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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
David
Thank you for your feedback. I agree there is too much light here. Correcting the white balance on images from my Astro modified camera is different than using my in modified camera. |
Sep 20th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
That's funny. You are right though. Sometimes being creative means we break the "rules" whatever those are. That's what being an artist is about. |
Sep 20th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
Bud I appreciate your comments. You really don't have to know a lot about the night sky to comment on the image. Your comments are helpful. I appreciate this group. I have learned so much already with only two submissions. |
Sep 19th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
Larry thank you for your comments. You are correct this image has too much light in it. Here is the rest of the story. I had a 32% waxing crescent moon and about an hour and a half to shoot the milky way. I got to my site prior to sunset and had everything set up to go. Just before the moon started to set a family showed up on the beach and tried to build a fire. They couldn't get it started and I was relieved. They left and I started shooting just as the moon set. Although the moon was setting there is light coming from the moon thus the blueness in the sky. The night sky is not blue unless there is some moonlight. In the meantime the family went up on a bluff and was successful at lighting their fire which is what lit up my trees.
I had spent so much time preparing to get this milky way I shot it despite their bonfire. |
Sep 19th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
That's funny. You are right though. Sometimes being creative means we break the "rules" whatever those are. That's what being an artist is about. |
Sep 13th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
David
This image is pleasing to look at. Perhaps you could denoise the background and not the bird to retain the detail. I like the dark background and the warm colors of the bird. There is nice separation of the bird and background. The log the bird is standing on leads the eye up the bird and to his head. |
Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Richard
I like your image this month and you did a nice job of bringing out the rich colors of this bird. I agree with Jason the bird is a little soft but the defined separation of the bird from the background helps to offset that. You captured a sharp eye and and interesting position of the bird looking off in the distance |
Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Larry
I am enjoying the adventures of Boris and have learned some interesting facts about the Burrowing Owl through your posts. As Richard pointed out the bird's right wing blends in with the head and I had to work hard visually to separate the wing from the head. It might help to do a little burning on the wing to separate the head and the wing. Once again you did a great job of separating the bird from the background and showcasing your subject. |
Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Jason,
I really like black and white images. I do like the smooth, soft clouds and believe more detail by opening up the shadows in the foreground would help offset the softness of the sky. The evergreens in the foreground nicely frame the mountain and visually keep the viewer contained in the image. |
Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Michael
What an interesting image and something many do not see. In terms of the image the Damselflies create interesting lines that lead the eye almost im a zigzag pattern throughout the image. The damselflies are separated nicely from the background. I find the ed leaf in the lower left corner and the cream stem or line in the upper left corner distracting.
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Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
Michael
I do like the color correction on the trees. The darker greens brings the sky and foreground together better. I also like the tighter crop on the sky.
Within the Astro photography world I would be highly criticized for changing the orientation of the milky way. The challenge becomes a balance of artist creativity, correctness and good technical execution.For me, therein lies the difference between a "snapshot" and a well thought out photographic image
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate your work on the image and thoughtful comments. |
Sep 11th |
| 67 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
Richard I agree with your comment about the trees. I was focusing on soley improving my Milky Way image and sacrificed my foreground. I am recovering from a broken foot and couldn't hike far for a better foreground but wanted to change a few things about how i shot and processed the Milky Way before this Milky Way season ended.
I will be working on improving full images in the future but needed to focus on improving a couple of things with the Milky Way. |
Sep 9th |
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