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69 Feb 22 Comment Hi Jacob. I agree with Candy: Nice work in darkening the flower surrounding but the petals themselves should be excluded - the flower would pop out more!
Nice work.		 Feb 16th
69 Feb 22 Reply I agree. Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Reply Funny..... When I read your comment, you refer to Brenda... I read too quickly and thought that you wrote Branta (form the latin nomenclature - Branta Canadensis). Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Comment Hi Geoff, I agree with the above comments. What an interesting bird! I found difficult to see the fingers on its right leg and they blur/merge with the surrounding.
I need to visit your big island at some point!		 Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Comment Great action. Very sharp. This is quite a big fish to swallow for a cormorant! In the opposite direction of Dean, I would decrease the cropping on the top right.... I would also decrease the shadows and mid tone. (I would have cropped more on the left but did not want to cut off the tail of the Cormorant....) Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Comment Great image. I love the details and the perfect mirror in the water. On my computer screen the gator appears to be a little bit over sharpened and a little dark. Significant improvement from the original. Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Comment Wow.... The first image was already really good.... but the second one is a winner. I love to watch Pelicans water-skiing during their water landing but was not able to time my captures appropriately!
I did not realize that you have Northern Shovelers (Spatula clypeata) in that area. I see them during their migration period in Western New York. 		Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Comment Nice view angle. I agree with Dean: The problem is to get back up!
Nice details and sharpness. My only suggestion would be to decrease the shadows (all around but especially under the right portion of this mushroom).		 Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Reply These are Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). There are tons of them.... What I was surprised to see is that they were all walking tall, haphazardly, and that there was no dropping at all (no need to clean up the image!). (This is so rare for geese or swans on an ice float!).
As I mentioned to Brenda, they looked like tourists exploring the area.		 Feb 3rd
69 Feb 22 Reply In fact, what I like from this image is that all these Canada Geese were looking in various directions.... a little bit like tourists at the airport! Feb 3rd
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70 Feb 22 Reply I just realized your issue with the fonts...
These programs are very hungry for Rapid Access Memory. If you are running out of RAM sometimes programs can get very sluggish or even crash altogether.
Simple remedy: You can increase the allotment of RAM that is made available to run your program (cache). This should do it. If you already use all your RAM, you can go to a computer store and see if it is possible to increase your RAM size. Closing all other programs when you use LR/PS can also help if you are short on RAM space.
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70 Feb 22 Reply When you buy ON1 it comes with a lot of on-line tutorials. There is also a possible subscription for much more in-depth tutorial and discussions but I did not feel the need to join at this point in time. I still have an Adobe subscription but over the last 2 months or so, I force myself to work only with ON1. There is a transition period as the program mechanics are different.... I think that I will cancel Adobe soon! Feb 21st
70 Feb 22 Reply Thanks Mary. In respect to cold weather, I left a long message on Frans submission re what I learned from previous bad experiences.....).
I would have liked to have more rocks in the foreground also...but this was a relatively small beach between fenced properties...
Feb 21st
70 Feb 22 Reply Hi Frans,
As I am retired and not a professional photographer, I was bothered with these monthly fees and was looking for an alternative.
ON1: - You download on your computer and it is yours - no monthly fees - does everything I need (including masking, multilayers, panos, hdr, graduated filters, etc... (essentially all what LR can do + integrated PS tools - Excellent AI denoising integrated (much easier than working on 2 separate programs)
Drawback: It takes longer than LR to export your saved images...

Feb 21st
70 Feb 22 Reply Hi Frans,
Please do not feel guilty! This is part of learning for everyone. This is how we all get better at it!

I can give you, and everyone who is not used to cold weather, the following recommendations (When I took this month submission it was -20C... - staying still for 1.5 hours can be uncomfortable at that temperature)
First: Dress warmly! (1hre before sunrise could be cold in the winter on the shores of a lake!) This includes snow pants, winter coat, warm hat with face cover, high insulated winter boots (as you might have to walk some distance in a few feet of snow...), and good gloves/mitts.
Tip for hand covers: First layer: a thin glove (wool is good) that is allowing fairly easy controls on your camera, Second layer: Mittens that allow you to flip out the tip of your thumbs and your index finger (or the tip of all your fingers tips), Third (optional) a pocket in the gloves to allow the insertion of a warmer (ideally on the palm side of your fingers). A Remote control can be handy (especially not to expose your fingers all the time)
Secondly: I found a battery grip to be very useful as cold weather will decrease your battery performance. Keeping extra batteries on you (inside your coat - not on your outside pocket). If your camera battery(ies) (cold) are out of power, exchange warm batteries with the cold ones. This could be repeated as needed as your newly warmed batteries with start working again!
Keep on the good work! 		Feb 21st
70 Feb 22 Comment Hi Judy,
You submitted this image last month! I liked last month rendition...		 Feb 16th
70 Feb 22 Comment Nice to see how you were processing this scene.
When I go on a photographic journey, I bring what I think that I would need. Unfortunately, sometimes I do not have the appropriate equipment for the scene in front of me.... that is when I become more creative! I totally agree with you.... when something is catching my eye and I want to take an image, I have to stop and think about the best way to reproduce what I see, and with the equipment that I have on hand.
Feb 16th
70 Feb 22 Comment Very nice color palette. Nice lines and contrast between the waves on the sand (lower right) and the mountain chain (upper half). Simply lovely. Feb 16th
70 Feb 22 Comment Hi Ellen,
I found it very difficult to reproduce the feel of a hazy place like this.
If anyone has a good way to process this type of image, it would be nice to share!
It would have been wonderful to have one or several birds gliding by the left upper quadrant of your image. I would have liked to see a bit more of the ground on the right side. My own bias: I would have also preferred a more leveled image. 		Feb 16th
70 Feb 22 Comment Very nice image. Moody and misterious.
I prefer the color version, especially with the orange/reddish tones on the forest. Nice mirror reflection and cropping. Nothing to suggest to improve this wonderful image.
Excellent!		 Feb 16th
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