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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Reply |
I know- that happened to me this month. I got a gold medal for a portrait and in the next comp the exact same image - no changes to it at all - got a score of 9 out of 15, which means they thought it was ordinary. I shouldn't be surprised, but the polar bears do seem to vary enormously. Something I think looks ordinary ends up scoring highly and yet one of mine with action or good lighting bombs out. I know it depends on what else is in the competition and who the judges are, but a good one ought to get a reasonably high mark. |
Mar 29th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Sometimes the polar bear pictures do very well in Internationals and sometimes they don't. Any suggestions why this difference? |
Mar 26th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
These churches are beautiful and I like the symmetry as well as the contrast. I do use a tripod or else find I'm resting the camera on a pew and not quite getting it straight.
I have loads of similar shots taken in churches, usually in Sweden. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Agree with all that -the face needed lightening and there are so many ways to do it. Very interesting subject. I think the top right corner could do with being darker to bring the focus back to the man. Does he make a living making spoons? |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
I had to hunt for the white gap so it clearly didn't bother me. I'm not sure it is a stand alone picture- maybe as one in a sequence of snow shots. We know you like patterns so it is a interesting addition and also a puzzle picture at the same time. Would anyone have been able to decide what it was without your explanation?
I prefer the straightening that is possible. or else go for a definite diagonal view. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
I agree that the cropping is perfect. I find the whole a bit dark, because her hair is disappearing into the dark wall, so maybe a little bit lighter on her and keep the wall dark. I might tone down the vertical streaks behind her on the right as they are distracting.
You have wonderful subjects in your city for street photographs. Not exactly common in GB! |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
I don't object to the tightness on the right and I missed the halo effect on the steeple. However I feel as if the church is leaning to the right somewhat -an effect of tilting up to get it all in? I wanted to straighten it up but that would lose some of the surrounds and the top. Is there more on the original image?
I'm happy with the dark sky as the church stand out so well in the sunshine against it. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
I agree with Wes that this makes one think of 3rd world infrastructure. It is an amazing jungle of wires etc and I would certainly have been there with my camera. What a mess! You've made a really good job of the conversion, bringing out the lighter areas and emphasising the perspective of the alleyway. I wondered whether it needed a crop down to the two horizontal girders since there is a blank area above them, or else darken that down.
I usually do tweaks in Lr initially, export as a mono and then do my main work in Ps RAW. That seems to give me the best of both worlds. Everyone says Lr has the same processing as Ps but I just don't find it as intuitive as Ps. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Reply |
Yes we do alter each other's so no problems there at all. You went for a darker bear than me. I couldn't decide what was the best. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Reply |
I thought about high key but having recently done one of those, thought I'd try a straight one instead. Yes I like the high key as well. |
Mar 11th |
| 32 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Thanks for all the comments. I agree that the rock could go if not using for Nature and the tracks. Yes, some judges wouldn't even notice them but others are eagle eyed and would throw it out. The rules are open to interpretation anyway.
My Olympus is brilliant and when we upgraded to the latest one we found the ISO was even better. I'm always wary of using high ISO because of my experiences with Canon where it was awful. Nikon have always been much better. I believe Sony have the best record but I like Olympus. I started with OM1 film cameras when I really took off with photography. I have used 1000 and nowadays there are so many software options for removing noise that it isn't a problem. I keep meaning to try higher values. The new lens is also a brilliant option with very good stabilisation. |
Mar 11th |
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