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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Okay Marti, perhaps this is more to your liking. |
Apr 30th |
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| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
No permission needed John. Thank you for sharing. My! it feels like those eyes are looking right through me. Good find. |
Apr 21st |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Yes Jerry, I fully agree with you. What would make this perfect is that if the egret was looking in the same direction as the ibises. However, I feel that with the placement of the main subject on the right, creates a more pleasing composition. |
Apr 12th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Vicki, this image falls under Human-Interest and Nature. As a nature image, we can only adjust the exposure and tones, but as a Human-Interest image, I feel that the composition is improved by flipping it horizontally. For balance sake, I would not consider cropping the (your) left side, but instead a bit on (your) right side. I also suggest selecting the Egret, Inverse the selection and brighten the background Exposure a bit. Hope that what I have worked out demonstrates my point. You also did a great job eliminating the brightness on the left side. |
Apr 11th |
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| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Mike, ditto to what has been said about your “Waterfall”. You sure did all the right things in bringing out all the interesting elements without overdoing it. Even the shadows show good detail. But, please, please show me more! Did you or did you not think of doing a vertical panorama with this waterfall? I would have loved to see the entire waterfall and that water splashing at the bottom. Well, perhaps next time.
PS: I confess not to be a good speller, but it certainly does not help my case when spellcheck changes my correct spelled words. |
Apr 11th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Street or photojournalism photography is not fun and especially when time is limited and touring with a group. Depending on the circumstances, generally there is little time to look for good angles or a more pleasing composition and avoiding distractions. Waiting for one person to walk out of the scene, could mean having three others walking into the scene. Afterwards, we notice all the pitfalls. This is a story telling picture, depicting a place, a time and a happening. As a photojournalistic image, we cannot touch anything, but as a pictorial image or part of a story, I think the composition can work as it is. The man and main subject is in a good position and the woman in the background serves as a second element in the composition. The two most distracting elements I would consider eliminating are the half person behind the tree and the orange bike on the left. These can be removed easily with the Content-Aware tool. I would not crop anything, but would straighten the image, which appears to lean to the right.
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Apr 11th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Jerry, your image has a Human-Interest and a Photojournalistic feeling. On the Photojournalistic side, all one can do is correct the exposure and tones of colors, but as a Human-Interest image, I feel there is room for improvement and I hope you do not mind me playing with your image a bit. No matter how much I try to look at the rider and the horse as the focal point, my eye keeps going to the sun. I realize that many people object to flipping an image, but in this case I hope that you would agree that by flipping it, the rider and horse now become the focal point. Fortunately, the numbers of the rider are not legible, so we can get away with flipping the image. However, if the numbers were legible, we could make a copy, select only the numbers, flip them and blend them onto the image. The exposure appeared too bright to me, so I toned it down and then I created large Burn and Dodge brushes and played with the sun, until it felt it looked more natural. I cropped part of the (now) left fence, to bring more attention the the rider and horse and I extended the right side a bit for better balance. I hope this helps or at least give you other ideas.
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Apr 11th |
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| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Well done Peggy. Your processing brought the image to life. This is a gem of a spot worth photographing during every season and in all kinds of weather. The foreground leading lines, the shadow and the pile of wood, work beautifully, leading us to the bluebonnets, the house and the overall scene. Good cropping. Even the tree branches on the right side help the composition. I am sure there must be other angles of exploring this scene.
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Apr 11th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Comment |
Before I even read Mike and Jerry’s comments, I had the same observations they had. You did a good job of bringing out the sunrise sky and the trees, still maintaining separation between the mountain-tops, but I miss the softness of the fog. Without having seen the original, I can appreciate this version and yet know that it is a manipulated image. I am sure you can correct the white distraction on the top left, which does not appear to be on the original. |
Apr 11th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Following your comments Jerry, I considered cropping from the left, but I feel that it would spoil the effect of the composition. Perhaps darkening the bricks would help.
Yes, I agree with you that this is a morbid image, but perhaps that is what intrigued me in the first place. I am interested now to find out if there is a story connected with this image. |
Apr 11th |
| 22 |
Apr 17 |
Reply |
Mike, thank you for your comments. You are too kind and you give me too much credit. |
Apr 11th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 22
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6 comments - 5 replies Total
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