Activity for User 679 - Charles Ginsburgh - cginsburgh@gmail.com

avatar
Avatar

Close this Tab when done

490 Comments / 200 Replies Posted

  = Current Round   = Previous Round
Group Round C/R Comment Date Image
65 Dec 18 Reply Interesting take upon my image. In this shot I really wanted to bring out the subtle shading and falloff of light, and I feel that this B&W version loses a lot of that subtle quality. Also I find that since the color interplay between the yellows within the flower head and the greens of the stem is lost in the B&W version, so is some of the consecutiveness between these elements is weakened. So, in this case I don't feel that the conversion adds to the image, so I am not a fan of this version. Dec 26th
65 Dec 18 Comment This is a great monochrome view of this butterfly. There is a good tonal range is this image, and the clarity of the butterfly is wonderful. The composition of the image is lost a bit since the dark right hand area of the image merges into the dark background of the presentation application, making it appear as though the butterfly is centered. In this case I would be tempted to crop of a bit of the left hand images (putting the wing on a third), and adding a thin white or light gray pinstripe border around the image. (I tried this below, but the border is not shown effectively when the image is mounted on the gray background. It would been when placed on a dark background). In doing so you take control of the composition. Dec 24th
65 Dec 18 Comment Welcome to our little group, George. You image has given us a different view of these flowers playing upon a strong foreground, and an interesting background. The colors and clarity of the image are spot on. Since you have chosen to make the large foreground flowers the main subject, I think that you could afford to loose a lot of the sky. As it is now it feels a bit unbalanced since the flowers are so predominant, yet you give equal weighting to the empty sky (as shown by the large percentage of the image the sky represents). I suggest cropping out a lot of the sky and bringing back (if at all possible) the tip of the foreground flow that you cropped off. Dec 24th
65 Dec 18 Comment Nice capture of a 'wee bit of nature'. Well seen and well captured. That being said, I think that the shiny reflection in the leaf is very distracting taking our eye away from the main subject. I would have removed this distraction by cloning over the shiny areas of the leaf. In the attached example tried this to gage the effect. I also darkened and desaturated the leaf behind the spider to bring of the subject a bit. See what you think … Dec 24th
65 Dec 18 Comment What a great idea in only showing us a portion of the original image (and thank you for showing us where your image came from). I am enjoying the colors, content and composition of the final shot, although I would have not cut off the bit of wing at the top. The final image looks a bit over-processes (slightly posturized) perhaps due to the magnification from the tight crop. I suspect that you were running out of information (pixel depth) in this image since so little of the original image found it's way to the final presentation. I agree with Angela that the white spots is a bit distracting, and should be toned down or removed. I think you could do this and still have a nice text backdrop. Dec 24th
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 65
4 comments - 1 reply Total

115 Images Posted

  = Current Round   = Previous Round
Group 63

Dec 25
Nov 25
Oct 25
Sep 25
Jul 25
Jun 25
May 25
Apr 25
Mar 25
Feb 25
Jan 25
Dec 24

Nov 24
Oct 24
Sep 24
Aug 24
Jul 24
Jun 24
Apr 24
Mar 24
Feb 24
Dec 23
Nov 23
Oct 23

Sep 23
Aug 23
Jul 23
Jun 23
May 23
Apr 23
Mar 23
Feb 23
Jan 23
Dec 22
Nov 22
Oct 22

Aug 22
Jul 22
Jun 22
May 22
Apr 22
Mar 22
Feb 22
Jan 22
Dec 21
Group 65

Nov 21
Oct 21
Sep 21
Aug 21
Jul 21
Jun 21
May 21
Apr 21
Mar 21
Feb 21
Jan 21
Dec 20

Nov 20
Oct 20
Sep 20
Aug 20
Jul 20
Jun 20
May 20
Apr 20
Mar 20
Feb 20
Jan 20
Dec 19

Nov 19
Oct 19
Sep 19
Aug 19
Jul 19
Jun 19
May 19
Apr 19
Mar 19
Feb 19
Jan 19
Dec 18

Nov 18
Oct 18
Sep 18
Jul 18
Jun 18
May 18
Apr 18
Mar 18
Feb 18
Jan 18
Dec 17
Nov 17

Oct 17
Sep 17
Aug 17
Jul 17
Jun 17
May 17
Apr 17
Mar 17
Feb 17
Jan 17
Group 75

Jul 23
Jun 23
May 23
Apr 23
Mar 23
Feb 23
Jan 23
Dec 22
Nov 22
Oct 22
Sep 22
Aug 22

Close this Tab when done