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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 7 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Judith, I am not in Group 07, but I had to comment. I absolutely love what you did with this image!It's so dreamy and evokes a state of calmness. I would love to hear more about your process. In particular, the texture layering and the torch/flashlight painting. Excellent work! |
Apr 1st |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 7
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| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Hello Carol. Thank you for your feedback. The white line you mention, is it the line of light? If yes, I can fairly easily take that out.
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Apr 12th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Thank you for your feedback Stuart. Yes, my original is a RAW file. I will try giving the shadows a lift and play with the highlights a bit. I know little about plants. I wonder if there are different types of Magnolia trees? I'm curious why your tree has never yielded a seed pod. |
Apr 12th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Margaret, you've done an excellent job at capturing the light, color, and details. I love the added texture of the sand particles along the steam. Your subject to background DOF is perfect. My only suggestion is that it is such a beautiful capture that I'd like to see it a little closer to the subject. |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Pat, great subject matter, details, colors, and fine textures! I know there are things we see in post processing that we don't always see when looking through the view finder. I would have done another focus on the upper left corner and left it in the frame. I like how in the second original the corner of the fungi leads to the left corner of the frame. What kind of tree is that? It really does produce some interesting aspects for photographing. Good job at taking notice!Thank you for sharing your expertise and creativity! |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Keith, I love how the light green veins of the leave add contrast. I have two suggestions. First, if you have not already, try to bring out some detail in the blown out parts of the droplet. Maybe decrease the highlights or dodge that area? Second, consider adding the second droplet shown in your original photo. I played around with zooming a bit on your original photo and really liked the image when including the other droplet and the edge of the leave. Thank you for sharing your expertise and creativity! |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Stuart, Beautiful image. I love the colors and the detail you've captured on the antennae. When shooting butterfly's, if possible, you may want to up your shutter speed it bit. That might help with your soft focus. Great idea to desaturate the background! I might use that technique in one of my upcoming portraiture shoots. Thank you for sharing your expertise. |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Gloria, I think this subject could make for a very strong macro. However, how it is framed, I'm not sure where I am suppose to look. Where is the main subject? Consider getting closer on one of the shells. The other shells will make for a nice blurred background. There is lot's of potential here, just play around with getting closer. I'd love to see what you come up with. |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
Carol, I would not have guessed this creature to be so small as you mention in your description. It's color and texture is beautiful! I like Margaret's suggestion of a 1 x 1, but then, I'm partial to square framing. As beautiful as this little creature is, what first caught my eye is the blurred overhang. If in your 15 images of focus staking you have a clear focus on the overhang I think my eye would go directly to the frog. I love that you got to the frog's level by laying on the ground. The things we do to get the shot! |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Reply |
Thank you Margaret. The Magnolia is a pretty hardy tree. My guess is you have them in Omaha. I learned that it can take 10 years for their first bloom! |
Apr 8th |
| 95 |
Apr 25 |
Comment |
John, I really like this image. In particular the intersecting lines, the gradations of Green, the sharp focus and highlights in the foreground with softer contrasting whites in the background, the very fine hairs on the outer edges, and of course the water droplets. I also like how the Orchid is tilted a bit to the left. I don't think I would be as drawn in if it were composed straight up and down. The only thing I might do to this super nice image is get rid of the out of focus green spots on the upper and lower right background and just go with a complete black background. |
Apr 3rd |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 95
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8 comments - 3 replies Total
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