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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Alison, thanks for your comments. For blurred backgrounds I sometimes do a series of f stop variations, then choose the f stop image that has the bluriness, bokah, that I like. This I shot with my 24-105 zoom lens which I like because it gives me a lot of flexibility without having to move the tripod back and forth. I do have a 100 macro, 2 close up rings and a close up screw on lense adopters to play with too but often simple is best (or maybe I'm just lazy).
Any more work with Bari or any new projects?
Have a great day and stay healthy! |
May 28th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Reply |
catherine,
Good ideas - thanks,
Henry |
May 19th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Catherine, you could have fun abstracting and playing with this image. |
May 17th |
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| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Catherine, I think your roving eye caught interesting architecture, window reflections and shadows. You might even have fun making this more abstract by cropping in and rotating the image. Keep working at your abstract architecture collection!
I like either b&w or color but I am usually biased to color which I like here.
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May 17th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Jamie, I think that you are right that black & white works for this image.
For me, I personally am not excited by it. Perhaps if you cropped in closer to the tree and the bolder on the right it would have more strength.
Anne has some interesting insights to think about. |
May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Hi Anne, welcome to the group.
This is great! I like the boat, I like the trees, I like the water, I like the Topaz mood. It probably is my Microsoft Book laptop monitor being dark but I would like the image to be a little brighter. But the image is pleasingly sharp.
Great image! |
May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Ah, you landscape people, if you came in our home, you would find the walls covered with vertical format, my favorite. Ok, I'll do a landscape once in a while. Maybe. |
May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Hi Anne, good suggestions!
I do have a 100mm f2.8 macro lens which I will try when the orchids are blooming in June. I also have started taking a series of shots starting at f2.8 and going up to f32, then looking through the sequence to see which has the best bokeh effect. I also need to experiment putting the different f exposures together in layer masks in one image. Experimenting is fun!
Flash - my own personal choice is to use natural light augmented with reflected light using spring reflectors but you are right, I should experiment with flash.
Thanks, Henry
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May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Julie, I always seem to have trouble with the highlights of flowers. Maybe I can bracket, get the highlights where thy should be and then do a layering mask technique to get the highlights and shadows where they should be.
Yellow orchids are also hard to photograph because they have a waxy covering on their surface which produces hotspots that mask the textures. Maybe a polarizing filter would help. Well, I will keep at it.
Thanks,
Henry |
May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Julie, I like your image because you have taken a mundane street scene and made it artistically interesting and pleasing. There are store fronts and signs, there are window shoppers gazing in the windows, there is the diagonal of the street leading into the background.
What if you increased the contrast some to give the image more snap to catch the eyes of judges? But if you are satisfied as is, then I think you should print and frame it for your wall, an artistic creation.
The others above have some interesting variations to play with. Keep at it to please yourself. |
May 10th |
| 40 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I like the play of light and the geometric designs of the entrance. Yes, I would join you in cropping the right hand sky but I would leave the bottom as it is. The dark fence is an anchor for the roof.
As another variation you might try cropping in closely on the roof to concentrate on a segment of the geometric design.
Nice work!
How fortunate you and your camera club were to visit the Keukenhof Gardens. |
May 10th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 40
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| 41 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Lisa, I will try tying it all together with Topaz. Your comments are always to the point and helpful. |
May 31st |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Lisa, I will work on merging layers.
Henry |
May 17th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Lisa, your artistic creativity just goes on and on. A delicate, almost monochromatic image of a wilted plant and pendant earthless roots is the essence of the Japanese wabi sabi state of being. The cracked earth background is a simple foil to the plant. I can think of know improvements. Great art!
Brad's reference to Michelangelo is well taken.
By the way, I enjoyed your PSA webinar this past Thursday both for the information you shared and the stimulation you imparted to all viewers to go out and create their own personal art. From there I explored your and Tom's website, enjoying the great variety of your galleries. When we are free of the quarantine, I will sign up for a workshop. |
May 17th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Jan, I like your delicate soft artistic creation. The pink, muted, back-lit, lavender speaks of beauty and repose. The Topaz textured background compliments the lavender. The variation in height of the lavender is interesting. I would like this as mounted art on our living room wall or perhaps on the wall of a restored victorian home. I find no suggestions to make. Beautiful, delicate art! |
May 17th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Lisa, I love this bird coming right out of the frame at me! The eye,the beak, and the colors of blue, yellow, and green jump out and grab attention. I can't think of any suggestions to improve this image. |
May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Reply |
You are correct Kathy and you caught me. I worked on the general image, including a little PS painting. Then I wanted to fill the sky area and brought in the Canadian geese. But they hadn't been processed as the main image had so they looked pasted in. And they should have been reduced in size. Memo to self: get all of image and composition composed before doing whole image manipulations. |
May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Brad, thanks for the good suggestions. The fun challenges of PS are finding new things to do.
Henry |
May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Kathy, the next time I am in San Francisco I will have to visit Oroville and Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. I never visited there when I lived in San Frncisco in the 1960s.
Thanks, henry |
May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Kathy, what fun to experiment with a nine dollar mini globe while escaping Covid-19 confinement! Great image!
I perhaps looked at your subject differently. As the tree is the largest object, I rotated the image 180 degrees so it was upright and the bubble reflection was at the bottom. The tree then becomes the center of interest with the bubble an accent point. It works but the bubble is less prominent so I guess that's not what you wanted to achieve. Your way is better.
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May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Brad, you have caught the intensity and vitality of your daughter. Her joy of life radiates out! The light burst enhances the feeling. Nice work!
Suggestions? Your daughter has such a nice smile, why not let her face and shoulders come forth without being overlaid by the light burst which is fine for the overall the picture. |
May 16th |
| 41 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Maryellen, what fun to take random pictures, play with them in filters, and create vibrant abstract art that captures the essence of a country and its people. You have united whimsy in the colorful twirls with a little realism of the mother and daughter in the lower left corner. The dropping drips, I presume done with liquify, add just another bit more whimsey.
Stellar art!
As an aside my mother and father traveled to Guatemala in the early 1950s so my mother could get colorful native patterns for her weaving of fabrics. Our son learned Spanish in Antigua and now lives permanently in Chile with his family.
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May 16th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 41
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12 comments - 10 replies Total
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