|
| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Yes much better! |
Jul 23rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I would also suggest a monopod, especially as I have hand tremor. It also acts as a walking pole so the best of both worlds. I have a tripod and use it extensively if I am doing a macro shoot where I'm not going to be walking long distances but I am going to be lying on the ground to get close to flowers or insects. It is also essential indoors for macrowork and focus stacking. |
Jul 23rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I think I agree that this is better as a colour image. The mono conversion has made it rather 'gritty' but petals are ephemeral and delicate so they should retain this feeling. I did try a softer conversion but I couldn't get something satisfactory -Stephen managed a gentle effect much better than I did. The pollen certainly seems to show up more on the mono whereas it hardly shows on the colour and my brain simply accepts it as pollen. |
Jul 23rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I like the grouping and the mono works as well as the colour. Could you lighten the eye sockets, especially of the boy in the middle or would it look wrong? I know this is as taken but there is more space to the left than to the right , but all three are angled towards the right, so is it possible to crop the left a little and extend the right by the same amount, just to give space in the area they are looking towards? |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I think the treatment has helped the young woman stand out from the band of brothers in the background. It is always difficult at re-enactments because there are so many people milling around. Would it be possible to lighten her face so the attention is brought back to her? I think I'd try darkening the coat of the Officer in the background too. |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I think part of the problem with a tree like this, is that it is beside a road so the background always becomes a problem, especially on a bright sunny day when the light catches the paths. It means one's eye goes past the tree. I suspect that either Wes' or Somdutt's suggestions would be better because then you are concentrating on the tree rather than also seeing the surroundings. if you looked the opposite direction would it create the same problem? Perhaps, studies of trees have to be where there is a single tree in a landscape. |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I like the curve of the rails, but I wondered whether you needed a little more included at the top end to enhance the perspective, so the two lines virtually touch at the top right corner. You might have to clone out the edge of the pavement. I did find the left top corner a bit empty and I don't know what you could do. I went back to your original and cropped it slightly differently. I cloned out the bit of blue and white railing top left and the vertical railings and then converted to mono plus an increase in contrast. is it better with the strong perspective enhanced? |
Jul 5th |
 |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I agree with Stephen that the 3 flowers don't really work together and that just one is better. The back two have hard shadows which are breaking up the flower shape as well. Like me, you've had problems with lighting and against a black background, the flower head seems to float with no support. I also think a white border is needed to stop the picture 'bleeding' out into the page and I forgot to do one as well. I think I prefer the colour as the yellow provides a foil to the white. The stems are just visible in both but show a little more in the colour. Have another try lighting it differently. Did you try focus stacking as well? |
Jul 5th |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
I think I prefer the last suggestion the best!
Would I have been better with different lighting? Is it best to use directional light or put them outside and use daylight? |
Jul 3rd |
| 32 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Wes. I cannot get them to flower again after the first time, but I'll try again. I really found the lighting very hard and the flower spike wasn't exactly in one plane of focus. |
Jul 2nd |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 32
|
7 comments - 3 replies Total
|
