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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 23 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Cool image in both color and your Monochrome. Thanks for visiting us at DD SG #64. |
Aug 13th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 23
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| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks for the comments. |
Aug 25th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks for the suggestions. |
Aug 25th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Cropping more would not work...the image is cropped more then practical now. Thanks for the thoughts, though. |
Aug 18th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
I tend to think the crop degraded the image enough with a small resolution prevention. In print form, I could find no haloing. |
Aug 18th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
The crop was pretty sever so edits couldn't fix some things I observed and it might have even enhance the haloing effect. I do appreciate your nice comment. |
Aug 18th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Why do you thing it best to reduce the luminance of the water, Sharon? It looks very natural to me. |
Aug 18th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks for your thoughts, Sharon. The bird is cropped as far, perhaps too far already, as it will go. The resolution starts to diminish even more then already exists. Thanks for the information on the half moon method using the radial tool. I tried it a little, but feel it doesn't work well without making it look unnatural. I am happy with the image as is and will just know that there are limits sometimes with an image on what we can do. BTW, regarding the light, time of was about 10:30 am in April with lots of diffused light through a varying overcast. The light was actually coming from the right of the frame onto the wing. The original image had the under carriage and wings in shadow more. |
Aug 18th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Wonderful image. Well composed, sharp and includes good depth of field, sharpness and color harmony. I am of the opinion there is some haloing if zooming in on the jpeg and it might be worth examining, however in these ridiculously small low resolution jpeg haloing will occur if electronically expanded. In my opinion, run with it. It is a great image. |
Aug 13th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Absolutely wonderful! Well done. Exhibit it! |
Aug 13th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Beautiful. It is terrific in every way. It would be silly of me to suggest anything. I wish it were my image! Well done. |
Aug 13th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Beautiful in just about every way. I just think you can enhance the image by blurring or darling the busy and slightly distracting leaves. |
Aug 13th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Very nice image in terms of clarity, color, bokeh, and composition. My personal preference is freezing motion of the wings. However, lovely image. |
Aug 13th |
| 52 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Very nicely done, Sharon. I like color, tone, textures, background and find this particularly wonderful since I have rarely seen a dragon fly light on flower bud.
My comments fall into the area that might relate to focus point (not sure). The flower is tack sharp and the center part, especially the legs, of the dragon fly is pretty close to sharp, but the wings are not as sharp as I think I would like to see.
On the other hand, and this is where it will probably settle in at, it is so good otherwise, that in the end, that might not mean all that much. With that said, it is a fine image and certainly exhibitable, I believe. |
Aug 12th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 52
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| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks, Don...I appreciate your thoughts. |
Aug 28th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jerry.....it is complicated to get to know and I have a converted camera that has some WB preset limitations so I have an extra step that I have to do before I even take the image into Photoshop. Nonetheless, it is fun to get neat/artisitc results. |
Aug 28th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jerry. I appreciate the comments.
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Aug 28th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Thanks, Stan. You may find IR irresistible; you never know. |
Aug 28th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Stuart, I chuckled about the "great" photographer reference. So do I feel. Some are wonderful but so many more baffle me. It is just that, all about ways of seeing, thinking and sharing ones views of the world. As a member for many years of a Coalition of Photographic Art in Milwaukee and currently visiting LensCulture.com whose attention I got through another organization I belong to, I see many of these types of images. At least it keeps me looking and thinking and making my own decisions. In the end, though, I honestly believe it takes a lot of these type of images for the great ones to appear and it is about experimenting. So if it brings more folks toward using a camera creatively, it is ok with me. It doesn't mean that I have to like all that I see, though. |
Aug 13th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Reply |
Understood, Stuart. Not everyone cares for IR. I like some of it that I see and some not so well. I like experimenting and sometimes, I can create something that works and is attractive to others. It is not mainstream and it doesn't work for everyone. It is just another way of seeing, which find cool sometimes. |
Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Great eye and wonderful view of nature to see the contrast of the two creatures. While I like your monochrome, I find the original color far more interesting. A little darkening and/or blur of the background and the color one is terrific. I agree with a little crop on the right (half of the hump) to take the "hitchhiker" out of center. To ensure context, a little dodging around the ear might enhance the view. Nicely seen. Great story. |
Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Your processing and flipping of the image works effectively. However, I am just bewildered by the pose, environment, etc. It doesn't garner much interest from me. I don't quite get the story in terms of the pose and the extended garments, etc. I also prefer the original color as far as getting a feel for the environment. Stuart, overall, I have no complaint with the processing of your image capture. I just, unfortunately have a problem with the composition and environment that was given you during this workshop. Not your fault obviously. It just doesn't work for me. In other words, you did the the best you could with what you were given. |
Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
It is a beautiful portrait and appropriate soft and well crafted I think. The natural window light did you well. I think the only thing I can offer is my believe that to open up very, very slightly the shadows on the woman's left side so we see some more detail would be great. The shadow effect is correct on that whole side of her face, however a little more light on the hair would make it perfect. That is one of the reasons, a different angle or an small enhancing light on hair is so effective. But, at the end of the day, this a wonderful image and you should be proud of it and it does deserve recognition. |
Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Really nice image, Stan. I like how you managed to isolate the scene to minimize distractions, make it pop and provide some wonderful night time tones of bright light and shadows to even at a distance give us a sense of the texture of the building. The star effect of the lights is a nice enhancing element. I can offer no suggestions.
Regarding shooting handheld at crazy low shutter speeds. I one in a while can do it with my Fuji X-Series cameras by using the strap around my neck and extending as firmly as I can the camera out in front of me to steady the camera. How ever it is a bit of crap shoot on the number of successes...but when it works, it is so nice.
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Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
Wonderful capture, story, tone and composition with lots of dynamic action even in a sculpture which is a cool marketing tool for the whale watching tours. It grabs you and makes you hope you can go see the real thing wherein the image would be far different I think given how tours usual go and ones ability to capture it even with a big zoom. The whale watching services probably would be interested in your picture for their brochure. Well done. To me it is artistic, too. Of course you can only fool some of the people sometimes, not all the people all the time. That is why our art can be so interesting and often misunderstood depending on the venue involved. |
Aug 12th |
| 64 |
Aug 18 |
Comment |
This image tells a cool story and I like the monochrome processing. My only nit is the vertical lines. I would prefer to see them straighter with more symmetry. Some windows are nice and straight some are not. It looks like an opportunity for lens correction to remove that distortion. |
Aug 12th |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 64
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13 comments - 13 replies Total
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