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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Maria! |
Nov 18th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Aavo! |
Nov 11th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
I totally agree. |
Nov 8th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Maybe with something menacing coming out of the fog... I don't have one with a tiger facing right on hand, but here's the idea.
But I like your hand with the pitcher better. |
Nov 8th |
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| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
I love the version with the hand and the pitcher! The way the wave breaks only to the right of the pitcher is fabulous! Also, you've got a great flow from the upper left, going down the arm to the pitcher to the foam, with the surfer beautifully placed in the middle of the breaking wave. I love the clarity of the water so we can see the pitcher. Personally, I think you've really got a keeper there, Brad!
Before I read the comments, I came up with an idea of a fog bank rolling in. |
Nov 8th |
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| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
This is beautifully executed, Alan. All the components fit seamlessly together. The colors are from a pleasing palette. There's enough shadow to give depth and definition, while plenty of light to see all the delightful details. I love how you can see the view through the window, which is appropriately bright but not distracting. The leading line of the counter brings my eye straight to the transaction between the store clerk and the customer.
The only thing that distracts me a little is the ceiling - it takes up a fair bit of the image and is somewhat bright, leading my eye out the window when I want to look at the people inside. I might consider reducing it just a bit.
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Nov 8th |
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| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
This is such a delightful image, Maria! I'd love to have a giant version of it up on my wall during a Halloween party.
I think you have an exquisite balance of so many fun details - the skeleton peeking out as he reaches for the skulls, the Frankenstein's monster coming out of the tree trunk, the ghost in the upper right balancing the skeleton at the lower left, those creepy Nightmare before Christmas grinning faces, all dancing around the witch with her skeletal butler. I love how everything is spooky but not terrifying - although I don't trust that jack-o-lantern; I don't think he's passing out candy that I'd eat.
The bit of orange sky is a great touch, as is the misty fog at the bottom of the image.
In short, I love this image!
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Nov 8th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
I love your new version, Kirsti! It gives me a real sense of the feeling of the old sailor, even without the explanation of the story it's based on.
Your husband has the perfect expression on his face - straining to see, dissatisfied, and perhaps regretful. I think you've got the bird at the perfect opacity - I know exactly what it is but it doesn't obscure the sailor or the background. I really like how the bird is determinedly flying away, with an apparent frown that echoes the frown on the man's face.
About whether to flip the image - I think it works either way. I have a slight preference for the way you have it.
I really like this in b&w. I wonder if a warmer tone might be a little closer to the emotional tone. |
Nov 8th |
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| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
This is such a fun image, Aavo! So much action and suspense!
I love the staircase. I think the boys are well placed, forming a nice triangle of disaster in progress. I don't have any problem with the boy on the left facing the stairs - he could well be executing a spin, or maybe he's just tooling around the area popping wheelies.
I do find the fallen boy both too small for the setting (if he was really young, his head would be bigger) and a little hard to see because his shirt blends into the carpet for my eye. I might consider making his shirt more of a standout color and darkening the highlights on the carpet.
I think I hear the manager hurrying over now... |
Nov 8th |
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| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Kirsti! |
Nov 8th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Brad!
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Nov 8th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Alan!
I think your version works quite well.
For myself, I prefer the woods on a sunny day.
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Nov 8th |
| 54 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks very much, Judith!
I shot with a Nikon Z7 ii, 24-200 mm lens. However, I think the camera and lens have little to do with the quality of ICM shots; anything that will let you do a long exposure will do. I have taken ICM shots later used in composites with my iPhone as well (in live mode, selecting "long exposure" under the Live drop-down box after the picture is taken.
In this case, here were my settings.
woods ICM. 1/10 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
orange ICM:1/2 sec, f/36, ISO 64
The woods shot was in somewhat low light, so I got a long shutter speed easily. For the two orange ones, it was a bright day, so I got as high an f stop and as low an ISO as I could to get a longer exposure. The length of the exposure depends on your subject matter and how long it takes you to make the camera movement (e.g., twisting usually works better with a longer exposure than movement in just one direction).
I do process in Photoshop. The steps I took are described in the "About the Image" section. |
Nov 5th |
6 comments - 7 replies for Group 54
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