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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 2 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Hello Al, I'm Steve Levitas, visiting from Group 32. This is a bit unconventional, because I just like your image and want to share one I took when traveling in The Gambia about eight years ago--also baskets for sale. |
Feb 6th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 2
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
I adjusted contrast in post-processing. I was very lucky with this shot. When I walked in on my daughter practicing, I realized there was a picture to take. I was going mostly for the perfect portrait light, giving a "Rembrandt Triangle" under her left eye. Now, ten years later, reading the posts in your group, I realized I had stumbled into another formal technique. Thanks to all of you, I now know about it. I also see--having forgotten over the years--that the window light was diffused by a gauze curtain, so no harsh shadows. |
Feb 19th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
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Feb 19th |
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
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Feb 19th |
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
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Feb 19th |
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
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Feb 19th |
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Hi David,
Since you visited me in Group 32 this month, I came over to look at your stuff. I really liked the discussion about "invisible black background." So I, too, read up on it with Google. One of the sites I visited said you can approximate it using strong sunlight entering a room through a large window. I have a single example of this, but never knew the name for it. The following images are of one of my daughters practicing to play at her sister's wedding. Image A shows the overall situation. Image B is my chosen composition. Image C has the contrast adjusted to entirely black-out the background. Since I am in a monochrome group, Image D is the same as C, but desaturated. Image E has a bit of PS curves manipulation, but I am not sure it's an improvement over D. |
Feb 19th |
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5 comments - 1 reply for Group 4
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| 5 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
You are welcome. Please come visit us all at Monochrome Group 32 sometime. |
Feb 26th |
| 5 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Yes, Oliver, this looks great to me. This is a gentle enough manipulation that a viewer might not guess there was any post-processing at all. It preserves and only gently enhances the advantageous natural lighting. |
Feb 25th |
| 5 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Hello Oliver, I am Steve Levitas, visiting from Monochrome Group 32. I like your subject a lot, but I want to suggest a different treatment of the light falling on his face. Your original has some dramatic lighting on his face, but I think your finished image lights up his face too much and loses that. Here is my suggestion, simply increasing the light areas slightly and deeping the shadows--I only used the slider controls in Picasa. |
Feb 21st |
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3 comments - 0 replies for Group 5
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| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Hi Oliver, thanks for visiting. Nice work on this.
Everyone gave me very consistent suggestions for this image. Thanks to you and to all my Group 32 friends. |
Feb 26th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Those are good cropping suggestions--thanks! |
Feb 18th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Diana, please take my comment as coming from an outlier. Most everyone likes strong contrast these day. So I represent a minority opinion on this. Let's hear from the others as to how they like what you have done with this--they all have the competition experience that I don't. |
Feb 12th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
I prefer original 2 and original 3.
Your final only increases contrast a bit, so it's not so extreme as to look over-done, but I still prefer the gentler tones of original 3. My reason--I am trying to express it--I think that a tranquil and disintegrating scene should not vibrate with contrast, which to me works to the opposite of tranquility and quiet disintegration. |
Feb 5th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
I don't have any concern about the angle of the eyes. Definitely not over-sharpened to me. This looks just great to me. Did you have a clear view? Are you shooting between fence bars? |
Feb 5th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
You are really masterful at these portraits in the field. I think this one is just a bit too bright in the beard and highlights of the face--at least on my monitor.
Do you every do couples or families--I would love to see your work in that area. |
Feb 5th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Removing the pipe and cropping of course are appropriate, and you have a very good eye for that. But I will accept your own words that perhaps you have "gone too far," because this image shouts of its post-processing, and I think the post-processing should be generally agnostic for the viewer, at least in this sort of straight shot. I definitely prefer, as usual, the monochrome, but perhaps this should be a little bit less dramatic. |
Feb 5th |
| 32 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Hi David, so nice to have a visitor. Please stop by often. Thanks for the comment. If you want to view groups that do only monochrome, they are numbers 11, 31, 32 (this one), 39, 47, and 50. |
Feb 2nd |
4 comments - 4 replies for Group 32
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| 50 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Hi Karl, I am Steve Levitas, visiting from monochrome group 32. I love this great image, and all your colleagues like it. I have some technical questions. The skater is coming right at you, so I know shutter speed does not need to be as fast as if he were going left to right. In your experience, how slow can you go on shutter speed and still get a sharp image like this? Also, about how far were you from the skater? Thanks. |
Feb 18th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 50
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14 comments - 5 replies Total
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