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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Glad you liked the Crocosmia image. I probably got a little too aggressive with the bright red border as I was looking for maximum impact. Will tone it down with a darker red as you suggest. Thanks for the tip. |
Mar 27th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Hi Priscilla: Pleased you liked the Crocosmia flower, it is in the Iris family. Planted in a large grouping it adds a lot of mid summer color to the landscaping. Cheers... |
Mar 26th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: Very interesting flower with a central yellow stalk supporting delicate white flowers. My comment regarding the picture is the left flower is too close to the edge of the frame.
I to have also been editing images this spring, wonder why I even bothered to photograph some of them in the first place. |
Mar 10th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: As usual in your pictures all technical aspects are done to perfection.
Regarding composition: Very artistically arranged slices of fruit, the addition of the parsley adds another good point of interest in the scene. It appears the darker background is in an upright orientation and the slice of fruit in the back is kind of propped up against it so it is not laying flat; this orientation keeps the picture from being static. The fruit is very nicely lit and stands out well.
One little nit-pic; There is a larger black spec near the top of the back fruit, seems out of place somehow, I would clone that out.
Very well executed still-life picture.
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Mar 10th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Good choice of subject. Do not think f/6.3 created enough depth of field to achieve adequate sharpness across the fall leaf grouping. You would have needed to use f/16 to have good sharpness across the entire grouping. In doing so the dark green background would have become way too much in focus and busy looking with the added depth of field. A way around this would be to darken the background substantially so it was not very prominent.
Like your diagonal composition... |
Mar 10th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: Very sharp details on the white petals and stamens. You did well at just 1/30 second shutter speed if you shot this outdoors to achieve this kind of detail; you must have had a calm day without any wind and your vibration reduction turned on. I like the light areas in the background.
Think in this case a thin border would have helped to define your composition. In some places I cannot tell where the picture area ends and the black webpage begins. Of course just my humble opinion. |
Mar 10th |
| 63 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: This appears to be an Eastern Grey Squirrel, they enjoy helping themselves to my bird feeders.
You have created an in close portrait featuring just the front part of the Squirrel and its bushy tail. Overall the sharpness on the squirrel at 1/200 second shutter speed is just adequate but okay. With the D850 you can easily boost your ISO to 3200, even 4000 which would enable you to shoot at a much faster shutter speed for increased sharpness on the subject. You may gain a slight amount of noise, however this is easy to remove in post processing.
I like the little bit of darkened greenery in the background as it shows habitat. |
Mar 9th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: Simply put the sharpness and texture detail in the petals, also the central stamens is as good as it gets. In your workroom I know you have experimented with the placement of your lights to render the very best detail and texture possible on your subjects. The very dark blue background was a perfect color, then the thin pin stripe border added that final finishing touch. KUDOS on excellent work !! |
Mar 4th |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: Nicely done close in portrait of the Pineapple flower. Good sharp central detail softening slightly at the edges of the flower. Cell phone cameras have vastly improved in the past several years, Pleasant picture... |
Mar 4th |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: A fine portrait of the red amaryllis. The sharp detail obtain by using your focus stacking method is as good as it gets. The dark blue background was a perfect choice.
Ray mentions background gradations, think that is website caused. I struggle keeping under the 1MB file size limit on certain images I would like to enter. By the time I have reduced the file size down to 1MB the picture has lost a lot of sharpness and has no impact left. |
Mar 4th |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: It takes a perfect 35mm slide to begin with, I have found Velvia and Kodachrome 25 makes the best slide copies by far. I do not use a slide film scanner, I use my Nikon body with my 200m macro lens set at f/8. The slide is mounted to an old battery operated slide viewing box that is balanced to 5000K which is clear blue sky at noon. Then a lot of post processing to obtain the utmost out of the digital copy. It takes time and patience!! Pleased you liked the picture. |
Mar 4th |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Mo: This bouquet of flowers displays a tremendous kaleidoscope of colors, have never seen a display quite like this one you have shared with us. The little starbursts around the scene add many points of interest in the background. I like the fact you did not let that top green leaf protrude out of the top of the frame. KUDOS on very imaginative creative work !!
Missed reading your very astute comments on our work last round. |
Mar 2nd |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Gaetan: Not at all certain what family of trees this bushy tree and red flower belong to. Your best bet is to purchase a tree and flower guide book of Mauritius and you would likely find this tree and flower listed.
Dan is an arborist and may know what this tree is. Very interesting red flower. |
Mar 2nd |
| 75 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: You are certainly on the right track with this yellow flower which appears to be in the Lily family. The flower is composed well and is sharp through out.
You are correct in the background needing to be somewhat darker in tone at least in my humble opinion, as is it too prominent. |
Mar 2nd |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 75
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11 comments - 3 replies Total
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