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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi all: Everyone seemed to enjoy Pacific Madrone. I have appreciated your helpful comments... Cheers... |
Oct 26th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: As Barbara has shown there are several various compositional arrangements a photographer could use on the peppers. A good subject to work on....Cheers |
Oct 17th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hello Stephen: Thanks for your comments on Pacific Madrone, they are appreciated.
Pacific Madrone is an interesting tree with white flowers in the spring. It is a challenge to find a Madrone peeling bark pattern that will make an artistic composition; some facet is often a "little off" in order to obtain the shot you really want. Cheers... |
Oct 17th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi All: I did not include as much meta data as I should have on the Madrone bark pattern. ISO 200 -- 1/50 @ f/13 -- aperture priority --post processed in Elements. Very slight cropping for the best composition, added thin white border. |
Oct 10th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: Your background color was so very well chosen to blend in well and not distract from the yellow and orange of the tulip flowers.
If I had a "nit" it would be cutting off the left and top flower petals. The bottom tulip is slightly soft focus. To me this softness of the bottom flower kind of goes with the overall soft warm mood of your picture. Nice !! |
Oct 9th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: Another really nicely done Farmer's Market type picture, and a nice pattern type shot. All I can suggest here is to show more of the green pepper in the upper right corner as the dark green would make a great color compliment to the other 3 colors. The 3 main colors blend together very well. |
Oct 9th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: I think the high light of this picture is the Bee peering over the top of the light violet flower.
The green leaves seem a little bright and rather soft in focus, think if you toned down those leaves so they were not so bright it would improve your picture somewhat.
I cannot tell where your picture area ends and the black web page of our circuit begins, a border of some type would define the edges of your picture. |
Oct 9th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: The front and middle parts of the Bee are very sharp as well as the two white flowers in the middle of the frame which show some texture, hard to obtain texture on white flower petals
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Some of the flowers and flower buds in the background are not quite sharp which does not bother me. They are not the center of interest which is the Bee, just in a supporting role.
If I was thinking of any improvement at all I would tone down the light area in the upper right corner. Nice Shot !!
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Oct 9th |
| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Really fine picture of the White-winged Dove. Very sharp detail on the Dove with correct exposure and placed well in the frame.
This picture is grade A except for; the hi-lites in the background are quite distracting and take the viewers attention away from the Dove. If you were willing to tone down these bright areas in my opinion it would really be a large improvement to an already fine image. |
Oct 9th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: I tend to agree with Vincent regarding composition; if the Zinnia was dead centered in the frame in my opinion it would be an improvement, then also the use of a square format would also work.
Regarding sharpness; the entire flower does not seem to be as sharply rendered as it really should be. The central yellow part of the flower should jump off the screen at the viewer with good sharpness however does not, just a little to soft in detail.
The out of focus green background is slightly busy, however works okay to support the flower. |
Oct 23rd |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi Dan: I think there will always be slight variations in monitor color renditions even if our monitors are calibrated.
There can be very slight color differences between brands of monitors also. You would need to have two monitors side by side in order to tell any difference. Cheers... |
Oct 15th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi Gaetan: I could have tried to use a spray bottle to add dew on the flowers, however it never looks exactly like the real thing. Anyway I prefer to keep things natural the way they were found. |
Oct 10th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Mo: Your photography of flowers frozen in a block of ice is quite specialized, not many photographers are doing this kind of work which is very creative.
I look upon this Guardian Angel picture as more of an abstract design, one cannot really tell this picture is of a flower. The color design is interesting; lighter on the perimeter and then darkening down in the central part to a pleasant blue, purple and then a round gold ball.
I looked at your website; quite an interesting collection of various subjects and quite creative. |
Oct 7th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi Mo: The Photoflex translucent disc is very useful in photographing flowers in open sun conditions, it does a great job of softening the lighting. I also liked the way the rose leaves are lit, really nice saturated green color with no harsh shadows or bright high-lites anywhere on the entire rose bush.
As flower photographer working in the field I prefer cloudy or slight hazy sun lighting; however sometimes you will find a really nice subject in bright open sun. Then it is nice to have a way to correct the lighting. |
Oct 7th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: Pleased you liked the Bouquet of Roses. I knew the spider web was there but just left it as is. I agree there are several slight soft focus leaves at the lower left corner. I tried using F/16 which brought every leaf into sharp focus, however with the added depth of field the background got quite busy, so used f/11. With a single frame shot sometimes it is "pick your poison". I could have used focus stacking to have everything razor sharp, but did not. |
Oct 7th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: I like the diagonal composition of the leaf design originating from the lower left to the upper right. Backlighting on the Maple leaves certainly adds impact to the picture and the leaves show good sharpness and texture.
It seems like most of the leaf stems have disappeared in the black background, the leaves seem to float in space. In the original in the upper right corner of the monitor I can see where the picture area ends, however that is not the case with your finished picture as I cannot tell where the picture area ends and the black web page begins. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Gaetan: Using a single flash provides a very different high contrast "look" than available light does. The use of f/11 did not quite provide total sharpness within the flower, the bottom petals are quite sharp while the top petals are a little on the soft side. I think f/16 would have provided a little more depth of field within the flower.
A little difficult to determine where the picture area ends and the black web page begins. The use of a thin border would define your picture area. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: I found the inch worm which provides an extra point of interest. The 22 stacked images has provided extreme sharpness, this is as sharp as it gets.
Very pleasing composition with the stem originating from the upper left, and then the brilliant red color of the flower jumps off the monitor at the viewer.
The small light areas in the background do help give some depth to the picture. If you look closely at the light areas they all have a slight pattern to them which I find interesting. |
Oct 4th |
| 75 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: Congratulations on your purchase of a 105mm macro lens. The 105mm length is your basic macro lens that is probably the most popular macro lens length used today.
You mention "Not easy, not at all". Do not give up, but practice and more practice out in the field. As they say "practice makes perfect"
Regarding this picture; the rain drops on the bottom part of the leaf are pretty sharp, however sharp focus drops off a lot towards the top part of the leaf. You will need to shoot more straight on to the leaf in order to obtain better sharpness. Also the aperture of F/8 will not provide enough depth of field to attain total sharpness, using f/16 will give you the best chance with a single image. Several of our members are using focus stacking which would do wonders on this image. Thanks for sharing your picture with us.
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Oct 4th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 75
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12 comments - 7 replies Total
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