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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
The room is interesting, but I do think this image is one that would benefit from even tighter cropping from the top and bottom, as I find the artwork competes with the dancer for my attention. Conversion to monochrome did help to eliminate the distractions with the red and blue colors. |
May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
I like Diana's softening of the calla lily, but also think I'd like less of the stem, although I realize that creates a nearly square image format. I'm also often the odd one out in that I find black or white backgrounds to be very clean, which is pleasing. However, they do not seem very natural to me most of the time. Of course, you are correct that the original was quite bright, so toning it down as you did was a good idea. |
May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
I agree that you achieved the goal of creating something dramatic, and the backlight and shadows did bring to mind a subject out of a horror movie upon my first glimpse of this image.
As for how photographers are affecting an animal's behavior, I've seen human actions over the years that greatly concerned me (like people approaching within a few feet of bison in Yellowstone National Park, for example). But as Diana mentions, curious wild animals also sometimes approach people or vehicles more closely than is desirable. Certainly, the need to balance sustainable, ethical environmental practices with what often is combined with a critical need for tourist revenue and jobs created therefrom, and a related desire to please clients, is a very complex issue. With so much travel experience, you likely carefully vetted the places and people you visited and made the decisions about them you felt were best.
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May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
I find it interesting that she is preparing food in the living room rather than in the kitchen or some other work area. The conversion to monochrome does help make the busy background less so for me, and your efforts to even out the lighting worked well, although I might have tried leaving the background furniture and surroundings a little darker to help emphasize the subject. Have a safe and fun trip, and I, too, will look forward to more vicarious travel through your photos. |
May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
What an intriguing old truck. Although the monochrome image better conveys the feeling of "aged", I like all the rust and weathering that is visible in the color version. After driving across central Nevada, I can see why this area became a ghost town. It's so remote out there! I do like the brighter monochrome image, and think I'd consider either cropping off the mountain on the left side or cloning in some more sky above it (unless you're entering it in competition where cloning is prohibited, of course). |
May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Comment |
Have you seen the Canadian River Wagon Bridge just north of Canadian, Texas? It was built in 1916, but has a similar look and feel to it, even though it is more than 400 miles from Joppa. Fortunately, it did not sustain too much damage in the awful Smokehouse Creek Fire last winter.
I, too, like your composition looking back across the bridge and framing it with the trees on either side. The vehicle also adds a nice focal point and juxtaposition between the modern vehicle and the old bridge, although perhaps using the vehicle as a focal point would be more critical if the background tree and fence were not there. Even so, I vote to keep it in the image. |
May 27th |
| 32 |
May 24 |
Reply |
Allen's hummingbirds are not quite as iridescent as some of the other hummingbird varieties. But you can see which you like better. Here's the color image. |
May 15th |
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