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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Neal: YES, weather conditions play a large part in most outdoor photography, the general conditions have to be nearly perfect for the type of subject you want to photograph for your photo to be successful. Thanks for your positive comments. Cheers. |
Apr 22nd |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Alane: You mentioned major surgery this coming Tuesday; Want to wish you the very best going forward. |
Apr 11th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Thanks so much for sharing your Texas State Flower, Bluebonnet with us. Bluebonnet is a regional name in Texas for the Lupine flower of which there are 200 or so species across the United States and many more world wide.
In my home state of Washington we have more than 20 species of Lupine that are found at sea-level along Pacific Ocean beaches to fragile alpine rockery type plants found at nearly 7000' elevations in the Cascade Mountains. In viewing your Bluebonnet picture the flower looks very similar to our local Lupine varieties.
From a photography standpoint it is really difficult to photograph close-ups in full sun lighting condition as you have here, a hazy sun day or just cloudy conditions is preferred as you will not have harsh shadows and background distractions, then your overall scene will be much more evenly lit.
The Bee adds a good point of interest. |
Apr 11th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: The feather mask provided a very colorful subject and you set it up just perfectly to make this interesting photo. Your choice of background color with some texture fits this subject very well.
Cell phone cameras have improved a lot, colors seem to be rendered very well and the feathers show good details. Really good creative type work !! |
Apr 6th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Very well photographed image of 3 pine cones with a slight reflection in the plexiglass. Artistic composition with just partially showing us the third pine cone in the upper right corner. You do not mention what your lighting source was, what ever you did provided very dramatic lighting on the pine cones. Excellent work !! |
Apr 6th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie, Outstanding sharpness on the entire flower and also the stem, the hairs on the stem really standout. Well chosen slightly darkened background color with the corners given a slight vignette. Really well done single flower image well composed. |
Apr 6th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: A good story telling picture with the lure in the fish's mouth and the fishing line leading up to the right corner. The diagonal lines of the wood deck add interest as well as the very colorful fish. |
Apr 6th |
| 63 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: A really good nature story displayed in this picture, and a good descriptive title. The subject is pretty sharp for the most part, however not as razor sharp as your focus stacked pictures. I would imagine this fly is moving with its prey making focus stacking quite difficult.
I would try cropping in somewhat on 3 sides but not the top, this would eliminate some of the out of focus area. You would need to experiment on how much to crop in, what ever looked good to you. The border color works well.
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Apr 6th |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Not to worry Vincent, no problem at all... |
Apr 16th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Vincent inserted the original, it does not show anything different than the larger version.
I find your comment "an odd question from one who is always commenting on the sharpness of the images" quite interesting.
In my scenery pictures I prefer to have the image as sharp as possible, much of the time they have more impact if they are "sharp as a tack" Just my humble opinion of course.
I will send you a large file jpeg image of this scene, you will easily see the difference a large file provides.
Pleased you like the Tulip Field picture.
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Apr 15th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Marge: Your picture Green Pearls strikes me strictly a selective focus image of this plant if that was your goal. To me if the closest U shaped part of the plant was in sharp focus this would be the first place the viewer would focus their attention, then the soft out of focus parts become more of a supportive part of the entire picture. Of course this is just my humble opinion...
The upper right dark area is somewhat distracting, that would be easy to correct with some post processing work, and there are several ways this could be done. |
Apr 10th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: Like your creative rendition of the Icelandic Poppy with the curved stem, displays good impact. Your interesting background puts this picture into more of a creative mode than a pure nature image of the flower.
The focus stacking allows total sharpness through out the entire flower and stem, no areas that are just slightly out of focus.
I think you make a valid point with our 1MB file size limit, my tulip field picture kind of points that out.
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Apr 10th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: YES! the 1st and 2nd row of flowers and the two people are not as sharp as they really should be, then in the far distance the rails in the wood fence do not stand out as they should. We are handicapped by our 1MB file size limit of our website, my original finished jpg. version is 5MB in file size and everything is sharp as a tack front to back. In having to reduce my file size to the 1MB size limit the image now lacks that razor sharpness it should have.
Am pleased you like the overall composition and the placement of the people in the frame and the snow capped mountains in the distance. Cheers... |
Apr 9th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
Thanks Dan: Regarding the crowds, I arrive early around 7:00 a.m. well before the crowds arrive. There are always fellow photographers out there that time of the morning and we chat a little. By 9:30 the crowds start to show up and then it is time to head for home and download my mornings work. |
Apr 8th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charles: A very artistically composed flower picture as presented with strong saturated colors. The very high degree of sharpness with your stack of 32 images and then your choice of lighting really draws attention to the flower and also to the leaves. You have added a very interesting cross-hatch type of dark green background that supports the subject very well. KUDOS on great work !! |
Apr 5th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: A lot of impact with the red flower taking up most of the frame area, you have cropped in very tight on the flower without much breathing room on all sides, seems a little tight in the frame to me and of course just my humble opinion. Some may object to parts of the flower not quite sharp, however there is so much in the frame to look at this aspect does not especially bother me. I like the blurred red in the background and the very thin white border, then certainly an interesting flower to photograph. |
Apr 5th |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: Your finished picture is a vast improvement over the original scene you started out with. The "skeleton" tree branches have a rather artistic design flow which carry a lot of interest, also a really good job of cropping out distractions. I do see the intruder, it would be very difficult to clone that out due to the small twiggy branches involved.
Like the fact you removed the pale blue sky and made a monochrome rendition which I think creates a lot of impact in this picture. Really nice work !! |
Apr 1st |
| 75 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: A good seasonal picture of Dwarf Dutch Iris, we have some of these in bloom in our garden at this time.
A lot of color punch in the image which creates a high impact
picture, then the sharpness on the flower petals and leaves at the base of the flowers is about as good as it gets.
As you mention the background is a little busy; if you wanted to spend a lot of time and effort I guess you could diffuse and darken the background somewhat, a good rainy day project.
Nice flower image composed well. |
Apr 1st |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 75
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13 comments - 5 replies Total
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