Activity for User 150 - Sharon Prislipsky - sharp71909@gmail.com

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52 Sep 23 Comment What a sweet moment you have captured! It must have been thrilling. The eyes of both giraffes are sharp and lifelike. Most of us would give our eye teeth for an opportunity to capture an image like this.
Having said all that, there are some things about the image that, for me , take away some of the enjoyment of the scene - and this is strictly nit picking on my part. First I wish the line between the blue and orange in the sky was softer and did not cut across right in the middle of the giraffe's neck. Secondly, I wish the adult was engaged with the juvenile and not lookng away. I am curious about how long they stood there and if you have any other frames in which the adult and juvenile were more engaged.		 Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Comment In my opinon, Original 2 works best. The shallow depth of field allows us to see the context without it distracting from the subject. For original 1, the colors are analagous, but in this case, for me, they seem to clash. The black background works, but I am distracted by the orange behind the stamen and pastels. Also, since i cannot see any stem, the lily appears to me to be floating in space. Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Comment I think you have captured a lovely nature story. I also commend you for being cognizant of the rules for Nature Division when doing your editing. I too always keep two versions of my nature images - one that follows the strict rules and another that is more artistic for use only in the non-reality competitions. I think you made a good choice in how you handled the background. In Nature the judges do not like to see backgrounds darkened to the point where they appear unrealistic. Yours seems very natueal to me. Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Comment To me this is a very fun image. The catch light in the eye makes the chipmunk look very much alive, and your shutter speed created an image that is tack sharp. I only have one suggestion for improvement: since green is the easiest color for the human eye to detect it can draw the viewer's attention away from the subjest. To deal with this I would decrease the green saturation and luminosity. Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Comment The color is the impact for me! The jellyfish is tack sharp and very real looking. I like the way it pops against the black background. I agree that a narrow white stroke border to create some boundaries would be a good idea.
On a presonal note...just as COVID hit I was scheduled for trip to the Atlanta Aquarium and purchased a flexible lens hood to use there. This kind of hood blocks out all reflections from the aquarium glass which makes capturing aquarium images a bit easier. Sadly, three years later I have still never had chance to use it :(		 Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Comment Your post processing has worked very well in my opinon. There is a lot of detail in the image, and the colors are complementary. The image appears to me to be a little softer on the left side, but not so much that I think it is a serious problem. I am betting that if you printed this as a canvas gallery wrap the softness would not be noticiable at all. To me the square crop is exactly right. Sep 17th
52 Sep 23 Reply Thanks for your comments, Ally. With regard to shutter speed, it sounds like you may be using Apertue Preferred mode. If that is correct, the camera is controlling your shuter speed. If you use Shutter Preferred, you will be able to get to very fast shutter speeds, but the camera will selectthe aperture, which will affect your depth of field. The solution is to shoot in Manual mode so that you have total control. I can elaborate more if this response is on the right track. If not let me know in more detail how you are shooting, and I will see what might be helpful to you with this problem. Sep 10th
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