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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Chris - sometimes in photography all the elements come together spontaneously - all I did was press the shutter and a bit of post processing.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 25th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Kamal - thank you. I was just lucky to be at the right spot when the people passed by.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 25th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Thank you - Pete. Food for thought . The day I took the picture was very sunny with high contrasts between the lit and shadow areas - this is what I tried to preserve in the final image.
Mike
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Mar 15th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Adrian _ I reworked the image to provide more slant to the shadow and brickwork. This was as far as I could go as the crop would have been too severe and I would lose parts of the picture. Interestingly I found that with this version it is best to retain the original orientation as it provides more negative space for the main character to walk into. I now have an alternate representation.
Mike |
Mar 15th |
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| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Kamal - great image of beautiful architecture. I feel you captured well how the architect intended for the building to be seen at that angle by placing yourself and your camera deliberately at a location that brings out the symmetry of the path and the building.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 15th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Mark - great image taking advantage of leading lines and perspective and contrasts.
You may find I am nitpicking - when considering an image I always look at the title given to the image and then look at the image. The aqueduct appears modern although as you stated it is medieval. As a viewer influenced by the title I was expecting to see medieval vestiges.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 15th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Adrian - sounds like you had a productive session at the Art Museum.
Mike. |
Mar 5th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Adrian - thank you for the comprehensive explanation. Indeed you have revealed to me the benefits of the XPAN format since you started to use it and I often apply it on my images taken with Fujifilm Xt-5 with a 40 MP sensor.
My question was also related to the crop factor you often use. In the case of the image above it appears you cropped the image at least 10:1 to get the composition you wanted. So I understand that ( according to physics ) the original image taken with the 50 MP sensor results in a final image of less than 5MP ( 0.5 MP according to some articles ). A large sensor then allows to crop more - but I assume like all sensors "cropping" by moving as close to the subject as possible retains the full capability of the sensor.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 4th |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Chris - this is an outstanding image and it preserves well the memory of the beautiful Christmas Cactus.
I understand Black and white photography focuses on mood, composition, texture, light , contrast etc. by eliminating colour which could distract from the above. To me the original colours really make the image. Perhaps in the B&W a tighter crop on just the bottom right hand elements would focus more on the texture .
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 3rd |
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| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Pete - great image and treatment. I think your processing choices really bring out the full potential of the image.
I have been to Amsterdam and at first I was actually surprised to see cars - I probably expected that there were only canals like Venice and only bicycles to get around. I took the liberty of trying to minimize the presence of cars in your image and also emphasize the rowers more by blurring the foreground and background.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 3rd |
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| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Emil - amazing transformation. It turns a mundane country road and electric poles into a captivating moody, broody, almost surreal imagery. You have shown that simple images can be turned into fantastic ones
Because the original scene was so simple I also wanted to see how it could be transformed into a completely different image - I used a Nik treatment. Again - not to improve your image but to show me what is possible.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 3rd |
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| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Comment |
Adrian - another fascinating image plucked out of a complex original ( which probably could generate other versions ).
First I like to comment on Emil's challenge. By brightening the person it reveals that she is a tourist taking a photograph of the statue thereby - in my opinion, negating the title "Devotional worship ". Indeed rendering her also as a silhouette and hiding her intention may reinforce the title.
Secondly - Adrian I have seen that you very often crop your images extensively ( in this case probably 20:1 ). Your camera certainly seems to allow it and you use that capability. Can you comment on this technique vs for example moving closer to the subject frame.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 3rd |
| 62 |
Mar 26 |
Reply |
Emil - thank you. The photo was taken last October in Naples, Italy. Naples is a fascinating city, full of contrasts and offers great street photography opportunities.
Cheers
Mike |
Mar 3rd |
7 comments - 6 replies for Group 62
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7 comments - 6 replies Total
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