Activity for User 598 - Albert Zabin - ajzabin@gmail.com

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47 Feb 23 Comment You executed this shot really well. The tonal range is very good. You might try just brightening the highlights slightly to increase the tonal range and give a little more energy. I think the office building in the left looks like an uninvited guest; I would try cropping and darkening or blurring or both. OR Another alternative might be to crop only a small part and brighten it so it becomes a visual counterweight to the right angles buildings in the center. The sky is just right. Feb 7th
47 Feb 23 Comment The composition is very good. You captured all or most of the subject, which is quite beautiful. Your presented it really well. I don't generally like sepia, but it works well here. I think a brown or reddish brown might work better. The bright clouds are a problem. Perhaps you could deal with that problem by creating masked layersm masking out the church and foreground, or creating new sky and pasting it in, Feb 7th
47 Feb 23 Comment Well done. This is a very mysterious mood shot. What is in the dark that the man is walking towards? The crop on the original tells a little different story-- one with a mood or suggestion of loneliness. Either picture seems best in monochrome. I would crop most of the dark area on the right or bring out some of the texture of the building. Large very dark or very bright areas in the near foreground are distractions, particularly if there is an included eye catcher, which isn't padrt of the story. Feb 7th
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47 Feb 23 Comment A very fine photograph. I think Jeff's suggestion is a good one, I would like to see the very far background darkened, and the building which partially shows has high lights that should be darkened. On my scfreen the details look a little bit soft. I think you aptured the mood that you feel for the old building Feb 7th
47 Feb 23 Comment I think this is a very powerful photograph. Everything is sharp that should be (rocks and structure). The intersecting lines of the rocks and the jetty bring the eye to the center and the jetty carries it out to the center. Exposure is just right, but I think Jeff's suggestion is worth trying. IO think the problem is not that the waves are too dark, but the break in the clouds in the upper left is too bright and tends to distract. I think there is information that could be brought out with a local adjustment. When that's done frame it and put on a wall. Feb 7th
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53 Feb 23 Comment Tom's suggestions are really good Feb 25th
53 Feb 23 Comment Do you think the photo would be improved if I moved the lions closer to the forest? Lions lying in the sand is not interesting enough. Feb 22nd
53 Feb 23 Comment Rick andTom., Thanks for your thoughts. The reasoning behind the composition was that at dusk colors do fade, unless the sunset light relights the subjects. I placed the lions bottom and to the right to give a bit more movement to the very quiet image. Since they animals are the main subject I wanted them sharp and close. The sand and unpaved tire trail are the weakest element in t he phot, except for the bald sky, which I hoped would be improved by moving the moon Is. The foliage being a fair distance away and the backdrop of the scene, the natural softness seemed to work. The enhancement is very nice Feb 20th
53 Feb 23 Comment The bald sky doesn't work for me. Using layers, you could put some nice clouds in. The mountain seems over cropped. and at the same time seems very cramped. Usually, I find tht cropping improves the strength of an image. Technically the photograph is beautifully done. Feb 13th
53 Feb 23 Comment Fastastic. What a great creation! This would be a wonderful book cover for a science fiction novel. I would replace the layer with the stars with a night shot of the sky at night; maybe the Milky Way Feb 13th
53 Feb 23 Comment Its a really sweet cat and pose. The face and eyes are not sharp,Rollo is not sharp throughout and the red egg shaped object is out of focus and serves no particular purpose. The white area on Rollo,s face is washed out in my screen. He is very engaged with you and but for the technical issues this would be be a very nice animal photograph. You might be able to rescue the picture by using an AI sharpener (On1 offers a stand alone AI sharpener, which works very well,but doesn't work miracles. Increase the contrast and saturation; sometimes those adjustments let you fake sharpness. Feb 13th
53 Feb 23 Comment Someone in the Boston Camera Club did an nice job with a shot in the barber shop He positioned the camera so that thesubject was not in the frame and the near object was the mirror. Having an out of focus object in the nearest foreground is generally not good composition, padticularly if the object is large. Feb 13th
53 Feb 23 Comment Nice looking dog,and you have his attention. I don't think the blur of his hind quarters and paws help the portrait. Probably ;yuou need to work on training Ian. Feb 13th
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