Activity for User 502 - Murphy Hektner - mhektner@frontier.com

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63 Jan 21 Reply Hi Neal, I selected small back ground areas with the selection tool in Elements, then I underexposed that area until it was jet black. Kind of slow tedious work the way I did it, but it worked. There are likely other easier ways to do this. Jan 27th
63 Jan 21 Comment Hi Phyllis: YES, we are all getting tired of this COVID plague that is sweeping our Great Country and the world. Not certain if this is a true abstract or not, it will depend entirely on the judging panel on how they see it. Nice presentation of the leaf with soft lighting and uniform sharpness. From a pure composition standpoint am glad you avoided having the main stem emerging from the exact corner or the frame. Jan 11th
63 Jan 21 Comment Hi Barbara: I do concur with Phyllis's comments. If you want the entire Pine cone in sharp focus you would need to use f/16 aperture or perhaps f/22. I try to avoid using f/22 most of the time as there is an issue called diffraction that tends to soften your entire image somewhat, some lenses are worse than others in this regard. You just need to experiment using f/16 and f/22 and see what you think.
Nice subject.		 Jan 11th
63 Jan 21 Comment Hi Neal: Very interesting plant with the red stems and dark blue berries, the picture has good impact and is presented well from a composition standpoint. You have matched your border color well with the yellow on the main stem. The background while out of focus is still a bit distracting, think it would really add a lot to the overall impact of your picture if you could darken the background down somewhat. Kind of tedious work, but I know you can do it. With your focus stacking you have achieved good sharp detail on the parts of the plant that need to be in focus. Jan 11th
63 Jan 21 Comment Hello Richard: Your Florida Thistle is quite similar to our Washington state varieties, very little difference. Nice presentation with good sharpness and exposure. Lighting is a bit uneven, in my humble opinion the lighting needs to be more diffused as there are some black shadows on the stem with no detail. A reflector works great for this; the Photoflex company has many good reflectors in various sizes, or you can make your own by using crinkled aluminum foil which works well. A thin border around your picture area would separate it from the black web page. Jan 11th
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