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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Another nice crop to look at more carefully. I find it quite hard to see on my screen your dodging and burning differences but I shall certainly have another look at it. Thanks. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
I like your crop in from the right and I shall apply it for future outings of this image. I had a shot through the reeds but it didn't work very well from where I was standing - and I couldn't get closer or lower due to a large barricade in front of where I was, not to mention very wet bog the other side of it...... |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Thanks Sophia. I think that would be such an extreme mission of cloning that I would have binned the picture rather than try it. I am a very big believer in doing as little as possible in post and getting rid of the shots that don't work for me as they come out of the camera rather than playing with them too much. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
You have handled the light well in the this image and I do like the the sun catching the net with the body in silhouette. However, I'm not crazy about the composition and in particular the missing fingers of the right hand. I think if it was shot much wider, it would be far more effective. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
The detail in the bird is masterful and you have created an image that is sharp where it needs to be, particularly in the eye. Personally, I hate sky replacements almost without exception. I'm a bit of a Luddite about them and whilst I fundamentally disapprove on principle, also I have seldom seen one that is truly convincing. I'm afraid this is no different. It seems to me that there is a lot of grey bleed into the greenery, particularly on the left and the loss of a convincing horizon doesn't help. I think Lightroom would have done a fantastic job on making the original sky a bit more intense and this is certainly the route I'd have gone down. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I absolutely love this, totally my kind of shot and I think you've done a great job with it. I slightly agree with Sophia about loosing the tree on the right and I think a portrait orientation would work well with it. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I think I prefer your original, I think the PS treatment has left a rather bland figure and I think you could have softened the shadow on the face (probably needed it a little bit) rather than eliminating it altogether. The sunlight has gone off of his space and out of his spirit I feel in David's version. I feel the portrait tells a nice story but I think I would have preferred to see an image in which the man was engaging with his instrument rather than looking quite self-conscious into the lens. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I love the detail in the portrait, particularly in his hands and his cap. I find the books in the background distracting and as you are good at manipulating backgrounds I would have got rid of them altogether, the man and his stamps tell all the story needed. |
Jan 8th |
| 5 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
I'm having a bit of a hard time with this one. I agree with the comments above about it being too contrasty and it is oversaturated for me. I struggled to work out if I was looking at the back or the front of the bug but decided it was the eyes looking towards bottom left. If that is the case then I don't think you have enough negative space for it to be looking towards and far too much behind it. If you had room in your original, I'd be looking to place the butterfly more towards top right and adjust the flower accordingly. Probably you didn't have room. |
Jan 8th |
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7 comments - 2 replies Total
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