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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 49 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks wayne for your comments. You are correct that in this image the viewer cznnot see most of the underside of the bird. Normally I would say that is an issue, but my thought was that from an artistic standpoint breaking that rule made sense to get a unique and dramatic image of 5his bird. What do others think? |
Apr 6th |
| 49 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Wayne,
Like you, I'm excited to finally see some color in the trees in our neighborhood! It looks like you wanted to show your viewers that one flowering tree, lit by the sun! Great idea! What draws my eye away from that tree, however, are the branches of the tree behind it, which are also lit up. You can either clone them out or dramatically reduce the highlights of those branches. also, the subject tree is probably not as sharp as you would like. You could use LRC to sharpen it using the sharpen tool and clarity slider. |
Apr 2nd |
| 49 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Danielle,
It was sure fun seeing sheep all over the place with those splashes of color to identify the owners! I think that this image might be better is shot as a horizontal, rather than a vertical, where the viewer might see the lager landscape that this sheep lives in. |
Apr 2nd |
| 49 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Craig,
This is a very intriguing image. Since I cannot translate the words I am most drawn to the image of the guy behind the window. The sharpness is good and so is the exposure. I'd be tempted to crop this down to just the guy and the window. His expression draws me in! |
Apr 2nd |
| 49 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Cindy,
What a fun shot! You lucked onto a fun event! The image itself is well lit and has good sharpness. Sounds like the skeleton was in a car, so you could not help clipping the top of the head. You might consider blurring and perhaps darkening the background area. There is a bright patch on the lower left edge that is distracting. Easy enough to clone out! |
Apr 2nd |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 49
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| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I need to wrestle with the right format. You and butch both have recommended centering the bird. I'll try that out in lrc to see what looks right. Thanks again! |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Bud,
Thanks for sharing this. We have tundra swans in our area too over the winter. What graceful, beautiful birds! I also want to study your LRC procedure. I do many of these processes, but not in this order. Need to think abou that!
I think this image would be more impactful if it was a picture of the two swans taking off. I agree with butch that the crop is a little tight at the top and bottom. You can increase the canvas in PS to correct that. You might consider cloning out the birds in the background. |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Butch,
I had the same experience in the Masai Mara taking shots of wildebeasts and zebras. Hard to shoot one separated from the many, so great patience on your part! I'm assuming that youshot this while panning to get the head and body pretty sharp and the legs blurred. Great technique. This is one of those techniques I'd like to try a bunch of time to get the right combination of the speed of the animal and the amount of blur that looks best. In this shot 3 of the four legs are scarcely visible. |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Larry,
You will have to give us the link to your article on the hunters of the "glades!" Love how you have shown the gator using natural materials to camoflauge its movements. Remiinds me of what soldiers do. Great DOF. The nose and eye are sharp and the background is blurred. My only suggestions for improvement would be to crop about 15% off the right side and reduce the highlights on the leaves on the gators head. |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Cindy,
I love your antarctica shots! I gotta there!!
You caught the action just right, with one splash and 3 penguins about to take the plunge! Given the situation you managed the problem of the penguins mergin very well. You nailed the exposure of the snow and the black penguins! I think your crop is spot on. No suggestions for improving an excellent image, |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Ann,
I love so much about this image. You caught the two horses nicely separated. I can see all 8 legs. Love what the backlighting is doing to the manes and tails. Also love that the color of the foal matches some of the colors in the trees.
You could crop it down from the top, but it is a toss up.
Great picture! |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Gregg,
You have captured a great action moment! Like you I have the canon 200-800. My only complaint is that at 800mm the lowest f stop is 9.0, but so far that has not been an issue. What do you think of that lens?
Back to you photo, I like what Butch suggested. I ddebated with myself about the branch on top, but agree that is neeed to be cloned out. Because the two baboons are locked in a fight, it is a little hard to distinguish one from the other. |
Apr 2nd |
| 67 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Butch, thanks for taking the time to review and comment on this image. I keep wondering I should add more canvas to the top and right side of the image to give the bird some room to look into and potentially to move into, rather than dead centering the bird. What do you and others think? |
Apr 1st |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 67
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10 comments - 3 replies Total
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