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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Sharon. I'll try to keep the made by man issue out of the group. Good suggestion on monochrome.
Mike |
Mar 16th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
I agree. Thanks |
Mar 11th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Lisa. I think you're right about both of your comments. |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Lovely scene. I think you did a great job cropping in the lower left to remove the distractions and bringing out the beauty of the buds. It is a beautiful story and flower. I'm sure most would differ, but I find the beautiful purple a distraction. I think I would take the shot again moving the plant so that the background is simpler, either using the petunia to fill the entire background or not in it at all. |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
So cute and well composed. I would remove the twigs and the bright branch coming out behind the squirrel and add a vignette to the image. Well done! |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I like this one a lot and agree with your choice of crop. The roundness of the crab apple is sensuous. Wonderful composition. I agree with Judith on the vignette but only in the lower right corner, and only slightly. |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
It took my eye a couple of seconds to make out this tender scene. I love your point of view and the subject matter. Before I saw Judith's crop, which I like, I decided to play with the image myself and using Lightroom did lots of burning and dodging to try to bring the attention to the site of the feeding. Judith's crop improves on that. I also darkened the grass in the background and added a vignette. Nice image. |
Mar 10th |
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| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Congrats on the sighting and on getting one of these guys in the open. We have them here and they are usually buried in the grass moving so slow that I usually run out of patience to stay with them. As Judith said, you have captured their super power of blending in with the environment. I might try some light dodging and burning to separate the bird a bit more from the grass, which does look as sharp as the bird. A very slight blur might work and till tell the story of it's camouflage. |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Very pretty scene which I could look at for a long time. I like to look at an image before reading about it so I don't have any pre-conceptions. My first impression was that there was something off with the colors, contrast or something I just can't describe in words. Then I read it was an HDR which is probably the cause. What I do sometimes, is put the middle exposure in the layer stack above the HDR and mask in the portions of the original to taste. I have no idea if that would be appropriate here but it may add something. I'm torn between your crop and Judith's suggestions about the foreground. I like what you did but if I decided to keep the foreground of the original I would be removing all the distractions and making it something that it was not, which is ok in my book but not for many others. In my opinion the image as it is could use a little contrast and selected color boost or maybe dodging and burning to give it a sense of more depth. |
Mar 10th |
| 52 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Thanks Judith. I find it interesting that what you pointed out about the dark masses under the water is what drew me to this composition. I was shooting on the other side of the pier because my friends were on this side and I didn't want to crowd them. When they were finished we were heading somewhere else but I took a few minutes to get this shot, attracted by the seaweed under the water. However, when I was processing, expected to make the seaweed the foreground element, it seemed to busy and I ultimately decided to simplify the composition. Maybe I'll go back with your suggestions in mind and come up with another version. Thanks! |
Mar 6th |
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