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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
This reminds me of an image that remains with me although it's been many, many years since I encountered it. I was standing on Lookout Mountain, which overlooks the city of Chattanooga far below, while taking in a sunset over the Smokies at the end of a clear, beautiful day; I was on a narrow part of the mountain which allowed me to move not more than a few hundred feet over to the other side just in time to catch sight of a full moon rising over the city down below. Everything was very still, except I remember hearing the sound of a train far off in the distance. |
Nov 21st |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
The sky replacement is beautiful and well done, and adds to the composition. As alluded to by Mike and Marti, the bottom part seems more like an attempt at an HDR. Also, I hope you don't mind if I took a stab at perhaps balancing out the composition by cropping down from the top and adding a bit to the bottom so that it's not so squeezed. |
Nov 15th |
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| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Looking back at it once again, I think you're right about it being too warm -- too much yellow saturation applied. |
Nov 10th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Yeah, probably should have removed the people -- looks too touristy. |
Nov 10th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
The S curve and the colorful hiking gear stand out well from the natural surroundings. Interesting in that the path veers off to the left but following the line of the hikers leads the eye toward the mountains far in the distance. Although it was cloudy I think you could get away with some more saturation, perhaps by selecting out the walkers, inverting, then applying vibrance. |
Nov 10th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
The burnt orange, blue and white make for a pleasing color combination. Maybe a bit heavy on the vignetting. Interesting and creative combining of pictorial elements. Should the moon be moved a bit off center? Does anyone see a camel bouncing a beach ball off its head? Original take. |
Nov 10th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Good story within-a-story telling here: it's reproducing the artist in the middle of him reproducing the "reality" that is before him. Well done color balance and the tree in the upper left acts as a framing device, as does the bush on the right. Just curious -- would it have been better to catch him as he was looking out at the landscape? Either way would work, I guess. |
Nov 9th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
A nice fantasy image for your first attempt. I think Marti has a point about the difference in color balance, but since this pic is more dream-like anything goes. The turtle seems to be hovering above the ground rather than being rooted in the turf, but again, why not? Keep at it! Maybe there will be an app for this 'ride share' some day in the near future. |
Nov 9th |
| 22 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
A rose by any other name ... beautifully done. Delicate coloring and the detail and lighting really makes this one pop. If I were a bee this image would fool the heck out of me! Set off nicely by the pale pink stroke. I would like to see you enter this in some competition. |
Nov 7th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 22
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| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
You have a good eye! Pun intended. |
Nov 15th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Just a quick and sloppy alternative to illustrate my point: |
Nov 12th |
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| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Always a tough act to pull off when your subject is surrounded by bright light. There's a device that some photographers use (I think it's called a Better Beamer) that is essentially a fill flash on steroids, but you run the risk of scaring the birds. My approach, and mine is hardly the last word on the subject, would be to select out the birds from the background, brighten them even more to extract more detail, then invert the subject and darken and/or blur the background. |
Nov 12th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Interesting point, Bruce. It reminds me of some trips where a friend of mine would sit, or even lay, in shallow water to achieve the affect you mention. One other technique can be used in this situation -- but I'm not sure what Sanat's restriction might be. That would be to back up and use a strong tele lens where the focal plane would be at the bird but then the background would be blurred, which is what you've done with the owl. Hard to do that with a 50mm lens. |
Nov 12th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
The action of the bird nabbing the fish is quite well done -- nice and sharp and good color balance. The only problem is owing to the spread out wings giving a thin profile to the bird, there remains too many other visual elements competing for attention -- the coiled rope and the edge of the boat. Yes, the rope and boat provide a setting for the story, but here the diving bird should be the center of attention. After all, it's in the title of your image. I really do like the alternate picture. |
Nov 11th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Wow -- does that red ever stand out from the gray wintry background. Lots of diagonals in the background, but they do not distract because of the reduced tone and actually add to the composition because their presence adds to the sense of the bird's natural habitat. It's not too early -- in fact as I'm writing this a news story just broke about a big snow storm in Colorado. Maybe brighten up the bird a little? Nice shot. |
Nov 11th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Faithful capture, and nice and sharp. Perhaps crop down from the top somewhat. Because of the sun angle the region of the bird's head is in shadow, reducing the detail. Have you tried doing more action shots, capturing your subjects in flight or fighting with other birds for mates or territory? |
Nov 11th |
| 91 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
I like the look of the bird grasping on to the read. Excellent bokeh in the back. The one bright out of focus read on the right could be eliminated. It appears you had plenty of ISO to play with, so you might have experimented with stopping down the lens to get increased depth of field, although the head is nice and sharp. |
Nov 11th |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 91
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11 comments - 6 replies Total
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