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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
looking at this image again, I thought it interesting how we are told so many times how the eyes are drawn to light areas in an image. It seems clear to me that we are drawn immediately to the men praying, perhaps because of the high contrast in that area of the image. An area of near white in an area of darker tones obviously draws the eye, but so do darker tones in an image that is mostly in high tonal values as far as I'm concerned. |
Apr 27th |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Norm, welcome to G19 and you come in with a strong image. I have been to the wall and it is great to photograph the people praying there. My first thought was to crop in more to make the people more prominent. I like the stones at the top and would not crop them. I believe some are from Solomon's wall and some from the later reconstruction which adds to the story. I think some of the floor can be taken out. On images like this I like to enhance the texture to make the lines very strong. Monochrome is excellent choice for this image. Nice work. |
Apr 15th |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
We seem to be into good timing this month. This is another one. The backlight resulted in a subject that I would like to see brightened a bit. I would think you could do that without adding a lot of noise with any of a number of software choices. You might try brightening the entire image by pulling a curve up or some other technique and then bringing the sky back down by darkening the blue color. There are probably a lot of techniques that would work. I like the lines of the cables so I think your crop is right on. |
Apr 15th |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Interesting Herb commented and applied a fix to the two things I was thinking. I personally would try a "dehaze" filter in Lightroom. It might put a bit of detail in the sky and I would consider trying to open up the shadows particularly on his face as Herb suggested. Another very nicely timed shot. The museum might appreciate getting a copy. |
Apr 15th |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Both are very nice. Despite the fact that from what you said the flash must of been the same, I like the left image because it seems to have slightly less exposure on the face and slightly more shadow giving it a little more form. I would think they were the same shot if they were not next to each other. |
Apr 15th |
| 19 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Great shot. These Advance Middle Age, AMA guys make good photographs, especially when they are straining every muscle in their body. perfect timing. |
Apr 15th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 19
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| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
The modifications that were not allowed in this case were post capture modifications. This creative person did the modification pre capture with a film camera. Interesting the category was created to try to save slide competition for the film people at our state council. The category was called "virgin" by most people. People were shooting digital making significant modifications and then having a service create a slide competing with people shooting slides in film camera. It was not a level playing field. Saving slide competition only succeeded for a year or so. |
Apr 16th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
I was thinking about a color image with a rose laying on the piano, but coming back I see there is not a spot for it. When you are playing, you might try replacing the music with a rose or something. Red roses go great with dark colored musical instruments, often done with violins. I was once running a judging in a category which allowed no significant modifications and someone had a twisted keyboard. I contacted him and found he had shot it as a reflection in mylar. Awesome. |
Apr 15th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
I was thinking I liked the water, but not the sky. The long exposure was not kind to the sky. I never thought of replacing the sky, but I guess why not. I wish I would of shot another one at the time with a much faster shutter speed. I also agree on trying to crop a bit more, but I can't go very far without loosing the foreground. I don't want to crop the sky because I like the location of the horizon in the image. Good suggestions however. |
Apr 15th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Good suggestions. I agree. |
Apr 15th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
I am really enjoying these images and the comments of others. I really like the look of the rocks under the clouds. The contrast and textures are great. We seem to have a bit of variety of opinion on the tonal range. I am of the camp of wanting a bit more "true black" in the image and maybe even get some of those clouds closer to white. I think we all like the clouds, they are what makes this so unique, but I think I would look to see what happens if it is cropped down some from the top trying to increase the concentration on those wonderful rocks. |
Apr 10th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
I really like the image and the title is great. It might be able to be improved however. I would consider trying two things. First Lighten the word Yamaha to provide more contrast with the ebony. The second thing I would consider is trying to increase the contrast of the sheet music. I think I would like the notes blacker and the paper nearer to white. I have played a bit of piano in my life and appreciate the simplicity of the image, but like the full story with the sheet music. This is so nice, you might even want to consider dusting the piano and taking a whole series of shots just 2m from your desk. |
Apr 10th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
I like the sky and I think the water with little detail provides a great background for the action. The grey tone of the water provides excellent contrast to both the light tone and dark tone teams. I agree, I think I would like more detail in the land in the background. It seems to me that if you had the full length of the second boat, it might just detract from where the action is in the lead boat and the overlap of the race. In any case, you don't have the full boat, so it makes me wonder where the crop should be. As I study this some more, I now believe there are three boats with the third place boat between the other two with just the first two or three in the boat showing in the frame. Is it a better story with three boats, or is the tension better cropping a bit off the right to eliminate the three crewmen in the third boat? |
Apr 10th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
These smaller cameras have wonderful depth of field. This one has a 4.5 - 108 mm lens comparable to 25 - 600mm. The combination of 4.5mm lens at f/3.3 provides great depth of field that we see in this image. Even with that, I think I would consider cropping out the first board that is not sharp, or perhaps some burning to make those first three boards darker. I think the best part of the image is the deteriorated wood floor and the walls of the carriage. Congratulations on seeing this image there for the taking. |
Apr 10th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Not anywhere near as strong an image in color. A great choice for the monochrome conversion. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
The image of the butterfly is very good as is the perch it is on. I like that the perch does not go out of the frame. All is sharp. It is interesting that Stuart was wondering what it would be like at 90 or 180 degrees. I was also wondering about rotation, but you can rotate any amount as long as you have enough space around the butterfly to keep all in the frame. Sometimes it is good to shoot loose and not fill the frame in the camera. I like it the way it is, but was wondering what other rotations would do. My only suggestion would be to try to keep the conversion process to provide more contrast between the black on the edges of the wings and the black of the background all the way around. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
A great example of not following the "rules". I suspect this image has very little in the mid-tones. A lot of the high zones and a bit of the "true black" and it is very effective. I first thought you would of used a reflector to balance the light, but I like it just the way it is. There is just enough shadow to give the shapes of each and every petal. The border is very effective. Well done. |
Apr 8th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 64
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12 comments - 5 replies Total
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