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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Lisa, Thanks for the link to your book on Amazon. The title 'The Frog Whisperer' is a masterstroke and the image of the frog on the front cover is outstanding. The more I looked at it, the more I wanted to see it sitting astride the mushroom on your image this month. Reading through some of the pages, I was drawn particularly to the Poison Dart Frog who seemed a charming little chap and less than one inch long. |
Jul 23rd |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Lisa, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. The Japanese aesthetic concept of Wabi Sabi celebrates the beauty of transience, simplicity and impermanence. Hopefully, I have achieved a flavour of that in my image. I would be honoured for you to visit/use my sink whenever you wish. |
Jul 23rd |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Brad, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like your dermatological analogy and now you have said it, I too can see the image as a human eye and eyelid. I can well imagine the humour in sending a response back to one of your patents along the lines of: "You may have sent me the wrong image as this one looks like the bottom of a sink!" |
Jul 23rd |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Nadia, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. The essence of this image for me is the interplay of abstract shapes, patterns and textures, all bathed in the falling light. |
Jul 17th |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Hazel, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Our sink has been in situ from 1969 when the house was built and clearly the scratches underscore the fact that it has had a hard life since then. In the image, I wanted the water droplets to be the centre of attention against the pseudo field of corn in the background. The overall feeling I was after was a sense of abstract movement. |
Jul 17th |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Hazel, You certainly achieved your objective to illustrate the experience of seeing so many beautiful earrings and to create a sense of confusion and wonder in your mind's eye. The delight of photography is that there is no right or wrong way; essentially, they are all right and defined by the boundaries of our own objectives. |
Jul 11th |
| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Lisa, I love the effect you have achieved with your Topaz plugin which has added a sense of mystery and intrigue to the landscape. Not so sure about the placement of the frog as there is a tendency for my eye to wander out of the right-hand edge of the frame. Flipping the image horizontally prevents that happening and strengthens the left-to-right lead-in lines of the pathway. I find the turquoise/aquamarine colour of the frog to be a little insipid and visually jarring with the wonderfully saturated Autumnal colours of the woodland behind. I would like to have seen a more vibrant colour to the frog and have changed the colour as below to give a flavour of what I mean. |
Jul 11th |
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| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Nadia, Congratulations on creating a composite image that looks natural and believable. The strength of this for me is in the overall storyline. The largest kangaroo lying on the grass and appearing to be reflecting and perhaps praying. The other two kangaroos add a gloss to the story in their looking towards the main character. The expression and orientation of the central kangaroo is priceless. The storyline is completed with the duck in the background waddling over to see what is going on and whether it can help. The addition of the fence in the background creates the illusion that the four subjects are enclosed and under control. On reflection, I wondered whether the image would be stronger without the duck, as below. |
Jul 10th |
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| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Tom, I like your pre-visualisation here in choosing part of a building on the University of Rochester campus and converting it into a symmetrical image that is artistic and futuristic. Removal of some of the signage in the original has worked well and the flow of the architectural lines across the image is most appealing. Having created your composite, you have broken the symmetry by importing the cloudy sky and moon, positioning the latter off-centre in the frame. This has worked very well. In order to make the image feel more other-worldly and alien-like, you might light to think about flipping the image vertically as below. I have stroked a white line around the image to prevent any bleed-over into the surround. |
Jul 10th |
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| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Hazel, I appreciate what you were trying to do with the shots taken on your Camera Club Group photoshoot to create a multi-exposure effect. Unfortunately, it hasn't quite worked for me primarily because it is a very busy image with much in it to occupy our attention. It needs to be simpler; I always find that there is much to be said for the old adage 'Less is More'. Your composite is a very busy image and there is no obvious place on which to rest the gaze. I would be inclined to play around with your Original image and forget the other two. In the version below to show a flavour of what I mean, I have cropped the original, cloned out some distracting elements to give prominence to the three ear-rings which creates a good visual triangle of interest and stroked a white line around the image. |
Jul 10th |
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| 41 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Brad, I like your thinking behind this image and the effort that you put in on location to record the Northern Lights. However, it hasn't quite worked for me. Overall, it is too dark and the darker tones predominate; they overpower the storyline you are trying to achieve. I find the girl looking right-to-left creates a visual tension within the picture. As the image is dark-tone heavy, there is bleed-over from the dark areas of the picture into the dark surround. Also, I find the upper patch of mid-tone sky is distracting and competes for our attention. I have taken the liberty in the version below of tweaking the exposure, bringing out the red of the girl's dress, flipping the image horizontally, cropping out the patch of sky, stroking a white line around the picture and increasing the colour balance on the red channel. |
Jul 10th |
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