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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Your reaction is probably expected. I overdid it on purpose and we will see what others think. I personally like the mountains this way, but perhaps not the sky which is a separate layer and easily adjusted on its own. |
Apr 9th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I like your choice of places to stand and it appears you correctly pointed the center of your frame right at the other side of the room at the same level as your camera so there is no perspective distortion. That might of forced you to crop the bottom, but so be it. Well done. I like the low light look from the window down, but I wish a bit more of the silhouette of the person was complete. You might play with bringing the darker tones up a bit, but it very well might detract. |
Apr 8th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
That saying works in Minnesota. Here it is earlier, but the April and May sound more poetic. I like the composition. I think your crops are very well chosen. The vegetation on the right holds us in. The branch along the top fills the space but in general does not intersect. The background is a nice soft focus appropriate color. This is another shot with sort of a mood feel to it. I think it is much more pleasing than the high contrast version we so often strive to achieve. |
Apr 8th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
The color version is a very nice image. Great to share with your friends. The mono versions show your art. I think I like Original 2. I seldom tone my monochromes but when I do, I like tones in the range you used, sepia or something close to it. I also like the light vignette, in general I prefer it to dark on monochromes. I have been told that the light tones near the edge attract the eye out of the image. I very much disagree with this. The less contrasted tones tend to keep the eye on the higher contrast area in the center. Speaking of contrast, you might want to bring it up a bit unless perhaps you are looking for sort of a moody look, then you have it. |
Apr 8th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I think the colors and tones are excellent. Your HDR worked well without looking HDR. There is enough detail in the landscape to set the place, but not enough to detract from what you want us to focus on, the beautiful sky. I was surprised when we went to Tanzania that a lot of landscapes were shot with the horizon well below the 1/3 line, but it worked very well with nice sunsets. This is another example. |
Apr 8th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Nice peaceful shot. Somehow the heads down on wild animals is considered a negative, but I think it works really well with these cows. Tells the real story. The infrared worked well to make the landscape not compete for attention. I think I would prefer to see it processed with the highlights higher Get a little more toward white. |
Apr 8th |
| 19 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I have seen these locks a number of places, and yes the signify enduring love. I wonder how many of the couples still have it. I like that most of the locks are a little weathered or rusty. Goes with the enduring love theme. I agree, I would consider taking out some of that top rail and consider cropping in from the left perhaps to just remove the one lock and the window in the background. Try to keep the focus on the main group.Nice capture, nice story. |
Apr 8th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for the suggestion. I was disappointed and gave up on this rather quickly and went to the Wood Duck on that day. Maybe I should try the Sandhill again. At the time, I just thought I had learned something about what images work well in Mono. |
Apr 11th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Reply |
Grand Photos has a "Micro 4/3s" Special Interest Group (SIG) and most of the 15 or so people that had been meeting monthly are shooting OLympus and this is the model of choice. The book by Darrell Young "Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II" is the book of choice. Most of them have it, so this was the obvious pick for us. It is about 600 pages, so more a reference book than something many are likely to really read but it seems to be good. |
Apr 11th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
You did an excellent job of maintaining some detail outside that door and still getting a good exposure of the chess game. You mention the expression on the face, but you are including a lot in the image that ends up making the faces pretty small. You mentioned wanting to preserve the checkered tablecloths which is well worthwhile, but perhaps finding some middle ground would be good. I would consider cropping the bottom up to the end of the long table and down from the top part way to the tops of their heads. Starting with a vertical format image it will end up wider on the screen with more detail in the remaining part of the image. That might tell your story better. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
An excellent example of a relatively small rapture that you don't see very often in images. I just picked up a used Olympus E-M1 Mark ii so I would be shooting the same body as Shirley. These cameras are so complex, I decided we should be shooting the same to be better able to help each other. I am very happy with it, but have little experience with it. I have started trying to use Lightroom for mono conversion, but you reminded me of what I really like about Silver Efex, I often end up with a lot of control points, sometimes a large group of them merged to control an area of the image, or even to protect an area while I use other control points to adjust other areas. We are allowed to do some pretty major selective darkening and lightening in our monochrome conversion, so while I don't know all of what you did, this might still be nature. If you actually replaced any pixels it is not for sure. Talking to Dan Charbonnet might be interesting, I consider him the expert on this if you are interested. Well shot and well processed. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
The lighting worked very well and she is a great model. Those big eyes and her little smile are very attractive. The tones might be exactly like you want them and they are pleasing, but I might try bringing the mid tones and highlights up a bit. A little selective processing to bring up more detail in her jewelry might be interesting. This is an image that should do very well. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
Interesting, you were standing to the right of the favorite tourist spot to stand. I understand they put up a wall to protect the tourists and I hope that is still a great shot also. I like shooting to the right of that spot. You have picked a location well. Interesting that the camera blended so well with two different exposure settings. The shower side and the bright side make a very unique shot. I would prefer a little more showing at the bottom of the image, but you could not lose any at the top, so you probably shot the best you could. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
the circular repetition is very interesting and the composition with the placement of the center and how much you decided to show, I think, is excellent. I think I agree with what Jerry was trying to get to, but perhaps how to achieve it might be a bit different. You might want to strive to get more contrast between the spines and the background. Try to get them to stand out more. As part of that, you might be able to bring up the highlights and hold or even darken the shadows. You might be able to go to a lot of black and near black as long as the spines stand out well. |
Apr 8th |
| 64 |
Apr 20 |
Comment |
I also like both versions, the color version has a lot of significant color, but it does not seem overdone. The monochrome version has lighter tones than many monochromes, but that works very here. I agree the contrasty edges and lines is what makes the image. You might try playing with having a little more true black and lighten the highlights a bit. You may not like the more contrasty look that will result, but it might work well. |
Apr 8th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 64
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12 comments - 3 replies Total
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