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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments on my beautiful girls portrait. |
Mar 23rd |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Luck plays a big part in much of our photography. You were in just the right place to have a high perspective to shoot over the foreground vegetation. For me it would be nice to see the original image to see the effect of your edits. The dark sky and foreground adds nice drama to the image. Well done. |
Mar 5th |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Everything about this image warms my heart. The light and shadow, the green and orange in the vegetation, the trail leading through the forest and the human subject giving a sense of perspective and movement. Her blue shirt sets her off in the vastness of the scene. Beautiful and well done. An image to share with your daughter for sure. |
Mar 5th |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
After enjoying this tranquil scene I too wondered what it would look like in B&W. However, I do agree with you that the blue in the sky and the yellow vegetation make this a nice image along with the S curve of the tail. Jerry's edit adding more drama is also interesting. |
Mar 5th |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
This looks like a great place to explore and find many intimate compositions. Thanks for the history and overview of the site. I like that you put the human touch (shadow) into the image. |
Mar 5th |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Beautifully done Jerry. The complimentary colors and the reflections of the flowers in the bulb make this a very compelling image. Thank you for telling us how you did it. It's one of those images that captures your attention right away. Are you going to enter it in a competition? |
Mar 5th |
| 51 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Why is it we have a fascination with trains? I too love to photograph and just watch trains go by. I like the lower close up perspective that gives the locomotive that large effect and also the line of the train going off in the distance. Seeing the newer locomotive in the background also helps to tell a story of the industry around trains. Well done. |
Mar 5th |
7 comments - 0 replies for Group 51
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| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Judith. Yes this was handheld as the bird was moving. In this NWR you drive through in your car so your car is your blind. I use a beanbag on the window sill of the car and try to use that as much as possible to stabilize a shot. However, when the subject takes off I have to bring the camera off the beanbag to follow the action.
Thanks for your suggestions. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
I'll keep working on this. Thanks for your input and suggestions. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Mike, this image of the egret is gorgeous. Your treatment of the background really enhances the egret and adds a warmth to the image that compliments the warm tones in the egrets left side. The face and eye are very sharp. What I'm wondering is why the legs and lower parts of the wings are soft. It seems that the aperture of f/6.3 should have been enough to keep everything in focus as the head and legs are not that far apart in depth. Your thoughts or enlightenment? I know the important thing is for the eye to be in focus so this is a learning element for me. For me the final edited version is my favorite. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
First, your iPhone takes wonderful images and if you had not said you took the image with your phone no one would have known. I sometimes get better images with my phone than with my big girl camera. My mind is still playing with the vertical tilt of the image. My head keeps tilting to the left to view the image. Having said that I think it is a creative look that can work. You have brought out nice texture in the geese as well as the water enhancing the ripples and the reflections. I would agree with Mike about trying to dodge the front birds face so the eyes are more apparent and there is more detail. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Animal behavior is always fun to photograph but also challenging. I think a tighter crop would work well to bring the pelicans in as the main subject and give the viewer more of a feel for the action. Mike's suggestion of dodging the adults face would help to bring it out of the dark shadow. I also agree that the buildings in the background are a distraction so if they could be blurred more and darkened it would again keep the viewers eye on the pelicans. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
A beautiful lily with an intricate center. I like your abstract approach. Since the middle of the flower has more elements in focus I would suggest bring out more of the purple to really bring the eye to that area. My eye gets drawn to the brighter yellow on the right side of the image so I would suggest toning that down and maybe take Mike's suggestion of a white vignette. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
What a beautiful image. I love the silhouette of the trees against the sunset colors in the sky. You did a very nice job pulling out those beautiful colors both in the sky and the reflections in the water. Your slower shutter speed worked nicely in softening the water without it becoming too soft. I agree with Mike and Judith regarding removal of the stumps/branches. To me the one on the right is the most distracting. Well done. Welcome to the group. |
Mar 13th |
| 52 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
I can never pass up a great blue heron. I think they are so majestic. The heron looks sharp throughout. I like that he is starting to lift his leg to indicate motion. As far as flipping the image, I don't feel it necessarily makes the image more "readable." I often like to leave the position the way I saw it but that is a personal choice. I would suggest eliminating more of the sky. If you are going for a high key look I would suggest making the background totally white without any detail and maybe adding a white vignette. I think this would make a beautiful card or wall hanging. |
Mar 13th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 52
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13 comments - 2 replies Total
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