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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Jun 19 |
Reply |
No problem. Yours is the only one I've looked at so far. Be impressed! |
Jun 14th |
| 5 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
Wow! I followed Tom's instructions for easy access of other groups and saw this shot. In fact it jumped out at me. I am so impressed by it. The colouring has been masterly. You say you aren't good at flash and using gel filters but the post processing shows you don't need to. Congratulations! |
Jun 14th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 5
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| 31 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
This is fantastic! I am so impressed! It works very well indeed. OK I live on the Wirral too and missed this event completely. |
Jun 9th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 31
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| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Reply |
I agree -the lighter image looks better on my monitor too. |
Jun 30th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Reply |
I agree that NIk does things quicker than I can achieve in other ways. However, I rarely just go to a preset and accept it as it is. I always find I want to adapt it using control points to achieve the precise effect I want, so in the end I take quite a long time to get there. |
Jun 30th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Reply |
I did darken the bright area a bit but I could do more still. I hadn't realised the thumb had been chopped off - a function of the Nik preset I think. I'll have to see how much extra is available on the original and see if it is possible to keep it in. |
Jun 30th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I agree that it is much better in mono. In the colour version, the green grass and foliage is far too dominant and draws the eye away from the sculpture. The light and shade on it are very pleasing. You'll soon find out that I like playing with images and I especially like Nik software for my mono ones. So, here's another version of your picture. I darkened the background and the grass because they seemed to be too obvious still in Ps and then I used Nik silver efex -push processes to make the sculpture stand out as a glowing edifice against the dark background. It's not so easy when its such a small low res picture and I'm working from your revised one, but what do you think? |
Jun 19th |
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| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I've just had another thought. If you'd taken this with HDR, then the whole process would have probably been much easier! You might still have needed to use masks though. |
Jun 9th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
Right, I agree that the image needs some tweaking. I am not good at masks so you will see that in my image there are lots of bits which need doing more carefully. It's a difficult skyline to work with anyway. What i did was select the building and lighten it, then select the sky and darken it, using curves both times. Because my quick select was done too casually, I ended up with bits wrongly selected so i cropped them off! I don't think emphasising the sky would kill the image if the building retains it's detail especially as the turrets are so complex. Whether you want to do such a fiddly job with masks round the towers is up to you! |
Jun 9th |
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| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I remember seeing a picture taken by Carol at this place and that was a good one too. This works very well because there is room for the child to slide down into and clearly he has been doing so before this judging by the smoothness. I love the fact that he is laughing so much though I wonder if there is an element of fear there too. There is no distracting part to this so it is good. It works very well in mono. |
Jun 9th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I always use RAW after being informed I was losing so much data shortly after starting with a digital camera. I wish I'd known the difference when we took our trip to Antarctica in that first year, because photos taken in difficult conditions could have been retrieved where they are limited in jpg. I only use RAW and jpg now when on a workshop and the organisers demand an image on the last day and I only have a small laptop with me without access to viewing RAW or Ps. It means I can view the images and produce something for them. When I get home I can then just download the RAW files and delete the jpgs. I only produce the jpgs in post processing at the Save stage.
Placing the archway in the centre gives it a dominant position although the jetty in the background points to the hills on the horizon. There seems to be an optical illusion where the archway is vertical but the horizon appears to slope down to the left! Very strange! It's a good record of the ruins and must bring back all those super memories. |
Jun 9th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I like this image because of the textures and the diagonal lighting. It amused me that 329 ft was to be found in Florida. We thought the state had no hills at all when we visited and like you would have been very pleased to see some. I like the cropping which has nearly made it a square photo which suits the chunkiness of the structure. Cutting out the slivers of sky was good too. Did you use toning in Nik as it seems slightly sepia on my monitor and again I think that works well. |
Jun 9th |
| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
The second image |
Jun 9th |
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| 32 |
Jun 19 |
Comment |
I also think there is a problem with the tail feathers as they appear to be broken up, though it is always difficult to tell when it is such a small image which can't be increased in size. I'm not necessarily a fan of high key though I have tried them myself. They produce such a large amount of white expanse which can be overpowering when projected. I can't see the halo effect you mentioned so you have done a good job in removing it. I've used high key for portraits of blondes and snow scenes where there is still texture within the background, but I do find them difficult. I used Nik as well. I have attached 2 I used for a high key club comp. |
Jun 9th |
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8 comments - 3 replies for Group 32
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10 comments - 4 replies Total
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