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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Barbara: I rarely have someone with me while photographing flowers, but I do have a large Photoflex disc I could set up myself. I just need to start carrying it! |
Apr 23rd |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
I see the brightness in the flowers. Now that I have already taken the image, I need to tone down the flowers. Thank you for your comments. |
Apr 23rd |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ally: Your image took me straight to the water. You sure do get around. Are you a retired traveler? I like this picture's soft colors and the placement of the ropes. The one single rope going on the back of the left rope, breaks up the perfection of placement. Very nice. |
Apr 17th |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Joan: I love this image. Your black and white techniques were perfect, and the sky sets the mood. At first, I thought since you were new, you weren't able to follow the assignment this month; however, it definitely shows three separate, nicely placed, items, i.e., the tree and pole on the left, the house, and the tree and pole on the right. Very nice. I would suggest cropping on all sides. This brings the home closer, which is the subject. Nice job.
I redid the image as an example but can't make it load. So, I will describe what I did. Crop a lot of the top, to about 1" above the left telephone pole. Crop the road so you are above the middle line. I only took a little off each side putting the house a little off middle to the left. What do you think? |
Apr 17th |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Carole: Beautiful, sharp orchids are portrayed in this image. You did a great job isolating these to get a fairly clean image. That is not always possible. I agree with Ally and Joan that the blossom in the back should be removed. I also think the break in the picture is distracting. I was going to suggest an all-black background, but Joan's suggestion of all wall would be very interesting and different. I would also remove the extra stem. I think these changes will leave you a superb image. |
Apr 17th |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Ally: Thank you for your comments. I think it was a fairly bright day when I took this. A smaller aperture would have been better or even repositioning the arrangement with less sun on the flower faces. I don't have Lightroom, but I bet it's in there. Ask Google if Lightroom has the blur tool and where it can be found. When I'm baffled, I ask Google. I use the blur tool if I over sharpen an area or the whole picture. I use it a lot. |
Apr 17th |
| 12 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Joan: Welcome to the group. It is nice to see you add input right away. My parents had the Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree for years. I still have one, but it is more like a bush. The branches can be cut and stored for a long time. Mom used them in flower arrangements or stuck them on a wall and put birds on them. They are fun to have.
Google told me that this is a Star Magnolia and it matched the pictures completely. Is the Star what you have? |
Apr 17th |
3 comments - 4 replies for Group 12
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| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thank you Ricarda. |
Apr 23rd |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Howard: I actually did crop my image like Bob suggested and like it better. Thank you for your comments.
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Apr 23rd |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Helen: Like I said, it's been years since I took a workshop from Jim. It was here in Kansas City, I believe in a school classroom. It ran one day but was very informative. I still remember his lessons on f stop and where he likes to shoot for fully focused images. |
Apr 17th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Howard: Very nice, sharp image of the acorn woodpecker. It is great seeing species that don't live here. I think all the comments on the light green could be handled with a wide vignette, bringing more attention on the bird. Once again, I can't get my image to go, but it is a simple step to see what you think. |
Apr 17th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Peter: Thank you for your suggestion. I did, in fact, crop and change a few things in the image as Bob recommended above. Right now I can't get the correction to upload. Maybe later. |
Apr 17th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Bob: I hesitated to crop from the left because I didn't want to cut off his tail. However, I followed your recommendation and also cropped out the white on the far upper left and the white splotch just above the darker green on the left side. It is a much better image. As far as the blurry tail and foot, I was just grateful to get this in one shot. Thank you for the suggestions.
I have tried to send my updated image, but it won't go right now. Maybe later. |
Apr 17th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thank you, Helen. |
Apr 17th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hello Ricarda: Aren't tigers such magnificent animals? Just beautiful. You shot the catch-light in its eyes perfectly. Your title is great. Like Helen, I'm wondering what snack it wanted.
The only suggestion I have would be to add a vignette to bring the tiger to the center as the primary subject. (I seem to be going vignette crazy this month.) How did you get a shot that close? Did you crop down a lot? |
Apr 11th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Helen: I love Jim Zuckerman. It's been years since my last workshop with him, but I remember him as a very good teacher. It must have been disappointing to lose your professional camera on this trip; however, the i-Phone 14 Pro has a great camera installed.
I would suggest more contrast in this image as everything is the same color tone and blends together. Another thing I would do if you had a retake, would be to move your body to the right and take an image without so much of the chair in front of the window. It looks like your main subjects are a little bunched up.
Personal question: Is your husband also a photographer? |
Apr 11th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Bob: It sounds like you were challenged getting this shot. Besides the plexiglass, there was motion of the helicopter. You show a large expanse of people that love living in a beach-side town. We can even see the street layout easily. There are still two spots in the brown ground beneath the mountain tops and it is out of focus, but still remains a great memory of your trip to South Africa. Thanks for taking us there, too. |
Apr 11th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Peter: I think a good title would be "Boys will Play." I can remember when my young boys would come in from the farm after playing all day in the pond and with dogs, horses, and chickens. They looked just like this. Thanks for the memories.
I'm impressed with how well you captured their sharp and determined faces. No matter what the final score was, the mud makes it look like a well-fought game. I might kick up the contrast, but the way it is adds to the feel of nasty, cold weather. |
Apr 11th |
| 37 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Peter: I have heard of this park before. Lucky you getting to travel to Japan to take this wonderful shot. You can just see the contentment in the monkey's face. In addition to the water, it looks like the second monkey is grooming bugs off of him, too. This is a storytelling shot for sure. The only small thing I would do is clone out the two spots in the water. |
Apr 11th |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 37
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9 comments - 10 replies Total
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