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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Shirley, Thanks for your comments on my image. The majority of comments favor Monochrome. I like that version, now, too.
My "accident" over there resulted in me having to have knee surgery - while over there!! This image was taken the day I got discharged from 4 days in the hospital. Despite the fact that I was on crutches, my wife and I were determined to get to this specific restaurant, so that made getting this shot a bit more challenging. The shot was worth it, and the restaurant was worth it.
Portugal is beautiful. Just watch your step!! |
Jan 21st |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your comments, Karen.
This has been an interesting discussion. I've learned a great deal from all the comments and suggestions. That's what I like about this discussion group. I won't be posting any additional versions of edits of this image, but I will continue small edits. |
Jan 21st |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Very interesting correlation, Piers. I am familiar with TS Elliot, but not intimately enough that this particular Poem came to mind.
I do like the imagery that the Poem portrays relative to my image - and knowing the restaurant we were going to was in the immediate right in the image. As we learned once inside, that particular building started out as a coal storage facility for boats traveling along the adjacent river (just 1 block over from this "street"). As matter of fact, the restaurant's name (in Portugese) is Postigo Do Carvao, translating to "Coal Gate". The original lighting in there was from gas lamps.
So, the TS Elliot poem may have been written along the Duro River in Porto, Portugal.
Thank you for that very interesting view. It is appreciated. |
Jan 11th |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Piers,
Between Martins advice and yours, I've taken the combined comments and produced the attached result. I intentionally kept out the people in the lower left and right (of the original image) since I was pleased with the Photoshop removal of them on first try. I created a square image - which gets rid of much of the upper, unnecessary information in the image. The "setting sun" is now placed on a 1/3 intersection, but I'm still disappointed that it never was as prevalent as I was hoping it would be.
In Lightroom, I utilized a profile "B&W 08" as my preferred BW tones. See image below Martins comments.
Thank you both for your comments and suggestions for creating a more interesting image.
Any additional comments on the BW version? |
Jan 10th |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Martin,
Between Piers advice and yours, I've taken the combined comments and produced the attached result. I intentionally kept out the people in the lower left and right (of the original image) since I was pleased with the Photoshop removal of them on first try. I created a square image - which gets rid of much of the upper, unnecessary information in the image. The "setting sun" is now placed on a 1/3 intersection, but I'm still disappointed that it never was as prevalent as I was hoping it would be.
In Lightroom, I utilized a profile "B&W 08" as my preferred BW tones.
Thank you both for your comments and suggestions for creating a more interesting image.
Any additional comments on the BW version? |
Jan 10th |
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| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Martin. I love your infatuation with street photography. You always seem to present interesting images. This one is classic. Right time- right place. I love her heavy laughter.
The crop is appropriate for the scene while still getting the essence of the season.
Well done - again. |
Jan 3rd |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
What fun! Very creative and interesting technique. Since I couldn't turn my computer monitor upside down to get an essence of what you were seeing, I took a cell phone screenshot and turned the phone upside down.
As presented, it seems unusual to see (what appears to the viewer) as water drops (actually air bubbles) only appearing beneath the flower, so, I'll suggest an additional challenge of using a longer straw/tubing to get below the flower in the fish tank, then blow in order to have the bubbles both above and below the flower.
I love your creativity. |
Jan 3rd |
| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Shirley, Well done with the action image. Very nice treatment with the BW conversion.
One of the first things I noticed with your presented image was the truncation of the statuary on the infield. My thought is that this sculpture is an important aspect of the overall theme of the event. I took the liberty of cropping the original to include all of the sculpture, while giving the live horses on the track a bit more area to "ride in to".
It looks like it would have been a fun day with the camera at the track. |
Jan 3rd |
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| 2 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
I like the essence of what you're doing with the Panorama/stitching and the use of software Piers, but I can't help but see two completely different images in this overall frame - the left side as a nature-oriented reflective sunset, complete with a bird on-the-wing; the right side is a nice reflective sunset with birds in the water, but muted signs of civilization. It's a contrast in themes. |
Jan 3rd |
5 comments - 4 replies for Group 2
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5 comments - 4 replies Total
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