used your original image and didn't brighten it the way you did so that the flower's lighter areas wouldn't be so white. |
May 7th |
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| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Gorgeous color and glorious raindrops! You captured the background in a beautiful softness that helps the raindrops pop out. I find the lighter and colorful areas all around the edges of your image to be distracting. When they're digitally removed, I think the flower looks even more amazing. Personally, I like the "look" of a faint darker vignette, so I'm going to post both versions of my editing to give you some ideas. |
May 7th |
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| 12 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Oh, my, the coloring here is so gorgeous! I would love to see something like this in person! Glad you reacted quickly and captured it before it disappeared forever! I think the varying detail in the water adds even more interest to your image. I think the solitary moon looks extra spectacular because there are no clouds to compete with it. Usually, it seems that we usually want clouds in a big blank sky, but not here! |
May 7th |
| 12 |
May 20 |
Reply |
For my own moon shots, I use spot metering and aim my camera's center on the moon, and the camera pops the moon into good exposure. Before that, I tried all the settings I found on the Internet, but with varying success. The longer the zoom, the better. It works better and better the closer you get to having the moon as big in the frame as possible. If spot metering doesn't work with your lens, it isn't telephoto enough. Then you try daylight settings like the sunny 16 rule. |
May 7th |
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