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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
I've got a few still available, but I don't want to bore you. I might get a reputation! |
Feb 14th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Thanks for the nice comments David. I'm not sure about the 'great photographer' bit though. As for the lights, they are burned out in the original, but I might take another look at the detail in the wood at the top. |
Feb 13th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
When I look at it myself, I still struggle to work it out! |
Feb 12th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Hi Ian. I'm looking forward to meeting you at last. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Doesn't show up on the web display as well as it should do. Looks better in Photoshop. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Another great portrait from you Ian. The pose is excellent and challenging. She has a stance which is both provocative and threatening, and mask over the lower face implies mystery. You have handled the exposure very nicely too, with the head being outlined by the lighter patch on the wall. I do agree that the light grey bit is distracting, but there is more than one way of dealing with that. You can clone it out or you can paint over it to darken it. Alternatively you can selectively lighten the complete arm to bring it into the picture. I quite favour that option. I used the Shadows/Highlights adjustment on a separate layer, masked it all out, and then gently painted backover the arm to lighten it. I think that balances the composition more. However, I did still paint over the light grey bit, and I also lightened the leg a little too. |
Feb 11th |
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| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Erik, this is a great nature shot and really shows how well the animal can hide in full view by reason of his colouring blending with the surroundings. The coyote is very sharp and you have framed him well. I like seeing his surroundings because that illustrates how well he is camouflaged. Focus and exposure are dead right. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
David, I am no good at this type of photography so I am particularly impressed with what you have done with just a pile of dominoes. The lead in from the left is good composition and takes the eye into the picture, right up to the random pile in the background. I have also learned something, and that is the invisible dark background technique. Thanks for that.
I was amused when you said that you didn't consciously create that leading line from the bottom left. A long time ago, when I was just beginning to take photography seriously, I struggled to understand 'composition' until the day when I was lining up a picture in the viewfinder and I realised I was composing the image subconsciously. After that I stopped worrying about trying to understand composition and just got on with enjoying photography. I guess you are doing the same. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Reply |
Takes dedication too! |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
Bill, it's a brilliant shot! The bird is pin sharp and the background is blurred just enough to be not distracting. Focus, exposure and depth of field are just right. As for the direction the bird is flying, you'd think that by now the birds would know only to fly left to right! Actually, I'd be happy with the bird going in either direction, but western culture does seem to prefer left to right motion. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
The lighting is superb and really picks out the textures on the rotting wood of the old pier. The colour of the light matches the colour you would expect from sunrise and goes well with the colour of the clouds. The brown light on the water didn't really worry me, but you could use Select>Color Range in Photoshop to pick up just that colour and then useHue/Saturation to change the colour, and Curves to give the waves more contrast. I feel that the plain dark blue/grey of the upper part of the clouds doesn't contribute a lot and could be cropped off. |
Feb 11th |
| 4 |
Feb 18 |
Comment |
I think I would have stayed off the pathways too! First of all, thanks for the explanation. Like Ian, I had not heard of a Cenote, although we do sometimes get something similar but with the more mundane name of Sink Holes. These can occur where there has been mining in the past. The image is nicely composed and sharp, and illustrates this geological phenomenon very well. The inclusion of people gives us a clear indication of the scale of it. |
Feb 11th |
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