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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 31 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
This is so lovely. You have fantastic detail in the snow and I like the balance between the church and the gravestones. The drift is a leading line and just manages to stop before the edge of the frame. I wondered whether you needed quite such an expanse of sky at the top. |
Sep 5th |
| 31 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
He is beautiful. I didn't know you had a show of your photos.
You were taking at F4 so maybe the depth of field wasn't great enough to get eyes and beak all in focus. The feathers under the beak are similarly out of focus, whereas his flat face is all in one plane. Good mono shot. |
Sep 5th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 31
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| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Adding a stroke is easily done in any version of PS. Just remember that 2 pixel is the usual width , otherwise it looks too wide and can detract from the picture. Some people use a lightly coloured stroke to match a dominant colour element in the image but most people agree that white is the best. Do you use Ps Elements or the full Ps? |
Sep 11th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
My computer finally decided to play ball so I was able to increase the contrast and darken the edges. |
Sep 10th |
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| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
This is very stark and I suspect is too much for most viewers. However, in an exhibition of similar interior shots, or in a panel of architectural studies, it would be absolutely fine. I do like Steve's version 2 but not V1. I like the symmetry and the fact that you've got the verticals vertical. I am a fan of perfect architecture shots and they are not easy to get right. Well done! |
Sep 10th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
I agree that you need more separation between foliage and boat. I tried converting to Srgb as it was gamma grey when it arrived here. Then in Ps I increased the contrast by using curves but of course the leaves also stood out more starkly. Since my computer is having a meltdown with both Topaz and Nik at the moment I wasn't able to do much more. Would a small vignette help? |
Sep 10th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
I like the narrow DOF so that only the animal is sharp as it really makes one look at it and imagine the wide-open spaces of the habitat. The low viewpoint means there is quite a lot of white sky at the top and I experimented with cropping some off but decided it was better as it is. I liked the balance point of the out of focus tree on the right -without that, one's eye would drift out of the frame. Whatever processing you used in Ps has worked a treat. What blend mode did you use? |
Sep 10th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
Really super shadows! I found their spikiness fascinating. I looked at the wall you didn't like and wondered if the answer was actually to crop dramatically so that it disappeared which then gave a different pattern picture. That also got rid of the awkward darkness at bottom right. I took a little off both sides to give symmetry. Do you think this helps or does one's eye flip around the image too much? |
Sep 10th |
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| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Again that is very good of you to say! I like your outlook on mono photos although sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zones and try new ideas. I always found Carol's pictures very good even though I'm not generally a fan of infra-red. |
Sep 10th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Wes. It is easy to make comments when it is done early on. It becomes harder as more people respond if they say exactly what one was going to say. Sometimes I look to see what has been said and sometimes I refuse to look until after I've had a good look and think about the image, and then I try to incorporate my thoughts with the others. I think we are often in agreement with each other's ideas or at least we can guess what we will say. |
Sep 10th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Comment |
We have it here in GB obviously. Did you know the origin of the name? It is said that Queen Anne pricked her finger and a drop of blood fell on the flower so now you can see a central red floret in the flower head, although I think this is less obvious as it develops. We also call it cow parsley here and it is a cousin of the carrot, although not good to eat.
I like the representation of the flower head in mono, but I would darken down the stems especially the two on the right. There is also another little flower over to the right behind and I'd remove or darken it, otherwise this is a lovely shot. We should take more of the common flowers we see along the hedgerows. |
Sep 4th |
| 32 |
Sep 23 |
Reply |
I can't believe you didn't have this sixties style in the States! It was so prevalent here and I thought worldwide. I loved it and at the time, being skinny, it suited me as well! I've noticed short skirts are around again, but unfortunately they don't look good on chubby legs - the look was to emphasize the length of legs which seemed to 'go up to the model's armpits'! This is probably a sexist statement nowadays but is what we used to say. I was attempting to produce that angularity of movement and shape which is reflected in the starkness of the dress and fitted perfectly with converting to mono. here, the mono is better than the colour original. |
Sep 4th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 32
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8 comments - 4 replies Total
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