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18 Jan 20 Comment Sorry missed that! It's fine. Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Reply Thanks Jennifer, I agree it needs more work. Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment Great combination of blended images which is most effective. I am not sure about the text either - I don't think it is needed and catches the eye too much. Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment Glad to hear you are OK in Oz. It's a concern for us all.

You don't say how you achieved this, could you elaborate? I really like the background, I would prefer both birds to be more similar but that's me. 		Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment Welcome to the Group, Jim.
I very much like the idea; I am not sure about the "gate / fence" which I think is a visual blocker to the view of the buildings (but might be missing the point here). Yes, worth more development work. 		Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment I would never have thought of putting these two together. Well done. Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment yes novel idea, like the starburst effect too Jan 21st
18 Jan 20 Comment I think I agree with Mike here, I prefer the original perhaps with the left hand window and the fire extinguisher cropped. And not so fond of the "drawing" treatment. Jan 12th
18 Jan 20 Reply thanks, I prefer the mono version too Jan 3rd
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40 Jan 20 Reply Yes I agree, Moira. In retrospect I should have slightly increased the size of the canvas at the bottom as well, as the edge of the flare cuts the bottom of the image. i am not sure it is worth spending any more time on this though - it isn't "that" interesting! Jan 23rd
40 Jan 20 Comment In a still life you are in total control of the subject, background and the lighting. You don't say what f stop or shutter speed you used but overall the image is a soft, the lighting is flat and, TBH, the mirror reflection doesn't really add anything. Alison's suggestions are good - Georgia O'Keeffe produced did some amazing art with shells. I would be tempted to go for much more contrasty directional lighting and see how that works out. Jan 12th
40 Jan 20 Comment I didn't see Mickey either. The foreground, in particular, looks a bit soft. What f stop and shutter speed do you use?
I would be tempted to crop the left hand side and foreground out. 		Jan 12th
40 Jan 20 Comment This is a really useful tip from the magazine and good to keep trying something new.
I think the faces are a little underexposed and could do with lightening a bit. To me, this looks like there is a bit too much yellow in the lighting and I wondered if this needs a touch of adjustment. Also, I find the light spots in the background a bit distracting and think the overall effect might be helped by use of a star burst filter. 		Jan 11th
40 Jan 20 Comment A very pleasant Christmas picture. For me, I would take a slight trim off the left hand side to remove the branch highlights. Also the 4 large white blobs in the background are rather too prominent IMHO and better cloned out (or toned down).
This is one of those occasions where the use of a starburst filter (or a very small aperture) would really lift everything too. 		Jan 11th
40 Jan 20 Comment I think the flame-like colouration is a definite improvement. I agree the flower has been a cropped a bit too tight. I would have taken the flower with a card or piece of cloth behind it as I think the background, as it is, detracts especially with the orange coloured bokeh Jan 11th
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