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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Reply |
I just tried holding up something to cover the right arch. It becomes a different image of course, but it is an effective one. That is a lot better than trying to take the crouching person out of the right arch. A good suggestion. |
Feb 26th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Yes, the rocks are distracting. My first reaction was wondering what they were. I am not sure how you made the conversion, but it might be better if the grass on the foreground hill was not so dark and had more detail showing. Then you might be able to work on the rocks a bit and get them to blend in better. One of the horses is black with no detail. Perhaps that just adds to the mismatched horses sticking together. I don't know how you do mono conversionI use Silver Efex, but there are a lot of programs that work well. Even Lightroom if you know the tricks. Photoshop Elements is OK, but you don't have as much control. Snapseed has a converter, but I don't know much about it. |
Feb 9th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I like the monochrome. You have good tonal range from True Black to White. All picture elements have good contrast with the others. His face might be a little soft. I am wondering if that is from the saw dust removal. |
Feb 9th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
A very nice image. Thanks for explaining the line of light up the volcano. That gives you something unique to talk about when you hang it on your wall. I would be tempted to do a couple of things with selective adjustments. First, bring up some more detail in the cone in front of Bromo and also on the sides of Bromo. Second, the sky near the horizon line is pretty noisy. I have a feeling that the texture slider in Lightroom that can be applied selectively with the brush would clean that up pretty well. Some might be concerned about the halo that Bromo is wearing, but I have a feeling this is real coming from the lights behind it. |
Feb 5th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I think you should leave the lighter colors in the background. I think some background detail works well. I like the image. It is a unique flower shot. It feels like there is some unique message. Is it crying? You might consider a stroke so we know where the edges of the image are. Sometimes these are distracting and it is better without them, but I think I would give it a try. |
Feb 5th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
The original seems a bit boring, but the resulting image is an excellent abstract. The colors would be good decorating colors and this might even sell well. |
Feb 5th |
| 19 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
The boat sitting where it does not seem to belong is interesting. The sky is a good one. I could make a case for reducing the amount of less interesting beach by cropping the bottom and I think the image might be better, but I think you are interested in showing the isolation of the boat, so perhaps you should leave it just the way it is. You have done a good job of getting the beach up close in acceptable focus with the boat and sky also in good focus. In any case, a good image. |
Feb 5th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Reply |
Yes, you have a point, but the monochrome treatment gives it a much different feel than the original. |
Feb 17th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
The darkening of the woods improved the image. The main picture element, the house, needs to stand out. Since the house and the woods are both pretty grey, and similar tones in the color version, they will stay about the same in the mono unless you dodge and burn which worked. I also think a little more space on the right side of the house would be better. You might have another version with more space. To me the house is looking that direction and wants some space. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I had to laugh reading your comment, when I looked a couple days ago I was thinking it should be called "Back Against the Wall" I like the image and the lines in the wall along with the pose against the wall make it unique. It seemed strange to me that the arm on the left seems to have shadows on both sides of it. Made me think there might of been more processing than what is likely. The lighting must of been more complex than I am thinking it was. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I just judged the Gand Canyon Winter Circuit and when I saw this, I thought I had seen it in color. From your description, I suspect it was a different image. In any case in both images I thought it should be a tighter crop from the sides. Perhaps putting them a little off center to the left. I say to the left because the bird on the left seems to be the stronger picture element and I would want him looking into the picture. I believe that bird is a little closer to the camera and in the sharper focus. That makes him more prominent. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
I might be the only one, but I think I like the color better in this iage. I like the way the blue water contrasts with the red rocks. After looking again, are you sure the color image is the correct original? It looks different to me. In any case, I think I would like the mono version with more contrast between the water and the rocks. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
The harsh contrast is fine for the barn, but I would like to see more contrast between picture elements. I would like to see the barn, trees and sky in particular have more tonal seperation from each other. This is a great subject and composition. The location you shot the barn from is perfect. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Reply |
You are correct, I believe I fixed that on one version. I had to take the border off this for something that did not allow borders and I think I did it to that version. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
You have presented the station with perfect symmetry, which I think is the right thing to do. You have good tonal values from a bit of true black to small amount of white. It might be interesting to experiment with getting a bit more contrast in it, but it is a fine image as it is. |
Feb 5th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 64
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12 comments - 3 replies Total
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