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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Hi Alison,
Thanks Alison, knowing the rules is helpful.
Henry |
Sep 30th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Catherine. As you do, I will take more cloud pictures. |
Sep 21st |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Have fun in the fog! Henry |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Julie, thanks for your comments and please see my responses to the others above.
Probably I should state that I rarely submit to competitions. If I did submit to nature, I would stick to the nature rules. I am somewhat of a free spirit and thus my aim is to make creative images and to keep learning new photographic and computer techniques. Part of this great blue heron image exercise was to learn more about layers and composting. I think I have achieved my objective as I have received comments on how to do a better compost.
Again, thank you for your comments and, yes, it is hard to capture sharp photos of birds in flight. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Hi Anne. Check out my responses to the above commentators. As to the direction of the light beneath the heron, I think you are correct. Actually I have only added clouds to images a few times and so wasn't conscious of the direction of the light. Now, thanks to your observation, I will be watching the light. And also when I am getting cloud pictures, I will get samples of light coming from different directions.
I took this great blue heron image several years ago and don't remember the specifics of the light. I will say that sometimes when I have photographed subjects over water, light has been reflected upward to dispel the shadow.
Thanks for your comments. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Well Lisa, the majority of commenters feel my cloud layer is a distraction. However, I still like some background fill so I will try some of your suggestions and the above suggestions to reduce the appearance of the clouds. As I mention to Alison above, Lake Superior generates quite a variety of clouds. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Mike. For a northerner, visiting Florida in the winter is a treat.
Best wishes,
Henry |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Good comments Alison. I will see if I can make the clouds further away. As I live on the shore of Lake Superior, I have a number of cloud images to work with and am constantly updating.
When I get a better background I will email you the new version. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Hi Mike, thanks to you and Sharon for taking the time to comment on my posting. As you can see in my response to Sharon above, I do like the cloud background. Having said that, I like your comments to tone down the sky layer. I will have to spend some time doing that.
Mike, your howler monkey is beautifully done, particularly your bringing out the face and eyes. I am envious of your far flung travels. At 85 I don't walk far from transportation any more but my wife Terry and I are going on a Lindblad small boat cruise about Scandanivia next May.
If you like to photograph raptors, check my comments to Sharon and come stay with us in the fall for on the wing raptor photographs. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Hi Sharon, thank you for taking the time to critique my image. My original great blue heron had a rather blah background so I wanted to fill it more. But now that you draw the cloud to my attention, I agree with you that it competes with the heron. But I do like filling the background so perhaps the solution is toning down the cloud layer.
Sharon, I am awed by your very extensive photographic background expressed in Group 52. I am also awed that you use a 400mm lens. I have made the conscious decision to not go larger than the 28-300 zoom lens(which I can put in my pocket) because I have not wanted to carry about that big a lens and a solid tripod. If I were to concentrate on birds, I would go into larger lenses.
Your American Lotus image in group 52 this month is superb. I shall watch your postings going forward.
By the way, my home city of Duluth, Minnesota in the fall has one of the largest, if not the largest, yearly fall migrations of raptors passing as they move southward. If you come visit, we will host you. Check out www.hawkridge.org
Again, thanks. |
Sep 20th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Hi Allison, I had not thought of of a vignette but that is perhaps what I should have done. When I have time I will try it to see if it works. But in the final analysis, you are correct in what you have done. |
Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Catherine, this is a touching portrait of the vitality of the girls! Everything is sharp, the black lab's eyes have a catch light and you have cropped in so this is a portrait.
Suggestion? See if you can get a little detail in the highlight on the back of the yellow dog but that is a minor point.
I am personally partial to black labs as we have had two and our son has had two yellow labs. Labs are just so friendly.
Great image!
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Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Alison, you are a consummate street photographer, or perhaps I should say beach photographer. You have cropped judiciously, have captured dusk, and portrayed the people so enjoying the beach.
Suggestions? What if you so ever slightly darkened all but the individuals in the bottom foreground so that the latter became the center of interest to attract your eye?
