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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Reply |
Frans, you're right - the original image was much sharper. Even after major cropping - this image was 16 MegPixel (as printed). But to fit within our 1080 max vertical pixel limit, I down-sampled it (resulting in only 1.3 MegPixel). That is a 12X reduction in resolution. This limitation is the same with any post-processing software. |
Feb 22nd |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Pierre, good photo (captures the frigid temps you were shooting in!).
I wonder if coming in closer to the snow humps and getting a lower angle might bring anchor the photo more? Provide a bit more focus? |
Feb 18th |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Kirk, this is a very difficult shot, with the enormous dynamic range. Very difficult to keep the sunset sky with range (i.e., not blowing it out). I typically shoot several exposures, and then keep the one that preserves the sky colors. And I usually lose all but a vague notion of foreground detail. |
Feb 18th |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Franz, beautiful wood tones. Perfectly captured atmospheric conditions. Feels like I'm standing there! The only thing I'd consider changing is removing the power poles on the horizon. |
Feb 18th |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Brad, great shot of the boat and water!
I wonder if just softening the contrast in the sparkly water reflections (from the posts) might help a tad - toning down the posterizing tendency. |
Feb 18th |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Geoff, I love sunsets, and this one is a beauty! Great capture.
I played with the image a bit, using brightness and contrast, converting the lower left beach into "negative space". I normally push sunsets in that direction, but that's just a matter of taste. |
Feb 18th |
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| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Comment |
Scott, I really like the composition you've gotten with the very wide panoramic type of view. Also, it was a perfect image for monochrome (B&W), with beautiful grays.
I wonder if rendering the lower left rocky cliff similar to the lower right side (with low sun) might help, but I would definitely keep the lower left darker - maybe half-way between solid black and the rocky right side. I think leaving lots of solid black blocked-up can be effective, but I'd keep a few detail grays and highlights on the left.
But overall - I really like it! |
Feb 18th |
| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Reply |
Pierre, Thanks for your comments. For me, this image is all about feelings. I love the quiet and piece of primeval forests.
I initially was indifferent to the image. Then I studied it and cropped away the top 1/3 - and then I fell in love with it!
I'm attaching the initial image - before cropping
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Feb 9th |
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| 70 |
Feb 26 |
Reply |
Kirk, I share your love of the rain forests and old growth redwoods. I was less excited about the shot initially, but then cropped away the top third of it and loved the result! However, the image has enormous detail, so reducing the jpeg file size requires much more severe reduction in jpeg conversion quality than for most photo images. That could be causing your sharpness concern. Below is the PS-CC image (jpeg compressed to quality level "7" in the PS base), blown up to 1600% to show the resolution. Looks OK. But, shrinking a high detail image to under 1MegByte is challenging!
For what it's worth, I printed the high resolution cropped image file (8MByte, 16 MegPixel) at 12"x15" and it looked sharp. The 22mm lens at f-8 should have extremely good DoF). |
Feb 9th |
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6 comments - 3 replies for Group 70
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6 comments - 3 replies Total
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