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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Alane and Barbara for your kind thoughts on Dew Drops. Probably what I refer to as a "life time" picture, it does not happen like that every day. |
Feb 17th |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hi Barbara: I think you are doing really well, your pictures are always well thought out and interesting. Photography is a life long learning experience, have been at it for a good long while and still learning. Started out with 35mm slide film and then digital arrived in the early 2000 era. There was a whole new learning curve involved with digital photography as far as all of the technical "stuff". The only thing that did not change was composition, that is still the same as it always was. cheers... |
Feb 4th |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: I appreciate your positive comments on the Dew Drops picture. As our climate is changing this picture is becoming harder to find and photograph as time goes on. We seem to have less foggy morning than in past years, so the dew drops do not form unless there is heavy fog cover. |
Feb 2nd |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: Charlie has made some interesting observations I will not repeat.
You always manage pleasant soft lighting in your "still-lifes" as they are always pleasant to view. Just the right amount of shadow detail in the rose petals.
This picture would work well from a composition viewpoint if you reversed the picture with the vase and rose on the right side of the frame. |
Feb 2nd |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: Amazing detail in the central part of the Kiwi fruit, then the black glass creates a nice reflection. The darker gray background supports the fruit very well, also you have positioned the Kiwi fruit in the frame very well.
Just a "nit-pic". There is a slight division line is the background that could be smoothed out if you wanted. |
Feb 2nd |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: This must be some sort of a hybrid duck, have never seen another duck with such amazing colors with that red eye.
The overall positioning of the duck on slight diagonal is good, you could experiment with cropping in a bit tighter from a composition standpoint if you wish.
What strikes me as a bit odd is the green head and neck reflection in the water. |
Feb 2nd |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hello Neal: Very interesting house guests you have.
You have attained very good sharpness in most of the entire picture with 46 slices. the very top is soft in focus which does not matter in the least.
All I can add is you may be able to crop in slightly to make the spider a little larger in the frame, you would just need to experiment and see if this added a bit more impact in the scene. Very well done Spider picture. |
Feb 2nd |
| 63 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: Think you have handled the technical aspects pretty well in the scene. The counter top is very dark and the top part of the background is also on the dark side which makes your subjects stand out well.
Think there is a disconnect in the picture; the grater and the fruit or vegetables fit together very well as there is a story line there, however the white dish towel does not fit in with the other two subjects as it has a totally different purpose. |
Feb 2nd |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 63
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| 66 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hi Henry: Visiting from group 63 and 75. Have read all of the interesting comments from the group members.
Blue and Gold always go together very well, the blue sky and golden grasses in this case. From a composition stand point I think this picture as presented could work very well reversed with the old house and wind turbines on the right side of the picture. You would have a nice diagonal leading line from the left leading up to the old house and wind turbines. Just a thought !! If the old house could talk it would have some interesting stories to tell. Cheers...Murphy |
Feb 20th |
0 comments - 1 reply for Group 66
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| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
HI Gaetan: I very much prefer this sharp version over the soft focus version Great improvement all around. |
Feb 11th |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: Am kind of like Ray in that I kind of lack the right words to say about this pink Rhododendron flower. The flower is rather mis-shapened however that is how nature designed it.
The entire flower is kind of soft focus which is some cases adds some mood to the picture. In this case I would sharpen the entire picture and darken down just the background to a darker green. I think this would benefit your picture.
t |
Feb 11th |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: I never gave any thought to the out of focus flower at the left edge, just did not register that it should be removed. Very easy to clone out the flower and I will do so. Thanks for pointing this out. cheers. |
Feb 8th |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: It appears you set up your tripod at about a 45 degree angle to the flower, we get a good view into the central part of the flower where the stamens connect to the base of the flower. Just the right angle in my humble opinion.
With your post processing method you have achieved excellent detail on the flower petals; the minus 1 EV was a great choice to preserve detail in those petals. The darkened background supports the flower well and adds impact to the entire scene. Very well executed flower portrait. KUDOS... |
Feb 5th |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hello Moe: Thanks for the information on how you set up the strobe lights, also your other technical data. All of your ice-flower picture thus far have been lit very well, using 5 strobe lights certainly would help to get evenly lit lighting on the subject. |
Feb 2nd |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hi Moe: Another interesting ice-flower image. The light gray ice makes a fine back-drop for the yellow-orange flower that appears to be a Sunflower. From a composition standpoint this is a situation where the dead centered single flower within the frame works well.
I kind of missed your meta data with this picture as far as camera, lens and f stop, and also any other pertinent info. you could share with us. |
Feb 2nd |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hello Gaetan: KUDOS for attempting something different from the ordinary, have never tried this method before. A rather interesting technique (soft focus) on the flower plume in a vase where everything kind of blends together.
Wish the small flower blossoms scattered at the base were sharper, you would have needed to use f/16 to accomplish this and then the main plant plume would have looked much different with more sharpness.
A rather interesting background.
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Feb 1st |
| 75 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Hello Vincent: I like what you are attempting to do here with making the background totally black. That being said I also like your original that shows habitat also, two kind of different presentations.
This image appears to be photographed in open sun, the tops of some of the blackberry leaves are burnt out which is a common occurrence in open sun lighting. This would be difficult to repair as I doubt you have any pixels left in the burnt out areas.
In this picture would recommend a thin border to define your composition as I cannot determine where your picture area ends against our black web page.
We have similar wild blackberry species in our region also.
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Feb 1st |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 75
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11 comments - 6 replies Total
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