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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
Georgianne, Thank you so much for taking the time to edit my original image and walk us through your steps. You have done a wonderful job and I really like the resulting image. The "softer" petals are an improvement and there is plenty of detail which is what I was going for. I might crop a little of the negative space to the right and add a muted border but your editing direction is on target and results in a much more pleasing image. |
Apr 18th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Reply |
Hi Denise. Thank you for your comments and I take your point that I might have pushed this poor orchid a little too hard in the direction of being "in your face" - I should probably dial it back a tad. You mention shooting at Longwood Gardens - do you live in the area? I'm about a 5 minute drive from Longwood so visit regularly. |
Apr 11th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
Hi Connie. I understand your point but am comfortable with my stem intention. The original image has the stem very out of focus and I actually quite liked the effect for this composition. I want the viewers attention to rest on the flower petals and not so much the stem. It's a judgement call to be sure. |
Apr 11th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
Denise, this image looks so much like a canyon I wonder if you might have fun giving it the "Erin Outdoors" treatment - that is place a single person or maybe two on the lip of your canyon peering into the abyss. |
Apr 8th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
You were so fortunate to come across such a captivating vignette! I agree with the comments above - this image has such potential. Linda and Denise have the solution in hand to my mind - ditch the cyclone fence and replace the entire background to create a really compelling image that focuses on that skull, wooden fence post and barbed wire - the old west could really come to life in this composition. |
Apr 8th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
Fantastic capture. This is an image I want to spend some time with. What is she seeing in that water and what is she thinking. I would clone the foliage in the right out of the shot as I don't believe it adds to your composition. Others however could see it as helping to anchor the image. Lovely B&W conversion and a really captivating image. |
Apr 8th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Comment |
You have really created a fantastic image here that any viewer can spend time with absorbing what is in front of them - well done! I agree with Witta that selective lightening of the subject will add impact and I would preserve that moody texture which adds so much to this image. |
Apr 8th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for taking the time to show me an alternate approach. Tilting the flowers results in a more relaxed image in my judgement and I see how the position of the stem can lead the eye nicely into the composition. |
Apr 8th |
| 77 |
Apr 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for the warm welcome Witta. I completely agree with your suggestion to move to a more muted border in keeping with the image - the idea simply had not occurred to me. I also take your point on flower detail. I confess that I don't print anything - my images all live in the digital domain and this drives my wife crazy. I need to plunge into printing and hope to do so soon.
Great to hear that you are a fellow chemist. I do not know your friends at DuPont but it was a very large company during my tenure. Our camera club has many chemists and engineers. Lots of folks with technical backgrounds seem to gravitate to photography as their preferred way to create art. |
Apr 8th |
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