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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Reply |
I can't disagree with you Cora. They all look great. :-)
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Dec 29th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Reply |
I agree with Joan. I prefer the crop from the right rather than the crop from the left. I believe the larger buildings are your center of interest. The crop from the right then moves the center of interest off the center of the image. Great photo! |
Dec 29th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Reply |
Generally I use a Gitzo G1348. The legs are 3 section, stands about 6 feet when the legs are fully extended which I rarely need to do, and does not have a center column. Mounted on this is a Kirk Enterprises BH-1(?) ballhead with Arca Swiss style mounting plate. All of our cameras have Kirk L-brackets.
I took a MeFoto Roadtrip Classic (?) with me to Ireland this fall. It is a much smaller tripod but did a nice job for me and comes with a ballhead.
On long exposures like this I use a remote cable release and set the D810 on mirror lockup and to completely eliminate any chance of vibrations I have enabled the electronic front curtain shutter. |
Dec 29th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
I want to thank all you folks for your nice comments. I will find out next week how it does in our monthly salon. There were a lot of very nice photos so there is a lot of competition. |
Dec 29th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
I agree with Graham. This is a very nice photo. The setting sun has created wonderful colors. His suggestion of cropping out the building on the right is probably a good idea. If it weren't for the sailboat, I would suggest adding an ND filter, low ISO and go for a long exposure. This would turn the water very smooth and make the reflections stand out. |
Dec 21st |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
This is an awesome photo! I love the effect that the fog has added to this photo. It creates a rather mysterious feeling, and with the slight pinkish color in the background you have captured a beautiful view that I am sure is different from what we usually see.
BTW ... what is going on this month? Three of us submitted cityscapes! |
Dec 21st |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
The dancer is facing a bit to the left. By placing her on the left side of the image, she is looking out of the photo. The right side of the photo does not add anything. By cropping this off the photo would seem more balanced and she would not seem like she is looking out of the photo but more in to it. |
Dec 21st |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
I assume you were on vacation so its not easy to make a return and do a reshoot :-( Just keep it in mind for your next trip.
Last October our club had a topic for "churches". On a return from visiting grandkids we traveled through Michigan's UP. Found some beautiful churches to photograph the interior. Got home and found that after keystone corrections were applied the image violated too many composition rules to enter in the salon, so we traveled back the 150 miles to do a reshoot. The resulting prints did quite well in the salon. We do enjoy that part of the country so it really wasn't much of an imposition on us :-) |
Dec 5th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
I have never played with fisheye lens, but it sure looks like fun! I will have to try this someday.
I like the image as it is. You might try cropping in much tighter to get rid of the background. I'd keep a circular image if I did that. |
Dec 5th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
I really like the simplicity of your photo. The only thing that I don't like is it seems too centered to me. I'd love to crop in on the left, but then you lose the wonderful reflections in the wet sand.
Cropping in from the right doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Although an inanimate object, it gives me the feeling of looking to the right and it needs space to look in to.
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Dec 5th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Comment |
Those are some BIG boys! Even more scary is that they are coming right at you!
I too like this photo. The concentration is certainly on the bison. The people in the background are a tad distracting, not so much because of their size (very small compared to the bison) but because of their bright colors.
You might try a couple things ... monochrome would remove the colorfulness of the people in the background, probably eliminating that distraction. Another thing you might try would be a severe crop to just the bison in the foreground. |
Dec 5th |
| 49 |
Dec 17 |
Reply |
Thanks Graham for the compliments. We will see how it does in competition. This will be included in my entry for my club's January salon. |
Dec 4th |
8 comments - 4 replies for Group 49
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8 comments - 4 replies Total
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