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

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7 Jan 22 Reply Interesting. There is a tree to help you in the image, but the receding mountains seem to want for the eye to follow them out of the image. Jan 18th
7 Jan 22 Reply Thanks for the comment. After looking at it, I agree with you. Jan 13th
7 Jan 22 Comment A great capture. It is very sharp, and I don't notice any noise. The mouth open of course really helps the image. I would crop off the bottom up to most or all of the dead leaf. Just leave plenty of room below the tail. Jan 13th
7 Jan 22 Comment Your crop is very good, to get rid of all the distracting elements, but still looks sharp and not with a lot of noise. You can tell from your original image and the building in the background that the image is level. The rope does not bother me, but if some might think that it is a distraction, it should be fairly easy to remove. Jan 12th
7 Jan 22 Comment The eyes are what make this image. It is good that you have some catch lights in them. The unkept hair, bit of a runny nose and dirty face add to the emotions of the image. I like the lighting and the tight crop. Jan 12th
7 Jan 22 Comment Your shutter speed is perfect to capture the piece of laundry and the water flying off of it. The lighting is good, but the image seems to have quite a bit of noise. I would crop some off the right to move the man out of the center.
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7 Jan 22 Comment It is hard to image that bamboo can grow this tall. The leaning bamboo on the right keeps the eye in the image. Of course the three people walking is what makes this image. Jan 11th
7 Jan 22 Comment You did a really great job of capturing this beautiful looking church interior. The image does seem to have a little bit of noise, but it is not noticeable. The lighting is very good. I would not change a thing. Jan 11th
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32 Jan 22 Reply Thanks. I do not mind a square format for digital. It would be different for a print. Jan 10th
32 Jan 22 Reply We agree on something, that is not always the case. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment Great portrait of the eagle. I like your crop on the monochrome image. The background colors are a distraction, so I like the monochrome better. I think that the torn edges are okay, but there is too much white around the edges. Your recently added image is an improvement. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment I like the composition. I like that you did not take it centered, as to me that adds interest. The railings bring you right into the temple. Your contrast is good. The sky is okay, but the lines in the sky to me are a distraction, and you should try to eliminate or reduce them. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment Isn't focus stacking a great tool! It sounds like Santa was good to you. I like your composition. The color image with all of the shades is very good. Your monochrome is good, but it appears to be toned on my computer, and I don't think that is a good choice. I do like what Diana did with the image. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment Lovely image. The ultra wide angle lens gave you lots of depth of field. The leaves in the foreground add to the depth of the image, and them being slightly out of focus does not bother me. You could always use a mask to not sharpen the sky. I do like what Wes did with the image. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment Excellent image for shadows. I like the lines on the wall, as they seem to draw me into the shadows of the forks. A flash can give very harsh shadows, but you can not see what you are getting in camera like you can with the continuous light. The image does seem a bit flat. I would increase the contrast and get rid of the highlight areas below the forks. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Comment Stephen improved the image, but the main subject is the zig zag pattern of the staircase. A lot of that is lost in the monochrome, so I would stick with color image. Jan 9th
32 Jan 22 Reply Reportedly, there were several reasons why the town declined. They had racial problems when large numbers of freed slaves were sent to the town by the government. A railroad was built across the Mississippi, but not in Cairo, so the rivers were not so important for trade. The two rivers caused flooding in the town, and it became very hard to sell property. The flooding has now been stopped because of dykes. Jan 8th
32 Jan 22 Reply One hundred forty-two years ago the Galigher family-Charles A., his wife Adelia Lippit Galigher, and their three sons, Frank, Albert, and Charles Frederick-moved into a new home, "a stately fourteen-room mansion of brick on upper Washington Avenue."

Mr. Galigher, a prominent citizen of Cairo, was a milling merchant, whose fortune was accumulated through selling flour for hardtack to the government during the Civil War. Through business transactions, he became a friend of General U.S. Grant who made his headquarters in Cairo while planning and launching his siege of the South.

After the war, in 1869, Charles Galigher began construction of his four-storied, red brick Victorian mansion, which was completed in 1872. Comprising two acres, the building site was in suburban Cairo in the vicinity of four or five beautiful postbellum mansion. From the cupola, a view of both the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers could be enjoyed.		 Jan 8th
32 Jan 22 Reply Thanks for the comments. The NIK software preset that I used made the brickwork standout, which I think helps the monochrome version. Jan 7th
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