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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
I played with dodging and burning quite a bit based on everyone's feedback. Thanks to all |
Jul 19th |
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| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Connie, thank you so much for your comments and your edits. They are subtle yet made a big difference in the photo. This is such a great group, I'm so glad I landed in it. |
Jul 12th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Ally, there is so much to like about this photo. Lovely colors, lots of interesting detail. I like the furrows that lead me into the heart of your photo. There is that line of clouds across the top that keep me there. It's clear that it's a garden and not a field since there are so many different kinds of plants, and you've included all of that. It tells a nice story.
The only thing I would change is where the plane of focus is, it seems to be at the very front of the photo. I would try to focus about a third of the way up so that the closest man on the right is in focus. Then perhaps you could crop a little closer so that the horizon isn't so perilously close to the center of the frame. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Welcome to Group 12 Srijan. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos, especially the ones from India. The colors of everything are very vibrant, and that is something I think of when I think of India--although I have never been there.
You did a nice job of framing the main woman in the foreground - and as others have said there is a great depth to your photo. I would take out the woman in purple on the left edge of the frame and probably the plant with flowers that is to the right of your main subject and just to the left of the woman with the tan scarf on her head. It is very blurry (as you would expect given where it is in the background), but it's a bit of a distraction from the rest of the photo since I had to stop and look to figure out what it is. There is also that lovely path that leads me through the field and right to your main subject, but that blurry flower stops my eye.
Thank you for sharing! |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Welcome to our group Lisa! Your choice of going vertical was a good one, and I could go either way with including the people in the background or cloning them out. To me they are just different photos with different vibes. With all the people included it seems like more of a documentary agricultural photo with an especially picturesque crop as it is being harvested. Your focus is still drawn immediately to that one girl in the foreground. With all the others cloned out it feels like more of a deliberate portrait, and a lovely one. It feels much more peaceful. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Great idea to use Generative AI for the closed eyes. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Connie, this is a great photo with a fascinating story behind it. I hope you will document both the story and the photo together so they don't get lost? The tones, the texture, even the frame are well thought out. Nice work! |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Melissa, I really like the dappled light that runs throughout your photo. Sometimes it can be a distraction, but in this case I think it sets the mood. Like Carol it took me a while to see the little pumpkins, they are so close in tone to all the leaves. If you decide to edit I would try darkening the leaves and brightening up the baby pumpkins even more. You might also try to bring back some of the highlights in the grassy area in the foreground, or if that doesn't work perhaps do a little cloning to tone them down. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Ahhh, our sunflowers! This is such an iconic image. I was going to suggest that you pull up the darks in the trees on the left - perhaps then they wouldn't draw the eye quite so much. But maybe Lisa's suggestion to take them out altogether is an even better option.
I believe the general rule is to avoid centering an image but in this case centering that main flower was exactly the right call. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Lisa. I've gotten a lot of great advice on this one including yours so I'm going to go back and either crop this one in much tighter or possibly look for another image with a little different perspective. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Melissa. I'm getting some really good perspectives and wanting to see more of the calf is consistent.i'm going to look through my other photos to see what else I can find. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Carole - I do like your version much better! I need to go back and look through my shots with a different perspective. I heard someone watching the process say it looked like a ballet, and I completely agreed. There were many moving parts, but it wasn't really hectic. It was all very coordinated. But in a still photo a wide shot of the scene does end up looking rather frantic. |
Jul 8th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Saran. I agree it would have been great to have more of the calf in the photo. I am going to look through other images of the process to see if there are any featuring more of the calf. |
Jul 8th |
7 comments - 6 replies for Group 12
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7 comments - 6 replies Total
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