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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 6 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Charissa - this is amazing just as it is. Your color capture is perfect, as is the detail in the entire flower. The added vignette on the corners adds a lot too. But the main reason I love this one is that the greenery appears to be in the far background, making this like a 3-D capture of the flower. I am pretty sure that my Olympus could have not done this well up that close. Terrific photo!!! |
Mar 25th |
| 6 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
It is definitely selective focus. Nice colors. Isn't that fine "hair" on the end of the stamen amazing. You don't see that very often! |
Mar 25th |
| 6 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Hi Karen - for me the whole image needs to be soft. I feel that the section that is focused is too small in the frame, and this would work wonderfully if the whole image was like a soft watercolor. Some brush marks could also be added for effect. |
Mar 25th |
| 6 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Hi Ruth - Amazing color capture. This could be a great opportunity to use some creative devices to completely blur all the background together on the "green side" so that the wonderful fuchsias stand alone in a sea of green. The detail on those 2 flowers is sensational. |
Mar 25th |
| 6 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Lori - I think your lens got exactly what you needed. The duck is lovely, especially with all the bubbles around him. That red eye is perfect. For me, I would like to see a little cropped from behind the duck, so he looks like he is swimming into the scene insteaed of in the middle. I don't think his brown back will suffer from that, because it is not the main subect of interest. Next, I would definitely tone down that bright bachground, and brighten up the bottom half of the foreground water. There needs to be a little more evening light on the front half of his face and neck (use Shadows/Highligts), and the sticks coming out of the water behind him should be cloned out. Of course, that eliminates the possibility of using this as a Nature competition shot. |
Mar 7th |
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5 comments - 0 replies for Group 6
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| 41 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Nadia - The building, tree and pumps look like they are in the original position. This is reminiscent of many a back-country scene. But for me, what makes this really special is your background and the treatment of the ground. The sky looks like an ancient spackeled wall that has seen many storms. And the foreground soil is ancient with wear. The final addition of the birds really makes this sparkle. Wonderful imagination! |
Mar 5th |
| 41 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Tom - I never would have guessed there was a mirror image here. It looks like it was placed that way. Combining the match tip was genius. But what I like most was all the smoke you created, both in the background and from the flame. This makes me want to try something with smoke. Thank you. |
Mar 5th |
| 41 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Brian - I really find this interesting. I am curious how you got texture on the sides of the pieces so uniform. There are not really any shadows to add depth, but the difrerence in textures between the pieces and background make that depth happen. I also find the placement of the pieces very interesting - makes me keep looking at ths image. Nice! |
Mar 5th |
| 41 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Brad - The original images are beautiful. But the combination of the 2 is really stunning - so peaceful. Makes the viewer want to be there. I am especially inpressed with how you blended the earth from forest to sandy beach. Just removing the large rock looks very difficult. If I did not know this was originally 2 pix, I could never have told from this finished product. (Oh, your sky capture is terrific!) |
Mar 5th |
| 41 |
Mar 25 |
Reply |
Brad - I think the bug should be bigger too. I will add a wash of color - I do submit this to salons, and the color added would be good for PIDC. This thing does pretty well in MONO (without the bug, of course). |
Mar 5th |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 41
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| 74 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Ed - Nice in color. GORGEOUS in mono! It's hard to believe it is the same image. All the detail throughout is amazing, from each tree twig to every wrinkle in the building siding. And the cloud and snow textures are amazing. Great capture, but truly beautiful mono. |
Mar 7th |
| 74 |
Mar 25 |
Comment |
Hi Ed. Funny how things happen when you use both LR and PS.
I really like the bolder image. Each time I pull it up and look - I am a little distracted by the white blobs in the background. I don't think deleting them is the answer becaue they give "stem" context to the image. Perhaps darkening them by tiny degrees until they are not so noticeable. |
Mar 7th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 74
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11 comments - 1 reply Total
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