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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 6 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Hi Charissa,
Had to stop by, I enjoyed seeing your rose. Love the color and the background. I had to play around with the image, interested in what you and others think of what I did.
After looking at the image my eye ends up at the brightest area on the rose, the petals on the left. For this reason, I did a flip, so this area is now on the right, I feel this improves the composition. Next, I rotated the image clockwise so rose is coming in from the lower left side on a diagonal. I removed the leaf and cropped some off the bottom. I cleaned up the spider webs and some other debris in the stem area and some fuzz on the outside bud.
I think you did very well handheld, I also don't feel the buds hurt the image, they tend to add another dimension to the image and something a little different. Nice work. |
Jan 19th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 6
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| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Hi Melanie, thanks for you great comments.
My only light source is a light box that is about 20"X 30". I attach a diffuser to the light box to produce diffused light much the same as an overcast day. Then a small reflector called sun light is used as a secondary light source opposite the light box. I shoot in my garage with all doors closed to eliminate any breeze or other light. I use the same small diffuser when doing close-ups outside with natural light. |
Jan 18th |
| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Maria, I keep going back to this image. I love this image without the out of focus flower behind the bee. The bee is so sharp love the fine hairs on the hind leg. This image has great impact. This is a great nature shot. |
Jan 18th |
| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Diana. I learned photography doing slide film, there was no post work you could do with an image. You had to get it right in the camera, lighting, composition, everything in the frame had to be right. You would wait a week and see how you did. When you look at a slide you are looking at the film you had in the camera. If I make it look easy that's why. This image is a stack which you could not do with slide film.
When I take a picture, I can see in my mind how I want the image to look as a finished image. I did the cropping on this image when I shot the image. Many people today grab a shot and then depend on computer programs to fix their images and make them look great. |
Jan 11th |
| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Thank you. |
Jan 10th |
| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I think dried or spent flowers can make great shots, I am guessing that's what this is. Like the composition with the stem coming in from the lower left make a good composition. I like the position of the flower; it has some rotation pointing to the lower right corner. I think you did pretty well on the focus. Did you manual focus, I hope?
I would like to see the center of the flower a little brighter to show more detail in the center. To my eye the bright background is a bit harsh. It pulls my eye away from the flower. Kind of overwhelms the image. Competes with the flower. Might work better if you had a background picking up one of the colors from the flower. Shades of yellow, tan, or green. I make my own backgrounds using florist paint, the paint florists use on flowers.
So glad to see you are using a tripod. I ran across a quote from a pro the other day. "Tripods are the easiest ways to improve your photography. Tripods keep your camera steady, allow you to view your image more critically from corner to corner and force you to slow down."
Lots to like about your image this month.
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Jan 9th |
| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I also made another crop to eliminate the flower on the left.
Interested on what you and others think of both images. |
Jan 9th |
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| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Like you I try hard to find an isolated flower such as this with a good background in the distance. You found a great bed of flowers to work this. A bed of flowers such as this also works well for selective focus shots.
Nice detail in the main flower and sharpness with a great background. I feel if you would crop the original the same as the main image, I would like it better. I think I like the flower on the right being sharp along with the main flower. With it being shorter it still allows the main flower to be the main focal point. I also feel the bottom flowers could be toned down, so they are not so bright. There's a dark speck about an inch down on the main flower stem that needs removed. I'm not sure what caused this. Could it be dirt on the lens? I cropped the original and did a flip. The white leaves on the bottom of the main flower are a slight distraction. Probably powdery mildew. |
Jan 9th |
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| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
This next image I removed the out of focus area behind the bee. |
Jan 9th |
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| 65 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
This is a great shot of a bee. Love the detail in the bee and the sharpness of the bee. Nice lighting and a great background.
I really like the detail in the flower stock except one tiny flower. After studying the image and the bee the little flower in the middle in front of the bees' head to my eye is a slight distraction. Everything else on the flower stock has nice detail. I would remove it which I have in the attached image. I also would crop some off the bottom. The bottom half of the stem does not add to the image in my mind.
I also played around with some other changes probably not necessary, but I enjoy playing with images. The first image I removed the little flower and cropped the bottom. Then I flipped the image and added some canvas on the right and cropped some on the now left. I have included that image.
You have a great image with some nice detail. |
Jan 9th |
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5 comments - 4 replies for Group 65
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6 comments - 4 replies Total
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