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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Thanks for your response, I knew you had a reason for not adding a border to this image. Sometimes a border if done correctly can add that final touch to an image, other times it does not. |
Nov 18th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Thanks for your helpful comments on the frost pattern picture. I will do some tweaking and see what I can come up with.
This picture was photographed during the winter of 2008. We have not had the same winter weather conditions since for these frost designs to form on the shed window. With global warming our winters are not as cold as they once were, so wonder if I will ever have another chance for some new frost design images. |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Barbara: Thanks for the information on the flash bender and soft-box set up. I am mostly an available light photographer, however you can create some various moods with your flash set-up I cannot obtain with available light. I need to try some other methods as you have done. |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: Wonderful soft lighting and the placement of the central flower stalk is ideal and shows good sharp detail. You have cropped in close on the two sides and top, I would also consider cropping up from the bottom as I do not think the black area at the bottom of the frame adds anything to your lovely flower picture. Crop just enough to remove the black area. As always just my thoughts! |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: The first thing that jumps out at me is the dramatic lighting and extreme sharpness on the flower against the black background which creates high impact. At times you have chosen to use a thin border to frame the subject, I like a thin border to define the composition and to see how you cropped the picture. Of course just my personal thoughts.
Excellent work as always... |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: A very well done picture in all aspects of the flower and butterfly, The two lower down flowers and surrounding leaves fit in perfectly to complete the nature story. The soft lighting on the plant with the lightened out of focus water background certainly works well. Great Work! |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: After I read your information I wondered how many late nights you got up to check on the flower in order to catch it at exact time for the best picture.
I had to Google the flash blender to see what it looked like, it does seem to produce a much nicer evenly lit picture than direct flash would have done.
Nice work on a single flower with the stem on a slight angle with very sharp detail on the stamens. |
Nov 16th |
| 63 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Neal: Thanks for your comments on Design in Frost. In post processing I think I can do a little more color blending on the frosted border on each side so they appear exactly the same. |
Nov 11th |
4 comments - 4 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Mo: The more I view this picture the better I like the creativity aspect of it. On my monitor the small central 4 petal flowers show up as whitish at the bottom of the grouping to a darker blue near the top of the frame. All of the various colors displayed through out the entire picture all add together to create a very creative image. Kudos! |
Nov 15th |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
On my calibrated monitor I can barely make out a slight blue tinge in the middle green leaf by a diagonal leaf vein near the top of the frame.
Am not an ophthalmologist however I think people can recognize colors slightly different from each other. Then even if our monitors are all calibrated there can still be slight variations in how they render colors. Another variation is different brands of monitors can render colors slightly different from each other. |
Nov 11th |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Hi Dan: Thanks for your information. The newest technology is simply amazing; back in our slide film days we could not have handheld 1/15th second with much success. |
Nov 6th |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Geatan: Thank you for sharing this unusual Rose, have never seen one like this. The flash held at the upper left hand side kind of resembles open sun lighting due to the shadows on the rose and then using a black background of some sort. Cannot see any supporting stem so the Rose seems to kind of float in space.
The large white border comes on a little strong, it kind of dominates the very interesting Rose in my humble opinion.
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Nov 6th |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: You mention being inspired by Mo, a good act to follow. Think you need to pick a subject with strong colors in order to have needed impact in your image; your colors are too flat here to carry the image. Do not give up, just keep trying a new medium with a more colorful subject to add more interest to your picture. |
Nov 3rd |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: This exactly how our Thimble Berry leaves appear this time of the year with some green leaves and also various fall color hues of autumn colors. This is an authentic nature picture with black spot on the autumn color leaves and bug chews on the green leaves. I cannot see how you could achieve adequate sharpness on the leaves hand held at 1/15 second, you must have had the vibration reduction tuned on full. |
Nov 3rd |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: Your original Black-eyed susan is quite nice with dramatic lighting against the dark background. Your creative UV conversion of the flower kind of jumps off the monitor screen at the viewer and is definitely commands ones attention with its color and super sharp details.
Would suggest a thin border which would define your image proportions as to frame size, it would be nice to see how you cropped this very creative image. KUDOS on good creative and imaginative work... |
Nov 3rd |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: In my opinion regarding total sharpness on the yellow flower front to back you are in a situation of "pick your poison". The use of aperture f/10 did not allow total sharpness on the flower; if you were to stop the lens down to f/16 aperture you likely would have had good sharpness on the flower front to back. However in doing this the added depth of field would have brought your pleasant green out of focus background into focus to the point it could have been quite distracting due to being quite busy. The bee is your main center of interest and it is quite sharp which is ideal. |
Nov 3rd |
| 75 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Moe: You have post processed this Hydrangea to the "enth" degree in all aspects with the various colors of leaves and flowers. I like the way the leaves darken in exposure the further back they are at the top of the frame, this gives the feeling of depth. You mention the word "surreal" which fits this subject perfectly, also a kaleidoscope of colors definition fits well. Also would point out the lighting on the leaves shows great texture and shadow detail and then the black background supports the subject well. A very high degree of creativity exhibited in this image. |
Nov 3rd |
7 comments - 2 replies for Group 75
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11 comments - 6 replies Total
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