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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for taking the time to give such detailed feedback. |
Oct 26th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for visiting me in Group 54. |
Oct 19th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I have my parents to thank for instilling in me a knowledge and appreciation of art. The mantra of several of my Art History professors was something akin to there's a difference between art and decoration. Going peacefully or kicking and screaming, it's worth the trip. |
Oct 19th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
As I mentioned in my bio, above, I grew up reading art books and taking art lessons. What I did not mention is that I minored in Art History in college. Magritte and Dali have been my favorite surrealist painters for decades, and I have recently discovered contemporary surrealist painters Nguyen Dinh Dang and Michael Cheval. These and other surrealist have influenced a lot of my thinking about my composites. I still enjoy reading about and looking at art. For example, I was fascinated to learn that Nguyen Dinh Dang is a nuclear physicist. |
Oct 16th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I assure you that your comments are not one bit harsh. Some group members comment ONLY on the shadows in my composites when there's so much else going on. Others call my images "interesting" without offering reasons why they are interesting. These comments are harsh. Your comments embody the purpose of these Digital Dialogue groups. This, of course, doesn't mean that I necessarily agree with you, but we always seem to have informative dialogues. I disagree with your "cop out" comment as I'm sticking to my guns about why I chose the sky I did. Your informative feedback is always appreciated. |
Oct 13th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for your feedback. I'm happy that you and Candy do not like the daytime sky with the dusk foreground. I wanted this sky to add to the discomfort in the viewer that the woman's concern raises. In my mind, a foreboding sky would be a cliche that lessens my effect of lighting the scene just enough to allow the viewer to see details. I wanted that imbalance. |
Oct 13th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for your detailed feedback. I'm happy that you and Brian do not like the daytime sky with the dusk foreground. I wanted this sky to add to the discomfort in the viewer that the woman's concern raises. In my mind, a foreboding sky would be a cliche that lessens my effect of lighting the scene just enough to allow the viewer to see details. |
Oct 13th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for validating my desire to have the discomfort be palpable. I found the woman in my folder of people-to-use-in-composites. Lucky me! |
Oct 12th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I guess I chose good! I was an avid Ray Bradbury fan about 50 years ago and did read his "Something Wicked." I actually used that line for my submission in Group 54 in September 2020. It's a wonderfully portentous sentiment. |
Oct 7th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
In spite of the eyes in the forest, your image has a welcoming feel to it: the path leading to the open door; the cat in the window; a warm fire inside; the lights on in every window; and the stylistic treatment of things that grow. I'm a retired high school English teacher who thoroughly enjoyed teaching "Macbeth." Shakespeare has one of the 3 witches announce that "something wicked this way comes" to let the audience know that Macbeth, a hero as the play opened, approaches as a psychotic killer. I can't help but see the title as the antithesis of what I view as a warm and fuzzy scene. Your favorite filters continue to serve you well. |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
As you head through spring into summer, those of us in the northern hemisphere are moving through fall into winter. Here in the northeast U.S., it's a welcome break from a very hot summer. In a few weeks, we'll be looking for some of your spheres to remind us of the warm days of spring. The water in your image looks stylized and that's a good thing. It's a well chosen contrast to the hard reality of the globes. Your image is easy on the eyes--all of the colors you've chosen work very well. One suggestion: it looks like the glass spheres need to sink a little more into the water. Could be a personal taste. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work. |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
I looked at the image before I read your description. I got the sense of these 4 objects being drawn into a black hole with some sort of deity managing the whole thing. All of the steps you took has created an image that gives the viewer something to think about. Your difficulty in finding a creative image has certainly paid off! |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
All of the steps you used worked very well, especially reducing the opacity after using Silver Effects. Placing the man with the white beard on the right is a strong message to the eye to stop looking--at least for those of use who read left to right. Portraits of strong people usually face left to do just that. I have just 1 suggestion. Give each man a shadow to add three-dimensionality to the figures. Nice work. |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
This is another very well executed Goth image. Changing the size of the figures certainly draws the viewer up the steps. I don't know why these people are going up the steps, but I don't care. This is so well done, I want to go with them. |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
