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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Beautiful barn, and I love the details, particularly in the color rendition. The crop feels just a little too tight to me, I think it could use just a bit more room to breathe. |
Jul 23rd |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
I love the layers Paul, and the soft light. Very nice! |
Jul 23rd |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Paul!
I tend to agree, though a very different part of this particular experience was that you had very little time to plan and compose with whatever foreground fate decided would be available. It was very challenging to have to think on the fly, look at what was available, and act quickly. Definitely out of my comfort zone, but fun. |
Jul 17th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
I recorded a quick video to demonstrate the clone stamp thing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VVr08M8zmWwMJWyWDqYngTo5MJpwZx-9/view?usp=drive_link |
Jul 7th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Sorry 8 in a single row, not 4x2. |
Jul 7th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Sorry 8 in a single row, not 4x2. |
Jul 7th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
It was 8 vertical shots. I shot a lot of overlap because I was worried about stitching all the fuzzy or repetitive features.
For the tour, I went with a group. I used Action Photo Tours (who I've done a few workshops with and like). They in turn used Tempest Tours (a purely storm-chasing focused company) for all the planning, logistics, finding etc. in retrospect I probably would have had a pretty similar experience if I just went with Tempest directly.
The trip was great. It was /a lot/ of driving. We covered almost 3000 miles across 7 days, much of it on 30-40mph roads. Late starts but late finishes as well. It's also a lot of 'hurry up and wait', but often when the action starts you need to move quickly and be prepared to have to get back in the van very quickly to avoid the damaging parts of the storm. I don't know that I'll do it again (like running a marathon, you should probably ask me again in a year) but it was a really fun and unique experience. We saw supercells basically every day, lots of lightning, and two small tornados. For me it was an awesome experience. |
Jul 7th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
On the vignette - I don't personally think you should remove it, just tone it down a bit. Everyone's aesthetic is different, but for me I use a 100% feathered vignette and adjust the amount so that I can't actually tell that it's there without disabling/enabling to compare.
For the halo removal: in photoshop I'll create a copy of the image (or stamp up a new merged-visible layer if I already have layers), then I'll use the clone stamp with 0 hardness and the brushes blend mode set to 'darker color'. I'll then sample the sky from as close to the area as possible and paint onto the bad area. It will then effectively replace the sky scraps with the color from the good area. With the darker color mode the dark tree/foreground will not be replaced. It's really pretty magical (if a little tedious). |
Jul 7th |
| 93 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Dawn, this is gorgeous. So nice. I love the comp, and the processing is really on point. It feels very serene.
It's hard to tell for sure at the PSA size, but it looks like some edges of the sky mask inside the branches is imperfect (so you get sky color shifts inside the branch gaps). Again, it's hard to tell for certain at this size (and maybe the fact that I only think I see it means it's more than good enough). If you see it at full size though, there are some pretty simple ways to fix that in photoshop that I'd be happy to share.
As I stare at it longer on a small screen, it also looks like there's a vignette at least on the sky that is just a smidge too strong or where it could maybe be feathered more. I don't know why, but vignetting (and haloing) issues always seem more obvious on small screens. I know for my own part I've often shared images that looked great when I was editing them on a big monitor and when I see them on my phone the vignette is more obvious.
Both of these are really nitpicks though. Overall I'd be proud to hang this on my wall if it was mine!
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Jul 7th |
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