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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Nice Kathryn. |
Oct 22nd |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for your thoughtful comments Frans. See my reply to San. |
Oct 17th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments and your effort San.
I like that your crop makes the Butterfly Weed more dominant in the composition, with the donkey the supportive element. It follows the KISS principle of design. It also reduces the distracting impact of the two notices in the window panes. The barn however seems to have lost its strength and balance and also the image is now a small aspect of a landscape, the focus of our group.
IMHO the crop while simplifying the image misses my intent of showing the effects of drought and global warming, as the fields are brown, the sun is high with thin wispy clouds, and the donkey chooses to keep himself in shadow rather than graze the pasture freely. Just his head is in sun.
So I think you've helped me discover that my landscape image is also a storytelling image that establishes the stage in greater context. Thanks again for your efforts.
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Oct 17th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
I do miss the seasons Pierre. I guess I'm a New Englander.
Covid kept me in Florida this summer; redefined the word hot.
For my previous two trips south I very much enjoyed traveling further north way into Maine before pushing off south for Florida. For the weather, the color, and to feel the seasonal changes. |
Oct 16th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Thanks Pierre! |
Oct 16th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Kathryn. Yup; don't forget the vignette! |
Oct 16th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
What a great problem to have! Hope it all goes smoothly.
This unusual monolith is the hook for me. Very strong triangular base leads my eye to the spire and on to the moon. The sky is so bright IMHO it's competing with the brightly lit primary element.
My suggestion is to apply a graduated ND filter to tone down the sky, cool the temperature, dehaze, and add some clarity to brighten the stars. A brush to the monolith brought out some color and texture. Also I cropped off a bit of the base of the triangle to help keep the focus on the spire. Nice composition. |
Oct 13th |
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| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This image fits the genre of Abstract, Landscape, or Travel. It could also be divided into 2-3 more images held within and mounted as a triptych.
The repeating shapes, lines, curves with alternating dark and light areas bring orderliness to this watery world. The gorgeous color palette sets it off perfectly. The two figures make a strong supporting, anchoring element.
Well seen, captured and developed. |
Oct 13th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
The compositional hook for me in this landscape is the Herons. Your choice of aperture brings them into sharp focus and keeps our focus on them as both the foreground and background is out of focus.
The visual flow of the image brings my eye right down the leading lines of the railings to them. The matched pair of birds on the railings remind me of matching bookends, with the single bird between, and thus I think the possibility of a vertical crop could be considered. The brightness of these railings draws my eye however and IMHO I feel they would benefit from being toned down.
Nature/wildlife images to me are usually shot wide open with a long focal length (such as 390mm) and a fast shutter. Using f/11 keeps it in the landscape genre.
Your choice of lens brings a lot of compression to the image and increases the atmospheric effects seen in the OOF background. If you had chosen F/22 the background might have been brought into focus, but I'm not convinced it would bring more value to the composition.
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Oct 13th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Pierre I believe you among all of us have shared the most cold weather images. Marvelous ones that take me on scene right beside you to feel the cold bite. As a lifelong Vermont skier (who often carried a wine bota to keep warm) I share your love of winter, and I miss the crunch of the snow under my feet and the color of fall. But now I enjoy keeping the same wardrobe whether I'm up north for the summer or wintering in Florida. |
Oct 6th |
| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
To me this is a surreal landscape image. The concept and execution of exploring a few of the new artificial intelligence software logarithms available to us now is timely. Change to our established workflow brings growth which can be lengthy and painful at times but can inspire creative results that further separate our image from the usual norm. Hopefully the new workflow will align with ones vision of success.
The visual flow of this image draws me immediately to the warmest and lightest colors, the sharpest items, all of which advance forward and take me to the golden reeds in the midground. The next brightest area that attracts my eye is the sky overhead to the left behind the small silhouetted tree branches, then the blue sky over the reeds with white puffy clouds. The layers of rock with 4 trees to the left of the reeds now emerges and has been developed providing a secondary anchor in the composition.
IMO the balance of the image is heavy on the left from the large tree as well as on the bottom from the causeway path. So I reduced their power as eye control elements with a crop. Overall a thought provoking image as initially I didn't see any specific subject or focus.
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Oct 5th |
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| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Freezing temperature. Freezing morning. Early bird. On the shore. In the dark. 33 F. Way up north in Ontario, Canada.
Pierre: just like Tom Hanks said - there's no crying in baseball! And there's no medal for Hero's in photography. lol. Be thankful it wasn't blowing stink.
The warmth of the color, the lights and darks of the water, the framing element of the silhouetted tree with its lacy pattern over the colorful sky all create a peaceful warm satisfying winter morning composition. Your choice in shutter speed handled the motion of the waves well.
I cropped to move Fox Island more off the center, bring it closer due to effects of wide angle lens, reduce some sky I felt didn't add value, and tried to enhance some of the colors reflecting off the water.
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Oct 5th |
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| 70 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Good establishing landscape shot of the Refuge. I like that your perspective was high enough to show the many layers of quiet water interspersed between the grassy areas that provides a nice repetitive pattern and rhythm. Lower and we wouldn't have clearly seen the duck that emerges and the grasses would have merged into the mountains. To me the duck is an anchor providing a place for my eye to go before exploring.
The compositional hook for me is the 200mm lens brought compression into play making the mountains appear closer and larger than they are while there is still good separation between the elements of foreground, midground and background. The tonal range of this B&W image is balanced and image has good visual flow and sets a peaceful contemplative mood. The light areas bring separation and definition and orderliness to the composition.
Well seen and executed. |
Oct 5th |
7 comments - 6 replies for Group 70
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| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Henry. |
Oct 27th |
| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I like that your perspective is low enough to capture the details in the gills of the mushrooms but wish there was more separation from the background. |
Oct 27th |
| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Lovely depth, detail, patina and tones in your Macro IR architectural detail image. Well seen and processed. |
Oct 27th |
| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Thank you Chan. |
Oct 17th |
| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
The compositional hook for me is how the light forms the lines, shadows, shapes of the curvilinear hills; alternating layers and layers of them as you travel back into the image.
The foreground tracks are a strong supporting element to the gradations of tones shaping the undulating hills beyond.
Well composed and developed. |
Oct 17th |
| 91 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
The large triangular foreground area makes a base for my eye before exploring the image. The visual flow of this landscape is to me directed by the leading lines of the highlights/shadows and rock edges in the foreground which takes me to the cascading falls. There's a hint of an S curve in the stream as the water meanders down towards the falls which might have been more apparent/effective from a slightly higher perspective.
To me infrared brings out soft dreamlike qualities to foliage; almost a fluorescence. These trees seem a bit crunchy to me so I tweeked it in Lightroom. I also tried to add some texture to the rocks. |
Oct 9th |
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5 comments - 1 reply for Group 91
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12 comments - 7 replies Total
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