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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
I agree. I have only one passable photo of a swallow. |
Jul 13th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Excellent. Good job of simplifying the background. Smaller aperture and slower shutter would allow more of the flower to be in focus, but actually I like the way the center stem is sharp and the surroundings less so. It might be good to move the camera so the petal image does not touch the center object. I like that the flower is flawless. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
What a beautiful country you live in, and what a good eye you have to capture it in photos. Perhaps it could be cropped some on all sides. Also perhaps moving the camera up a bit would better frame the building. Good colors and photography is right on. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
A fine action photo, especially with the description. Perhaps a more descriptive title would make a verbal description unnecessary. "Fighting a Smoky Fire." Your post processing is on the mark. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
It is a good shot showing a somewhat scary event of the man walking on what must be a slippery top of the dam. Good post processing to lighten the dark areas. An option would be to crop to eliminate the distracting lower left structures and emphasize the center of interest man. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
The obvious issue is not placing all of the bird and especially the catch in front of the water so it can be visually separated. The rocks could also have been depth of field blurred using a large aperture. Use a neutral density filter if necessary.
Once I could get past that distraction, it is a good bird in flight shot. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
A great story telling image. The homey residence/shop with laundry together with the huge iconic mountains are the story. The dark person lower right adds an element of mystery and photographically adds balance. |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
I may submit that one next month. Am I trying to beat a dead horse? |
Jul 10th |
| 16 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for you thoughtful advice. I used center weighted average exposure. I took 11 shots in the burst, one of which was last months submission. They all had about the same exposure of the bird even though it moved around in the field of view. The exposure was low to prevent blow out of the white area of the bird, but the range was too high to fully achieve that, even with Lightroom whites and highlights sliders on the raw image. The resulting small blown out area does not in my mind degrade the image much.
Focus was maintained for all 11 shots. I see only benefits from burst mode.
Brightening the dark area using Lightroom blacks and shadows sliders is what one would expect from light reflected off the water below.
I understand you would prefer it different and I respect that.
I went back and found an intermediate shot in the burst of 11 that you may perhaps prefer. Whites are not blown out and there is a sun highlight in a eye. Now if I could just be persuaded to not brighten the bottom of the bird so much... |
Jul 10th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 16
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6 comments - 3 replies Total
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