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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
You have very difficult lighting with mottled shadows in the right foreground and full sun on the other side of the river. I think I would try darkening the far side a bit and perhaps trying to increase the contrast a bit. With modern cameras, I suspect you could of taken the ISO 100 up to 400 which would of allowed going to f/14 to increase depth of field which should be more than adequate with the 15mm lens, but I think toning down the highlights will go a long way to improving the image. |
Nov 9th |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
The colors in the robe and the exposure of the fire are difficult but perfect. I like his gaze just to your left. Nice shot. |
Nov 9th |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
Very nice. This might work best in a show or story so the viewers know this really is the guy in the statue. I wish the person in blue wasn't so prominent, but I think you picked the right place to take this shot and there they are. You can't move to the right because they aren't looking that way. You might try toning the color down or darkening a bit, but I am afraid it might be obvious. Perhaps best to not worry about it. |
Nov 9th |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I really like to read Tracy's comments. Great analysis of the photo. This is an excellent image with a great story. Very formal simple shots like this seem to benefit from fastidious attention to perspective. The camera is tilted down a bit resulting in the windows going out just a little at the top. I would try to correct this. It should work well in Lightroom or Photoshop. In the future if you use the levels in your camera both left right and up down it should be very close. Another technique is to make sure you point the center of your viewfinder at a point at camera level on the wall. In this case you will need to scrunch down a bit to take the shot. Very nice shot that would be great in a story about Ellis Island. |
Nov 9th |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I think your processing has done a great job of improving the detail above her eyes and the hair on her nose. Her eyes also have more life in them. I think I would tone down the highlights in the leaves under her chin. If you shoot without selecting the eyes to focus, the cameras really like to focus on what is closest and nose will win if you let it. You can focus on the eyes and recompose to shoot. This can work just pushing the shutter 1/2 way on the eyes with point or small area focus and all the way to take the shot. Back Button focus is a technique that works great in this situation. |
Nov 9th |
| 19 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I think the B&W conversion is excellent. There is a good range of tones with lots of dark, even near black, and lots of light to near white. The shine on the equipment is very nice. The curve of light tones from his head down and around the paper he is working with makes a great center of interest of him and his work. I don't know that I would crop much. The window on the left is not very helpful, but I think you need some space behind him. I really like the cloths pins and they need some space above them.
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Nov 9th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 19
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| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
Yes, they might be a little much, especially that close to an edge and corner. |
Nov 11th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
The bottom right corner doesn't bother me, but I think I agree I should darken the grass to the left of the building a bit. |
Nov 10th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
You have created an excellent butt shot. I don't know that this would work without the mood of the mist, but I like this a lot. It is not so much a picture of the rhinos, but of the mood of the morning. The image works very well. The image lacks the typical contrast and light tones of most good monochromes, but then if it was here you would not have the mood of the misty shot. Very nice. |
Nov 9th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
A very nice image. It sounds to me like you did extensive processing with excellent results. It appears to me that the problematic eye did not have the same light. I think the eyebrow shaded it resulting in no catchlight and less contrast. Frankly, the other eye gets most of the attention and this doesn't concern me. Congratulations on a great bird find and excellent capture and processing. |
Nov 9th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I like the feel of the image. The panorama aspect ratio works well as far as I'm concerned. I like the horizontal divide between the fields in the valley and the trees, hills, and clouds behind. I wish there was better detail in the cows prominently near the center in the valley. Perhaps there is more detail in a higher resolution version. Regardless it is a good image. |
Nov 9th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
These cell phones are getting incredible results. Everything sharp and the range of tones is great. Somehow it seems the balls should be the center of interest, but they don't seem to have the contrast or interest of the bricks in the background and rocks in the foreground.
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Nov 9th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I like the repetition of the pipes. I feel there is a good range of tones, but yes, perhaps a little to much loss of detail in the white tops of the pipes, but not severely so. I'm not much for removing stuff. The curved pipe at the top is just part of the scene as far as I'm concerned. The pipes and bar at the right might be able to be removed or at least partially eliminated with a crop. Overall a nice monochrome. |
Nov 9th |
| 64 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I like the shot. There is the older building on the left and the more modern ones on the right. The L sort of completes the story of Chicago. I like the motion of the blurred train. It does seem odd that the camera is obviously tilted up, but the perspective seems to be as if it is tilted down. Perhaps a perspective correction overdone. I think this is a good mono and the dark tones are appropriate for a night shot. |
Nov 9th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 64
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| 77 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
The Tamron extreme zoom lenses are generally not considered all that sharp at the long end of the zoom, but I would think it would be pretty good at the wide end. I am guessing that picture was taken somewhere between 18 and 40 or so. You should be able to get reasonably good results at that end of the zoom. f/11 ISO 400 was a reasonable choice to shoot this. With wanting to get that bush in the shot, I would probably go another stop to f/16, but f/11 with a relatively wide lens should probably be ok. |
Nov 9th |
| 77 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
I am visiting from G19. Vo Dao, I like the image. Nice peaceful landscape. I think Donna made a good observation. For an image like this, generally you want as much in focus as you can get from that bush in the foreground well into the image to the horizon. I suspect you shot this near the 18mm end of that lens which tends to provide a lot of the image in focus, but I would try for more. You should have plenty of light and could probably even go to f/16 or 22, perhaps increasing the ISO to keep the shutter speed up or using a tripod if you need it. I don't know what you are doing to process your images, but almost all of them need to increase contrast and perhaps saturation, (I prefer vibrance). It is good you have a foreground object, the bush, but it would be good to try to find a stronger middle ground object if you can. |
Nov 8th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 77
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13 comments - 3 replies Total
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