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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
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| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla, A highly impactful picture of a staircase composed in an artistic manner. I find the very bottom part of the picture very interesting with the vertical pieces leading you down to the steps.
In the upper dark part there are some distractions that could be cloned out for a cleaner picture. While they are not terribly distracting, they are there none the less.
I have a stair case picture I would like to share with you, however cannot post it here in our close-in forum. |
May 11th |
| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Would like to commend you for trying something different with your flash on the very creative side of things. For normal flower photography I do not use fill flash with digital photography where I did with slide film back in the day. These new digital sensors are so sensitive to light I find the use of flash unnecessary. Also even fill flash tends to fill in all natural shadows that are present even on a cloudy day, so your flower picture looks flat.
You do mention the carnations are not as sharp as you would prefer; I rather doubt the flash has anything to do with this. I would think your Tamron 90mm macro lens will produce a sharper picture than your 16-80mm zoom will at 80mm. I cannot state this for certain, you would need to do some lens testing to determine if this could be a possibility.
Then you would know for certain. cheers... |
May 11th |
| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: A very creative image, the gears just seem to float in space. You choose just the right background for the gears as everything just fits together. You did not add your usual thin border to this image, but in this case it was not especially needed. Really nice work as usual. |
May 11th |
| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Neat picture and quite creative. Your new 105mm macro lens will open up a totally new photography world for you. There are so many fascinating subjects you can photograph with a macro lens that most zoom lenses are not suited for. |
May 11th |
| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: This Box Elder bug is perfectly done in all aspects; just super sharp, good composition, exposure spot on. You mention wishing it was a bit more colorful and this would be easy to do with more post processing if you wanted to experiment. Just lower the Kelvin color temperature just a tad and then add a small amount of saturation and perhaps a slight bit of contrast. You will have a very different picture with these adjustment. Actually I really like it the way you have presented it to us. |
May 11th |
| 63 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara, Very nicely done in all aspects. The black and white treatment fits the subject very well. A very simple and yet interesting composition. There are sometimes more than one way to compose an image, in this case flipping the picture horizontally would also be an effective composition.
The ring would be on the right side of the picture versus the left side, give it a try and see what you think; however it is nice just the way you have it. |
May 11th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: I do agree with you the 1MB file size limit of our website does limit us somewhat with what image we can submit. I have found an image with a lot of detail and with the accompanying large file size can be a problem. In sizing down a large file size image to 1MB has a detrimental effect on image sharpness, then the image simply lacks the impact it should have. This limitation is something we probably just have to live with. Just some thoughts !! |
May 15th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: Charlie has pretty well covered all of the bases on his "take" on this interesting flower picture, so nothing of importance I can add.
Good seeing eye to see the possibilities with this mass of flowers. Thanks for sharing... |
May 11th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: The color version has a lot of "pop", it has never occurred to me to try a B&W. A high contrast version could be interesting and will give it a try. Cheers |
May 10th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: I like impact and drama in certain types of pictures. I like it when the subject simply jumps off the monitor at me and this Teasel seed head picture does this very well. |
May 10th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Marge: Charlie has made some improvements to your flower picture which have helped a lot.
Did notice in your data the shutter speed was 1/100 second; it is very difficult to obtain really sharp flower pictures such as this one with a slower shutter speed of 1/100 second hand held which you likely did. If you were tripod mounted with no wind you could easily shoot at a much slower speed and obtain a really sharp image. Would suggest you use a tripod for these kinds of images, you will attain much sharper results. |
May 10th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: I always enjoy your "take" on our pictures. The aspect I noticed the most on my Dahlia picture was more saturation on the large flower to the right. The original had some sheen on the petals which caused them to be kind of washed out; you removed that sheen which probably added some saturation to the flower petals in the process. Thanks for your thoughts...Cheers. |
May 10th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: A very creative rendition of the Teasel seed head. Really like your creative composition, this is a good example of a dead centered composition working very well. I cannot see the well worn rule of thirds working here at all. Like the strong vignette with the teasel seed head shown much lighter to draw the viewers attention. Then to add impact to the scene the teasel head and stem are very sharp in detail, your stack of 23 images was key to this.
From a composition standpoint am glad you avoided having the stem emerge from the corner of the frame.
KUDUS on excellent work !! |
May 6th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hello Dan: Not being a plant pathologist I had to Google 'anthers' to learn more about what they exactly were. It seems stamens and anthers are kind of interrelated in certain ways. In the larger Dahlia flower in the central part I do not see anything that looks like a stamen, just dahlia flower petals. In the very central portion of the flower the petals seems to be a slightly different shape. Would you be so kind as to explain this aspect further to a plant novice. |
May 6th |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: Like the soft dreamy mood of the Pink Lily flower. Using the lens aperture of f/6.3 allowed you to have a selective focus rendition of the Lily flower. The pistil and stamens and stems are sharply focused with the flower petals out of focus. The petals have a halo around them which seems to fit your selective focus theme.
Would have preferred to have the left flower petal not cut off but entirely in the pictures area, more like you have done on the right side of the frame. If you wanted to spend some post processing time the left petal situation would not be that difficult to fix. There is an out of focus green flower stalk at the bottom right, I would clone that out. While it is not terribly distracting it is there. |
May 1st |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: From a technical standpoint very sharp detail on the plant and exposed perfectly to show texture in the snow. Regarding composition think I would crop out the Crocus leaves on the right upper corner and make this into a vertical format. From my personal opinion I do not think those out of focus Crocus leaves add anything to your picture featuring the two yellow flowers.
The dark (leaves)? at the top of of frame are distracting and pull the viewers interest from the yellow flowers. I would clone those out or greatly subdue them in some manner so they do not stand out.
A good story telling picture of Crocus growing the snow, looks very authentic.
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May 1st |
| 75 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: A very artistically composed picture of tree branches filling the picture area. The tree branches emerging from various locations really adds a lot of interest to this scene, then the color tones with patches of blue sky with cloud cover with strong backlighting adds a lot of drama. The sun rays against the dark tree trunk add another point of interest.
There are some small lens flares visible in the tree trunk that would be easy to clone out. Great Work !! |
May 1st |
7 comments - 4 replies for Group 75
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13 comments - 4 replies Total
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