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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Frankly, I think I prefer the original image. I like seeing the whole story of the vehicle in the desert. I understand those two weeds (sorry, native vegetation) might be a little eye grabbing. You might try taking the green saturation down or perhaps the luminosity along with the saturation. This might make a very good monochrome and then you can make them blend in as much as you want. Looking again, I like the colors in the image you submitted, I bet it would be hard to beat in monochrome.
Part of the strength of study groups, is that we all have opinions and they are not all the same, sort of the nature of photography. |
Apr 13th |
| 19 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Very nicely done. You preserved or even enhanced the smoke in the image which makes the picture. The details of people and whatever along the bottom complete the image. It can be hard to capture things at night at Varanasi, but there are so many things going on. This is a very unique image of the events along the ganges river. Well done.
I like to consider when to use a stroke and when not to. I think on this image it would be a distraction. I think you have it right. I see exhibition acceptances and maybe even awards and medals. |
Apr 13th |
| 19 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
A very nice image. You hear, "use odd numbers", but these two flowers are very different with the head on left flower and the side image on the right. I like the two of them. I agree, the detail in the background on the right is a little distracting, I would try to darken that detail some. The vignette is not obvious at all and that is the way I like it. |
Apr 13th |
| 19 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Having something in color in a monochrome image is a certain way to focus attention on what is in color. While this isn't a monochrome image, it is pretty close and the effect is the same. I believe it is raining a few miles away to the left of the tower and this makes the image pretty unique as does the near monochrome look of the city. This is a unique and special Paris image. |
Apr 13th |
| 19 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Looks like a great composition to me. I like when giraffes form a trident and despite the difference in size there is one here. I have never seen a giraffe image where their height is documented. That adds significant to the interest. Leaving that small area of lighter tones on the right holds you in the frame and it important to the composition. While you need some white or near white, I would consider darkening the parts of the legs of the larger giraffe and the ground they are walking on but be careful doing this after the monochrome has been created with a tone because it might turn grey and that would not be good at all. I like the tone you have used on this image. |
Apr 13th |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 19
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| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
Yes, Photo Travel and Photo Journalism have restrictions similar to Nature, but the definitions are of course relative to the subject. There is no restriction on "hand of man" as we often call it for example, but the restriction on modifications to the content of the image are very similar. |
Apr 27th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
Stuart, you must of been listening yesterday to a session at our club. The group agreed the branch had to go and we discussed the pipes. I now have a version without the branch and I am thinking of taking out the pipes. Once I do these things it can no longer be used in photo travel. I don't want to take out the branch by cropping since it would take things out down below that I want in. Once I take out the branch it can't be used in PTD, I might as well do something with the pipes. This group also wanted to get rid of the two small puffs of cloud in the middle just under and mixed in with the branch. I agree with that suggestion also. |
Apr 27th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Interesting, you can get a similar effect with a vertical flip, but what you did put the darker area to the right, which I think is the best way to do it. I think I agree with Jerry, the triangle of white below the building in the middle is a bit much without any detail to speak of. I would work to put some detail in that area and I think you can accomplish that. Cloning with a low flow rate or low opacity should be able to do it. The detail can be very light, but it would help if there was some. A creative process has been used to create an interesting image. |
Apr 13th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
I think you have positioned the bird perfectly in the clouds. There is detail all around, but just contrast with the bird where he is. I see a dove coming out of the clouds, a rather famous scene for the last couple thousand years. I think the detail in the bird is completely adequate with the possible exception of a small area above and forward and behind the eye. I suspect with some careful work if that can't be recovered in any other way you could clone in a bit of detail with perhaps a low flow rate or something. You could make the clouds more dramatic, but then they might compete. I think this image stands as it is without any major issues. |
Apr 13th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
Jerry, I think your idea for a crop is a good one. I think it brings out the strong S-curve from just above where you would crop out to the left and then back to the middle where it goes to the top. While we all tend to avoid a lot of real white, small areas of lost detail in white are not a problem to me, and I think that is not a problem in this image. This image has a lot of contrast and while you can probably bump it up a bit, I would be careful about it. There doesn't seem to be enough of Zabriskie point here to make it obvious where it is, and that is probably a good thing. This image looks like your style and it is a good one. |
Apr 13th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
A good composition. The rocks provide a good foreground object to complete the scene. The contrast is great and I think there are all tones from near black to near white. While the sky is bland, it does not compete. The important parts of the image have very good tonal contrast.
It can be hard to get a light grey sky to respond well to make it darker. Frankly I like darker skies if that contrasts well with the main subject. Since this sky does not add a lot, I would crop closer on the top. If it responds well, I would probably work to darken the sky some. The line of the lighthouse is about 1/3 in from the left and the light is about 1/3 down from the top. Hard to beat that, but the main line of the buildings is about centered and cropping down some would put it closer to the top 1/3, but save some space from the top of the lighthouse. Nice image. |
Apr 13th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
Until the last day or so we have had pretty bad skies. What you are seeing required a lot of "dehaze" to get what you see. I don't know that I could get any more without problems. If I decided to try to replace that sky or something, I would also probably get rid of those pipes that stick out from the roof. I did none of this type of work up to now. |
Apr 13th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
We were looking for the frame. This was shot at about four locations along the shore and this was the last. When we took shots here it was just what we wanted with the branch framing. Note that the branch is reasonably sharp, thanks to the f/16 and the wide lens. I like frames to be reasonably sharp. They are often pretty close to the camera and this can be a concern. |
Apr 9th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Reply |
At f/16 with a 12mm lens it is hard to get anything out of focus. I just back button focused on the building, recomposed and took the shot. I don't believe there is any crop at all. I was having trouble getting everything I wanted in the first place. |
Apr 9th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Sorry to hear about your mother, I hope she is doing better now.
You have lots of shutter speed, so the focus must of been off. It would certainly seem that the camera would have little problem focusing on this shot, but at 4.5 depth of field is limited. It is a nice image and this is unfortunate.
It seems to me the image has a slight color cast. You didn't mention toning it and this isn't a print, so this is hard to understand also, perhaps it is just the way I am seeing it. It is a great travel image with the young boy carrying all that wood on a bamboo pole. A story about how others live. We are lucky. |
Apr 9th |
| 64 |
Apr 18 |
Comment |
Ahh, the Alligator Farm, what a wonderful place. We were there in December and it was great, but early April must be awesome. You have captured a wonderful pose. This image should do well. Perhaps a flash with a "better beamer" or something to concentrate the flash could take out the shadows of branches, but this is wildlife photography and it is wonderful just the way it is. |
Apr 9th |
5 comments - 6 replies for Group 64
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10 comments - 6 replies Total
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