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Date |
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| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Very well stated !! There is so much more creativity and post processing skills that goes into a really great image, than lets say a basic record shot. |
Sep 17th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: Good work in the creation of this fine hummingbird image in various stages that involved some time and effort. Am not certain the out of focus border is an asset to the picture or not, it comes down to personal opinion.
Your added background looks natural and makes a good backdrop for the hummingbird. I would experiment with darkening it down just ever so slightly. |
Sep 11th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Thank Pierre; It took some post processing time to achieve the finished product. take care... |
Sep 11th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Thank you Priscilla for your very positive comments, much appreciated. |
Sep 11th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Priscilla: You have created a very fine still-life type picture. You have put a lot of thought into your composition with the Mums in how you arranged the flowers which are off set nicely from each other. The bamboo accents are well thought out also, each one a different height and the tops cut on an angle. The color of your brown containers blend very well with the Mums.
Kudos on a very nice still-life. |
Sep 9th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Melissa, pleased you liked the picture. cheers... |
Sep 9th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: I agree the red border is a little too aggressive, comes on a bit too strong. Will re-do the border as per your suggestion. Thanks for the tip. Pleased you liked the overall picture... cheers. |
Sep 8th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Pierre: Thank you for your info. on focus stacking using the Olympus system and it seems to work very well for you.
Regarding tripod use: It is hard to use a tripod on a subject that is constantly moving, so I just boost the ISO and hand hold some of those situations.
Using a tripod is second nature to me, I use my Nikon 200-400 zoom plus a 1.4X converter on wildlife and it is just too big and heavy to hand hold with much success in obtaining really sharp pictures even with the vibration reduction turn on, although I have done it. I mostly use a tripod on close in macro still-life pictures, many times the shutter speed is far too long to hand hold for sharp pictures. Every photographer works differently with what works best for them. Cheers !!
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Sep 6th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Thanks for your clarification. A neat picture! cheers... |
Sep 6th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Barbara: Thanks for further explaining the situation you were faced with. All things considered I think you did as good as possible in photographing this interesting cactus plant. |
Sep 6th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Pierre: Good job of handholding the stack of 10 images, detail seems nice and sharp.
Very nicely composed with the plant stem leaning to the left and not straight up and down. The Beetle is well placed more to the bottom of the frame so it is not crowding the top.
The red beetle against the light green background creates high impact. Very Good Work!! |
Sep 5th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: Interesting coloration in the gummy bears from a light yellow-white on the left to a darker orange-bronze on the right. Then the reflections in the piece of glass are a darker shade of the top colors.
I like your basic composition; you have the gummy bear group biased slightly to the right in the frame so the group is not dead centered.
You mention the gummy bears arranged on a black piece of glass, on my monitor this black piece of glass is a medium gray. I must need to calibrate my monitor !!
Fine creative work well lit with natural light.
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Sep 5th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Nice close in portrait of "Catticus" with a good background. The amber eyes have an interesting detail, do not see this in my kitty.
As you view the picture there is an interesting pinkish tinge to the left of the cats nose, usual coloration for cat fur. |
Sep 5th |
| 63 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: An interesting Cactus with shades of pink along with the green cactus stems. The olive-brown background makes a good backdrop for the subject.
The stem protruding out of the top of the frame is not the best from a composition standpoint, however you stayed in close to better show the detail of the spines. Am not certain how tall the main stem is, perhaps a vertical format possibly could have included the entire stem. Just a thought
The thin white border adds that finishing touch.
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Sep 5th |
6 comments - 8 replies for Group 63
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| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Gaetan: Interesting flower, In this case the dead centered composition works okay.
As far as post processing I would tone down the bright leaf in the upper right corner to make it the same tone as the group of leaves in the lower right corner.
Not familiar with this plant, we have members who have botanical keys that could perhaps help with identification. |
Sep 12th |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Ray: You are absolutely correct; in this country we read from left to right so it becomes natural for us to read a picture from left to right. In this mushroom picture I see it as a very dynamic composition reversed, of course just my humble opinion.
Reversing the image is simply the way you as the maker prefers to view the image. I look at my pictures both ways and then decide which way I like it the best.
Please let me know what your friends think. cheers...
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Sep 8th |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Judy: Very nicely composed picture with the fern leaves kind of nestled against the trunk of the Banyan tree. The image seems adequately sharp in detail with soft colors. You do not mention the lighting condition at the time, my guess would be soft cloudy lighting and it fits this picture well. The thin white border adds that finishing touch. |
Sep 8th |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: A very interesting grouping of 5 mushrooms and a fine picture. A true nature image as you did not attempt to clone out the bug chews on two of the mushroom stems. You did very well handholding the slow shutter speed of 0.8 sec, not that easy to do.
Toning down the background so it did not distract from the mushroom grouping was a good idea. The one nit I have is the red leaf at the lower right; do not think it adds anything to this fine mushroom picture, perhaps a little distracting as the color is so diffent from the other colors in the picture.
From a composition standpoint this image would also work very well reversed, It would create a very nice diagonal composition from lower left to upper right.
You did a fine job of cloning out twigs, have looked closely and cannot tell where you cloned. |
Sep 8th |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Hi Mo: I like your creative style of photography regarding subject matter and post processing skills, no one does it exactly like you do. cheers !! |
Sep 4th |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Mo: A quite dramatic Rose picture using red and blue as the main colors against a black background along with added water drops. Cannot make out a flower stem, so the flower seems to float in space.
Thanks for the tip regarding glycerin and a little water to make the water drops stay put and not slide off.
Mo; You have mentioned your choice of preferring not to use borders. However in this case with your jet black background and the black web page I cannot tell where your picture format ends and the black web page begins. Using some sort of a border would define your composition format from the black web page. Of course this is just my humble opinion and other opinions may vary. |
Sep 3rd |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: Nicely composed with the stem on a diagonal. Color and sharpness are first rate, Yellow can be a difficult color to show good sharpness and texture on flower petals, however with your 44 slices you have attained excellent texture on the petals.
The use of the thin white border defines your composition well.
Have never used DXO Pure Raw, it seems to work very well for you.
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Sep 2nd |
| 75 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: A very pleasant warm toned early morning pastoral type picture easy on the eyes and pleasant to view.
The red Poppies add bright color high-lites throughout the entire scene. Your use of f/16 aperture which for a single picture was a good idea to gain as much front to back sharpness as possible.
For this scene I like the 16:9 format you have chosen better than what the standard 3:2 format would have produced, the pano type format just fits this scene well. |
Sep 2nd |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 75
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12 comments - 10 replies Total
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