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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Thank you. I will try your method to clean up my "messy" backgrounds.
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Feb 27th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Geoffrey,
Sorry for this very late reply.... crazy month!
I really like how your treated your image. Looking at the original, I think that I would have kept the 3 birds as each of them were in different positions and were leading to this male full of testosterone!
With great captures, one can frequently get several great images.
Well done. |
Feb 26th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
This is a Ă‚«Ă‚ practice runĂ‚ Ă‚»!!! Wow....
I really like it. In a sunset, or sunrise, I find the clouds crucial. You also offer nice reflections in the water and interesting foreground.
I also agree with the various suggestions.
Another technique that can be used alone or in conjunction with bracketing, is the use of a graduated neutral density filter to darken the sky and keep the light on the lower portion of the image. These filters come in several varieties but the most common are: Hard and soft transition - as a circular filter or a rectangular filter that needs to be mounted on your lens. The advantage of the rectangular filters is that you can determine exactly where you want the transition to occur and composing your image without the horizon right in the middle. Another graduated neutral density filter is the inverted one where the top and bottom is clear but the center is graduated (rectangular).
If this is a Ă‚«Ă‚ practice runĂ‚ Ă‚», I can wait to see what you can achieve with some practice! |
Feb 26th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Jacob,
Just a few tips - nothing absolute....
1) it looks like you took this picture in the middle of the day and this is responsible for your very dark shadows. The same exact picture during the sunrise or sunset (depending on the orientation) would give you really right orange glows.
2) with a mirror image, I found that bisecting the image at the point of reflection more suiting. The rules of 1/3 is thus not respected. I would have left, as suggested by Mervyn, less sky on the top or, if possible, more water on the bottom bringing the mirror at the half point
3) You did not mention which camera you used. If at all possible, save your images in RAW files. This allows greater flexibility in respect to lightening of shadowy areas, decreasing brightness in the highly exposed area, change your tones, etc.....
Nice work - Very nice to see your progression. Congrats. |
Feb 26th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Candy,
Really nice composition and modification of the background. Your treatment really made this image a great image.
Can you teach us how you were able to achieve such a cleanup? Sometimes I use the brush tool and reduce the clarity and sharpness and occasionally the saturation to separate the subject from the distracting background. Did you really just used the brush and darkened the background?
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Feb 26th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Dean,
Nice shot, composition and treatment.
Also nice starburst with f/11. I believe that your sensor allow you that great range of illumination.
With such a contrast in the scene between really bright and very dark I would have bracketed this image (probably 5 shots - -3, -2, -1, 0 and +1). Once you look at your raw files, you can determine if you need to combine some of them or not. Going down to -3 would reduce the risk of having the sun potentially Ă‚«Ă‚ burningĂ‚ Ă‚» your pixels and going up to +1 can help increasing details in the dark areas. Another way around would be to use a hard (or a smooth) neutral density filter to lower the light intensity above the horizon.
Very nice work. Love the results regardless how you achieved it. |
Feb 26th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Isaac!
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Feb 9th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Sorry guys..... this is not a Llama! This is a White-Tailed Deer Doe with her winter coat! |
Feb 6th |
| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
I did some retouching.... I found it difficult to do a "perfect" job at erasing!
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Feb 5th |
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| 69 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
An interesting trio of White Ibis. I realized that you use the cloning method to remove the forth ibis (moving some of the grass that was above it).
I like your new cropping. Well done.
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Feb 4th |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 69
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| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
I agree. Thanks
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Feb 27th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Frans,
Congratulation - very nice image and processing.
Great perspective, lines, colors, mirror reflection in the canal. This image brings you on site - no question on where on earth you can be. This would be a great image for a travel agency to demonstrate the energy of this busy city.
I love the sky replacement and how well it blends in. I am curious on seeing was the original sky. Sky replacement can be tricky, and sometimes can look artificial but in this case this is a perfect match and very well executed. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Judy,
Don't you love waking up at 3 AM to enjoy the morning twilight. I really like the blue and orange sky at the horizon but I am really impressed by the stars. I love that time of the day and the mood (although my wife consider me crazy to go and drive for an hour to reach my destination one hour or so before the sunrise.....).
I have been trying for a long time to get this combination of the twilight sky and the stars but was not successful. Difficult to predict when one can have clouds far away but not straight above.
I love it!
(Nice to see that you were able to transform an alarm accident into a wonderful image!) |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Wonderful image. Nice directing lines, texture, perspective and story.
I love it. Your perspective adds the hills on the left.
Another possible image would have been very low down and very close to the skull and horns and pointing towards the elevated mesa. With this second view, the hills on the left would not be part of the image.
Wide angle lens are also great in providing a fantastic depth of field (especially at f/16).
Great work. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Wonderful image. Nice directing lines, texture, perspective and story.
I love it. Your perspective adds the hills on the left.
Another possible image would have been very low down and very close to the skull and horns and pointing towards the elevated mesa. With this second view, the hills on the left would not be part of the image.
Wide angle lens are also great in providing a fantastic depth of field (especially at f/16).
Great work. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Wow.... simply WOW.....
I love it. The central trees are so crisp and everything else gives a Ă‚«Ă‚ dreamyĂ‚ Ă‚» feeling. Nice use of a relatively low f/stop.
I am so jealous! I really can wait to be able to travel again....
Wonderful. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Nice.... very nice!
Focus stacking on top of a very high f/stop makes it very sharp!
I am curious on how many shots you combine and where you decided to pinpoint your focus. (I am assuming the first one very close to you right at the bottom of your image, the second one right at the bottom of the hill in the middle and a third one either at the bottom or middle of the mountains and possibly a forth one at infinity? - Am I right?)
I also agree with all the comments about the color palette and tones that makes it a superb image.
Great work. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thanks you everyone for this very nice conversation and comments. |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Hi San,
Really cold before the sun is up!
I am an early bird and prefer sunrise to sundown. Waking up early in the morning allows to see all the transitions from dark to bright and at the end, it is very easy to start the day energized by the experience of seeing it all happen! (Furthermore the longer one stay, the warmer it gets....)
One can do the same with sundown but then it is very dark outside and it gets progressively colder (I also get impatient as I want to go to bed!). |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Thanks Lamar,
I agree with you with the use of the graduated neutral density filters (hard or soft or inverted) at the time of the capture, unfortunately, I did not have them with me at the time. I find that one of the advantage in post processing is the variety of options available on the computer such as tweaking shadows, saturations, etc.... But all these tweaks can be used regardless of the way the image was captured.
I will bring my filters next time! Thanks for reminding me! |
Feb 26th |
| 70 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Hi Lamar,
Sorry for this very late reply. Crazy month!
I think that the image without the story is not as powerful then when put in context. I also agree with the Ă‚«Ă‚ JournalisticĂ‚ Ă‚» quality of this scene and treatment.
This idea of the Ă‚«Ă‚ Old and abandonedĂ‚ Ă‚» can be reinforce with a Ă‚«Ă‚ GrungyĂ‚ Ă‚» treatment (available on ON1 and probably on other software) putting the rusty element on the forefront, but then it would become more of a creative category than journalistic.
Interesting piece of history. |
Feb 26th |
8 comments - 3 replies for Group 70
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15 comments - 6 replies Total
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