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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
If that old rusted door knob could talk, bet it would have some interesting stories. |
Mar 14th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: On my monitor it is difficult to determine the edges of your very dark background against our black website page, Barbara and Charlie's suggestion of a thin border would give the image that final finishing touch and and also define the edges of your frame.
Even though you have lighting from the front, the red flowers against that black background certainly give the scene a lot of impact. The ornate gold vase was a great choice to use with the red flowers, it adds another point of interest to your picture. Nice Work !! |
Mar 14th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: This is just the way the old faded Hydrangea flowers appear in late fall and early winter. The out of focus background resembles kind of a nature tapestry and the color tones go well with the spent flower.
There is a distraction that kind of bothers me; it is the out of focus branch that parallels the bottom left edge of the frame, this branch would be easy to remove by cloning. |
Mar 13th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: You make the statement "good macro images don't just happen, but require a lot of effort to pull them off". That statement is absolutely correct in spades.
Your 65mm Canon macro lens was the right lens for this extreme magnification and I imagine you were at 5X to obtain this magnification we see on the poppy seeds. Then focus stacking with many images would have been necessary to obtain the good sharpness we see from front to back; otherwise depth of field at 5X is almost nill. KUDOS for all of the attention to fine detail and time that was required to pull off this interesting image. Thanks for sharing !!
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Mar 8th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Interesting close in portrait of the Seagull. Feather detail on the gull is not as tack sharp as it could be, then the beak is really soft in detail.
At 300mm focal length and at aperture of f/5.6 your depth of field is fairly shallow, you would have needed an F stop of f/16 to have any chance of attaining better overall sharpness on the gull. |
Mar 8th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: Have always liked to photograph old weathered wood, and also old pealing paint. You have added some interesting creative touches which removes this picture from the ordinary into a picture more on the creative side.
The side lighting adds impact and enhances the detail of the weather wood and pealing paint, very sharp image. Good Work!
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Mar 8th |
| 63 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: A very interesting subject well photographed with very sharp detail. Natural light from the window worked very well, the black plexiglass is just light enough it is separated from the black background of our website page. In my humble opinion a very thin border would add a nice finishing touch. The reflection part is underexposed just enough for the mood I think you were trying to create. Well Done. |
Mar 8th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 63
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| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Great idea to darken the background, never gave that a thought. The red surround and the purple-blue berries stand out better, thus more impact to the image. |
Mar 13th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the picture. Basic living was difficult back in that era of time, no modern conveniences back then we take for granted. The expressions on their faces tell a story. |
Mar 13th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: Very sharp detail on the structure of the leaf, then the hairs really stand out well against the dark background. Very dramatic backlighting and your composition is very well thought out with the main stem leaning to the right on a diagonal.
You do mention 15 stacked images and I do wonder if it was your intension to have the lower left corner out of sharp focus?? I kind of miss the small narrow border you most always use on this type of a scene. |
Mar 13th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: A very well composed pictorial image of Daffodils and the 1820s cabin in a state of disrepair. Perfect placement of the cabin set on an angle in the upper left 1/3 power point area referring to the rule of thirds. The focus stacking worked very well here as you have good sharpness throughout the entire picture area. KUDOS on a great scenery type picture. |
Mar 7th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Marge: This white flower with the yellow central portion has a soft pleasant mood I find relaxing if you will. The flower appears to have been photographed in a hazy sun situation as the shadows are not jet black but show some detail. The small pinkish petals in the center add a point of interest. Nice background. |
Mar 7th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: WOW!! 4 mp, my how technology has improved since 2007. My first digital body was 6 megapixels, I look back at those 6 megapixel pictures and they all need some sharpening to look very good. The Hollyhock petals do have some softness to them, especially the yellow central part of the pink flower. Your choice of a teal colored background fits well. Thanks for sharing this early digital image with us, looking back at 2007 it seems like another era of time back then. |
Mar 7th |
| 75 |
Mar 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: A common scene out in our farm valley of roadside grasses and your picture looks very natural, just the way it is.
Wind is probably the number one challenge for a flower photographer working in the field, if you had much wind to deal with that just increases the degree of difficulty. You have maintained a high shutter speed to stop grass movement at the cost of enough depth of field to attain sharpness through out the clump of grass. You would have needed to use F/16 to have the entire grass clump pretty sharp throughout.
I would not have decreased the clarity, probably would have added clarity as it may have added some sharpness to your grass clump.
It appears you had a layer of fog over the field, as the bottom of the picture looks like fog in the distance. Cheers.
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Mar 2nd |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 75
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11 comments - 3 replies Total
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