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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 37 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Hey Ricarda, Sharon here again. It sounds like you have quite a few good skills for flower photogrpahy. It is so hard to really tell about images because we have to post such small low res versions of our work. I was obviously wrong about the metering. This flower reminded me of a white one that I had that seems to lack detail. I was able to used NIK detail extrator to get more definition. When you look at your full size high res image, if you think it needs more detail that might work. Of course the detail may be there, justnnot obvious in the posted image. Anyway, keep up the good work. |
Jun 19th |
| 37 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ricarda, Gary asked me to take a look at your flower because I do a lot of flower photography also. This is a beautiful specimen in perfect condition - not always easy to find, so good job. Compositionally, I really like the subtle curve which allows my eye to move smoothly to the beautiful bloom of the Queen. Since you have a good zoom lens, I would like to suggest that when you have another opportunity to shoot a bloom such as this one you go all the way out to 400mm. That will compress the image and give you a nice bokeh in the background, thereby eliminating the distractions. Whites are always hard to correctly expose. Were you using evaluative metering, or whatever the Nikon equivalent of that is? I would bet that if you chose spot metering and metered on the white flower you could get it correctly exposed without blowing out highlights. I am in group 52. Please feel free to check out my images and let me know if I can be of any help to your. We are all here to learn. |
Jun 7th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 37
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| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Reply |
Thank you, Jamie. |
Jun 28th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Reply |
Judith, On the back of your camera LCD screen press the info button and then press the Q button the the right of it. Scroll down to the second box from left in the 4th row - right after your auto focus selection. Open this and you willsee two choices - one shot and Servo. Select Servo then move two boxes to the right and choose which type of burst shotting you wish to use. |
Jun 19th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
This is indeed unusual in my opion and really fun shot. I had to look a minute before i realized what was going on here. Everything is sharp, well exposed and the clouds att some context which I like. Congratulations on capturing something that is so different and so engaging.. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
I think the way the branch on the right created a frame for the blossoms that are the center of interest is a good ocpositional element. For me, the out of focus flowes on the bottom left are a distracting element, however. Like Mike, I alwas fix blemishes on flowers, as I think a perfect specimen is much more appealing visually. Personally, I would like the flowers to pop a little more from the background. You might select them and add some saturation and contrast, then select the inverse and lower the luminosity on the background. Try it and see what you think. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
In my opinion this is a great nature story, even thougn some folks are turned off by predator pictures. I think in nature they are important stories to tell. My first thought when looking at your image is that it might work better as a vertical crop. See my visual feedback and decide what you think. I agree that the blue seems to be a bit too saturated. |
Jun 12th |
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| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
I was wondering about Mike's suggeston for enlarging the mountains so I pulled your image into PS, selected thhe mountains and used the Transform tool to enlarge them. I also added a curves layer, then reduced the luminostiy of the sky and enhanced the greens. See my visual feedback. It's just a thought and a quick edit. With more time it could be done better I believe. In my opinon the others ae correct about the sky overpowering the image. |
Jun 12th |
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| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
Your coice of aperture created a lovely background bokeh free from distraction in my opinion. The bird is tack sharp and I think the exposure looks perfect. I appreciate the difficulty of isolating one bird. A lot patience and trial and error is requried to do that I believe. In my opinon the others are correct about the space at the top, so I won't repeat. Good work. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Comment |
My first questions is, how did you find the nest? I have quite a bit of humme activity around my garden, but I can't figure out where they nest. As for the image, I am amazed at the quality of the image shot at such high ISO - and apparently without flash. My next quetion is, in Topaz did you choose noise reduction, AI clear, or the low light option? I agree with the others about the green luminosity, but only reduce it on the background. If there is any way to get a little more light on the eye without increasing the noise there that would be good, but it may not be possilbe. A thrilling capture and you did a good job on the post processing in my opinion. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Ann. I have tried to capture swallows in flight a number of times, but this is really my first successful capture. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Pam. Yes. there was a lot of luck involved! Also, it ws not the first time I attempted it so I had lost of past failure to learn from. |
Jun 12th |
| 52 |
Jun 23 |
Reply |
You made me smile. |
Jun 6th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 52
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8 comments - 5 replies Total
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