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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 67 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
J'ai éprouvé de la difficulté à comprendre cette image. J'aurais aimé voir la portion au-dessus de l'eau ainsi que le reflet.
J'adore les couleurs et les lignes et les proportions.
Est-ce que l'original inclus l'autre portion du miroir?
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Jan 16th |
| 67 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Bel effet de lumières et de perspective.
En ce qui concerne les photo d'architecture, obtenir une parfaite symétrie aurait pu être obtenue en bougeant quelques pas vers la droite.
Considérant toutes les lignes de perspective, les plans, etc... cette image pourrait aussi être traité en monochrome.
J'aime beaucoup. |
Jan 16th |
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| 67 |
Jan 17 |
Reply |
Merci pour les suggestions et commentaires. J'ai oublier de mentionner que le gazon au bas de l'image est légèrement éclaire par les phares des automobiles qui filait derrière moi sur l'autoroute..... |
Jan 9th |
| 67 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
J'aime bien. Je crois qu'un rognage plus agressif du coin supérieur droit diminuerais la tendance à aller vers le point le plus lumineux... D'un autre côté, j'aime bien voir le second bébé!
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Jan 8th |
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| 67 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Un gros BRAVO! Excellente idée and merveilleux résultat. Un belle façon de démontrer le côté artistique du domaine qu'est la photographie. |
Jan 8th |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 67
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| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Reply |
Hi Candy,
The white blob is the left shoulder of the cub that was very white.
I tried to selectively darken that shoulder, cropped the picture more tightly, increase the contrast, etc... Here is the new picture: |
Jan 17th |
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| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
I agree with all your comments. Unfortunately, this cub was hiding behind an very ugly plastic covered post. I had no choice to crop the tail off. He was playing with a dark piece of cardboard when I captured him in action. Maybe I should have cropped even further to isolate his front half only. |
Jan 16th |
| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Just beautiful bird and great capture. You must be a quite steady photographer using a very good technique for shooting a 600 mm on a cropped sensor camera (equivalent 960 mm on a full sensor) at a speed of 1/640 sec handheld and obtaining a very sharp result. I would have probably decreased the f stop or increase the ISO to increase the shutter speed to 1/1200 or so.
I like the branches but might have cropped tighter on the bird.
Great shot! |
Jan 16th |
| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Black Crowned Night Heron?
Very nice colors with perfect landing pose. The background is not interfering but I am not sure that the foreground (bottom right) is adding anything.
Great shot with perfect timing. |
Jan 16th |
| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Nice landscape picture but this is a "Nature" group. Nice zig-zag of lines with multiple plans from the foreground to the background. There are very strong shadows demonstrating that this was probably captured in the middle of the day.
The only thing I could suggest to improve this nice picture would be to return on site with the nice colors of dusk or dawn.
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Jan 16th |
| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
At first look I thought that this flower was overworked but after reading your text it looks like you did not modified the original very much. I am very intrigued. It is a succulent?
Very nice shot. |
Jan 8th |
| 69 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Very interesting artistic rendition. This one looks more like a painting. I like it. |
Jan 8th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 69
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| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Reply |
Thanks for this good explanation. I will keep this in mind. |
Jan 16th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Hi Ed,
I agree with you that "moving landscapes" are are posing a significant challenge.
There is an App that can help you with the moon and the sun: The Photographer's Ephemeris. With this App one can determine exactly the position of the Moon and the Sun at anytime. This includes the exact angulation from the earth surface at any location in the world as well as the topography of the land. This can be done looking at a future date for long term planning.
In this type of photography, by using this app one can determine exactly where they need to be located and exactly at what time to get the moon at a significant location (right at the tip of a monument, building, steeple, lighthouse, etc...)
Unfortunately, one could plan everything and then...the is a cloud in the wrong spot, etc....
Another issue is that the moon was very bright compared to the foreground. The camera sensors are not allowing keeping details in the moon and in the shadows properly. There are several ways to remedy to this problem:
1) The use of a graduated (soft edge or hard hedge or even a reverse) neutral density filter would have allow you to deduce the brightness of the moon while preserving the details in the shadow. A 3 stop most of the time would do the trick!
2) Use bracketing. Take a few pictures in a row with one picture using the proper setting for the moon, another one for the shadows, etc... then use a development program (lightroom for example) to combine the best of each of these picture (HDR technique).
A third issue is the depth of field. The moon is far away but your foreground was very close! Increasing your f stop would have helped keeping everything sharp. Another way to help could be to keep the foreground further away.
A few times I faced another issue: if the shutter speed is too slow, one can get artifact of movements of the stars, moon, planes, etc....
I like the Moon partly covered by the tree top and the colors of the sky. This on it's own already demonstrate how bit that moon was. I do not feel that the rest of the picture helps to tell the story.
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Jan 16th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
I love it. The colors might be a little off, but this is very nicely and artistically done. The main attractions are the zigzagging lines, the multiple depth level and the progressive change in tone while keeping most of the details in the foreground, middle and even back ground.
The name "Smokey Mountains" should be changed to "Spooky Smokey Mountains"! |
Jan 8th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Very nice. I do not feel that your picture is over processed. Very captivating - relaxing - wonderful. Did I mention that I like it?
I think that the sun was fairly bright but not very high considering the shadow on your side of these hills. There was probably a large cloud on the middle third to the left and also a little below the top right corner.
I really like it. The only suggestion would be to be in the same spot closer at sunrise or sunset to get the orange tones... Pretty difficult when traveling! |
Jan 8th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Your process looks complicated. As you were using a tripod, could you have slow down your shutter speed to something like a 1/6 sec (the silky effect time depends on the speed of the water)?
To reach this speed you would have had to get rid of 3 or 4 stops (3 stops would lead you to 1/8 sec and 4 down to 1/4) the choice to increase your f stop, decrease your ISO, using a polalized filter (one stop) and/or adding a neutral density filter (in my experience a 3 stopper frequently works very well). |
Jan 8th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Comment |
Nice colors and huge contrast.
I have several questions for you.
It looks like you did not use HDR technique and by doing so, did not keep the details in the shadowy area. Was this on purpose? Can you elaborate on your choice? I am most interested to learn from you. |
Jan 8th |
| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Reply |
So many ways to look at a picture and how to crop!
Thanks for the suggestion.
The reason I cropped it wider is to keep the little booth, the snow streaks and snow top on the first lamp post. I also wanted to keep the continuity on the little wall on the right that was joining the 2 first lamp posts. To follow your lead on decreasing the negative space, I think that one could crop the bottom and return to a landscape format. |
Jan 8th |
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| 70 |
Jan 17 |
Reply |
What a wonderful idea. A little late for this picture.....
I already use focus stacking (Helicom) for my macro/micro photography but did not consider it in this context. Thanks for the suggestion. Will try next time!
Would using a very low intensity flash work to do a similar effect? |
Jan 8th |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 70
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15 comments - 5 replies Total
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