Activity for User 249 - Mark Aksoy - maksoy@aol.com

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10 Apr 20 Comment Thanks all for your comments! Donna, I agree regarding the crooked horizon and will remove it by cropping from the top. As Lori discovered, this workshop was performed at an area fire department training center. The background building is a mock 3-story façade used for training firefighters. This technique is way cool for creating hundreds of fiery trails over the long exposure. Safety is paramount - you need proper clothing, a fire extinguisher and an assistant. But several of my Club members have done this on their own. One safe place was over sand on a deserted beach along the Jersey Shore! Apr 24th
10 Apr 20 Comment Well-done and very creative! Also, very timely! Apr 24th
10 Apr 20 Comment This is not your usual picture of fishing boats! These 5 are very color-coordinated and well-positioned in your image. I agree that the colors could be made even more vibrant with various post-processing software. You could also try simply increasing brightness and contrast! Apr 24th
10 Apr 20 Comment Hi Lori, Welcome to the Group! This is a sharp, detailed image of a cooperative bird! The background is blurred and non-distracting, yet retains interesting detail. The bird is well-positioned with boat masts on either side framing it. You have enough detail in the feathers such that I agree you can increase brightness somewhat without losing that detail. Apr 24th
10 Apr 20 Comment This is about as close to perfect a floral arrangement photo as you can practically get! Great choice of texture which mutes the background and harmonizes with the color of the flowers. My only minor quibble is that the balance of the image would be perfect if the arrangement were slightly rotated so that the center flower was shifted more into the empty space just to its right. Overall, tho, great job! Apr 24th
10 Apr 20 Comment Painting with layer mask to combine an image with textured background is one of my favorite rainy day phototechniques! You have done a great job in evoking the feel of face behind a frozen windowpane. However, I think the overall image could still use a greater degree of contrast. You could do this by painting away more of the texture (as you did around the chin), or by increasing contrast in the original portrait image. BTW, you can also zoom WAY-in to see remaining texture overlay and make your mask brushstrokes super precise. I sometimes go to 1000%! Apr 24th
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