Activity for User 46 - Eric Schweitzer - eric@eschweitzer.net

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25 May 19 Reply I like this much better. Being able to see her waist also adds some interest. It also cuts her arms below the elbow which will please the cropping gods who say never crop at a joint or part of a hand/foot etc. Well done. May 23rd
25 May 19 Comment My eye goes immediately to Hannah's face which is sharp, clear with great lighting. Your post processing on her face is excellent, but I think it could be a stronger photo if she was making eye contact with you, which she seems to do in the original. The second thing my eye goes to are the bright spots on the left side of the image. These could easily be cloned out. I also would give a little more room between the top of her head and the image edge. May 23rd
25 May 19 Comment The colors and lighting of the trees and water reflections are the first things my eye sees, then to goes to the waterfall which is the subject. Ruth's suggestion of cropping the image to make the falls more the focal point is a good one. The lighting and colors are great. I imported into Lightroom and cropped. It became a bit pixelated but I assume that is because of the low res image. You can decide if you like it. May 23rd
25 May 19 Comment A wonderful color which immediately attracts the eye. The composition is good as is the lighting. I would add a vignette to darken the edges especial the dark greens in the upper left corner. May 23rd
25 May 19 Comment The impact of the feathers and their pattern is strong and clearly the subject. You goal of including a bit of the environment to show the place would be be clearer if you backed up and showed a bit more of the surrounding area. The lighting is OK, but as you point out a chicken barn does not have studio lighting. The one thing which I noticed immediately was the brightness of the wood shavings which drew my eye. I took the original photo into Lightroom where I reduced the highlights, increased the blacks, added some clarity, dehaze, and vibrance. I then exported to Photoshop where I selected the bird, inverted the selection and reduced the brightness and added a little contrast to the wood shavings. It result is attached. You can decide if you like it.

I also like Marla's version, but as you point out it is a completely different, although a wonderful texture image.		 May 23rd
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