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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
The tree is virtually centered left to right but I don't see how any extra space left, right, or above adds anything to the image. Rules are made to be broken, and this composition works. I feel the stark silhouette of the branches and birds tell a strong winter story of a harsh environment and survival. You caught a key moment at sunset with the clouds partially lit up. Well done. |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
You have a good portrait of both ladies with a wide open f-stop in not great light. A real accomplishment. You kept both faces about the same distance from the camera to end up with adequate depth of field. Frankly, I think it is important to document the wooden environment of the rail car and would not darken or play down the wooden background. They look great in warm tones, but I suspect if you set white balance by clicking on that watch face, assuming it was true white, you would end up with the true colors, but I am not so sure it would be a better image. You might want something between that and what you have. |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
You have a good portrait of both ladies with a wide open f-stop in not great light. A real accomplishment. You kept both faces about the same distance from the camera to end up with adequate depth of field. Frankly, I think it is important to document the wooden environment of the rail car and would not darken or play down the wooden background. They look great in warm tones, but I suspect if you set white balance by clicking on that watch face, assuming it was true white, you would end up with the true colors, but I am not so sure it would be a better image. You might want something between that and what you have. |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
This is inherently a very busy scene. That is what attracted you to take the image, and I would not worry about it. It is true that there is not as much going on in the bottom part of the tree and a crop might concentrate attention where the most is going on. Try to crop where you don't cut through any birds if possible. The background is busy, but it is what it is. I don't know that this is an image that will win awards, but it is an image to be treasured. We had a house with one of these trees in the backyard and each spring they would strip it in about a day. I wish I had this picture of it. |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
That ladder provided the viewpoint that you saw into the valley capturing it all. Good plan. Shooting through the window kept you warm and didn't seem to hurt the image. I like the combination of the trees that are just adorned with twigs, the snow blanket and the evergreen trees. The river provides a nice soft curving line through the image. Well done. |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
The bird is so dominant in this image, that I would not worry about the busy environment around him. After all, this is how he lives and it is part of the story. I am surprised the Coolpix with a relatively small sensor and good depth of field resulted in the bird looking soft. Perhaps this image would benefit from just some sharpening or in Lightroom or some other software, some increase in "clarity". |
Feb 19th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Well, I had a huge advantage, I was shooting with a 6mm lens which inherently provides significantly more depth of field than your 60 to 100 mm lens. Those small sensors have some disadvantages, but they also have some advantages, they come with much shorter focal length lenses. |
Feb 9th |
| 19 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
It worked, you have adequate depth of field to get the nose sharp. Yes the ground behind is a bit distracting. You could select it and darken or blur it a bit, but it is OK. You might try shooting him with the camera down lower to get a different background, perhaps a barn, trees or sky. I suspect he would lower his head to still keep pretty much the same shot of his head. |
Feb 4th |
7 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I think this is an excellent image. I was glad you used a title that explained it. I don't see any major problem with the image being soft. The boards are important and need to be sharp. The furnace is important but being in the background you can get away with a little soft. I am not sure why resizing would cause a problem. Perhaps you needed to crop in a lot and that can be a problem. Since you were on a tripod you could take the shot with a slower shutter speed and shut the aperture down more. That might improve the sharpness throughout. Being on a tripod I would normally shoot a shot like this at a variety of exposure combinations and and maybe focus points and make a decision on my computer when I get home. Surprising the difference it can make sometimes. |
Feb 19th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
An example of creating an excellent image close to home with a subject that might be considered very ordinary. It takes good composition and good photography to do that. The well tracked snow to provide texture makes the image better as far as I'm concerned. The combination of the snow, bare tree and patterns in the sky tell a story of a bleak winter. The man at the top of the hill ads significantly. I think some crop top bottom or both might be welcome keeping the top of the hill away from the center providing less sky or less snow or both might work well. |
Feb 19th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I feel this is an excellent composition. The diagonal lines, curves and shapes are perfect for a monochrome. There is a lot of near white, but I don't think any that is blown out. The normal "requirement" for a "true black" isn't there and doesn't need to be. This is a white on white composition. I would like to see the egg sharper and at this f-stop and shutter speed, I am surprised it is not. Perhaps it is really just the grain of the high ISO with a small sensor that makes it look this way. An excellent composition of things that are readily put together. I would experiment some more with the concept you chose for this image. I am not a grain fan, but I know that a lot of photographers love it. |
Feb 19th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thank you for presenting us with this history of art and your perspective of the people of Chicago and hint at what they were thinking. Picasso certainly had to be controversial when a city spent a lot of money on one of his pieces. I recall visiting the museum of modern art in New York in 2007 and standing in wonder looking at the Guernica. To me this was very strange, but yet compelling. While this is not my kind of art, I do appreciate it very much. The people make your image. Well done. |
Feb 19th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Grunge is right for this image, and I think it is inherently a monochrome, in fact a black and white monochrome. I also like your rather extreme contrast and a lot of near black tones. You have good tonal separation between picture elements. There are a few areas where you might want to recover a small amount of detail in some of the true black areas. |
Feb 19th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
I really like the look of the water. The water coming over the lip of the falls with a lot of detail and some detail retained everywhere. Shutter speed seems right on to me. Good range of tones. A lot of dark tones, but that just sets off the water very well. |
Feb 10th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
I was away and didn't want to answer from my cellphone. Stuart beat me to this. Yes, the camera is being held level about 1/2 way up the building. There is no perspective shift in the original capture. This a very interesting building with a balcony on a passageway in the mall across from just far enough away to get this shot with a moderately wide angle lens. |
Feb 9th |
| 64 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
The first time we were there, they had flags hanging from the flag pole holders that you can see in this shot. I was disappointed at the time that the flags were not in place. I later decided the shot is probably better without them. If you go there may be flags. This is a well worthwhile place to go if you are in San Diego. |
Feb 4th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 64
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13 comments - 3 replies Total
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