Very cute. Makes me think of the Beatles song "Piggies." Well done. |
Oct 6th |
| 34 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I may have mentioned before that I'm a big Magritte fan. I never thought to illuminate the woman without a light source because I wanted her to communicate discomfort in the twilight, but I'll keep that in mind for the future. |
Oct 5th |
6 comments - 10 replies for Group 34
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| 38 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for taking the time to elaborate your process. That's the essence of the PID groups! |
Oct 20th |
| 38 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
Kurtis, I really like the grunge effect you have added to this image using Topaz II. Could you elaborate what you did with Topaz II to get such a wonderful effect. Thank you. |
Oct 19th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 38
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| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for taking the time to give me feedback from which I can learn. The red sky may be a little too personal. I was born and raised in South Carolina where hot, humid days often ended with a portentous, red sky. I'll certainly rethink the sky if I display this image again . . . for all of the people who didn't grow up in a hot, humid climate. |
Oct 16th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I appreciate the fact that you find "Drought" interesting. One of the deors for Group 54 is that members offer "comments on artistic merit." It would help me grow as an artist if you would tell me what you find interesting. I'm not angry in any way. I simply want feedback that will help me learn. |
Oct 16th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
I agree with you that the boat could be moved a little to the right. That would move the boat's shadow a bit away from the well. I feel the image needs the boat to help the viewer understand that there was once a river there. (The Colorado River, once a mighty river, has lost so much of it's capacity that the farmers in Arizona who depend on it will be receiving rationed water from it beginning in 2022.) I'm happy you find the figure eerie. Freud is quoted as having said, "Sometimes a good cigar is just a good cigar." In the same vein, sometimes less isn't more. :) |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for your feedback on the foreground light. I will address that in future iterations. You mentioned that you found the image interesting, but you didn't say why you find it interesting. Feedback on the artistic aspect would be helpful as well. |
Oct 10th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
The bright, white flower really stands out against the starry, night sky. For me, the bee is an intruder into that nice image. Why not shrink the flower a bit, move it a little to one side, and add one of the egrets in flight from your November 2020 submission. The 2 white images against the dark, starry sky just might work. This is a good start. |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
I always keep my camera handy at Halloween so I can take pictures of yard decorations. Your swirl/warp encompasses your yard decorations beautifully, and your choice to transform your image into black and white works very well. It kind of ties everything together. This is certainly a bit of fun for Halloween. |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
This really shows a man reminiscing about a past love. The waves suggest "time and tide wait for no man," and the woman blends into the sky/his memory quite well. However, the man needs a bit of work. The background in the original photo of the man appears in the composite and can be carefully removed with a layer mask. The hair on the top of his head is a little too cut-and-pasted. I read about a solution to this problem that we all come across. Use the Eyedropper tool to sample the color of the man's hair in the original photo, create a new layer above the man in the composite, and use the thinnest brush possible to paint strands of "hair" on the new layer. In this way you can adjust the color of the "hair" without effecting the composite itself. It's certainly worth a try for such a nice composite. |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
You have done a very nice job of seamlessly putting all of the pieces together into a complete image. The addition of the flowers brings out a philosophical aspect of having life among the decay. The branches that cover the top 3rd of the image really make the viewer feel as if he/she is part of the setting. A viewer would really want to walk down that path. Two suggestions: (1) use Content Aware or the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop to remove the white spot in the path; and (2) use a very small white border to frame the image. The wide border that you have is distracting. Nice work. |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 21 |
Comment |
The setting has an HDR feel to it which adds to the overall "look." The moon enhances the HDR look, but most judges that visit my camera club would say that you shouldn't put a bright object near the edge. Judges tend to follow the rules strictly and leave little room for interpretation. Your import of the dogs works very well in this setting, but I'm afraid the huntress looks a little cut-and-pasted. Maybe putting her further back in the setting and blurring her ever so slightly would help. This is certainly an image worth revisiting.
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Oct 7th |
5 comments - 4 replies for Group 54
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12 comments - 15 replies Total
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