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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
I think there may be a loss in our translations. I wouldn't ask you to photograph the OTHER side of the boat, but just to apply some lightroom corrections. By using the dehaze and vibrance sliders, I was able to make the image abit more colorful. I also used the Transform control to starighten the verticals a bit. I apologize for the purple cast and increased contrast in the sky, as I did not add changes there. I have had problems in the past with images on this website showing up differently from thw way they look on my monitor. But if you look at the restaurant and the towboats, you'll see what I am suggesting. |
Jul 15th |
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| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
I wouldn't lose your little purple guy. I'd just clone out some of the black areas to bring him back to life! |
Jul 14th |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Excellent photo, and the few extra stops you included in making a 7-stop HDR were amply rewarded in capturing the window detail.
Looking at the carved roof beams and pendant lantern kights, I'm sure the parishioners were German Lutherans. The church I grew up in on Long Island was built by German and Polish Catholic farmers in the 1890's, and many of these details, including the carved beams and the pendant lanterns were in that church too. Of course being Catholics, our church had tons if saints and angels! |
Jul 11th |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
I have a fellow feeling for these flowers, since I, too am a a little past my prime.
The color is good, and I really like the bokeh from the f 2.8 aperture.
Unless you intended a "Natura Morte" message, I would suggest some judicious cloning to fix the purple trilliun on the left, and to remove the completely dead flower in the center.
Nice to see you're using the masking function. I am currently teaching a Lightoom course, and I now have to add an hour to cover the masking module! The time it saves me on my personal work more than makes up for the preparation and teacching time it adds. |
Jul 11th |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Sometimes we try to cram too much into a photo. There are those intriguing footsteps on the lower left, then there's the sweeping curve of the groomed beach on the left, the lonely figures on the beach and the row of lifeguard seats and the distant palms topped by those magnificent clouds. All great elements on their own, but like the rug in "the Big Lebowski", you need something to "tie the room together".
As it is now, it seems that each element has equal weight, so the story you're telling has less emphasis. The next time you're here, try getting down so your lens is about a foot above those footsteps. That will increase their importance and encourage the viewer to follow the invisible person into the photo. |
Jul 11th |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
I actually saw the article about this restaurant in the American press. Although it was obviously a dull day, a littl jdicious use of the Lightroom Dehaze slider would increase the contrast and color saturation. This would make the restaurant standout from the background and show more of the detail and color that it made it an essential landmark in Hong Kong for so long. A simple adjustment such as this would not constitute retouching under the PSA rules for photojournalism, and would thus be acceptable. |
Jul 11th |
| 49 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
Very perceptive, Dicky. and excellent observations.
I chose to let the outside go totally white because it was beyond the depth of field available to me, and the pure white created a 'halo'effect. |
Jul 11th |
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