|
| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Tell'm to get outside, you've got an image to compose!😠|
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Stephen. I never considered there to be any monochrome in this image. The concrete path is imbedded with small pebbles, the grates are, while not actually rusty, a rust color, and the shadows, obviously, grayish, so I guess monochrome could be implied by those characteristics. |
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Question - why would you be disappointed to have the tree moving in a storm? That's what trees do in storm!
I definitely like last month's lightening strike image better. The colors in this one seem unnatural and I don't think the cloud formation looks like a storm is brewin'. |
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I like the heck out of this image. Nice fall colors, nice reflective composition, sharp at the focal point. I think the background would be better darkened a bit. I think the elk might be better if you made it a silhouette, or lightened the dark areas - neck, head, antlers. |
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
So, now we know why it's called "The Emerald Isle"! I like the unfolding frond - it's sharp and nicely colored. I think it would be better if it were more diagonally positioned. I think the red in background is very distracting, just because it's red in an otherwise all green image. I wonder if you really blurred the background if that would improve the image? |
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This is really interesting to me for two reasons - the first being what goes into the making of a Wedding Album in your environment and second, what people are willing to subject themselves to for that album.
Your sharp composition is pretty nice and your colors are very good. The only suggestion I have is to remove the bubbles from the peoples' skin - her neck and legs, under his lower lip - they look unnatural to me. |
Oct 12th |
| 29 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Nice sharp, colorful portrait, Kat. This is a nice reenactor image, though I wish there were some of the reenactment scenery in the background to put a story with this man. I'm wondering if you had him pose? |
Oct 12th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 29
|
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Ying. In Philadelphia, during the late 1700's, the impact of Carpenter's Hall came from the inside! |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, David. |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Haru. The sky was like that for the entire day. |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Arne. I'm pretty sure I did focus about 1/3 of the way into the image but, when I placed the camera on the ground that the pre-focus didn't work as it should have? |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Ata. These old eyes don't let me take s shot like this without kneeling! I don't remember, at this point, how far I moved the contrast slider? |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think this is a beautiful view and the image is made better with the inclusion of Arne's suggestions. I also like David's suggestion of having the water flowing through the image. |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I really like the stories you tell us. I think the second photo is the best for doing that with this image. One suggestion - I think the highlights need to be be brought down a bit. |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Beautiful image. I am in complete agreement with David's comments. |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
As someone who's always on the hunt for fungi when I'm walking in the woods, this is a terrific image. I would have removed the dirt on the cap. I'm curious about the light - is it natural or did you use an artificial light source? |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I'm in agreement that the original is the better of the two images you offer us. I think Arne is correct in stating that color is part of the game of droplet photography. In the monochrome version, I like what you did with coaxing out the color of the interior at the top of the splash. The image reminds me of a "sunbrella". |
Oct 19th |
| 74 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think you've accomplished your two primary objectives - symmetry and nostalgia in an excellent monochrome image. Regarding the twin lights, when I view the image I'm aware of their presence, but not distracted by them. I also like the long exposure's effect on the water. You've piqued my interest about subsequent water and symmetry images. |
Oct 19th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 74
|
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Stephen. I always enjoy your comments about images made in Turkey, particularly those you direct to Ata. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Victor. I agree with your observation about the pedestrian walkways in Europe. I spend a significant about of my time in cities, America included, walking, observing, making images, trying food, and just enjoying the places.
I prefer my darker image because I think it conveys the mood better. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jim. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Karen. As I mentioned to Ed, I tried a monochrome version and didn't like it. I'd be happy to return as there are some places I did not get to see because it was raining to hard for me get out - and that's saying something! |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Ed. I definitely enjoyed the week in rainy Budapest and I'd be happy to return. I don't think there's enough tonal range to flip this image to monochrome. I played with a bit before I posted the color image. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Carol. I really do not recall whether, or not, I thought about adjusting the shadows. If it's leaning right, that must be for the water run-off!!! |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Bev. I don't see the merchandise distortion that you mentioned? |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think this is a really good image, made better with Ed's adjustments. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This image takes me back to my 18 months in Istanbul lo those many years ago. I was able to get into the surrounding countryside, and beyond, and saw a lot women performing a similar task. I like Victor's changes. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This is a cute image. I like the adjustments Ed made. I'm guessing since you made the image at 1/13 that the carousel was stopped? |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think your last image is definitely the best one. I'm immediately drawn to the couple and there's not much to distract me. |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
My first thought was that I didn't understand the title - Three Women Summer 2020....??? and what does the image have to do with summer? I agree with most of the other observations already expressed and, along with Ed, wonder if you flipped this to a horizontal view would it tell the story? |
Oct 19th |
| 80 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Great street shot! Your adjustments really improved this image. My take on the story is that the guys are not happy with the team their supporting and the woman is doubling her bet against that team with her favorite sports betting app! |
Oct 19th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 80
|
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Easiest thing to do is ask the group to send you their individual email address if they choose to communicate with you that way. |
Oct 17th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Sarfaraz, I'm curious about your question "Can we contact by mail individually with all the members?". The purpose of the groups in Digital Dialogue is exactly what you've experienced with your submission of the Bubble-blowing Fly - everyone gets to see all comments and, hopefully, learn from them. We have, I think, one of the better groups when it comes to this opportunity to learn from one another. So, why is it that you'd like the ability to contact the members away from this forum? |
Oct 17th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I think going for macro at this angle is a tough task. I'm guessing the flower was very small because so much of the ray floret is sharply focused and so much of the concave disk floret is not. The light appears artificial to me, but it really brings out the colors. |
Oct 12th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Very interesting image, Barbara. I'd have never know I was looking at a pine cone had you not told us. I like the color range and area of sharpness. Wish I could see more of the pine cone itself. |
Oct 12th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
WOW! Nilan, was this insect alive, or dead, when you photographed it? Colors are great! I'd like to see more of the foreground in focus. |
Oct 12th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Your son appears to have been a pretty meticulous painter 30 years ago! Your image composition shows the colors very well and is pretty sharp. I'm curious about whether you stacked images, or not? Very nice macro shot!
I gotta start looking at the "stuff" my children/grandchildren have given me over the years! |
Oct 12th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Very interesting image, Sarfaraz. Nicely composed, good color, sharp.
This aroused my curiosity (not a difficult thing to do) so I went looking for why the fly might be blowing bubbles and found that it's a method of cooling off.
"Humans sweat, dogs pant, cats lick their fur. Animals have adopted an interesting array of techniques for regulating body temperature through evaporation.
But for ingenuity, the Latrine blowfly (Chrysomya megacephala) may very well take the cake.
To cool down, it blows bubbles with its stomach juices through its mouth, and then sucks them back in, scientists revealed on Thursday.
"As the fluid moves out, evaporation occurs which lowers the fluid temperature, the fly then moves the cooled droplet in, which cools off the body temperature of the fly," explained Denis Andrade of the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil, who co-authored a study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports." |
Oct 12th |
| 95 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I rarely comment this early in the process, but I find this shot really intriguing.
The image's sharpness deteriorates from right left, making me wonder if the planes were equal? The threads, which appear equal in your "Original" images and anything but in the image produced by the microscope, and there's a lot of "stuff" in between the threads. The microscope also magnifies the light, and completely drops the top/bottom areas into a white abyss. How about trying a slice of fruit or vegetable? I'm thinking what might work best is an abstract of an object we're all familiar with? |
Oct 2nd |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 95
|
23 comments - 16 replies Total
|
