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

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Group	Round	C/R	Comment	Date	Image
7	Nov 23	Reply	Good suggestion. Thanks.	Nov 18th
7	Nov 23	Comment	So sorry to hear about your husband -- dementia is a terrible disease. You captured a beautiful image. The mountain top in sunlight, the perfect reflection and the composition. The depth of field to have the green plant in the foreground sharp as well as the distant items is excellent. The colors are great -- I would not change a thing. It could be a print on your wall.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Comment	The lighting, the depth of field and the composition are all excellent. I tried light painting once and it did not turn out well. Seeing what you and Judith have accomplished will have me trying again. These colder dark days will be a good time to try something new. I really like the image, and would not change a thing.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Comment	What a great idea and very well done. The landscape captured in the glass is very sharp with the background nicely blurred. You even have a smaller image in the stem. I like the composition with the glass centered and filling the image. I would not change a thing.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Comment	You captured the action very well and the Osprey is looking straight at the camera. Your focus looks right on and the reflection is good. I really don't see any noise or blown out whites. I think that you should crop in some to have the bird and fish fill more of the frame.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Comment	The image is super sharp where it should be, but great depth of field to have everything else blurred. A very simple but effective image. I do like the rotation that Hoshedar did, but don't know about the added contrast. I really like the image and complement you on seeing it.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Comment	You captured this beautiful tree at a great time, with the leafs red and still on the tree. I think that you would have a stronger image if you cropped off on the right back to the tree. That would have the tree as a stopping point to keep the eye in the image and would get rid of the distracting white fence. You would then have the tree arching over the road and the road curving into the distance as the subject. I really like the image.	Nov 11th
7	Nov 23	Reply	Thanks, that is a good idea.	Nov 10th
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23	Nov 23	Comment	You did a good job of editing. I like the idea, and there is an image with the same idea by Gaetan Manuel in Group 7 this month.	Nov 11th
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 23
32	Nov 23	Reply	You are correct, a word was left out. I don't think...	Nov 20th
32	Nov 23	Comment	What a beautiful snow, with the snow sticking and piling up on everything. That is an interesting sculpture that you have. Combining the two makes this interesting image. The background is distracting, but it does add to the story of a heavy snow. I like that you have some separation between Don Quixote and the background.	Nov 11th
32	Nov 23	Reply	I don't know, but the colors are beautiful. I am more impressed that it is slide film, because it was hard to get the exposure perfect with it.	Nov 10th
32	Nov 23	Comment	That must have been quite a trip, and waking up to this great image was icing on the cake. The partial moon really adds to the image. Your exposure was perfect. I much prefer the color.	Nov 10th
32	Nov 23	Comment	Thanks for giving us the story behind the image. However, without the story it is hard to tell what is going on in the the mono version, but is clearer in color. I have always felt that an image should not need an explanation but stand on its own. That said, I think that you did accomplish what you were trying to do.	Nov 10th
32	Nov 23	Comment	Nice image of the beautiful lighthouse. I am glad that you used a wide angle view as that lets the the area of sea below the cliffs balance the lighthouse. And it does make a different view than usually seen, that shows only the cliffs and the lighthouse. I would crop off the flowers -- just the flowers. I think that since they are white they distract from the lighthouse.	Nov 10th
32	Nov 23	Comment	This is a great subject, and I am glad that you showed all of it, but I hope that you also took some closeup detail photos. The color is also nice, but it is mostly green or monochrome anyway. Stephen's image seems to have more contrast, and the tractor more separated. However, maybe it is a better story telling image when the tractor blends in more with the background. The tractor is going back to nature.	Nov 10th
32	Nov 23	Comment	I don't that lighting is the main thing in a portrait photo, so I would say use it in competitions. The model must be very versatile to be in both. I would say the pose is good, she is showing some attitude -- hips swaying and head bent (but I am not a portrait photographer). I don't understand the spot light behind her, but the lighting was what it is. I don't like that her hair is getting lost in the background. I played with her red hair in color balance before converted to monochrome in Photoshop to get some separation.	Nov 10th
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 32
57	Nov 23	Reply	Thanks for the suggestion about wearing black.	Nov 30th
57	Nov 23	Reply	Thanks.	Nov 28th
57	Nov 23	Comment	Very colorful and it catches the eye with the circles and the pattern on the circles. I wish that it was sharper.	Nov 25th
57	Nov 23	Comment	Very colorful. The depth of field is okay, with the front row of flowers being sharp. The black background against the flowers is striking. One thing that I don't like is that the stem is missing and so the flowers seem to be floating.	Nov 25th
57	Nov 23	Comment	A different prospective with a closeup, but it really catches the eye. The lighting is good, as is the editing. A bit more depth of field to get the nose in focus would help. As mentioned above, you should lighten the eyes.	Nov 25th
57	Nov 23	Comment	Great composition to have the knot in on the right side, and the frayed rope drawing us to the knot. Leaving the upper part of the image was a good idea, as it adds to the story.	Nov 25th
57	Nov 23	Comment	Good composition for the stems to bring us into the center of the plant. There is plenty of depth of field to have the image sharp from front to back, and the water droplets add a lot to the image. I agree with Cindy that you should darken the upper right corner.	Nov 25th
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