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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Curvy shadow! I'm still looking to see one in person!!! |
May 31st |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
I love the story behind the image. Even if no one wanted to buy it for photo decor, I can see why the townspeople would be intrigued by it. The design effect is very eye-catching. |
May 31st |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Your comments made me rethink my editing. I hadn't even thought about where the shadows were placed at the edge of the image, for example. I always learn something new in these Comments. That's the point, isn't it?!!! |
May 31st |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Yes, if you cannot fulfill the assignment the way you'd like to, it is definitely okay to submit your "interpretation" of the topic. You will benefit from your efforts to find or use photographic and artistic principles. |
May 19th |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
This is such a fun image to look at. A fantasy of a shadow! It is curvy! It is colored! I wonder if I'll ever find anything like it in person for myself! Lucky you! Composition-wise, I like the effect of the diagonal line of the mulch dirt. It gives a nice foundation for the image and the stem. It contrasts well with the very straight vertical line of the live flower and the curviness of the shadow. How about a rule of shape odds - diagonal, vertical, and curvy! You did an excellent job of turning the "white" flower into a beauty. I really enjoyed this image. |
May 19th |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Distractions can be caused by a color. The green tree is a good example. When I turned the photo into a black and white, the tree no longer distracted me. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
The first thing that popped into my mind was the one time in my life I have seen such a plethora of wood slat shadows. It was at the Tucson Botanical Garden many years ago. I loved seeing it then, too. Amazing feeling to see them and be among this kind of shadow pattern. I'm happy you found this and could experience it. I think it's hard to make a photo of such shadows that I wouldn't consider too busy. This full view is a good record shot. It serves to remind me to "work the subject" in order to have a choice of images to use as a whole or to crop. I could end up with some good images if I shot a variety of compositions of this scene. For example, the top half seems to have more impact for me. |
May 19th |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
and now the crop off the bottom... |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Your shadows look like a great graphic to me. I immediately thought of the Escher drawings, but you did it for real! And the scene gave you a good variety of shapes and sizes. Maybe we should all give ourselves the self-assignment of taking photos of our own downtown area. I see several images within your image. I'm attaching a crop from the bottom and a crop from the top to illustrate it. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Oh, I also lightened the Highlights on the middle of the path. Now the area with the shadows isn't all the same levels of bright and dark. I made it lighter in the center so that our eyes are drawn down the middle of the path to that brightest area in the distance. |
May 19th |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
The checkerboard shadows you found in this special location in front of the mountain peaks make this image unique and compelling to me. It's always fun to see something I haven't seen before. I can feel how it was when you were standing there. To turn the image into less of a snapshot documentary image, I put a -10 dark vignette on the entire image. That changed the impact of the scene. That helped me concentrate more on the path rather than my eyes wandering over to the left and right so much when I first saw the image. That seemed to make such a pleasant difference in your lovely image that I continued on as if it were my own photo. I tend to look for little bright areas that don't really add to the impact and then turn down their impact by darkening or removing bright areas not in the main subject area. Our eyes do go to the brightest areas. I got rid of some bright areas around the edges to keep my eye following the path to the mountain. I know I still look all around your image to take in the beautiful scenery. Your new sky has a lovely blue area exactly at the end of my eye's trip from the base of your image, through the path, and then to the wow mountains and complimentary sky. That intense blue area is like a distraction but a GOOD distraction, because it draws my eye to it...right from the path into the photo and up to the sky. Great trip! I want to go there now! Thanks for the story behind the photo. |
May 19th |
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| 12 |
May 23 |
Reply |
The first thing you mentioned was about the exact motion I captured. That reminds me of a motion photo tip I usually suggest to people but failed to do myself. That is, when taking shots of anything in motion, I should set my camera to the mode that I call, Please keep taking shots as long as I keep my finger pressed down on the shutter button! Then, I can choose the shot with the most appealing motion. It's often impossible to take the peak motion by just looking and clicking. |
May 18th |
| 12 |
May 23 |
Comment |
These shadows make me woozy, too! I'm getting disoriented trying to decide whether I'm looking down the stairs or up them. Your composition is like an optical illusion for me. I can imagine it either way. My eye stays in the picture. I jump (not literally!) back and forth between the white steps on the right, up diagonally to the white diagonal area at the upper left. A nice way to stay grounded in this woozy situation. I think you chose the right effect in Silver Efex. I can nicely see, study, and admire the steps. I remember using Silver Efex years ago when it came out. I don't have the new version now, so I play with the sliders in Lightroom instead. Your interesting photo reminds me NOT to attempt to walk up to the top of any lighthouse anymore! I'd get too woozy, for sure! |
May 8th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 12
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