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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Bud,
Never been to Africa, but you and Frank have convinced me! I love the light on the lion and vulture and the sense of movement with both animals. Great story here!
You need more room on the left. The vulture's wing is clipped and you need to give the vulture "room to fly." This can be accomplished by increasing the canvas on the left side and using content aware to fill in the new blank area. |
Dec 19th |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Richard,
I've only been to a cypress swamp once, but this image encourages me to go back! There is so much to like about how you have composed the image. I like the gap between the trees that allows me to see into the background. I also like that the trees on the right recede away from the viewer. Love the orange color that you have captured and enhanced! Way to go.
My only suggestion lies in the trees on the left. The tree closest to the camera is merging in tonality with the tree to the left. You might consider darkening the tree to the left to help make it separate from the forward tree. |
Dec 19th |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Larry,
I'm intrigued by your set uo to get this shot. You are to be commended for all of your pre-shot planning. Impressive! I also appreciated learning f=more about the habits of the owl. I've only been able to take images of one owl. They are sso hard to locate in the wild!
The bird is sharp and well positioned in the image. I wish you had waited until the bird dropped his wing. Also, I would recommend burning down the ground in front of the bird. It is very bright and competes with the bird. |
Dec 19th |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Cindy,
It's not easy to get a good shot of a butterfly on a flower. As soon as you try to get close they fly off! Good job.
I like that you cropped out the flowers on the left and bottom. They would only have served to distract the viewer! The diaginal of the flower that has attracted the butterfly is just right. It gives a more dynamic angle than if the flower stem had been straight up and down. Suggest you add a subtle vignette to drive the viewer's eye toward the subject. |
Dec 19th |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Frank,
What an incredibly dramatic moment that you have captured! Moat of us only dream of being at that spot let alone successfully photographing it! Well done!
The tonality of the wildebeast that is being attacked by the croc is very close to the rock behind it. You might consider drakening the rock to give better tonal separation. You might consider extending the crop to include those hapless wildebeasts on the right that are headed toward the fatal incident. I think it would enhance the story line. You might alos consider blurring the herd in the background. I think they are way too sharp. The story here is about the attack. |
Dec 19th |
| 67 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Michael,
Isn't it great how nature can provide us those unusual moments? The hard part is for us to recognize them as such and to have our cameras ready!! You did both on this one.
When I first looked at the image all i could see was what I interpreted as "noise" all around the bird. Only when I read your description, did I realize that I was looking at rain. I'm not sure ho w to deal with that problem. The other think that jumped out at me were the halos around the bird and branch. I suspect this has to do with the LRC processing. |
Dec 19th |
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