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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Josh! I took it at about 7am after having gotten up at 330 to witness the sunrise. I'm surprised i remembered which end of the camera to use!! |
Apr 23rd |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Alan. I tried it in b&w and I like it that way too. Leaving the color in warms the image. |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Alan, thanks for giving us a demo on focus stacking. I've tried it using a track and merging the images in PS. It is a tedious process for sure. The technique captured the smallest of details. |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Josh, this image has real potential. I love the camera angle you took, emphasizing the small flowers with the dead log. I agree with Craig,m that you might consider darkening the background behind the log to allow the small flowers to pop. |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Jo-ann, this is a dramatic image! I'm really intrigued by the white dress in front and its reflection. Lots of different textures and shades of color. What's troubling is the black mannequins against a black background. The model in the foreground's right arm completely merges with the background. Not sure how to fix that. |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Craig, this is an amazing shot! It took me a while to figure it out and to enjoy it! The perfect reflection is what blew me away. I think including the other photographers was great. They add scale and are perfectly positions. You were able to straighten out the vertical lines to perfection! Bravo. My only suggestion would be to clone out or crop out that small dark spot on the left edge. |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Owen, like you I was out shooting VA bluebells near the Potomac River! I agree with much of what Craig said. The horizon line is not straight. This is of course easy to fix in LRC. The kayaker is dead center. I'd crop off much of the left side to give him room to kayak into. Then you lose the rock, but I don't think it helps you that much. The kayaker is also a little soft. Perhaps try run ning him through Topaz Sharpen AI? |
Apr 19th |
| 49 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Craig, You make an excellent point. I had been shooting a sunrise and did not change my settings. |
Apr 19th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 49
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| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
I don't have anything like that on the back of my canon. Thanks for telling us about it. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Larry what is the multi selector feature? |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks susan. I wanted a lightweight advanced point and shoot to take on travel with my wife. The Sony will shoot in raw but only goes out to 70mm while in raw. That doesn't matter when you shoot a landscape. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
I'd suggest getting topaz sharpen and topaz denoise. I find that they are easy to use and do a better job than lrc. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Bud, I agree with what others have said. The head and neck are very sharp, but the body feathers are a little soft. Try Topaz Sharpen AI? |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Larry, You've checked of all of my boxes on capturing a snowy in flight. To me the hard part is getting the whites just right. You did a great job of that. You've got about as much of a reflection as you were going to get on what appears to be a breezy day. I guess the only thing better would have been to have a fish in the bird's mouth! |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Cindy, What a moment to capture! At first I could not figure out what I was seeing. The bird's head is upside down and only in reading your explanation did I realize that there was an animal in its beak! Wow! The sharpest parts of the image are the yellow feathers on the bird. I think you would want the lizard to be the sharpest, unless you wanted to show motion, but then it would have to be blurred some more. You were shooting plenty fast at 1/1600. Perhaps if the f stop was around 9 or 11? |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Susan, you captured a great moment! Here's a thought to consider. Crop it down to just the birds' heads and some of the feathers. See what you think. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Michael,
I completely agree with the group. This is one fantastic image! My only suggestion for improvement is along the lines of what Larry said. I'd consider darkening the background to get the lizard to pop out more. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Richard, while I am not sure, I think the source of the volcano is in the depression on the left. I like the idea of making the hills on the right a picture on their own. I'll play with that. |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Bud, No we drove down and were happy to get out of a pretty fierce wind! |
Apr 19th |
| 67 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Larry, thanks for the reminder on hyperfocal length. I guess my default when shooting a landscape is to go with f16-f22. With the nearest foreground several hundred yards away, f4-f5.6 would work just fine. The weather at 10,000 feet was in the 40s and the wind was fierce, so taking off my hat was going to happen. I got to a place that shielded me from the wind, so that helped. If I cropped it down any more, I'd lose those peaks on the right. |
Apr 19th |
7 comments - 5 replies for Group 67
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13 comments - 7 replies Total
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