Activity for User 614 - Mike Cohen - mmykey@yahoo.com

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52 Dec 18 Reply That's great news. Congrats Dec 23rd
52 Dec 18 Reply Thanks Carol. I never noticed that until you pointed it out. Good eye! I'm not sure if it was natural or as a result of my post processing. I usually don't go back and redo but it will keep me alert for future images. Dec 22nd
52 Dec 18 Reply Thanks Larry. Great Feedback. I appreciate your taking the time to comment.

Mike		 Dec 20th
52 Dec 18 Comment I like the composition a lot. The leaf looks like it is magically floating in space. At the same time, that end of the stem having a small space at the edge makes me think about wither it is attached to something or not. There's also a little yellow something a bit up the stem that I would clone out. I agree in general with Sharon and, in this case, would prefer either a clean specimen, or one that was more uniformly in a state of decay. The clumpy brown at the top of the leaf bothers me a bit. Dec 20th
52 Dec 18 Comment I'm a fan of tight crops and I like this one too. I don't think the more neck with strengthen the image, but I'd crop if both ways and compare. I really have nothing to offer but here's a nit that is really a preference suggestion: clone the one feather sticking out the back of the head. Dec 20th
52 Dec 18 Comment I like the scene and think you pulled it off in very challenging light. I also like the backlit wing. It would be a stronger image with the back bird's face exposed. If you hadn't told the story, it looked to me like the back bird was just watching the other take off, but that's an equally good story nonetheless. There seems to be a blue cast on the birds and I might see how it would look with the whole scene warmed up a tad. Dec 20th
52 Dec 18 Comment It looks a bit soft to me as well. Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw are the same so you could try adding clarity or possibly some selective dehaze to bring back some detail. Another thing that may work is to soften or add some grain to the image, except for the tiger's head.

I like the tiger's pose. I wouldn't want him staring at me.		 Dec 20th
52 Dec 18 Comment I love the swirl of the water and the stream leading me through the picture. I also like the mossy rock in the lower right corner and might play with the cropping to see if you how it looked with more of that included, and maybe dodge and burn to bring out the moss. Along those lines, it might include more of the tree along the right edge, which is cut off. If there's no data in the original I might clone out that tree trunk, although, to be frank, it had to look at the image awhile before noticing that.

My eye was also pulled along the bright part of the water swirl, back into the forest, and then I looked downstream. That doesn't bother me a bit and caused me to spend more time with the image. I would leave it as is, or if I wanted to darken it, I'd do it on a virtual copy and compare versions.

Very nice!
Dec 20th
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