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C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
I agree. That is the classic straight up shot that I do often make, but it is not that interesting a ceiling. After I made the comment about the viewfinder sticking out and not allowing the camera to lay flat I thought, how silly, my Panasonic GX8 has a unique feature that you can pivot the viewfinder 90 degrees to look straight down to take a picture. It also makes for a nice flat back on the camera. I learned something. |
Mar 24th |
| 19 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
Good question. I remember of thinking about putting the camera on the floor in the middle under the ceiling, but I didn't do it. My eyepiece sticks out in back preventing the camera from laying flat, but I didn't think that I can actually pivot the eyepiece up on that camera resolving the issue. Frankly, I kind of like the not symmetrical image anyway. |
Mar 21st |
| 19 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
You have done similar compositions in the past. I am struggling with what I think of this one. At first glance it seems very busy with loads of detail in the vegetation. Then I think, but that is what the image is all about. You need to search for the detail of interest. I think you have done an excellent job of what you set out to accomplish. |
Mar 11th |
| 19 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
You have captured a pretty unique image of a blue heron. The capture with his feet not in water so you see the full bird, yet a full reflection is unusual and the lighting is excellent. I like the shaded tones of sunset in the normally white feathers. The image seems very good technically with a very sharp head and eye. |
Mar 11th |
| 19 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
Dull days can be good for photography as we see in this image without high contrast shadows. It looks to me like the statue could use some sharpening. Depending on what you want to do with this image, I might do some cleanup that would not be allowed in PTD or PJD. I would suggest trying to remove the window or whatever it is in the upper left, and perhaps do something with the near white sky on in the upper right. |
Mar 11th |
3 comments - 2 replies for Group 19
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| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
John, I wasn't very clear, but I was agreeing with you. I had made some comment about bringing out some detail in the sky and decided that was not a good thing to do. |
Mar 13th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
I am trying to avoid a lot of hardware. I started with Panasonic and I am not sure that was the right thing to do, but all lenses are compatible across vendors so that is not a big problem. I have a Lumix 12-60 f/3.5 5.6, Lumix f/45-175 4.0-5.6, and Lumix 100-400 f/4.0-6.3. Shirley and I have it covered 24 - 800 full frame equivalent. We have two of the 12-60 for walk around, sort of like a full frame 24-105. We were out shooting poppies, so we were pretty much limited to about 5.6 or more. I found my lenses slow or difficult to focus even though we were in bright sun. Yes, sometimes I was inside the minimum focus distance and had to move back, but I am a bit concerned about it. I would not purchase that 100-400 until there are enough reviews to understand it. I am thinking we might need a faster lens (less depth of field the real reason). I know someone that has your 12-40 f/2.8 and loves it, but that would not be a good lens for the poppies. I hope I don't need to purchase a macro lens, I don't shoot enough like this to justify it. |
Mar 8th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
I think my comment about bringing out some minimal detail in the sky was not appropriate. Why would I say that when I hid all the detail in my black sky in my image? I liked it the way it was and I think that is the best way to present it. |
Mar 8th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
The views from the other side are equally good, but there were shadows. Done right you stay overnight in Abu Dhabi so you can shoot in the afternoon and concentrate on one side and morning on the other. |
Mar 8th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
Glad to see someone else shooting Micro 4/3s. I have a Panasonic. I like the size and weight, especially with a large 100-400 lens that is easy to carry and is equivalent to 800. I don't like that it is harder to control depth of field and might need to invest in faster lenses.
For me, the engineer makes the picture. His pose and expression are great. That is not to take anything away from your capture of the engine. I was a bit surprised to hear you talk about grimy, gritty look. I am impressed by the reflective quality of the capture on the engine. This also makes the image for me. I don't know how you got the great background above the engine. I suppose that is just the smoke, but it is very nice. Sometimes it is good to leave out the obvious. I probably would of included some track under the engine, and that would just be a distraction. I like your crop which rivets us on what is important. |
Mar 7th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
The fact that the image looks like it has been processed to put a painting effect on it works fine for me. The lack of detail in the image makes it very simple and forces us to just enjoy the serenity of the scene. I like the slight detail in the water without any real waves and the fact there is no horizon or any other detail behind the boatmen adds to the feel of the image.
The pole intersecting the top does not bother me, but I can understand the comment and if I saw it that way, I might like it better. If it was mine, I would experiment with that comment. |
Mar 7th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Reply |
As is probably pretty clear, the camera was pointed up from level and the verticals out of the camera would converge some. I wish I always remembered to leave enough space to do the correction, this one was ok. Lightroom now has a very easy way to correct this. In the Development Module under "Transform" in the upper left there is a place to click something that looks a little like #. When you click it you get to use the "Guided Upright Tool". Just pull lines on a vertical near each side of the image and just like that it is corrected. That is what I did with this. On some images you can pull a third horizontal line if you want it to be horizontal. |
Mar 7th |
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| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
I am surprised this is a monochrome created in the camera. If you were shooting in RAW, you should have a RAW file that you could experiment on doing a conversion to monochrome. I would expect that the conversion could be improved, but this seems good.
It is always hard to know how much of a reflection should be shown. The more you show, the smaller the unreflected part of the image tends to get. I like that you do not show the entire reflection down into where the contrast with the water becomes less. Perhaps a light crop of the bottom of the image showing even a bit less would still be ok.
It seems the darker areas of the sky and mid-tones of the water are a bit noisy, or perhaps we should use a more positive word and call it grain. |
Mar 7th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
I talked about the zone system and using all the tones in John Roach's image. I don't think Don's image has a "true black" or any white, and I don't think it needs either of them which is rare. There are really only three picture elements, the tower, the cables and the sky. This image inherently has not very many tones, but so what, this is all about geometry and the composition chosen of that geometry is excellent in my mind.
It is possible that bringing out a little contrast in the sky without making it distracting might improve this image. Something like a mild use of dehaze in ADR or Lightroom would probably do the trick. The result might distract from the strong presentation of the lines however. |
Mar 7th |
| 64 |
Mar 17 |
Comment |
I like the shots of these barns where you get back further and use a longer lens to bring the Tetons closer and keep the barn from intersecting the tops of the Tetons. That said, but it is rare to get a sky like this with these barns. The sky justifies your treatment of the scene. I personally think the tones could be elevated a bit in this image. I don't think there is any white, (zone 9 or 10 depending on how you count them). The snow on the peaks would probably be the first thing that goes white. That might bring up the shadows a bit also. In any case, a nice image. |
Mar 7th |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 64
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8 comments - 7 replies Total
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