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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 18 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Ian, It will come as no surprise that I quite like your image as this is my kind of photography. Some time last year, I attended an online Zoom talk given by Michelle Whitmore entitled 'Transform photos into Fine Art'. It was inspirational and the images were stunning. Have a look at her website https://michellewhitmore.co.uk which I would recommend to you. She plays around with various Filters including Pixellate, Mezzotint, Radial Blur Zoom, Distort Twirl, Blending Mode Difference, HDR Toning. If you want something to do, have a look at Study Group 21 and my images for July 2020 (Swirling Tartan), November 2020 (Hallucination) and December 2020 (Hallucination Panel). Enjoy! |
May 27th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 18
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| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Peter, I love your analogy. |
May 26th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Peter, I quite like the added perspective you have created but this has resulted in a loss of clarity in the image. I wondered whether it would benefit from having even more soft-focus? |
May 26th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Joan, I prefer only one area of reflection in the lower right-hand quadrant as this reduces the visual competition with the reflection in the lower left-hand quadrant. The image seems to flow better in this configuration. |
May 26th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Hazel, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Glad you liked the image. Delighted that you get the sense of turmoil and confusion in her mind's eye. I like the way that she appears to be emerging from the turmoil to regain her sense of serenity, which is reinforced by the curves radiating outwards at reducing opacity towards the edge of her universe. |
May 25th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Joan, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like your analogy of the woman being swathed in softness. With regard to the choice of colour, I wanted to choose something towards the warmer end of the spectrum and the Autumnal colours seemed to fit. I have attached a blue version for your information. I am surprised that you could not access the music as it is a recent recording. I clicked on the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wC88RGEHig skipped the adds and there it was. |
May 25th |
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| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Peter, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Glad you liked the final image. As a Psychology Graduate, I am always fascinated by our individual interpretations of images. Janice picked up on the disconnect between the tranquil appearing woman and the spinning crowd. You picked up on the confusion and uncertainty reinforced by the colour palette. Don't you just love creative photography? I do. |
May 16th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Janice, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Glad you liked the images. If you would like to hear the track of Fishermens Friends 'Widow Woman' just click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wC88RGEHig. I was trying to create a sense of mental turmoil in the mind of the woman who had been recently bereaved. Interesting that you feel the disconnect between the tranquility of the woman and the hustle and bustle of the background crowd. |
May 16th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Peter, As a general observation, colour can both enhance and degrade an image, depending upon the subject matter. Black and white offers an empirical interpretation whereas colour adds gloss to the visual story. Clearly, there is much to be said on both sides. |
May 16th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Peter, Your eye-level shot of the barn assumes that there will be sky above it, per your Original 2. However, you have created a visual disconnect here by filling in the sky and side-ground with the sunflowers and I quite like the end result. I wanted to see either a greater range of sharpness through the sunflowers or them blurred even more to reinforce your 'future uncertainty' theme. I like your selection around the barn which works well. I would also like to see the yellow in the sunflowers, not the greenery, in front of the barn. This would create the illusion that the barn was wrapped in sunflowers in a protective kind of way to minimize any future decay. |
May 16th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Janice, Further to my reference to your image being a theatre backdrop waiting for something to happen: It wasn't until I read Hazel's comment that I noticed the darker area back left. Would you believe it but I didn't see it first time round! In the context of your image, that darker area is the 'performer' that I alluded to.
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May 16th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Jerry, Many thanks. It would indeed be a sad world if we all liked the same things. The strength of Black & White is that it relies on tonal quality without any colour confusion. |
May 10th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Janice, Intentional Camera Movement seems to feature quite strongly in this month's collection of images. I like your pre-visualisation for this image; the way that you wanted to get rid of all the bare branches and sticks and the need to simplify the image to highlight the wonderful colours of the aspen/dogwood grove. Your digital imaging techniques have been used well to create an artistic image that has a lovely painterly feeling to it. I enjoyed looking at your image but after awhile, I saw it as a theatre backdrop waiting for something to happen and I felt it needed another element. That could be something quite simple like removing the colour from one/two/three trees or importing a bird into the top left-hand third above the trees flying in a patch of yellow 'into' the picture. |
May 10th |
| 21 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Hazel, Welcome to Study Group 21 and I hope you enjoy the experience. Most people would be happy with your Original 2 where you have applied the Radial Zoom but in this case you have softened the effect by adding it to your Original and that works well. I am a fan of applying creative effects to an image to take it to a higher visual level and you have achieved that here. Compositionally, I like the tree with the cluster of green leaves off-centre in the frame which increases the overall visual dynamic. However, I wanted those green leaves to be sharper to pop out from the Zoom burst. Although it acts as a visual blocker, I found the tree trunk on the right-hand side a little distracting and I would have been inclined to crop it off. I have attached such a version to show what I mean. |
May 10th |
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| 21 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Joan, I like your use of Intentional Camera Movement to create an image that transcends reality into something that is more artistic. The green grass between the trees provides a good lead-in line into the orchard. The addition of the Brush effect has enhanced the ICM and produced the fairytale visual story that you had in mind. Visually, I wanted the green pathway to originate in the lower left-hand corner and I wanted to tone down the bright area in the top middle of the picture which does tend to draw the eye. I have attached a cropped and toned version for your information. |
May 10th |
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| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
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May 9th |
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| 21 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Jerry, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I have attached for your information mono and sepia versions. |
May 9th |
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5 comments - 11 replies for Group 21
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6 comments - 11 replies Total
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