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| Group |
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C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: The late afternoon lighting produced a rich softness to the pink and yellow coloration of the two flowers, the green buds to the right add a nice balance to the picture. I would prefer to have stems to anchor the flowers, however I must admit I have flower pictures in my files without stems too. I find as time goes on I am also using a dark background more as you have here; in photographing domestic flowers in a public garden I do not like to remove distractions from the background, so I just black them out.
Pleasant image. |
Oct 13th |
| 63 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: The habitat is a very strong point in this image; the artistic arrangement of the leaves with the super sharpness and dramatic lighting really sets the stage. The blue body of the scorpion is pretty well dead center in the frame, but this is off set by the elongated body going on a diagonal towards the upper right corner of the frame. Both pinchers are open ready for action, the mouth may be open also, kind of hard to tell. Very fine work Neal. |
Oct 13th |
| 63 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Really good picture showing Purple Loosestrife. Sharp as can be detail wise, the hairs on the stems really stand out and the bee adds a lot of interest. I like the background treatment with the out of focus flowers and the green out of focus stems. Very nicely done.
Purple Loosestrife is a real problem here in the Pacific Northwest on some inland lakes, extremely hard to eradicate.
We have so many invasive species from Eurasia out here also. |
Oct 7th |
| 63 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Really like your black and white conversion, it carries a lot of mood and impact. Your darkened background with the small out of focus light areas supports the white flower very well. Amazing to me you could handhold 1/15th of a second and obtain a sharp image, must have had your vibration reduction turned on. At f/6.3 aperture you have some soft petals, however in this image they do not bother me. From a composition standpoint good use of the square format. The thin white border adds that final touch to the picture. The original color version is more of a documentary shot with kind of a busy background. Good Work... |
Oct 6th |
| 63 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: It is very evident you have put "a lot of thought" into the creation of this mood type image. Image has high impact in a subtle way due to the low lighting and the mist and vapor permeating the scene. The rim lighting on the wine bottle and crystal tie the scene together. Then to add that final touch the thin gold border around the picture matches the gold band on the label of the wine bottle. Very creative and excellent work... |
Oct 6th |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi All: Vincent and Marge mention the Fibonacci spiral also known as the golden ratio, then in some photo books the golden mean is mentioned, and we all are familiar with the rule of thirds. I try to apply my own idea which is "artistic balance". Have never seen this term used in any photo publications dealing with composition. Best Regards everyone. |
Oct 25th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Reply |
Hi Vincent: I am looking slightly down at the flower grouping, the reason for this was if I positioned the camera lower to the ground and shooting more straight on at the flower grouping I would have had a very distracting background above the flowers and it would have ruined the mood of the picture.
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Oct 18th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi all, Charles and Dan are correct regarding the flowers being too soft in detail. For a long time we had a height limitation of 768 pixels in height and the image was sized to this dimension. I see in reading the new guidelines it states "typically around 1200 -- 1400 pixels on the long side will be fine, not to exceed 1Mb" I did not pick up on this change. My original is far sharper than what is presented here.
Best Regards everyone. |
Oct 11th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: A very interesting Orchid flower well photographed. I went on Google and it states there are 28,000 species of Orchids world wide. The diffused lighting seems like what you would find in a green house, it fits the flower well. The background while out of focus has some bright areas which make the background a little on the busy side. I would tone down the bright areas myself, just a thought. |
Oct 7th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Reply |
To me adding the extra room at the top to include all of the top petal makes a lot of difference as now it does not look chopped off. No idea what this flower is, have never seen one like it. It is a very interesting flower. |
Oct 7th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Allen: A very creative and original picture. The monochrome treatment worked very well in this situation. In your original color version the background is very busy and distracts from the blue flowers, however in the monochrome version the background becomes more of a tapestry and supports the dark flowers. Good post processing work to arrive at the finished product. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Marge: In your Bio you mention an early mentor wanted you to get it right in the camera viewfinder, I am of the same mindset you are in trying to get it right before I click the shutter. Very creative composition with the leaf veins radiating out from the lower left corner of the frame, a good seeing eye to spot this and "make the shot". Sharpness wise not as tack sharp as it could be, but at least adequate. Using F/22 is not your camera lenses sharpest aperture for the best sharpness, there is a situation called diffraction that enters into it There are published articles in photo guide books that explain this in detail. Some lenses are effected by this more than others. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: Never would have guessed this picture is of a Snapdragon, as it does not quite look like a Snapdragon flower. The picture has a lovely soft focus mood and soft muted colors, the out of focus background supports the subject well. From a composition standpoint I would have backed up enough to have included all of the top pink petal in the picture area with a small amount of the out of focus background showing at the top of the petal. I like the thin white border treatment. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: Believe I mentioned last month that wind is the number one difficulty us flower photographers face working out in the field, I still believe that.
Very dynamic colors with the red petals and light purple interior of the flower, then the dark out of focus African violet leaves made a good backdrop for the flower. Would have preferred the bottom part of the flower to be in sharp focus, however with 18 stacked images you likely did as good as was possible in this situation. |
Oct 1st |
| 75 |
Oct 22 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: I like the very pleasant sunset mood of the picture, the rays of the sun add a point of interest. Kind of a pastoral type scene with the green field and the barn in the distance. The 3 poppies are in different stages of growth which also adds an interesting dimension. From a composition standpoint there is a lot of blue sky above the poppies, I would consider cropping perhaps 1/3 of the sky out, think the picture would have a little better balance. I concur with Allen regarding the weeds at the left edge. |
Oct 1st |
8 comments - 2 replies for Group 75
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13 comments - 2 replies Total
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