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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Like vermillion flycatchers, I suspect! |
Nov 17th |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
Thank you for the suggestion, Rick. When you adjusted the HSL layer, did you do saturation, red boost, or something else? I certainly should experiment more with those. |
Nov 12th |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
Here is the color version. |
Nov 11th |
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| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Reply |
I figured it out. Here's the image I brightened and changed from a warm to a cooler tone. You can see what you think. |
Nov 10th |
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| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
You planned and carried out this image really well. I like the clouds/fog with the top of the mountains just peaking through, and the girl and dog add an interesting focal point. I do agree with the others that I find the cable car tower and wires somewhat distracting. Also, have you considered cropping the sky out just at where the fog ends? I think I might prefer this image without the sky. The contrast looks really nice on my monitor, and from my own experience, is very difficult to achieve with lots of fog and clouds. |
Nov 10th |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
The serenity of the location when you were there is evident in your photo. You are correct that sunrise/sunset images without the color lack the impact of your color image. Without being aware, I tried something similar to Larry's suggestion to bring the emphasis more to the stormy sky. I don't know for certain what he did, but I started with the color image and brightened it considerably by adjusting shadows and highlights. I also cropped it, of course. Then I converted to monochrome, and selected the sky separately to further increase the contrast there. Hopefully, that makes sense. Others likely have more effective editing procedures. |
Nov 10th |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
I, too, am intrigued by old locks, and have numerous photos of them. I think your choice to rotate this image was effective to improve the composition. I'd likely prefer the lock itself and the wood behind it to be a little bit brighter to increase the contrast between it and the wonderful, deep shadows. I tried to attach an example, but there seems to be a file compatibility issue that I'll have to revisit to see if I can figure out.
Your image last month was another one I missed in my comments then. Sorry about that! I liked the pose and thought you did a really good job fixing the hot spot on the belt. As you and others mentioned, I, too, think the background would benefit from some blurring to bring more attention to the subject. |
Nov 9th |
| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
In my admittedly limited experience, high key is difficult to do well. I think it was a good choice for this image. On my monitor, the face is very light. I tried bringing up the shadows just a little bit, hoping that doing so would add emphasis to her eyes. Does that help, or is it too much contrast for what you had in mind? |
Nov 9th |
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| 32 |
Nov 20 |
Comment |
I think your composition is fine. It doesn't bother me that I can't see the top of the stairs. As you noted, it's hard to say what the judge's monitor showed. On my monitor, the shadows are very dark, so much so that they start to lose detail on the wall just before the stairs. With all the rich texture in the image, I believe I prefer to see more into the shadows. Thus, I tried the Nik HDR filter on the image to see what would happen. I like it, but have a feeling it may be brighter than what you prefer. I'll attach it, though, and others can see what they think.
Also, I apologize that your October image was one of those for which I didn't get comments done last month. I like the graphic nature of the image and am curious to see some of the other folded paper image you created. I'd probably crop a little bit from the left side of the image to draw more attention to the dark/light contrast and the rough edges on the paper rather than quite so much of the long, thin edge. |
Nov 9th |
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