Activity for User 1485 - Mark Burgess - markpdburgess@gmail.com

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5 Oct 24 Reply Thanks Richard, me too!That was what drove my processing. its about what we cannot see! Oct 15th
5 Oct 24 Comment Hi Keisha, congratulations on your showcase image. So engaging Oct 7th
5 Oct 24 Comment Thanks Victor Oct 4th
5 Oct 24 Reply Thanks Sophia. Good call. Oct 4th
5 Oct 24 Reply Thanks Pete, I like your treatment which gives more emphasis to the rubbish. But my idea was to emphasize the "light at the end of the tunnel" or really the side light there and to diminish everything else. Oct 4th
5 Oct 24 Reply Thanks. No filter was used. Just dodging and burning as shown by the original Oct 4th
5 Oct 24 Comment Wow Sophia, this has real impact. It's a show stopper! I think I like the original sky better, mainly because of its gorgeous color. If you were going with that, l would clone out the star trails that show up. Congratulations…looking foward to more from Greece! Oct 3rd
5 Oct 24 Comment Hi Victor. Welcome to Group 5! I love the foresight in seeing the potential from the original capture and using it as the basis for an engaging abstract image. I love the color conversion and its richness. We probably all see different things in it so this is my personal take. There are two things that I notice in the image : a strong increase in luminance as we travel up the image and the central placement of the new element, the lightening. My only thought is that these could work together by reducing luminance along the top, have a uniform vignette around the image and brightening the area where the lightening is placed. This would give more prominence to the lightening and keep our eye in the centre of the frame. Oct 3rd
5 Oct 24 Comment Great action shot! Just a compelling moment in the tackle! I think all your edits are perfect. I am a fan of the use of AI for this kind of thing great but so many salons are making it illegal. This is sad because no one wants to spend hours cloning stuff out. I agree that using AI to add new elements like a fictional player scoring would be a step too far. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 24 Comment Great action shot! Just a compelling moment in the tackle! I think all your edits are perfect. I am a fan of the use of AI for this kind of thing great but so many salons are making it illegal. This is sad because no one wants to spend hours cloning stuff out. I agree that using AI to add new elements like a fictional player scoring would be a step too far. Oct 1st
5 Oct 24 Comment Great action shot! Just a compelling moment in the tackle! I think all your edits are perfect. I am a fan of the use of AI for this kind of thing great but so many salons are making it illegal. This is sad because no one wants to spend hours cloning stuff out. I agree that using AI to add new elements like a fictional player scoring would be a step too far. Oct 1st
5 Oct 24 Comment Hi Pete, Sabrina seems like a fun person to know, so thanks for this introduction. I think you have done a good job taming the hot spots. It's so hard to do well. Her forward thigh looks a bit grey, maybe a touch of the white balance sliders to increase the yellow and magenta and increasing saturation a click could restore some color. Oct 1st
5 Oct 24 Comment Hi Keisha, just a perfect capture of the pigeon. You sure did have the settings right for it! My only thought would be to bring up the shadows around its visible eye so we see it more clearly.

As you say the ducks are a key part of your story although for me they are a bit distracting and I would probably clone out all of them so we just have a bif shot.
Oct 1st
5 Oct 24 Comment Hi David, this is an exciting image and really grabs the intensity of the racing. I think your major edits are fine although not legal in a photojournalist salon. TBH I would not have noticed the slight displacement of 96 but agree it's the kind of detail judges often pick up on. I think the the two riders create pleasing balance in the frame.

Noted you have made the background less saturated to give relative pop to the front rider. I think maybe a click more Eg contrast to bring more to 86. Could try some desat to 96 too so he doesn't compete
Oct 1st

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