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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Now that appeals to me even more. The additions are great though maybe the crow on the far left is a bit near the edge. It is surreal altogether and like you I love doing this sort of stuff-it really makes other people wonder what goes on in your head! |
Jun 28th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
But alligators can run on dry land as well as swim so you still aren't safe! |
Jun 28th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
And if you need waders, how vulnerable are you to alligators etc, which I believe infest Florida waters? |
Jun 27th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I agree with Jennifer, having looked at the left hand umbrella -it is a bit close to the edge. Have you tried this in black and white as she suggests? |
Jun 27th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
We obviously like silly pictures! |
Jun 23rd |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I picked up the idea from a lecturer we had some years ago, who showed us how she processed a landscape picture She didn't say what she was doing but the effect was to take the eye from the foreground into the area she wanted us to finish on, and to me that was creating a pathway, making the viewer go into the image. It was done by darkening and lightening different areas and also by cropping judiciously so the format was right. Some pictures look best with a square format but we are so used to taking in either horizontal or vertical format that we don't experiment with square. I like changing the format to get a different effect. |
Jun 23rd |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
OK, I was looking for something bigger! It still just looks like a tree stump to me! |
Jun 19th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thanks Stephen. I'm still hunting for the witch. |
Jun 17th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I think you've all got vivid imaginations! |
Jun 13th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Cropping for me is often making a decision of what I want to be the dominant part of the photo and making sure that the viewer sees what I see. A good crop can create a pathway through an image, so I experiment a lot. |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Can you not change the size of the vignette in this preset? Most presets in Nik allow alterations somewhere. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Yes, I think it was a difficult subject to start with and I think this one is the best of the lot. I much prefer it to the sepia, though I still find the large white vignette a bit OTT, especially as it hides some of the horses' heads. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Yes, I agree that there is something slightly odd with the perspective. The heartshaped stain is weird! The only real problem is that the building is flat on to the camera and there isn't much shadow to give it form so the image doesn't really keep your interest for long. It is a good record shot of the church though. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I didn't know it wasn't a real word. Discombobulated is a word we use so why not recombobulated? You are right-putting everything back on is such a pain, especially when you have to take your shoes off and then get your cameras, lenses etc back into the camera bag. Somehow we always end up having our bags searched separately-maybe they think no-one can have as many photographic items as we carry round. For some reason, my bag shows apparent signs of explosives and I've never understood why, but it means a special chemical check. One day I'll find out what sets off the alarm because I've never been in contact with explosives or guns or anything even remotely connected.
I agree with Tom -crop off the left side. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I've never heard of this marsh area of Florida so your description was interesting. I noticed the foliage on the left immediately -partly because they are blacker than the rest -but although I would prefer them not to be there, I don't think you could remove them as they overlap the far trees. Why don't the trees die with their roots in the water? I tried various crops because I found my eye constantly wandering up and down the image and also because the sky was so busy with the varied cloud forms. I'm not sure my drastic crop is right, but I wanted to enable my eye to move through the trunks. |
Jun 10th |
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| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I agree that the original you posted does look a bit flat because the contrast is too similar all over. WEs has changed that so the landscape through the arch has more dominance, but I thought the foreground of his became a bit starkly bright as well. Perhaps darkening the corners would give a feeling of looking through to the far distance. I'll have a go later to see if I can produce the depth required, but it might take a number of experiments to get there. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I think it does very well as a tribute to Magritte. How clever to get the original so close to his work. Was this a relative who posed or a model? I think the addition of the umbrellas is good and I like the sepia effect, but I'm not keen on the grunge as it just looks like you've added it to the photo to me. I understand the concept, but if you are going to add damage , then maybe it needs more on all four sides and make that more obvious. Congratulations on the overall effect. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
I can't see the witch but I'll keep looking. |
Jun 10th |
| 32 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Yes, I liked the fallen tree partly because it went against the lines of the other trees. |
Jun 10th |
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8 comments - 11 replies Total
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