Activity for User 267 - Stan Bormann - snbormann@gmail.com

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19 Aug 21 Comment I would consider a crop from the bottom, but I would keep the edge of the pond to provide a foreground. The highlights on the rocks seem too high and the shadows in the pond seem too dark. I would try to adjust both the highlights and the shadows. The individual sliders might do this, or you might make some selections and local adjustments. If you crop the bottom, you might want to crop the right a bit, but not into the nice reflection. I like pictures with an aspect ratio similar to what you started with with some exceptions. Aug 10th
19 Aug 21 Comment Nice capture. At our Minnesota house we sometimes open the window and take off the screen to shoot birds on the branches by our feeders about 8 feet from our window. This tends to work very well. The leaves under the bird are relatively in focus which serves the image well. The leaves on the right that are in about the same focus plane could be considered distracting and don't add much to the image. You might consider a crop from the right to remove the leaves on the far right, but I think I would keep the in focus leaf that is nearest the bird. Aug 10th
19 Aug 21 Comment An excellent shot without the complex flash setup or the fake background we see so often. Well done. The modern ability to go to ISO 6400 and still get a good shot probably made this possible. As you found however it probably still took a lot of shots. Short bursts seem to work well in these situations. Aug 10th
19 Aug 21 Comment Your processing increased the texture from the many layers of scaping and painting the window over the years. Well done. I like the image just the way it is and would not change the crop. I would consider more perspective correction as proposed by Barbara, but frankly I would try to keep the stone work on the left. Aug 10th
19 Aug 21 Comment I like the composition and your creativity in seeing the potential for this shot in the first place. I like the choice of filters used. If you try to tone down the windows, I am afraid they are going to turn grey which would not look very good with the other toning of this image. Perhaps if you toned them down before applying the filter it would work. Frankly, I like the image just fine the way it is. Aug 10th
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64 Aug 21 Reply Sorry, I prefer the mono. This is all about shapes and lines. That often favors mono. I think the sky with the clouds becomes too distracting in the color version. Aug 20th
64 Aug 21 Comment I don't know that this turns me on that much, but it certainly makes me think and study the image. I think I would like it better if the camera was closer to some leaves and they had distinctive shapes like an oak leaf. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Reply I remember Bryan Peterson giving a presentation at the PSA conference in West Yellowstone and someone asked him if a perfect red leaf on a rock was there or he put it there. His answer was something like, "the devil prevented the leaf from being there and I did God's work" end of story. It would be OK. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Comment Thanks for the photo and for the stories. Sounds like a lot of fun. I understand the concern about the white streaks near the top but I don't consider it serious. At the same time looking at the original I suspect the conversion could be done toning them down considerably. That might be a good ideal. Overall I think this is an excellent image that required a lot of skill to capture. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Comment I don't think I am concerned about the keystone effect. My first reaction to what you did to the sky was a concern, but that didn't last more than a few seconds. I think the different texture was more effective than just a different tone. A very simple composition which works very well. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Comment An excellent capture and also the monochrome conversion. The bolts, horizontal rust and vertical streaks all work together well. The tones and contrasts from the conversion work very well. I am for doing something about the scratches. Some could be cropped out, but cloning or something similar would be needed to get them all. It would be worth it. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Comment Bison can be tricky to photograph. It is easy to loose detail in the dark fur. It is also hard to get a cooperative pose and reaction. You have accomplished all of that. From the highlights on his back and the shadows on his legs it is all captured, the pose with the tongue hanging out completes the unique high quality image. Aug 10th
64 Aug 21 Comment A beautiful image. Tones and contrasts are excellent through out. The cliff creates a majestic image. I am curious just where this is? As Minnesotan, we call the Minnesota side the North Shore and the Wisconsin side the South Shore. I suspect this is the Minnesota side, but perhaps it is in Canada. Living here, I don't recall seeing a similar image. I can't imagine not remembering it if I had seen it. Aug 10th
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