Activity for User 445 - Cindy Lynch - cindylynch@att.net

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Group	Round	C/R	Comment	Date	Image
45	Mar 17	Comment	Is this better?	Mar 17th
45	Mar 17	Comment	My favorite bird! I have never gotten a picture of one. They seem to never stay put long enough and their black feathers are hard to shoot. Congrats on a great pose. The claws are very sharp, however, the rest of the bird is too soft for my taste. I also think you could darken down the background.	Mar 3rd
45	Mar 17	Comment	Technically, very well done - sharp with good contrast. The sky is pleasing without taking away from the main subject. I, too, would prefer the subject wasn't centered and would have liked to have seen the front view. By cropping out one of the cannons, you would have the preferred odd number which may have strengthen your composition.	Mar 3rd
45	Mar 17	Comment	Charlie, this is a good first attempt at flowers. I find they need a lot of practice and I am not always successful. One of the best things for flower photography is a nice background. Your blurred background is very good and has nice colors. I would consider darkening it some to set off the white flower even more. I agree with Sarah, that the gold strip on the bottom needs to be cropped out and the flower a little sharper. I don't mind this flower being centered, however, I think it is cropped a little too close on the left. The flower looks a little crowed on that side.	Mar 3rd
45	Mar 17	Comment	A very nice (and successful) conversion from your original. I especially like how sharp the eye and legs are. The bird is nicely separated from the background, and as Sarah mentioned, he has plenty of room to fly into. A great nature image - winner!	Mar 3rd
45	Mar 17	Comment	You are right! This is a departure for you. A very nice rendition of an ice dance. You captured the right moment and the color is nice and warm with a beautiful glow. You were right to get rid of the orange in the upper right, however, in doing so you left (at least on my monitor) some black smudges to the right; especially to the right of the woman's hair where there is a black hook shape. You may want to revisit this before you submit it as a projected image. I'm afraid it will really show when projected on a screen. Since your competition is this month, please let us know how you did in the comments.	Mar 3rd
45	Mar 17	Reply	You're welcome, Sarah, and thank you for your comments. I will try the crop that you suggested. There are three berries - 2 blackberries and 1 strawberry, but it must not "jump out" enough.	Mar 3rd
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50	Mar 17	Reply	No, It's the bright section above the cowcatcher	Mar 6th
50	Mar 17	Comment	You did an excellent job with the details of the truck, which is "tack-sharp". I agree that the background doesn't add much to you photo and would also agree with Kathy's suggestions above.	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Reply	Kathy, I do start with a "vision" when I set things up. In this one, I wanted three subjects and it was either the flowers or an apple! I settled on the roses because I though it had a more romantic approach to Shakespeare than an apple. Honestly, it just came together for me without much rhyme or reason!	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Comment	I agree that the sepia works best and the straightened image by Kathy looks better.	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Comment	The details of the plane are really enhanced by HDR. I agree with Kathy that the detailed background (trees and clouds) gives it a flat look and takes away from the plane itself. I would also suggest cropping the driveway at the bottom of the image. In my VF, I softened the background and cropped the bottom. It's a good image and worth "tweaking"!	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Comment	Great shot either way, mono or color. You did an excellent job of preserving the details in both the train and smoke and the background provides just enough interest without taking away from the train. The only suggestion I have is to straighten the image. I feel as if it is leaning to the left on the monochrome more than the color version.	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Comment	I, too, like both images, but prefer the monochrome (I think!). Your details and lighting are nice and the contrast is just right. My only small suggestion is to crop out the small section of something (another train?) on the bottom right. I think it would appear that there is more room in front of the train without it.	Mar 5th
50	Mar 17	Comment	I, too, prefer the monochrome. This is a really nice night shot. Your exposure is wonderful and the starbursts on the lights are great. I like it very much. My only suggestion is in cropping. For my taste, I would refer the bridge were not centered and the small section of the building on the left doesn't add to the image. I would crop the left side and then flip it so your center of interest falls on the "rule of thirds" line on the right.	Mar 5th
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 50
57	Mar 17	Comment	This is truly lovely. I love the softness and the colors. Your background is nicely blurred and the color looks wonderful with your subject.I also like that the flower is facing the left as we "read" into the image. My only suggestion is to clone out the light half bud on the right. Very nice job.	Mar 10th
57	Mar 17	Comment	You have turned your photo into a true work of art. I love what you did with this. I have no suggestions for changes.	Mar 10th
57	Mar 17	Comment	So soft and delicate. For me, your depth of field is perfect. Everything that needs to be in focus is and the blurred part of the flower in the upper right "grounds" the flower. Your lighting and colors are very nice. My only, very small, suggestion is to clone out (unless you are entering this in a nature competition) the small black dots on the flower and background on the far right. I know they are part of the flower, but in those very light areas, they seem to be floating. They are fine on the green part of the flower to the bottom right. Very nice job.	Mar 4th
57	Mar 17	Comment	Spectacular! The black background really enhances the wonderful colors and subject. Everything is sharp and you even have a catch-light in the frog's eye. I wouldn't change a thing. I hope you have this framed.	Mar 4th
57	Mar 17	Comment	Jessica, I love the treatment you used and the angle. The detail, lighting and contrast are all perfect. I love it! You should enter this in competition. My only suggestion (personal taste) is to flip the image horizontally so we look "into" the flower. Since we read left to right, that is how we approach an image.	Mar 4th
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