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

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40 Sep 22 Comment Hi Julie. I'm visiting from Group 52. I liked the pose of the bird and of course it's impressive meal. Although I liked your crop, I thought I'd try a landscape orientation. I also wanted to try to bring out some of the color of the birds eye and brightened the image up a bit, especially in that area. I also added a vignette. Just ideas for you to consider. Sep 11th
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52 Sep 22 Reply Thanks Judith. I get lots of practice and am almost always hand holding. Since it's impossible to continue to hold relatively heavy equipment up to your eye for very long, the key is to be able to predict behavior before it happens. In this case, I could see something grab the hawks attention on the ground and knew it had spotted something. Then it was only a few minutes before it came down to get it. Sep 11th
52 Sep 22 Comment I love how you pick out details I would walk by. My preference is with the removal of the out of focus pod, which first grabs my eye. I'm also a bit distracted by the two bright round areas behind the pods. Their edges seem sharp. I might add some yellow glow and blur them out a bit. I'd probably also remove the dead areas of the leaves but they do help tell the story of the season. Lastly, I'd at least look at it with a more extreme vignette, forgetting any loyalty to realism and really bringing attention to the pods. Maybe even put in a radial blur, which I'd have to figure out how to do. That would render the dead areas of the leaves as a nice brown blur which might look nice. Just letting my imagination play. Sep 8th
52 Sep 22 Comment Beautiful shot and I love the thorns that aren't bothering this kingfisher at all. I also like the curve of the branch. My only nitpick is the lack of space in the direction the bird is looking. If you have some in the original, I'd add it back or maybe crop a bit off the left side. Sep 8th
52 Sep 22 Comment I liked the image but am distracted by the dark center of the sunflower, which has a hazy look to me. I also thought the greenery along the bottom was competing with the sunflower. I made a more dramatic crop and using the brush mask in LR, I painted in the center with a good amount of dehaze and warmed it up. Then with a second mask I painted in yellow and think I raised the shadows around the center of the flower. Sep 8th
52 Sep 22 Comment Wonderful scene. I like your crop, taking out the bright boulders in the foreground. I miss the fog from the original, however. I think I might have even attempted to increase it as it gives atmosphere to the scene which appeals to me. I might also suggest a little dodging and burning to bring the attention into the stream and maybe slightly desaturate the greenery on the left side of the foreground. Nice image. Sep 8th
52 Sep 22 Comment Comparing the original to the final I find your post processing to be spectacular. I would never have guessed it. The final image is perfect in my opinion. The background is ideal for the subject and really sets it apart. The tongue is just a bonus. Nothing to suggest. Sep 8th
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