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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, I like the idea, but think that you added too many birds. |
Aug 28th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, it is an image that I like and like you said, that is what really matters. |
Aug 27th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Super great image! It is very sharp from front to back with very good depth of field. All of your planning and time setting up paid off. You accomplished what you wanted, the image has a lot of impact. The capture even has the mouth open and the teeth showing. |
Aug 16th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
This is the levels that are in your image, showing no whites. |
Aug 16th |
 |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
The 8 second exposure, using F22 created a very smooth water surface. It must have been very calm as the trees look sharp. You have a nice peaceful image. The image does not have any whites, as shown on levels. I moved the levels slider to the left into the first small white area. I also cropped off some of the left side to get rid of the houses on the far left, as I think that they distract from the peaceful story of the image. |
Aug 16th |
 |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
You captured a great nature story. I commend you for being out in that temperature taking photos! Like Barbara, I did not know that Herons eat other birds. I don't think that it is the background that makes the prey not standout, but rather the darkness of it. But as all three above said, the background could be better. As Barbara suggested, I would crop in some. |
Aug 16th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
I really like this image with the wings being shown, but very blurry. The depth of field and sharpness of the body is great, and the background is good. The lack of noise at ISO 4000 is a help. This is a very artistic image. I am wondering if cropping in some would help, as you don't need all of the dead space. |
Aug 16th |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Great capture of the two finches in flight and interacting. It is very sharp and the female looking down toward the male and him looking back really makes the story. I have a small bird feeder with several House Finches coming to it, but never have seen them fighting. The dark and blurred background is great, except for the window. Maybe it will keep it from being a nature image (I don't know all the nature rules anymore). I made a quick selection and copied the background on the left to the right. |
Aug 16th |
 |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
That must have been a great experience. I have always liked wild horses but have never have gotten to photograph any. The lighting is good, the sharpness is good and the stance of the horse relays the story that you want to tell. The background is good, except as noted below.
I am not a portrait photographer, but was told not to cut off a person at a join, and that is what you did with this horse. As Butch and Gaetan said, you should have included the feet, but here we are with this image. The horse laying on the ground is a distraction, so I cleaned it up, and cropped off more of the horse. That also gets rid of the black area that I find distracting. |
Aug 16th |
 |
| 7 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, it helps the image. I like storm clouds (especially if they are moving away from me!) I don't compete anymore, other than an occasional entry at the camera club, so I now take images for me. |
Aug 16th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 7
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| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
The color image is very nice, but your conversion to mono and the cleanup really helped the image. I would not have thought that the mono was made from a yellow rose unless you had shown us. I thought that a yellow rose image would sell better in Texas because of the song, "The Yellow Rose of Texas". |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
The monochrome is much better, as to me the colors of the original are not pleasing. I imagine that getting a good image from a site such as this is very hard as you are restricted to where you can get. I am sure that you were trying to get as much into the image as you could, but the angle bothers me. It is a very interesting site and thanks for showing it to us. I do like the crop that Somdutt made. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Your camera handles very high ISO very well. I switched to Olympus 4/3 cameras a few years ago because of the weight and size and the ISO is much more limited. But then I don't shoot wildlife that requires such a high ISO. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
This helps the image. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
I agree that you lose the lighting and mist in the monochrome image, and that the color is better. The exposure for the flow of the water is perfect. I like the lead-in of the water. I tried Topaz Sharpen and Topaz AI super focus, and neither helped the image. It is a bit soft. You are very lucky that you live close and can go back next year. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
I like the lighter version better. The leaves are so interesting that the idea of closeups in a good one. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Of course B&W is the only way to go for this sad and thought provoking image.
My Dad was in his mid-thirties in WWII but did work in a bomb loading plant in Nebraska. He said that many of the bombs made there had British factory markings so that Germany would think that the British factories were still operational. |
Aug 16th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, after Steven's suggestion I used the clone tool to remove it, and I like it better. |
Aug 5th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
You captured the leopard with a great expression, and very sharp even with the whiskers. Your conversion to mono really brought out the cat, and it looks even sharper. The background is very blurry, so there is a lot of separation from the leopard. My suggestion would be to darken the tree, as it looks unnatural and too light as compared to the leopard. |
Aug 4th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
I think that this is a great subject, the plants are so unique. The leaves are very sharp, and almost look man made. I like the closer crop, especially of the sky. The dark sky does not bother me, and actually helps with the separation of the top leaves from the sky that you would not have with a grey sky. The yellow flower at the base of the plant is helpful. Thanks for showing us the unusual plant, and including the surrounding environment. |
Aug 4th |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
I figured out a way to do it fairly easily. What to you think? |
Aug 3rd |
 |
| 32 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
I thought about removing the beam, and tried, but it did not turn out too well. Looking at the image again, I will try to see what I can do. |
Aug 2nd |
6 comments - 6 replies for Group 32
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| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, good idea. |
Aug 31st |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
This is an interesting find, and you did a really good job of photographing the railroad rail. The plasma cutter did make a very unusual texture. The colors of the rail next to the deep red of the wood background complement each other nicely. The texture that the saw make on the wood adds to the image. The strong shadow does add interest. I agree with Cindy that the area on the left is a distraction, but disagree to just crop it off. The bright edge on the wood helps with the story of the shadow. I did select the area on the left on filled it in with a mostly black color. |
Aug 20th |
 |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
You did a really nice job of capturing this hood ornament. When I am at an auto show I don't seem to be able to get rid of reflections. The image is very sharp and the bright red really adds impact. |
Aug 20th |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Glad that you are back taking photos. I do recall that you had an image a few months ago taken from a bed. I am glad that you are getting better and hope that you keep improving.
I like the tight crop and the angles of the two small bottles. The bottles are very sharp and you did a very good job of editing to clean up the image and making the background black. As Cindy suggested, you should get rid of the white dots on the right side. |
Aug 20th |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Good eye to see this. The larger white baseball in the upper right corner creates a point of interest. I like the square format.
One of my first cameras was a Yashica TLR 4x4 camera using 127 film. I used it to take "super" slides that were square format slides that have a thin edge and were a bit wider than the long side of a 35mm slide.
The monochrome suggestion was good, but I agree with you that the color is better. |
Aug 20th |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Comment |
Very sharp flower with a nice background. I like the square format, and the crop. Cropping and placing the flower center into a power point location was a good idea. |
Aug 20th |
| 57 |
Aug 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, it was cropped in a fair amount, so it may be a bit soft. There is no color, I was playing with a camera that was converted to infrared only. |
Aug 10th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 57
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17 comments - 12 replies Total
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