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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Welcome to the gang Wayne! Love the streamside valley you found on your hike & chose to share!
Stream placement in the image provide nice leading lines and diminishing perspective that add depth to the image. The diminishing perspective of the mountain receding into the distance adds to that sense of depth beyond the stream.
Using the overhead tree to frame the scene and fill the empty sky is effective in keeping my eye on the mountain exploring all its glorious colors and textures but in my opinion I feel it could be improved.
With that in mind in Lightroom I cropped to diminish the strong impact of the framing as well as a bit of the foreground to push you eye deeper into the image. Also added -14 vignette to keep your interest centered.
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Mar 15th |
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| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Great suggestion Lamar! |
Mar 15th |
| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
You're a good sport. Your work is beautiful. |
Mar 10th |
| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
What a lovely spot for a morning walk; it's a keeper. I just feel like tweeking.
I like the diminishing perspective of the walkway leading to the beach, which I lightened a bit, as I want to encourage exploration around the bend in the beach to the left. I used a graduated filter top and bottom to increase a sense of depth & sunrise color, and pulled more color from the yellow flowers. A slight crop from the bottom to strengthen the triangular shape of the lawn, and a bit off the top as it didn't add much value and I wanted the horizon off center. |
Mar 9th |
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| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
My interest is drawn to the cattails also; especially as the fragmites pushed them out of my favorite wetland at home; I miss them. The trees appear dark and heavy above them, although the snow on their branches helps and perhaps can be played up more. So my thought is to consider a vertical crop to accentuate the verticality of the cattails. Am not sure if you have the pixels in the original for such a severe crop however. |
Mar 9th |
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| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
It's difficult to figure out the scale of what I'm looking at, but I believe this is an image of a small intimate landscape as I see a single small clump of grass in left foreground.
The light on the eroding sands of this sand dune shows the well-defined shapes, lines, and contours of this interesting pano. There's strong tonal contrast in the very black blacks and white whites. However the large area of black sky seems without any detail and keeps drawing my eye.
On another fun approach, as I'm just back from the PSA/F3C Conference in Florida, I thought it might be fun to be a bit creative and add an antique toy truck to render the dune mountainous in size. Perhaps Ansel Adams' vehicle will do instead? Forgive me as it's my first attempt at this kind of thing in PS.
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Mar 9th |
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| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
That's some western trip you're on! Another majestic image - print it LARGE! |
Mar 9th |
| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
The colors really caught my eye and made a strong impact. I like the diagonal composition of the trees spread across the aurora, the way the tree way to the right points up parallel to the aurora rays beaming down. The lacy veil of their leaves atop the shimmery colors enhances them. Just enough stars are twinkling through. Nice atmosphere and mood.
My eye is naturally drawn to the only light, bright, and quite sharp item in the image: the watermark. It does not add value.
I thought I would see what the effect of brightening the tree trunks would be: |
Mar 9th |
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| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
Me too! Thanks. |
Mar 9th |
| 70 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
I like this view better too! Thanks for the suggestion Pierre! |
Mar 9th |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 70
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| 91 |
Mar 20 |
Reply |
Perhaps while fiddling the man in the yellow shirt near the white car top can be added to the topaz mask and blurred away as it also grabs my attention. |
Mar 11th |
| 91 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
As I look at the scene I don't see a clear subject. However I'm intrigued with the darks and lights of the pines, their trunks, and their branches. So in Lightroom I cropped, dodged and burned areas with brushes to bring out the contrast of tones and simplify the scene. |
Mar 10th |
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| 91 |
Mar 20 |
Comment |
Wow - what a wonderful car! That long hood goes on forever and the light brings out its marvelous lines, curves and contours. Love the color palette you went with - the blues and yellows.
I like the general clean up and Topaz effect on the trees although they compete for my attention which should be just the car.
So I fiddled in Lightroom. I darkened the foreground and the trees a tad with the graduated filter as well as the window area to try to add more depth and maintain the viewers focus on the car.
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Mar 10th |
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2 comments - 1 reply for Group 91
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9 comments - 4 replies Total
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