Alison, great human interest! |
Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Jamie, your repeated tries captured a wonderful image. How creative you were to place your camera at the bottom on the floor rather than photograph from the side. This image becomes a design which I cannot think of a way to improve.
Now, as an aside, I am taken back in memory many tens of years ago when I might, if pressed, admit to a night or two of a tad too much scotch. Ouch! |
Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Anne, your choice of black and white and Silver Effects Pro really works for this image. I really do get the feeling of early morning, crisp temperature, and mist slowly rising from the water. And you found a nice position to photograph such that the boats recede into the upper left corner with the lower right boat being the center of interest.
Great image! |
Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Julie, there is a lot going on here which makes this a really strong image. To begin with, the low viewpoint looking upward makes the image basically dramatic. Then the uneven lengths of the floors in two of the towers add character and drama. Further drama is built by your use of clouds and the sepia treatment.
Allison has a nice cloud suggestion.
Congratulations on a spectacular image! |
Sep 19th |
| 40 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Andrew, I can't suggest anything further to improve Ascot Bookmakers. It has impact, it has foreground sharpness, and background interest. Not being British, I had to Google Ascot to see what it is finding this: "The centrepiece of Ascot's year is held in June: Royal Ascot is arguably the world's most famous race meeting, steeped in history dating back to 1711. The royal family attend the meeting, arriving each day in a procession of horse-drawn carriages from Windsor Castle through the great park and the village of Cheapside." Ah ha, it is a historical horse race with traditional royal family attendence.
Great capture! |
Sep 18th |
6 comments - 11 replies for Group 40
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| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Kathy, I will do this and use Smart objects. Thanks. |
Sep 21st |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Maryellen, thanks for the suggestion which makes good sense. I will try it. |
Sep 21st |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Lisa, you may have wanted more stacks but this Topaz Glow really comes out very creatively. Wonderful creation!
Now I am challenged to get a milkweed pod and see what I can do with Topaz Glow. |
Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
This really has a surreal feel to it Jan. I usually do not work on night captures so this is particularly interesting to me. The Neowise comet and the silhouette of Mt Fitz Roy fit well together. I have nothing further to suggest to this great image!
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Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Wow Kathy, what a smoke cloud to see! Stay safe. I marvel that you can be creating on the computer when all of this is going on around you. |
Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Your grandson must have enjoyed this Maryellen. This image is beautifully created and carried out. I like the positions of your grandson and the pinwheel and the similarity to Paul Signac's work.
If I were doing this, I would be tempted to make it slightly lighter in color but that is my preference, not yours.
Great work!
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Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Ah Kathy, you have such fun working with your friends. I think this is extremely creative and well done! The baby robot from the internet I did not see at first and thus would suggest increasing the size a little.
As an aside, I hope and trust that the northern California fires are sparing you and your community from incineration.
Queen of the Mermaids in Group 54 which you did is another example of your fine composting. Keep having fun! |
Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Comment |
Brad, I like the mountain scene, the spruce (?) trees, and the yellow flowers in the foreground along with the upward tilt of the camera. The Topaz Studio 2 adds a nice texture and the composite makes a nice effect.
For me the dark bottom is too stark so I would be tempted to crop it out or do as Kathy Triolo suggests. But this may not be as creative as you were looking for. Perhaps the best idea for for you to keep experimenting yourself. You are so good at creative ideas! |
Sep 19th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Brad, I will give it a try later today when I have time. |
Sep 9th |
| 41 |
Sep 20 |
Reply |
Well Brad, selective application of the wind filter would make sense. Yes, I did apply the wind filter to the whole composite. I need to see if once I have made the composite, can I apply the filter to just an individual layer.
Where I had difficulty doing the cutout layer mask was with the sport cruiser before I put it in the composite. You will see there are support rods for the sun shade roof - I could not easily separate them from the cruiser background so some of the original background remains.
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Sep 9th |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 41
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11 comments - 16 replies Total
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