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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
You are right- a third of the image is bright white and overwhelming.
I do enjoy doing them but I also like it when one works as a stand alone image. However I feel this works only as part of a sequence or as a triptych. |
Jun 30th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
This arose from the Covid years when we couldn't get out much! However, I still like doing this sort of macro work, especially when I've hurt my knee and am finding it hard to walk anywhere. This can be done sitting down! |
Jun 21st |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
Now I actually like the mottled grey background but I know a lot of judges like the all-black effect. |
Jun 14th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
and for me! |
Jun 14th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
Thanks so I will have another go at macro! |
Jun 13th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Both are good, but I think maybe you have oversharpened the feathers in the eye socket. Barn owls definitely have soft feathers so I always feel they should look softer. Maybe I prefer the mono and there might be many less good mono images so it could do well. Always study the competition! |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
Wow! We don't have anything like this event here so I'm always impressed. Good action shot and I love the facial expression. Why don't these people end up with bruises or broken limbs? I've just come off my bike and 3 weeks on I still have bruises and swelling in one knee.
It is easy to increase the contrast after using a sepia alteration. Simply save the image and then use Ps or Lr levels or curves to change it.
I think this shot would do well in competitions especially if used abroad. In the States, people think it is more ordinary. Why not try removing the background and replacing with a dusty textured one to make it a purely pictorial image and not a Pj one? |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
I agree that Tom's alteration makes more of your wife and she is important to show the scale of the theatre. A tighter crop to remove the top broken area is better to make it more pictorial but as a travel shot, you probably should leave it in to show what happens after years. Can you imagine how hard it would have been sitting there for hours watching a drama, although people would have brought their own cushions.
You could increase the contrast by using a radial filter, extended lengthwise and aligned along the treads of the seats and simply lightening each one - it would be easy to do. |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
This looks good and I agree that zooming in is probably the best bet. I tried cropping off quite a bit more from the top of the out of focus water to make a letterbox shape image which I felt gave even more impact. Not something we find in GB though we do have adders and grass snakes, but both are rarely seen. I'm not sure which is better - colour or mono, but I would crop both in the same way. |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
I think I agree that the picture looks as if it is facing to the left too much, because of the Half Dome facade. I don't think the tree on the right stands out enough to balance it. I agree also that the border is fairly horrible. You could always crop it off -I've done that in the past when I liked the sepia effect but not the border. If that takes the edge too close to the subject, then you'd have to extend the canvas. Actually I like the people as they do provide a scale -they make the mountain look even bigger than usual. Even unbalanced this might still do well because the clouds to the right help to fill that side. I like the whole effect. |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Comment |
A agree that a bit like my photo, looking at it afterwards, one realises that a different aperture would have kept everything in sharp focus. It is a very gaudy clock isn't it? Is it a big one or a small one? I think the out of focus bit is less obvious in the colour and I think I prefer the colour. |
Jun 12th |
| 32 |
Jun 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Stephen. I'm glad you thought the triptych might be a good idea. One of my problems with this one is that I wasn't sure whether it all should have been sharp throughout - the top area is fuzzy. I can always have another go as I kept the shape and when it next rains, I could stay in and do some more macro! |
Jun 12th |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 32
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6 comments - 6 replies Total
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