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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
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Jan 22 |
Comment |
Outstanding image, Martin. Well done. I love the lighting, coloration and the overall tone of the image. Congratulations all around.
Not that I have a better sense of awareness that the professional judges, but there is a small point of distraction (to my eye), and that is the upper corner of the back of the chair appears to be protruding from Matthews left arm. Perhaps a backless stool would work since he's leaning forward, or, erase the distraction. |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Lovely effort. I guess I didn't realize that this was going to be a Black and White image month (smile!).
My initial thought upon viewing this image was that the Horizon line is right in the middle. I've learned that the portion with the most interest gets the 2/3 of the frame while the less interesting portion get the other 1/3. The farm implement is your featured item. The sky has nothing exceptional going for it, so it should get lesser attention. If I were to come across this scene, I likely would get closer, and lower, to the implement to show detail that accentuates the "Antique-ness", then justifies the BW treatment. The implement could still be off-center in the image to still include the starkness of the farm-scape.
Just my thoughts. |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Karen,
I, too, have been to this beach. I loved it. I've seen a few instructional videos shot on this beach at sunrise, and mid-day with long exposure to smooth out the water/waves. Most of my images were shot out towards the water, but I also loved being able to do more close-ups of the weathered wood grain and texture and shapes.
I love your image and the BW treatment. So, I'll have to rethink my strategy next time I encounter this type of scene.
Since my visit to Jekyll Island a few years ago, I've learned of other, similar shorelines scenes on the east coast: Botany Bay in SC, and Big Talbot Island SP just outside Jacksonville FL. (Not too far from you). They're both on my new Photo-Bucket List. |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Hung, I wish I could have been along with you when (and where) you took this. I love the setting.
Like others, my main compositional critique references unneeded foliage along the bottom and the Left side. Cropping in from the left to the edge of where the road starts, then cropping up from the bottom the eliminate the foreground, leaves the same (or similar) dimensional ratio to the remaining image.
Also, since it is the fall colors that attracted you to this scene, I would accentuate them with basic Lightroom tools of Clarity, Texture, saturation to make the colors POP.
Well done! |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Shirley, I've been on a very similar Architectural tour of Chicago. Love it!! What fun!
I like the BW conversion and all the tweaks you've done. I LOVE what Martin did to focus on the form of columns of the units. So many options of pictures within pictures.
To tell a fuller story - being on the River - including the river into the image (with a wider-angle lens) would help accentuate the uniqueness of this structure. |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Piers, I'm a bit late to this discussion, but prior to reading the others comments, I, too found the white pots and heavy shadow in the upper LH side to be a distraction and didn't add anything to your otherwise beautiful image. Cropping in from the left to eliminate that specific distraction places the boy very close to the LH edge, but another crop in from the right, a similar amount, could help. In hindsight, a slightly different viewing/shooting angle could have alleviated the need for cropping out the distraction, too.
I like the post processing you've done. Well done. |
Jan 13th |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Thank you, Martin. I'll have to give the yellow warming trick a try. |
Jan 3rd |
| 2 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Thanks for the suggestion, Shirley.
I'll have to give it a try. |
Jan 1st |
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