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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 11 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Beautiful image. At least an 8, perhaps a 9. The cheek, under the eyebrow, and a spot just to the right of the eye on the nose are a little hot, but there seems to be a little detail. Some judges might not agree. I suspect if you had the RAW file to process this, all would be without question. |
Dec 17th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 11
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| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I would be concerned entering this in exhibitions. Judges might not appreciate it in the few seconds they often use to make decisions. This is designed to hang on the wall, contemplate, and enjoy. That said, now that a lot of judging is done individually on judges own monitors, I think it is more contemplative. |
Dec 18th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I sometimes hear people talk about how busy it is, but with this image that is the intent and the strength. the reflection adds an additional layer of busy and makes it even better. My guess is this would not be anywhere near as effctive in color. Just color distractions. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I don'think this would of worked if they were in the light. Frankly, with the silhouettes, I think the background is the subject and the picture would not be much of anything without the man and his dog sheltering and waiting. I like that the one cute little dog has enough light to show some detail. The wet pavement and puddles complete the story. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
A very nice creative technique to take what would of been ordinary and make it art. What you did worked. You might consider doing something to tone down the branches or reeds that turned white on the right in the image. To me they seem a bit distracting. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
A creative capture. I am thinking of you sitting in that car waiting to warm it up and getting this very nice shot before the windshield warmed. That might of been a 2.4mm, not 24 mm lens. I agree with Norm's suggestion to crop some from the top, but it is not critical to the presentation of the image. If you wanted to follow the rule of thirds you would move the trunk of that tree to the left or the right, but that is your decision and this seems like a reasonable image for violating the rule. Not all judges would agree however. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
This was shot with a micro 4/3 camera, but I believe the crop brought it even closer to square. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
There was no option without people. I picked one with minimal people and the reason I cropped so tight on the right even though they were walking out on that side is there were more people there. This was planned to be a Photo Travel image and the people can't be removed in the PTD version. |
Dec 17th |
| 19 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
You are a creative thinker and this had a great result. You captured it at a critical time, just before the shadows of the ears started to retreat into the shadow of the window frame. |
Dec 12th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 19
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| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Sorry I joined the party after Stuart's comment, I thought I had commented on this image. The bridge is excellent, but I also find the image a little over done. The thing that hit me the most was the large area of black on the right with no detail. This large area of black with no detail actually becomes a distraction to me. Strange perhaps but it does. |
Dec 22nd |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
This is shot in a difficult light situation. The bird and man are in the shade and the sun is on the background blowing it out. This lighting does not lend it toward a "competition image", but it could be a good image to document what you were enjoying. If you could get to where you had a better background, get the man looking at the bird in his hands and then could expose for the man and bird and perhaps go to a higher ISO or anything to get a faster shutter speed, I think you would have a better image. The flock of birds on the ground is important to the story, but I would like to see them exposed to have more detail. |
Dec 22nd |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
I agree, the image needs the bird because he is looking at it. It becomes an important part of the story. |
Dec 22nd |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Yes there are things that are automatic like going to HDR when needed if you authorize this. I was amazed my phone was a better low light camera when shooting in temples in Egypt. I read later the camera goes to a low light mode of combining 4 or perhaps even 9 pixels to gather more light per pixel but with lower resolution. Who needs 48,000 pixels on these things anyway? Hopefully some of the trickery will cross to mainstream cameras. |
Dec 18th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Stuart, if you are not familiar with this place it is one of the towns of the five called the Cinque Terra in Italy. They are all very worthwhile and connected with a walking path, a train, or there is a boat to take you between them. A well worthwhile place to visit and photograph. Amalifi is wonderful, but you might want to try the Cinque Terra. They really are within walking disance along the cliff but the walk was washed out a number of years ago, I don't know if it has been repaired. |
Dec 17th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
The artist decides, but I think I would bring up some of the rocks near where the water is landing, and perhaps bring down the white where the water is hitting some of the rocks. The waterfall itelf seems perfect. I would try a "stroke" of white or near white. When I say stroke I like them narrow, just a few pixels. |
Dec 17th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I understand the concern about the statue, but the way it is, it looks into the scene, and leads us to what you want us to concentrate on. This is a story about an important part of your life and it is well portrayed. This might work very well in a project documenting your life or this part of it. Perhaps an opening image in a book or show. |
Dec 17th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
You may notice I cropped the top significantly from the color. That was partly because the imperfections stand out so much in the mono version and were more pronounced at the top. I tried to do something to reduce them but failed. I liked the image and decided to use it with the imperfections. |
Dec 17th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
This is with a cellphone. One of the problems with cellphone photography is it is hard to get anything out of focus. There are apps to get around this. Yes, f/2.8 tends to mean shallow depth of field, but 9mm means huge depth of field and that seems to win. The depth of field was not as great as I would of liked, the point on that leaf if not very sharp. |
Dec 17th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I am surprised you used such a low ISO resulting in a slow shutter, but you managed to capture a good image. I think haveing the woman in the background cooking over the open fire adds a lot of interest to the picture of the soldiers. The black and white contributes to the bleak feel of the scene in the winter or cold wintery scene. I worked near the park and drove through it daily to work at one point in my life. A beautiful and historic place. |
Dec 9th |
| 64 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
A common shot, but concentrated on the breaking waves instead of more of the village which worked well with this sea. That can be a quite little harbor, so this is cerainly unique. The sky is pretty plain, but that has the advantage of not competing with what you want to show. You could play with the tone of the sky to darken and/or bring out the clouds more if you are uing a mono conversion that allows you to adjust the tone of the color blue, but well done. |
Dec 9th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 64
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13 comments - 7 replies Total
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