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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
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Date |
Image |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Joan, I'm so sorry to hear about your husband's health. I hope he gains strength and wellness in rehab. |
Oct 28th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for your kind words, Joan. |
Oct 28th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Mary Ann, thank you for your kind comments. It's interesting that you noticed the horizon line. I didn't want the horizon right in the center, but did want to capture some of the reflections. |
Oct 20th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Kieu-Hanh, congratulations on the beautiful autumn photo you have in the DD Showcase! The painterly effect that you used makes the golden leaves appear to dance. |
Oct 20th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Michael, I think you're onto something. Because of the rotation of the stem, the flower position looks a lot more natural to me. Robert, what do you think? |
Oct 13th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Michael, thank you for explaining the details of your process. I personally would have tried to do a global edit as my first attempt too. It's helpful that you discovered quickly that the global edits wouldn't work the best. Doing a series of masking edits (especially 16!) takes much more patience and time. However, your results are very effective and stunning with your brighter colors. This is a good lesson for all of us. If the first method doesn't produce the effects you want, then try a different way. Thank you for sharing the details of your thinking and process, Michael! Maybe some of the rest of us have needed to try multiple methods before finding one that worked. |
Oct 13th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Joan, I enjoy that you've captured the foreground, mid, and background of this lovely scene. The rocks and foreground plants contain a variety of textures. The colors are lively, yet look very natural. To me, the flowers look a little soft, but I can't tell what f-stop you used for this expansive view. I agree with Michael that your cropping feels a little tight. However, the advantage of your closer view is that I can see more details of the rocks and their greenery. Beautiful view, Joan. |
Oct 13th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Kieu-Hanh, I like the how the lines of the architectural design give a feeling of movement in your photo. Your high-key version gives the image a lightness and airiness which is soothing to me. I enjoy how your angle is symmetrical enough to highlight the patterns, yet alters the curve a little bit to make it interesting. I typically add more contrast to my b&w versions, but I think the high-key look of your image really works. Excellent job! |
Oct 13th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Mary Ann, that licking tongue makes the shot! I'm impressed with how you've minimized the distractions of the fencing and wires with your choice of depth of field and cropping. I agree with Kieu-Hanh and Michael that you could crop even closer to eliminate the dark shadowy line on the left. If you chose, you could lighten the shadowed part of the jaguar's eyes and slightly saturate them and his tongue to draw attention there. Great timing on your shot, Mary Ann! |
Oct 11th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Michael, thanks for your kind comments. I do like to shoot objects in odd numbers, 3 or 5. I'm glad you see the snag as part of the third tree. I hadn't originally seen this photo as a b&w shot, but I was dissatisfied with the limited color in the photo and how dark the trees were. Changing to b&w let the dark trees be more of a focus, so I lightened the clouds and water to get more of a dynamic range. |
Oct 11th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Kieu-Hanh, thank you for your encouraging comments. I actually wanted to use a slow shutter speed with the incoming waves and blur the water. In spite of adjusting the exposure to underexpose the scene, the brightness of the sky didn't let me slow down the exposure enough to blur the waves. I didn't have my neutral density filters with me. In post processing I added contrast to the sky, which makes the scene a bit eery and more dramatic. We walked along the beach, since it was low tide. The tide was coming in though, which is why the bottom of the trunks are submerged. |
Oct 11th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Robert, I too am surprised that the okra plant has such a lovely, delicate flower. The black background makes the light flower pop. I like how you've captured the details of the creamy petals. I think it's worth trying out the flip that Kieu-Hanh suggests, since the diagonal from left to right leads our eye to the blossom. However, I agree with you that the angle of the flower doesn't look quite as natural. Adding a border to dark images does help set them off from a black background.
I also like to shoot in aperture priority. I sometimes forget to change the setting too. Don't be discouraged. It happens, and you can still work with the photo in editing. |
Oct 11th |
| 3 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Michael, kudos to you for taking such an underexposed photo and producing such an attractive image. Your choice to expose for the lighted window allows me to see the details of the outside scene, including the haziness of the corners of the window panes. Lighting and brightening the pumpkins gives a glowing scene of fall colors. You took on a wonderful test of your editing skills. I'd be curious about what you learned from this personal skill test of transforming this overly dark scene. Can you please share some pointers of what worked the best? (especially since your first editing attempt wasn't as successful). Thanks, Michael, for inspiring us all! |
Oct 11th |
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