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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Vincent - still need to figure out how to avoid the banding but I keep on trying. |
Apr 17th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Judy - I keep on trying. |
Apr 15th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Charles - when I am stacking outside, I do as you recommend but in my workroom, I use the lowest setting for stacking in the D850 camera (i.e., 1 of 10). The main reason for my method is that my flower models range in complexity and I want to make sure I can cleanly separate the flower from my black backdrop. I could pull the supporting table farther away from the wall but that would then reduce how far from the flower/plant/bouquet I can back away from and still get the complete subject in the 105 mm lens I use. I use the fstop that is 3 up from the lowest available at the distance I am from the subject. I hope this all makes sense and yes it is likely overkill but the approach lets me take photos without the need to think about what I might need to change in the camera settings for a different subject depending on subject complexity and distance from the subject. |
Apr 15th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Murphy - guess its something we just have to live with. |
Apr 10th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Charlie, I agree that it's a super composition and agree that the back of sunflowers are especially interesting. I like that you did not straighten the stem to make it vertical as the tilt helps bring the eye to the flower. I am not sure how to react to the crosshatching as I thing the receptive patterns takes a little away from the the natural state of the subject. There are 2 little white areas at about 3 o'clock that might merit cloning out as once I noticed them my eye keep going back to them trying to figure out what caused them. Thanks for sharing. |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Marge, my plant ID program called picture this says it is called "Mother of thousands, a species of kalanchoe", also known as mother of millions, so seems Dan is correct. I agree with Dan also that the lines the leave edges create are quite interesting and I appreciate the way the DoF falls off. My only suggestion is maybe cropping off the left to eliminate those out of focus baby plants in the lower left or making them less bright as I find my eye drawn to them. Super composition. |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Judy, I think it's an amazing photo given taken with an iPhone 6. I agree that its a little tight and adding space in PS using content aware would help the image. I like the color you selected for the background and as was mentioned I agree ethatthe details is rich enough not to be bothered by those parts out of focus. Very good subject and photo. |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Dan, lovely composition and very impactful with the color of the iris against the leaves (great coloration/texture there as well) and the morning dew on some of the flower petals is a plus. I am not bothered at all by the background as its reality although for me I might have cropped a tad off of the top. Good photo! |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Murphy, I like the composition and yes having people (but not too many) in the photo adds scale and perspective and I like where they are placed in the photo. However, it seems to me that the flowers (1st and 2nd row in front) and the people are slightly out of focus or is it for the flowers that there are so many together. I always like the snow capped Mts in the background as they seem to be floating above the haze/cloud layer. |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Vincent, I like the subject and your approach as it gives me a good feeling. Might be great as a large print on a wall. I did try to see if having more texture in the bark might be interesting. From LR, I ran your image through Silver Efex Pro 3, selected High Key 2, and exported back to LR. I then exported to PS and used the spot healing brush, with a small brush size to cover the intruder in 2 passes. I thought that did a pretty good job of getting rid of the intruder. Then back to LR to export. I find the increased texture interesting but not a much as the more stark contrast between the tree and the background. Still, good to know that cloning out the lamp was not as much of a problem as I had expected. Ray |
Apr 9th |
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| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Dan, I also save files from Helicon as 16 bit Tiff. I checked the image and it is a 16 bit image. I tried exporting as an 80% and then as 100% jpeg and still saw some banding, which disappeared when I exported as a tiff. Seems to be associated with the inverted radial gradient I used in LR since if I delete that and export, I get no banding. I will try your suggesting re the hairs. Also, here is the original file as a jpeg in case that helps |
Apr 9th |
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