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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Reply |
The f/6.3 must have been a change I did not notice while rushing to take the picture. I usually keep it at f/8. Forgot to mention that I also had it set to auto ISO. |
May 10th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Guy, very artistic version of what normally would have been a snapshot of the boats and buoys. On my first look, I was also wondering why there were not 5 of each of all the element in the frame. I think Gary did some magic to bring them in (with some extras). I like it. Overall, the image is sharp and your management of the colors enhanced the image. Zooming while exposing gives great results at night with color illumination. Other variants of the technique include rotating the camera as you are zooming (kind of hard to do hand holding). |
May 10th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Bill, besides RAW capture, the iPhone can do HDR. The 12 is on my list. I have had the X for over 2 years.
Your image is so full of detail, you can almost see the individual sand grain. I am not familiar with the Distressed FX Plus app. The colors are well managed, and you still can see detail in the dark portion of the engine. I love the effects of time and the element over the old cars. |
May 10th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Erik, The GBH is saying: mission accomplished !! now time to enjoy my catch. Peak of action indeed. BTW it also looks better flipped. |
May 6th |
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| 4 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Also played with cropping the greenery and a little from the top and bottom. |
May 4th |
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| 4 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Erik, this is a very complex image, full of details and composition. First the overextended stretch of the GBH to reach the water which leads my eyes towards the curved branch which follows to the other edge of the frame completing a 1/2 circle, and the closes the circle with the reflection in the water. The standing pole reflected makes the diameter of the circle. All the structures have some sort of texture which adds interest. Flipping the image will make it more appealing following the natural direction as how we read and look at the images from left to right. I am not sure if the greenery adds or distracts. Reduced the brightness slightly. BTW I read that you switched tools from Canon to Olympus. |
May 4th |
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| 4 |
May 21 |
Reply |
The pillar works as a leading line |
May 4th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Reply |
The very sharp areas is the sweet spot of the Nikon 500 mm PF @ f/6.3. I do not think we have to unsharpen it. Normally we would add sharpness not take away. I did not do any additional sharpness here. |
May 4th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Vela, I believe this is a follow up to your image from last January 2021. The big cat is filling the frame, and the flip gives him/her room and direction to walk into. Very sharp and also has an important environment component. Indeed you were pretty close to the cat. The colors are well balanced. I see you removed the leaves touching the animal's chin. Permitted here or in color images competitions, but not in pure nature sections.
Great image. |
May 4th |
| 4 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Gary, this is a fascinating architecture image, not to mention the construction itself. Indeed the designer/builder took extra care in the smallest of the details. The combination of curves and lines is excellent. There is perfect armony in the colors. The shadows projected on the wall give additional depth to the image. The extra sky I believe is too much. I would have done about 1/2 way of what you did. The cropping of the sculpture is adequate since it would be distracting not being able to see the whole. It is very sharp. I am surprised that the image is this sharp with a shutter speed of 1/20th sec handheld or it is a typo ? |
May 4th |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 4
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| 38 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Gabriele, very cool and original says it all. |
May 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 38
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| 41 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Brad, it looks very alive and harmless, ready to smell the flowers, or perhaps eat them. Cool indeed. |
May 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 41
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| 52 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Mike, great image of the glossy Ibis carrying nest construction material. The light was in your favor since it illuminated the wing and the nesting material bringing out the beautiful colors. The dark and blurred background works perfect as the backdrop for the image. Very sharp. |
May 5th |
| 52 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Pamela, nice image of what most likely is the mother and the young that already fledged. Good interaction between them looking at each other. The image is sharp and the colors are well managed. It is unfortunate that the young eagle is partially blocked by the pine tree branch. The trunk and the branch that the mother is standing on form an L and frame both birds. Great catch. |
May 5th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 52
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| 58 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Bruce, my take on the definition of "street Photography" should include the human component or at least related to humans... I would leave out flowers, nature, wildlife and landscape. You can find discussion groups related to these particular topics (in fact I am also the administrator of group 72 Nature Plus). Now, I photograph anything that I like. |
May 21st |
| 58 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Ok Bruce, during confinement I also "photographed" (Camera scanned) over 150 rolls of B&W negatives I had stored since the late 60's when I used to process the rolls and do the prints in my parents house (I invaded the guest room's bathroom) and transformed the selected images to digital using Photo Lab Pro as a plugin to Lightroom. Yes you can do t with photoshop but it takes a lot longer the process. As I had mentioned in my note above, I prefer the cropped version (my "thing"). Again, great image |
May 21st |
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| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Bruce, interesting image for the time. Back then we did not "follow" many rules, and probably just shoot from the hip, which explains why you did not wait for the passerby get out of the way or maybe just not overlap the main subject. It is a good black and white image. Is this a scan from a printed image or from the original negative ? Either way I am just wondering why you did not crop the excess ? or the intention is to make it look vintage ? Lots of things to consider. The image is sharp. I would crop it and straighten the verticals. |
May 17th |
| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Hassan, indeed this architecture is unconventional. We have several things going on at the same time. On the left there is a group of what looks like student or a large family gathering together and minding their own business. On the right there is a peculiar looking stairway with a man on the top, and in the middle we have a man walking towards you with his hand up, which I believe it means "STOP" do not take pictures... The complex amount of juxtaposing arches also creates some sort of guidance to your eyes to view and analyze the whole structure. Also there is a flow going from the very illuminated area to the dark portion in the opposite side. |
May 6th |
| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Gloria, you were able to find a window to create this image. Your crop left the amputated woman on the left of the frame, walking unexpectedly into the scene creating surprise. Cropping her out would live a very simple snapshot. The siting vendor is obviously aware of your presence and the camera. Most of the times they do not like to be photographed. On the purple box with vegetables there are some Hebrew characters which help to give the location. The image is sharp. The black plastic bag is full of miniature egg plants which is an important ingredient in the middle eastern diet. |
