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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Sophie. You are right that we need to be out early (or late) for the best light. I have read that the best piece of equipment for a landscape photographer is an alarm clock. |
Dec 28th |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Jay. Of course I can't take any credit for the fog - sometimes you just get lucky. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Henriette. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Trey. I had to look up metal prints - I do all my own printing, so don't look at options for commercial printing. Of course I don't print on metal, so that would be something different! |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Ian. Trey also suggested having it printed, so maybe I will some time. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Sanford. Vietnam is not a country I have ever considered visiting, but you have shown some nice images from there. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I really liked your description of the image and your thinking behind it. Old buildings (in fact old anything) always make good photographic subjects when we think of the stories they might tell. I like the banding effect with different colours and the similarity in colour between the barn and the Sumac leaves. Not much I would change, but there's a tiny little bit of bright yellow-green in the Sumac on the right edge of the image - once I saw it it snags the eye, but very easy to clone out. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
An interesting portrait - there is a sense of quiet dignity in the way she holds her steady gaze on the camera. The background is unobtrusive, and the relatively dark, sombre tone is right for the subject. There is quite a bit of shine on her face, and one way to take this down is to create a colour layer from a sample of the skin, then paint over the shiny areas. That softens the skin, but if applied with a low opacity, we keep the lines and character in the face. Example attached. |
Dec 22nd |
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| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Well done on using the new Lightroom blur tool - I had not noticed that in the most recent upgrade. Once you mentioned it though, I looked closer at your image and noticed some artifacts around the bird where the feathers have not blended naturally with the background. Feathers and fur are a nightmare to blend, but I would suggest applying the blur as a layer using Camera Raw in Photoshop. Then you can use a mask to carefully blend in the area around the birds feathers. Aside from that, good eye contact and a nice sharp image on the bird's eye and beak, so well done on that. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I've visited Bryce twice, but a long time ago, so my pictures are all buried in my slide collection - one day I will get round to scanning them all. No snow in my images though, so lucky you for being there at the right time. The snow really transforms the scene, giving a wonderful contrast between the red rocks and white snow. I like the composition with the 'Christmas Tree' in the foreground and the isolated rock peak in the centre. I have to agree with a couple of others though that I prefer the stronger contrast in the original. Your choice of course, but I would suggest just a slight boost to the highlights with a curves correction to emphasise the white snow whilst keeping the deeper red contrast in the rocks. |
Dec 22nd |
| 76 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
2 hours of stalking and 150 images - welcome to wildlife photography! The wonderful detail in the swan's feathers with no distractions in the background makes for a very effective image. Anything I can think to improve it? Maybe just lighten the swan's head a little as it is slightly darker than the wing feathers, but your patience has definitely paid off. |
Dec 22nd |
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