Activity for User 242 - Tom McCreary - tommccreary79@gmail.com

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7 Nov 20 Reply No, that is too dark, there needs to be some detail back there. Nov 16th
7 Nov 20 Comment Thank you for your service in the Marines. I am not really seeing a lack of detail. I think going B&W was a good idea. I would crop off the crosswalk at the bottom. To me it does not add to the image and works like a "roadblock" to keep the eye from entering the image. Nov 12th
7 Nov 20 Comment Very interesting image and you captured the moonrise very well. I like the moodiness of the darkness. The brighter out of focus area at the bottom keeps drawing my eye from the moon. I would crop it off. Nov 12th
7 Nov 20 Comment Your $2 fee was well spent. I really like all of the texture and cracks in the paint. A minor suggestion. I think that you should get rid of the fire alarm box. I draws my eye and makes the image look more modern than it should. Nov 12th
7 Nov 20 Comment Really nice Fall image of this great National Park. The only minor suggestion that I have is to get rid of the 2 vehicles below the mountain. To me they distract from the beauty of nature. Nov 12th
7 Nov 20 Comment What a great really sharp image. You were well rewarded to be walking around with a larger lens. The bird and branches are really sharp and the background is nicely blurred. Yes, Topaz denoise is really good and they keep improving it. You have lots of empty space, but I think that it works well in this image. Minor suggestions, if you are not going to use it in Nature, I would bring out the catch light in the eye more, and get rid of the partial branch in the lower left. Nov 12th
7 Nov 20 Comment You have a nice sharp image with lots of depth. You captured some fall colors, and I would add saturation to being out more of the colors. To me, the main subject is the center part of the image, and I would crop off both sides which do not add a lot to the image. I think that you found a really nice location. I hope that you go back more in different seasons to capture it. Nov 12th
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32 Nov 20 Comment Yes, I did to make it look more like an old photo. Nov 12th
32 Nov 20 Comment You have a very sharp image. The aperture is fine, as you have enough depth of field to have the bird and branch sharp and the background is very blurred. The forked branch draws too much attention. I would make it into a vertical or square to crop off the forked branch and some of the empty space on the left. Put the bird's eye into more of a power point location. And speaking of the eye, the catch light improves the image. Nov 10th
32 Nov 20 Reply Thank you, that does look good. Your image brought out more of the key entrance. Looking at that, I might crop off some more off the top to make it more of a center of interest. Nov 10th
32 Nov 20 Comment How could they say that it lacks contrast, when it has a full tonal range? I think that it is an interesting image, and is well composed. I like all of the texture, and to me, having the stairs go out of the image adds a lot of mystery and interest to the image. There seems to be something dark at the top of the stairs and my mind and eye keep going back to it. I like the image. Nov 7th
32 Nov 20 Reply Willimsburg, VA, while visiting in the Norfolk, VA area. Nov 5th
32 Nov 20 Comment Really great image, and your were so fortunate to have a person in the image to add scale and interest. You obviously did your research in your area and were at the right time and place. Going with monochrome simplified the image that did not have a lot of color anyway. I understand your wanting to have the cable car tower in the image, but because it is so small and only a small part of the tower shown, I think that it is distraction from the interesting natural phenomena. Nov 4th
32 Nov 20 Comment A very nice image with foreground detail to give a lot of depth, and it looks sharp from front to back. Your capture was at the correct moment to get part of clouds brightly lighted. I like the reflections in the water. A minor suggestion, I would clone out the obvious man made structure in the lower right. To me, it draws my eye and takes away from the natural beauty of the image. Nov 4th
32 Nov 20 Comment First let me say that your granddaughter is very attractive and makes a good model. I like the pose and the hair falling on the right side makes a "stop" to help keep the eye in the image. Going with monochrome to simplify the image is a good choice. I have never done high-key so I looked up how to do it, and was informed that you should start with an image that is low-key, that is does not have a lot of contrast from side to side, or about a 1 to 1 lighting ratio. Your original lighting was that, so you had a good start for going high-key. All that said, I like the image and the processing that you did -- a winner. Nov 4th
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