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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Murphy,
I agree with you. It is more suitable to have a darker background and lighter subject. I did it also too strong, just playing around. |
Nov 29th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Murphy,
I took the liberty of selecting the background, and then lightened it - I did it very strongly, but was just trying to see what could be done. |
Nov 28th |
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| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Wow... very nice.
Thanks. |
Nov 20th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Very nice. |
Nov 20th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Murphy,
Thanks for the suggestions. I will have to try.
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Nov 18th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Murphy,
Very nice subjects - good focus on all. The deeper purple posterior petals are a bit more difficult to separate from the background - possibly decreasing the shadows on the background would be helpful.
Well done. |
Nov 18th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Charles,
Nicely done still photography. Lovely details, light and shadows on the bottle and background.
My only suggestion would be to lighten slightly the top left corner to see the berries better.
Nicely done. |
Nov 18th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Nice capture of a bottle fly. Fairly good focus on the subject throughout. f/6.3 at 140 mm allowed a nice focus separation with the flowers, but might have been a little thin to capture the antenae and front leg.
Well done. - no suggestions. |
Nov 18th |
| 63 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Great composition, cropping, and colors.
Nice to see a subject without blemishes.
Crisp focus throughout.
Another keeper. No suggestions. |
Nov 18th |
5 comments - 4 replies for Group 63
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| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Dean,
I wrote a comment either yesterday or the day before.... and now it is gone!
Oh well. I am quite amazed on what can be done with cellular phones nowadays. I believe that true cameras still allow more "stops" between full white and full black.
You did an excellent job with this little fellow.
On tutorials with the iPhone, they recomment to shoot in RAW, and using the magnification selection rather then zooming in with the fingers as it allow better definition. I completely agree with you: the best camera is the one you have on you when you need it. |
Nov 20th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Jaswant,
I personally like the color palette of these 2 vultures on your original image.
Did you try applying the desaturation process only on the background? I believe that would work very well. |
Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Lovely capture. The Eagle is easily visible due to the non-obstrusive background.
I would crop more tightly. I took the liberty to demonstrate how I would proceed. In the event of a image that become pixelated due to the low definition, programs are now allowing a "resize" function that uses AI in a quite amazing way.
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Nov 18th |
 |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Diane,
The reason I did not crop the tree on the left is because I wanted the Roe Deer to gaze approximately on the left 1/3 - central 1/3 of the image, especially because I was having a large portion of the rear end of the animal.
I also agree that they do have a rather large and powerful neck. |
Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Jaswant,
Thanks for the suggestion. |
Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Jacob. I agree. |
Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Mervyn,
I tried different crops. Not always easy to determine what should be the best one. I find your cropping lovely.
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Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Mervyn,
Lovely image of two lionesses gazing in the same direction.
Were you able to see what was attracting them? I am just wondering if including the object of their gaze could have been more powerful.
Regardless, this is a great capture. Another keeper! |
Nov 18th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Jacob,
Nicely done.
To be very patient is one of the requirements to become a good at nature photography!
The color contrast between the panda and the foliage is great.
I would have tendency to decrease the shadows and black a little bit as I do not see any details on his legs and lower back.
Nice work.
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Nov 5th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Dean,
I agree with you... rear end shots are not my favorite neither, but I felt that it was acceptable considering all the details of his side and head.
The reason I kept a wide area on the left of the animal is to have his gaze pointing at the middle of the scene - obviously not essential! |
Nov 5th |
| 69 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Hi Cindy,
Nice catch! Yes, the flowers were on the edges of a large field and pretty far away from this Roebuck. He was approximately in the middle of this field. |
Nov 5th |
5 comments - 6 replies for Group 69
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| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Kirk,
I agree with previous comments. Great scene and capture.
Perspective issues are frequently problematic.
How to avoid them: If your camera is well calibrated, correcting the angle of your camera using the vertical and horizontal lines can be very helpful. This is particularly important in the very wide angle lens that are not perfectly rectilinear.
Applying the "lens" correction specific to your lens can be also extremely helpful, especially for the "barrel" distorsion.
If, despite these precautions, the perspective is still a little off, these distorsion can frequently be corrected (as long as the building is not sagging. Unfortunately, these distorsion corrections can sometimes significantly crop the image. I tried to do so using the vertical line on the back left of the building and the vertical line on the front right of the building. This is what I obtained - still a little off....
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Nov 19th |
 |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Frans,
This is a fantastic composition. Very strong lines are bringing our attention to the perfect mirror, as well as providing good depth.
Perhaps, a very light vignette would reinforce your vision.
Another keeper. |
Nov 19th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Kathryn,
I believe that you elegantly succeeded in meeting your goals.
Perhaps have a little bit more on the left of the image would improve the positioning of the whales. |
Nov 19th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Geoff,
Very nice capture of the sunset.
My only suggestions would be to decrease the "black" and/or "shadows" on the beach. Furthermore, I believe that having a little more beach would be a nice addition. Perhaps, cropping a little bit of the completely blue sky on the top and adding some beach would be ideal. |
Nov 19th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Scott,
I completely agree with Frans. Most common adjustments can be performed using Lightroom. Other programs, like PhotoShop and ON1 Photo Raw, just to name a few, are very powerful but can be quite difficult to use to their fullest without a significant investment of time going through tutorials and practice.
I agree with Kirk that having an obvious "center of interest" significantly improves the appeal of an image.
As you know, we are all learning on how to optimize our vision of a scene or subject. I found very inspiring to look at the works of "classic" photographers and Painters. |
Nov 19th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Frans. I took multiple images as the moon was getting progressively higher. I felt that this one with the moon behind the clouds, was the most interesting. |
Nov 18th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Geoff |
Nov 18th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Jerry
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Nov 18th |
| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Comment |
Hi Jerry,
Lovely image with a lot of interesting details. My only suggestion would be to slightly widened your cropping on the bottom, right, and top of your image.
Nowadays, if your image was captured a little too tightly, it is possible to use AI to increase the size of your crop by artificially adding to your image.
At this point in time, I find the results frequently not very satisfactory, but sometime one could be quite happy with the final result. I am convinced that this function with improve with time. I took the liberty of trying it: see image. |
Nov 18th |
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| 70 |
Nov 25 |
Reply |
Thanks Kirk |
Nov 5th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 70
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16 comments - 14 replies Total
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