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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Hi John - not 400 ISO, 400mm using the Tamron 18-400 lens. ISO was 2000. There was not much noise in the image as shot, but bringing up the shadows and some of my other work made the noise more of an issue. Topaz DeNoise AI did a very good job for me. I did want to make the sky darker but that left the statue shadows too dark - a balancing act. In retrospect a tripod and lower ISO would have made the image much better - not having a tripod with me … |
Aug 12th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
This wonderful,I love it. To my eye both are good, one placing her in an overall context and this one because her expression, her eyes are the main focus of the entire image and to me tell a wonderful story. Good work and thanks for the effort. |
Aug 7th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I am intrigued by this image and just sat studying it for a few minutes before composing my comments.
Your capture was, as I see it, very good. I agree with Albert about the number of images in this one image. On the other hand, perhaps it is only the engineer in me, I like the overall image as it gives me a greater sense of context. Were you to clone the words out of the top girder, flipping the image might have worked however without that I would not choose to flip it.
The one thing I do find is that all the girders going in different directions leaves my eye wandering around the image. However, then my understanding that this is a delicate structure, in spite of its appearance, balances that fact and I find myself studying it to see how it might have been constructed. Therefore I really like the image as submitted.
The almost completely bald sky would normally be a problem to my eye, but in this case I find that it works as the existence of clouds would compete for my attention. Thus I am fine with there being no clouds.
Thank you so much for sharing with with us Jen. |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Albert,
An absolutely wonderful image, it leaves me both breathless and jealous. The clouds, the mountains, the light, the shadows - absolutely everything about this image works for me. Anything else I can say would be taking coals to Newcastle.
Thank you so much for a truly wonderful image Albert.
PS - I don't care how you got up there - thanks for going and for sharing :-) |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi Don,
I know I say I prefer images that tell as story - then sometimes I have to eat my words. I love this image, and white flower against a black background is a technique I have used before. I love how you processed the image and the texture of the leaves. As I study the image I find that the range of tones adds to the image, so at least for my part I would not change anything about the lighting and tonality. I also like the contrast you applied. With you, I find the new texture slider in Lightroom to be very effective - great addition.
The twig could go, but I do not find it very distracting at all since it is so dark and the leaves and flower are so dynamic. This is an image I wish I had taken.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us. |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
To my eye a really great catch Adrian. I agree with all Albert had to say and I really wish I could come up with some nit-picking suggestion to improve the image. I cannot.
As I look at it, I find it to be a really refreshing portrait shot since I have seen so many posed and/or studio portraits that along eagles and rodeos I could live quite happily without seeing another one :-) of any of those three categories.
This image gives me a sense of time, place and context - it tells a story. In a sense I find it reminiscent of the famous image of the girl in Afghanistan on a Nat Geo Magazine cover, that won so many awards. I especially like your subjects eyes. I would be very interested if you could post a version with a very tight crop of just her head from the original - how would that appear?
Again, welcome to the group and thanks for a great portrait image. |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Hi John,
First - I love the Tamron 18-400 - that is my go-to lens for both travel and around town shooting.
This is the first time since I joined the group (sometime in the dark ages I think) that I actually like the color version better than the B&W version. Still it makes for an interesting monochrome study, though this is probably an image I would have passed on since I tend to like more of a story telling image, and I cannot find one in this image. I suspect I have missed many good images for that reason, but …
I do not agree with Albert and Adrian about the flip and, but I think Adrian's crop of the image was good choice. I like your version because there is not too much of interest in the lower left corner so my eye is drawn through the image to the main difference, the assembly on the right - so I get a natural flow through the image. With the flipped version my eye tends to stop at the pipe assembly (now on the left) and there is not much that draws my eye into the rest of the image because of the essentially repeating pattern of the rest of the pipes.
As I see it, the processing including light, contrast and tonality are all very good.
Thank you for sharing it with us. |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Not having the original it is difficult for me to comment on the crop. Albert has a good point. Perhaps, if possible, a crop that would have made the longer courtyard at the tope more centered showing the roofs surrounding it might have worked a little better but …
I thought Adrian's flip did work as it is also how my eye follows into an image (the Golden Spiral if you will). All you included is of interest - but all together it makes for a somewhat confusing image - what am I supposed to be seeing. On the other hand, it also gives me pause to study the image for what I can find in it - so I confess to being somewhat ambivalent to how much should have been included.
To my eye, your processing of the image, aside for my question about the crop, was good. I like the contrast and the tonality. I also like the lighting.
Thank you for sharing it with us. |
Aug 6th |
| 47 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Hi Adrian - welcome to our group.
Thank you for the comment. I agree with your assessment. However if I brought out the shadows of the neck area in order to address the issue, then I was dealing with a lot of noise. As it was I had to use Topaz DeNoise AI in order to get the noise to "film grain" level. It was, so to speak, a balancing act - a balance between negative space and revealing details in order to get what I believe to be best average condition for the overall image.
Thank you again for your comment, it was well taken. |
Aug 6th |
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