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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I agree that the flash handling has been done well. I recently did some flash photos at a presentation of trophies and failed miserably. Bounce flash wasn't bright enough but direct flash threw up the heavy shadows. In the end I had to use the direct and do a bit of post processing, which was time consuming. The recipients were happy so being unhappy was just me. |
Aug 28th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I like both the images but I prefer the second darker sky one. It gives it real impact. |
Aug 28th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I also found it rather dark but I know you like that sombreness in your pictures. I like what jennifer has done. |
Aug 28th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks Jennifer. I am toning down the effect on the face for comps, but I can't see highlights in the background at all on my monitor. Where are they? I agree the arms are too bright and I'll try reducing that somehow. I do think my monitor shows images darker then other peoples' and i always darken images by -20 before entering comps, but I thought that was to do with the difference between reflected light and projected. Carol said she'd had to do the same thing for her images. |
Aug 28th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Thanks Tom. I only got one print accepted and that was the one I put in to make up numbers! It is one I have put up here of an alpine valley, which Carol and the others showed me how to improve, so using this study group really does help. |
Aug 18th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I think it's fine as it is. I thought the face might get pixelated because it was such a small area of the original, but I couldn't remember whether you used a Nikon which allows such tight cropping and enlargement. |
Aug 12th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Now we are home I shall have a go at removing the effect on her top half. |
Aug 12th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
This is interesting. The child looks almost scared as she appears to peep from behind the easel. I think you are right that the hydrant needed to be cropped off, but I think the rather large area of the artist's piece of paper is too dominant as it is so central I tried cropping even more off from the right and bottom so it wasn't obvious that it was anything to do with sketching and simply looked as if a child was hiding and peering out and afraid to be seen. I felt the face could do with being a little bit lighter, especially the very black lock of hair over the face. When you have the paper and arm included it creates a picture with two areas catching one's eye and really you want the viewer just to look at the child. I love the slightly sulky expression of the kid. |
Aug 12th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
We try! |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
I understand your reply in that this is one of a sequence, but I like Stephen's crop for a stand alone shot. The listener is looking at her phone at this particular moment so I don't think she's important though having the whole picture does illustrate the lack of interest of passers-by to buskers however good they may be. I don't think it's as sharp as it might be - the notice looks out of focus. You've quite a good job of darkening the lights top right Spending more time looking at this , I found the extra people were good and therefore this is suitable for PJ comps if you enter them but I suspect you'd need to bring them out more to emphasise the point of dissociation from the singer. |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
A lovely kiddie shot. She looks so happy! You've done a good job of removing the distracting bits. I think you should darken the sliver of triangle on the left hand side and have you got the whole of the brolly? It looks as if the frame just cuts its edge. I would also experiment with darkening the wall behind her head as it sort of leads the eye up and out. can you lighten the whites of the eyes a very, very small amount. Carol used to say she always did and it made the eyes come alive even more.
A good one! |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
I think I prefer this in colour as the foreground wall and tree are very distracting -the tree has lost much detail. The blue sky and lake stand out much better in colour. I feel that the mono has gone rather grey. I suspect this would only get used as a holiday shot or in a sequence to show what the Tian Shan look like. |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
I didn't notice the vignette effect at all. I think it looks good in mono and the reflections in the water really help the composition. Was it from rainwater or is there a fountain somewhere? I think Stephen's suggestion about removing the cars probably isn't needed as they are small, give a scale and you can't do that if you want to enter in PT. I would darken the sky but then I like really dark skies. Inserting one with clouds would mean changing the reflection as well which would not be easy. Leave it as it is. It ought to do well in PT because it is so recognisable and yet slightly different. |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I hope she doesn't see that comment! She was an excellent model able to pose as we asked and try things for herself. Some poses will often look wrong for a particular model and some just instantly look right. |
Aug 7th |
| 32 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I wasn't actually asking her to cover her breasts -she just posed this way without any direction from me and I thought it looked good. I will try erasing the effect on her body but leave the effect on her fish tail and the floor. |
Aug 7th |
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6 comments - 9 replies Total
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