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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Reply |
If you want to work on the eye, you can zoom way in and select just the eye. I find that there are a variety of adjustments that work. Exposure, contrast, saturation, and surprisingly sharpening. Over sharpening often bring out highlights in the eye that on an entire image are halos or noise, but on an eye it is like detail in the eye that you did not see before. If you are going to still use this in Nature sections you might want to be careful how far you go with it. |
Dec 10th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
I like your crop which perhaps is just the way you shot it, but it keeps us concentrated on the hands and jar, any more would just be more information than needed and distracting. Many would take this picture without the face, but the face is what makes the shot. You did not need the whole head or the entire jar, I think you have it just right. Norm mentioned darkening what I believe is a box he is sitting on, I think that is a good suggestion, but I think I would also tone down the jar he is working on just a bit, particularly on the right side. I think this is an excellent image. |
Dec 10th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
I think I would like the image better if it was processed to be a little brighter, perhaps more contrast and maybe make the green color pop more. When you work with green, it is often more responsive to yellow, you can selectively adjust the saturation and luminance of both colors to work with green. Barbara liked the "peaceful mood" of the image. What I am suggesting might reduce that effect. Image adjustment is a matter of personal choice. You are the artist. |
Dec 10th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
You can feel what that chicken might be thinking. Can I get through to that nice grass on the other side? It looks like it might be difficult for a chicken. The textures of the rocks and moss are great. The exposure of the chicken is also very good. It might improve by toning down that grass a bit, but the image is an attention grabber just the way it is. |
Dec 5th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Norm, I suspect this is a lot more interesting in monochrome than color. Color can detract from a pleasing composition. The strong S-curve composition is excellent. Some monochromes do much better than grey scale and I think this is one of them. The framing is well done. Nice job! |
Dec 5th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
The mostly white bird stands out wonderfully from the near monochromatic surroundings. The exposure is excellent and I think the fluffed up feathers makes the bird more unique and interesting. Well done. I always wonder how much space to give, but I would consider a crop from the right. Some like a lot of "negative space" and they would say leave it the way you have it. You are the artist and make the decision. |
Dec 5th |
| 19 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Great Photo Travel image, you may want to visit the new PTD Image Discussion Groups(IDG) that show only PTD compliant images. You can visit at the following link.
http://psa-programs.com/ptd-idg/group01/image.php?iid=5
Your image makes a very good PTD image with the two warming themselves at the fire in the street. It is very difficult to get the exposure of the fire so well and still have a good exposure for the rest of the image but you did it. I have to wonder what they are looking at so intensely. You might consider a crop on the right to remove some of the blue. I suspect that is a bed behind them and it is nice to have it complete, but the blue is a bit distracting. The rest is so interesting you don't even notice it for awhile.
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Dec 5th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 47 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
He is parallel to the sensor on the camera, so you do not need much depth of field. The spikes under his chin are not as sharp as the rest of him which is closer to the camera, and this is probably because of depth of field. I don't think this is a major issue. The eye is tack sharp, so camera shake is not an issue. I sometimes select the eye and sharpen it more than the rest of the image. The eyes have details that come out more with high sharpening, I think it creates sharpening artifact that in the case of the eye actually improves it. In any case a good image. Welcome to the first PTD study group based on the Digital Dialogue system. I enjoyed your comment about how your DD study groups have contributed to your photography. I agree with that assessment for me also. |
Dec 15th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 47
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| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Reply |
The tail can still be separated and I think I will do it. This is not a travel or nature image anyway, I can do whatever I want with it. |
Dec 16th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
I liked that I did not know you added a vignette, if is very subtle which is to my taste. This barn was a great subject for a monochrome. and your conversion to mono was excellent with good tones and contrast of picture elements. I don't like that the road shows, but I also don't think you could keep it out of the image from your possible good vantage points to get this image. I think I would crop some from the bottom to at least eliminate part of it. Darkening it might help also. |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
The centered symmetric treatment of this image is appropriate in my opinion. Rule of thirds is not for this image. Your crop or selection of what to keep seems right on. Your relatively lighter toning of the image seems to work well as does the sepia. The rocks in front of the door provide "food for thought" adding interest. I like the choice of frames, I think it is the DxO #11 which is my favorite and I like adjusting the sliders on it and picking how rough to make it. Well done! |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
The branch seems to become a "center of interest", but I don't think that is what was intended. Since it is a place that is going to draw attention, I think it needs some detail. This image was processed to a high contrast level with a lot of "true black" zone 0, which apparently you wanted for the ripples, and it was effective, but I think it would be best to selectively hold it off on the processing of the branch. |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Great tonal range and seperation of picture elements. Dilapidated barns make great monochromes and this is a good one. These often suffer from more recent tacky additions, but this one is clean. I found it interesting the overhang of the barn over the masonry first floor with the stairway going up into the second floor, I have never seen this way of entering the second floor. Perhaps a creative adaption, or maybe this was common where this image was taken. |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Caught at just the right moment. The birds beak appears to be perfectly vertical resulting in the reflection and the beak making a perfectly straight vertical line. It is always hard to know how to crop images like this. I like that you left a significant amount of space both above and to the right. The small ripples on the water made that space very pleasing. |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Comment |
Great job, I suspect anyone that had been a part of this would really enjoy this image. sometimes the story is much better told with a composite. The layer blending is excellent. |
Dec 10th |
| 64 |
Dec 20 |
Reply |
Good point, I think that will help a lot. |
Dec 10th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 64
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13 comments - 3 replies Total
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