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66 Mar 23 Reply Thanks Emil, I like your version. It sticks with the "as seen" perspective. The darkness brings out the shapes, the graphic qualities more, as befits a black and white image. Mar 8th
66 Mar 23 Comment I agree with the others, Henry, it's inviting and beautiful, with a lovely soft mood, composed and presented well. I particularly like the leaning tree.

I will give you one small nitpick, I wish the foreground log weren't so large, it almost steals attention from the rest of the scene. Not much you can do about it, and the image still works regardless.		 Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment I was having a little trouble with this one, until I came to Gary's version; now I can appreciate what you were after, very nice; your version is just a little too dark, or heavy for me. There's beautiful texture and tones in the building which are revealed, and the sky adds the overall foreboding mood. Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment This reminds me of Melanie's image this month; whimsical! I know I've contemplated images like this, but rarely take one. You've done a good job composing it, with the repeating lines, the criss-crossing, and the unfinished line at left. And we agree on the contrast on this one, too, very nice. Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment Palli, I find I agree with the other comments, in that a version like #2, or Gary's, works best for me. As Arik mentions, the light is quite nice. The vignette accentuates this, especially in Gary's version, which is quite pleasing. Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Reply Thanks Gary, and for all the good comments. I hadn't considered the street, that's helpful. I ended up going with a partial correction of the keystone, only. Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment It's beautiful, Arik. It's not just the fog, but the mood created by the different trees, including the dead ones, that makes this, which is why I prefer your original version to those attempted by our colleagues. It's as if there is a story being told of trees dying. I also like the slight sepia or warming. The only thing I might have done differently, would be to have pointed the camera up just a tad, as there's just a bit more foreground than necessary to my taste, but perhaps you wanted to include the large log in front. Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment Kind of like Gary's, this one has a certain whimsical mood, Melanie. Who hasn't looked up through the trees to the sky and clouds? It's one of those that works better for me either small, or from a distance, when the trees become framing and I can see my way through the center to the sky beyond.

Although I'm usually a fan of black skies, here, I don't think there's enough foliage on the trees (lighter tones), we're just left with the clouds, so that Gary's version becomes something of a night version of the same image. Your original works fine for me.		 Mar 5th
66 Mar 23 Comment Thanks Steven for the helpful response; makes a lot of sense. Mar 1st
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86 Mar 23 Comment It's beautiful, Kieu-Hanh, even the original. Something along the lines of what Steven recommends might be an interesting alternative. I guess it depends on whether you want to make a recognizable painterly image or one that is more nuanced. Lovely colors and a definitely one for the season. Mar 11th
86 Mar 23 Comment This is a great exercise in lighting and post processing, Quang. Looking at the original, I'd say you did an excellent job. Other than that, I can only echo Steven's excellent comments. Mar 11th
86 Mar 23 Comment I've been there, Pat, on a photo tour, it's actually a known photographic attraction. I think while the edit is more vivid, you've lost some of the interesting background in the original, mainly that traditional styled house. But either way is fine. I can't help but wonder, if that's a real cat, or also a model ;) Mar 11th
86 Mar 23 Comment Thanks Steven, your version is a vast improvement! I had noticed the blue cast from all my early morning images, and think it's real, there does seem to be some blue light at dusk and dawn...maybe the iPhone software is showing too much blue, because it does seem distracting. Going to black and white solves that problem, and makes sense as there isn't much color in the image anyway. Mar 5th
86 Mar 23 Comment It's an interesting study of curves, lines and colors, as Steven says. Seeing the upstairs window, takes one out of the abstract and into a more realistic image, but including the curve of the building is nice as it compliments the curves in the artwork. It feels like there are multiple images within this that one could have taken. Mar 5th
86 Mar 23 Comment Great abstract, Steven, and the perfect subject for black and white. The different triangles show different tonalities, and one suggestion would be you might have used more of the tonal range, ie, more contrast, some blacker blacks and whiter whites. An alternative to Silver Efex, is to just use the color channels in Lightroom to make individual colors lighter or darker.
It would have been interesting to see the original (color version), and of course what everyone wants to know is, what is it? Hopefully you tell us in the comments ;)		 Mar 5th
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