May 6th |
| 58 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Les, I believe this crop works even better, and still tells the story. |
May 5th |
| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Les, this is a typical image of any city/town in Europe. Here you gave us the location: Rome. It is already the twilight hour and some stores/establishments have the lights on. It has to be a large city since McDonalds is present. The waiter/owner of the restaurant is engaged in explaining to the bystanders about his menu and specials for the day. The large vitrine cooler is displaying the highlights. The image is fairly sharp (you did not provide the metadata information) and the colors are fairly well managed. I do think that the amputated champagne cooler and the other vitrine are obstructive and distracting. A crop was provided. It is unfortunate that the lower edge of the frame is cutting through the peoples shoes creating some tension. As you state, it was so unplanned. |
May 5th |
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| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Dan, this image is mainly about the path leading to the lighthouse rather than the lighthouse itself. The steal tie off in the center of the foreground becomes a very strong anchor to my eyes which get fixed here, and the follows the path towards the lighthouse, which is very small compared to the rest of the landscape. The rock complement the path adding interest. I am not sure that adding color to the lighthouse makes it more interesting, perhaps a distraction as well. The horizon line is in the middle of the image. The water looks soft perhaps denoting a slow shutter speed, but the info is not included. I think that the image can benefit from a crop to make the lighthouse more prevalent, and placing the horizon line in the lower 1/3 of the frame. |
May 4th |
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| 58 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Daniel, this image is more about the window, the reflection of the tree and the architectonic details of the building, being "You and Me" an incidental complement which gives the human component to the image as well as dimension. It is sharp and well composed, even though the couple is in the center of the image. The asymmetry of the other components pretty much create an equilibrium and more interest in the image. They all create a frame to the couple. |
May 4th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 58
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| 64 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Stuart, the natural fiber is called Rattan, and the process is called wicker. I would have processed the original into B&W to be more in context rather than the square crop. |
May 9th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 64
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| 67 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Larry, everybody likes a free ride !! I have a similar image but not at the Everglades National Park, but at the Alligator's Farm in St Augustin. It is sometimes incredible the coexistence between species. Your image is sharp, and the vertical (portrait) format works well. It is sharp and there is detail in the feathers. Non distracting background. |
May 5th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 67
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| 72 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Here is the result of working with two separate layers. A lot better. Thanks for the suggestion. |
May 10th |
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| 72 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Randy, yes it was march. That day the temperatures were friendly, (only 20 degrees centigrade bellow zero). the rest of the time and in other areas reached 40 bellow.
Now as far as of using two separate layers would work, I will have to give it a try. Did not do it for the image shown. Thanks for the tip. The Kazakh's keep the eagle for life. |
May 10th |
| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Mary, very artistic rendition of the combination of repetitive images. Of course the end result is very symmetric. I am sure that just doing a few variations in the selected section on the frame, you will get a real caleidoscopic collection. I agree that could benefit from a little saturation of the pinks. I used saturation and vibrance in ACR. The pink stroke is a nice touch. |
May 10th |
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| 72 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Walt, when I did film photography in B&W (1969 to 1973) and my own lab development, I used a Nikon 35 mm and a Hasselblad camera so I always have a square crop in my mind when I work on an image. |
May 9th |
| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Bruce, interesting portrait of the armadillo. He pretty much was posing for you. The very foreground and the background starting behind the ears are out of focus (the incredible bokeh of this long lens) and concentrates our view just to the face. It is unfortunate that the bubble is blocking the view of his nose. Whatever is in focus is very sharp. The colors are beautiful. You did not send the original out of camera. |
May 5th |
| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Adrian, what a beautiful Grebe. We do not see this variety in South Florida. The intensity of the red eye really makes the image and takes your eyes directly to the birds head and then you can appreciate the rest of it and the environment. The waterfall and the splash really complement the image. It is sharp. The blurred background is well managed and non distracting. |
May 4th |
| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Marie, in times of Covid-19, even the turkey vultures look pretty. Normally they do not feed from alive creatures but of dead and decomposed organic material. Probably there was a dead animal in the neighborhood. I like the way you cropped the image and still having a pretty sharp image after this huge crop. One more time showing the convenience of a large file (Nikon D850) You used a long zoom lens at 550 mm and the image of the vulture is very small compared to the overall image, giving the fact that you were pretty far away from them. The light was nice and the colors are well balanced. I think you included too much of the barn in the image which is competing with the bird. I just cropped it a little more leaving some of the structure for equilibrium. Nice blurred background. |
May 4th |
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| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Walt, the tulip fields should be included in the wonders of nature list. We were lucky to visit Holland in the spring when the fields are fully bloomed and were able to get some images from the air in a small airplane. Your added images illustrate wonderfully your main image. Specially the field of tulips during sunrise colors. Your main image includes many of mutilated flowers which I think are distracting. You should concentrate on the only tulip which is complete. The DOF is good making the whole flower sharp, and the contrast from the red to the yellow makes it stand out. I used a square crop, and added a more intense vignette to isolate the main flower |
May 4th |
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| 72 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Randy, great result indeed. Panning is very though and it takes a lot of try and error but here we can not wait for the white egret to repeat its move. BIF by itself takes practice and using faster shutter speeds. The bird is pretty clear for the technical information; 1/80th of a second with 500 mm which multiplies the chances for a blurred image. I like the direction the bird is flying into. Overall the image looks to bright in my monitor and the white bird has a blueish hue. I used ACR to decrease the brightness which added some more detail to the bird's feathers, added slight dehaze and removed the blueish saturation, This also made the background slightly darker. |
May 4th |
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6 comments - 3 replies for Group 72
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23 comments - 11 replies Total
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