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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Thanks to all for the helpful comments. I take a lot of youth boxing photos, but once in a while I get a shot that might work. This seemed like it might; and your suggestions are very helpful. w |
Sep 25th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Good comment on cloning. I hadn't noticed it. |
Sep 17th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
I think Diana hit the nail on the head. Good potential. Keep trying.
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Sep 17th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
This is too confusing for me. I'll pass. |
Sep 17th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Confusing how some of the water is sharp and some not, even when within the same dof distance/near parameters. e.g., the lower left: Seems it ought to have detail in it.
Success on a shot like that one is "not slipping and not falling in." |
Sep 17th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Stay Tuned for October. "A Victim of the Drought" |
Sep 13th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
How about some dead trees? |
Sep 13th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
"Photographing today to preserve Yesterday for Tomorrow."
I like the angled side view, the detail, the angles, the blurred clouds, and the hefty grain.....all of which give the old timer (the schoolhouse) credit for staying around. |
Sep 12th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Your professor used a "bad word:"..... always. Nothing in art is an "always." If that were true, then tell me, Professor, where it is written and who wrote it and what is the reasoning behind that statement..... and what is the punishment for breaking this rule? (I thought that "There are no rules.")
I like it as it is. I've done a study called "gone are the people" which features old things and peoples caught "before the bulldozer claims them." There is beauty in the craftsmanship and workmanship and utility of the chain. I can recall when most people carried a chain in their automobiles....and had to use them. Lost without them. I recently gave my chain to a grandson who now lives in Colorado and needs to use it from time to time with his two-wheel van
So: Nice job......"Photographing today to preserve yesterday for tomorrow." |
Sep 12th |
| 32 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
I invite all of you to see another view of these two ladies (actually High School girls) in color and titled "the decisive moment," as you'll readily see. Which of the two do you think is the better shot, ilgnoring the difference between Mono and Color. It is in Study Group #55 this month. |
Sep 12th |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 32
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| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Thanks for the comment and perspective. |
Sep 18th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
My guess (about life) is that there aren't many people left who operate like this owner(s) who most likely maintains his truck and created his travelling store.
(My interest includes a photo series I've titled "Gone Are the People --- The whatever....." such as The Seamstress. I say that I get these photos "before the bulldozer gets them.")
If I had a truck like that, I'd probably want to plant apple trees so I could sell out of it. |
Sep 18th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
I'll bet the shadows were ugly in the shop, but you managed to bring out the colors and tonalities to perfection. Great job.
The window at the back is placed just right to give the impression of where the light was coming from. |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
My first reaction was: Beautiful use of some NIK software. It really works and you've done a great job creating some very appropriate colors and shadings.
Is that truck a '41 Ford? or thereabouts? |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Skin tones are difficult, but you've gotten it just right on this image. Nice environmental portrait. Well done. |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
All good..... a winner |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Red and yellow colors are just right. Diagonals work well along with the repetition of the arches. How nice it would be to catch the scull right beneath one of the arches? Something to cause you to go again and again? |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
The green veg in foreground provides a nice "anchor" and gives more of a 3 dimensional view of the scene. The brownish colored water raises the question as to "why?" but your title including the reference to rain answers that question: "It's due to a high water runoff." Well composed from the viewpoint you chose. Blacks show detail. All nice |
Sep 17th |
| 55 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Sharpness and should it be sharp....always? And: how sharp? Does EVERYtHING need to be sharp?
Do you think that the blurred face of the lady boxer on the left adds a lot to the story the photograph tells? Does it emphasize the "decisive moment?" (In this case, the decisive "second?")
Is sharpness driven by manufacturers who promote sharpness in order to get people to purchase camera bodies with higher ISO thus enabling faster shutter speeds? Or is there something artistic or journalistic in "sharpness" that I am missing? Look at the blur in the red glove as it winds up to hit. Does that give a hint as to the coming action that one could anticipate?
This is similar to taking pictures of racing automobiles in that when perfectly sharp they resemble stationery vehicles. The same, I've been told, with racing bicycles: "it's a good practice to blur those slightly so that the spokes show speed/motion."
PS: I could have gone to f/1.8 with this lens and therefore utilized a bit faster and therefore sharper shutter, but with the possible trade-off of the depth of field..... or emphasized the "story" behind the "impact" of the glove.
See also my monochrome shot from the same practice bout shown at Study Group #32 this month.
I'm open to a discussion on this subject. |
Sep 17th |
7 comments - 2 replies for Group 55
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14 comments - 5 replies Total
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