Activity for User 217 - Dennis Hirning - dchirning@msn.com

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1 Dec 19 Reply The text was just a sign that was hanging down from the ceiling. I think that it might be by a copy machine in the library but I'm not sure. I don't spend that much time there.
Dec 18th
1 Dec 19 Comment The wings are positioned well and it is well placed in the frame. The background is great. You might dodge the darker bottom portion of the bird a little to lighten it.

Too bad this wasn't the kingfisher. It would have been a little more interesting.		 Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Comment I wondered what might happen if I ran it through the free Nik Silver Effects Pro 2 that I have. I haven't used it much but I think that there is more detail in snow on the left side and the bottom center seems to be a bit lighter.

It did make the dirt on your sensor more noticeable so I removed that along with the little peak of white snow in the center bottom edge. 		Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Comment I was thinking that using a polarizing filter would have taken care of the light areas but Neal's approach also works.

To me, while the drops in the leaves on the right are interesting, I feel that the dark area is too much and could be cropped off.		 Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Comment I do agree with what Neal said with this image.

A suggestion that I might have would be to shoot from the other side with a wide angle lens so her hand wouldn't be in the way of her painting. If she was working on the right side, you could see the handheld chalk on the paper.

You might be able to position yourself with a little lower camera position with the wide angle so her work could still be your subject and her subject could still be showing in the background.		 Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Comment You don't show your aperture so I'm not sure if you could have stopped down any to throw the back birds more out of focus. They are sharp enough and bright enough to make it hard for you main subject to stand out in the crowd. Like Neal suggested, you could select your main subject but I would then copy it to a new layer before you played around on a copy of the background. I did try using Topaz Remask to remove the bird and then did a graduated blur and darkening on the copy. I played with the opacity a bit. I don't think it helped a lot but it might be a little more like what you were looking for. Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Comment I really like how this turned out. I haven't tried Color Dodging. I might have to remember to try that when I have a suitable image.
Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Reply Watch out. It might be making us into Art Critics. :)
Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Reply I wonder if the Copy sign would drop it down to just the Creative. I also wonder, does it make any difference anyway?
Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Reply The Art Professor said about the various levels of Photography. It starts out with Snapshots, the Documentary, Creative, Abstract, and finally Fine Art. This might be in the Abstract level.
Dec 10th
1 Dec 19 Reply It's good to have the opinion of another Art Professor. I'll pass your comment on to her.
Dec 5th
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