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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Neal: A lot of magnification here, you likely needed all 60 stacks to achieve total sharpness bottom to top of frame.
What F stop did you use for your 60 stacks ??
The spider is positioned very well near the upper right corner of the frame, also the exposure is spot on. |
Nov 10th |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Barbara: A very pleasant vivid pink daisy type flower picture. Your stack of 9 images produced really good sharpness from bottom to top of the frame.
The black top right corner to me adds some depth to the picture which nicely done.
Another alternative to explore would be to move in very close and do not show any black background. In doing so you may need to clone in a little pink to have a totally pink background. At this magnification am pretty sure you would need to do some image stacking to obtain enough depth of field for total sharpness. |
Nov 10th |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Pierre: Am bothered by the light vertical stripe running through the spider, as a nature photographer I well know you would not easily be able to move this subject to a better location. Sometimes we just shoot the subject as best we can even if the location is not perfect.
I do concur with Charlie in that the top part of the back of the spider is not as tack sharp as what one would expect from a focus stack. Am intrigued by the various colorations on the legs of the spider, not just one color. |
Nov 2nd |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie: From a technical and composition standpoint everything is just spot on as always.
I would imagine this is the true colors of this yellow thistle, if you were to enter this picture in a PSA International Nature Exhibition it would be a good representation of this specific specie of thistle. We do not have this specie in the Pacific Northwest.
If you wanted this picture could be post processed with enhanced colors with a dark blue background into a very impactful pictorial image, but not true nature colors of course.
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Nov 2nd |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Alane: Very colorful image against a dark background. In my humble opinion the white border is too thick and comes on too strong
Charlie had made some viable points with re-working the background and adding a very subdued border as that finishing touch.
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Nov 2nd |
| 63 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie: Am pleased you liked my wood design. In answer to your question on how I did the color treatment; The post top was medium gray in the original due to being exposed to the weather elements for 52 years; all I did to add colors was to push the saturation slider to the right until I achieved a pleasant color balance, and then added a small amount of contrast. As I shoot in RAW I also warmed the Kelvin color temperature just ever so slightly.
Regarding filters, I added an Elements filter Poster Edges at its lowest setting, this filter adds texture and some extra sharpness. however does not add color.
That about sums it up Charlie.
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Nov 1st |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 63
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| 75 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Gaetan: Both Dan and Ray make some valid points, all I can add is to the right of the main red stalk there is a small brown out of focus object that seems out of place and does not fit your background scheme. |
Nov 6th |
| 75 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Ray: Everything here is absolute perfection, as good as it gets in every possible way; composition is perfect, then the lighting is very dramatic against just the perfect background color for the Iris flower. The thin white border adds that finishing touch.
Quite unusual to find an Iris flower growing from a horizontal stalk, the bud and flower are a perfect match.
KUDOS!!
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Nov 6th |
| 75 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Mo:
A lovely photo to have as a memorial of your Mom and the event of her passing. My wife and I have both said the last goodbye to our parents and know it is a very difficult and emotional time. Our sympathies are with you, and trust you will find peace and comfort in the beautiful and thoughtful photo that you have created. |
Nov 2nd |
| 75 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Dan: A neat find with the Snow Berry bush growing in such close proximity to the wild rose that allowed you to make this photo.
Capturing texture and detail on white berries and white flowers is difficult, you did as well as you could with this situation to maintain some dew drop texture on the snow white berries.
Think I would lighten the rose hips just a little so they had more impact, and then a thin white border would serve to define your composition. |
Nov 2nd |
| 75 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Hi Vincent: From viewing the pictures on the link the Royal Greenhouses would be a place I would want to visit in the spring when they were open.
Very artistic shape to the main Fuchsia branch at the top of the frame. Composed nicely with the 3 flowers at different heights, I much prefer this format as shown over the square format in the original.
There are some very bright highlights in the background at the top of the frame, these need to be toned down. If you wanted to I would darken down the entire background in post processing, this would place a lot more emphasis on the 3 flowers. This would be kind of a tedious process but certainly achievable, also in my humble opinion it would improve your picture a lot
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Nov 2nd |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 75
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10 comments - 1 reply Total
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