Activity for User 671 - Pierre Williot - pwilliot@mac.com

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69 Jul 22 Comment Thanks for all these comments. I was going for bird photography that day with my 300 mm prime Olympus lens (600 mm full frame equivalent). I believe that a telephoto lens can get decent "close-up" to "macro" shots! (Obviously, I would have preferred to use a macro lens, but I did not have one with me.) Jul 20th
69 Jul 22 Comment Hi Dean,
I just saw your image. Fairly typical scenery for that area. Very nice capture. I would have the tendency to reduce the shadows a tad, but this is just personal.
Lovely capture.		 Jul 20th
69 Jul 22 Comment Hi Jacob,
I totally agree with Brenda: This is your best submitted image.
Amazing what you can capture with a iPhone! One of the advantage of a phone, it that you likely carry it everywhere! Another advantage, is that the lens is so small that the depth-of-field is pretty broad. On the other hand, it is difficult to stay steady and to focus when you take close-up images.
Nowadays, several phones are offering multiple lenses and can even save RAW files!
This image appears "noisy" to me and not perfectly sharp. When looking at the original, you cropped significantly, which would affect the definition of your final product.
I took the liberty of decreasing your crop (the flower stem and leaves were in focus) and added local adjustments to the subject. This is a very small file to work from.
Jul 8th
69 Jul 22 Comment I am not sure if they are chatting! I think that the right bird is secretly gossiping to the one on the left - or maybe even courting? This is certainly telling a story!
Lovely white and pastel tones of the birds.
I believe that removing the branch behind the left bird would be helpful (if allowed)
I like it.
Jul 7th
69 Jul 22 Comment Well.... the Laguna Seca was pretty wet despite its name!
One could argue that the cropping could be tighter on the right side, but I like it like that. It allows to compare the color of the flower with the bird, providing two strong directing lines from the bottom right to the top left. Furthermore, there are also two stronger directing lines from the bottom left to the top in the middle with the rock and the bird. I have never seen this Blue Grosbeak but one of my favorite birds is the Evening Grosbeak (Algonquin Park in the Winter...). Very significant improvement when compared to the original.
I like it.		 Jul 7th
69 Jul 22 Comment This duckling is nice and sharp. I like the cropping, with a little more space where it is pointing.
Nice mirror image in the water. Very cute. Significant improvement when compared with the original.
I like it.
Jul 7th
69 Jul 22 Comment Gentle giants!
Nice capture. The subjects are sharp. I like the selected cropping. Good environment - ecology of the land. I might have saturated the grass a little bit, but this illustrate well the dry climate.
I like it.		 Jul 7th
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70 Jul 22 Reply Thanks for your kind words Frans. Jul 24th
70 Jul 22 Comment Thank you for all these comments. Jul 20th
70 Jul 22 Comment Hi Frans,
I agree with Terina. The dark background really emphasize the intricate nature of this entrance to the City. Even though your f stop was not very high, it provided you with a good depth-of-field with your 45mm (full-frame) setup.
I am assuming that you could not use a tripod due to the crowd surrounding you. By pointing up you nicely remove all the tourists! Was your original much larger? (to allow the perspective corrections)
Lovely image.		 Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Comment Hi Kathryn. Beautiful silky water and directing lines. I would have the tendency to lighten the forest a little bit, but I might be picky! Just beautiful. Well done. Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Comment Wow.... this is quite the turn out for such a remote place!
You provided the viewer with a good idea of the crowd size, stage set-up, and number of SUVs in this vast parking lot.
This is a great image and would probably be a "winner" in the category: Photo Journalism. Well done. I like it.		 Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Comment Hi Terina,
Your image illustrates vividly the power of the water. With respect to your tone issues, why not convert to a B/W (in fact this image is almost a B/W).
I would have a tendency to crop the upper portion or the image to give a 2/3 for the water and 1/3 for the clouds.
This image certainly tells a story!
Nice work - I like it.		 Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Reply Thanks Terina.
I am trying to predict how nice the sunrise or the sunset will be ahead of time (This spot is 1 hour away from my house). I use a few apps that I find helpful:
1) TPE: to know where the sun should come out (or dive in) and the location of the moon.
2) Clear Outside: With this app, one could determine the cloud coverage at low, medium, and high altitudes, at a given time and location. Unfortunately, this is not working very well when there is a large body of water between the photographer and the sun (the water evaporation is frequently in the way!).
Does anyone use other apps? Pros and cons?		 Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Comment Hi Kate. I love the perfect reflection in the water and the fact that the bridge is angled. I would have like for the camera (and yourself)to be a little bit more to the right - this would have allowed seeing more of the canal behind the bridge ..... but I am pretty sure that this was not possible unless you were willing to get wet!
I believe that lightening the bottom half of the image would be helpful, as well as increasing the sky saturation a little bit.
Nicely done. Looking forward to see your next submissions.		 Jul 7th
70 Jul 22 Comment Welcome to PSA DD 70 Kate!
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