Activity for User 714 - Judith Lesnaw - judith.lesnaw@uky.edu

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52 Nov 20 Comment Amazing shot! Love the wing fan, the background bokeh and the water droplets! Great catch. I like the original crop. That area back of the neck doesnt need any more texture for my eyes. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Comment WOW! What a showoff. This guy could be a disco dancer. As others have pointed out the background is too bright, and the dancer's head is too dark. Since it already shows hand of man and cannot be entered in nature, you could try substituting the background on top altogether. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Comment Beautiful place. Were you in a boat? The flip is perfect. I like the composition. The bank and shadow form lovely diagonals that converge at the tip on the right. I like Mike's edit as it brings out those great colors. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Comment Pamela, this is an amazing image. The wide aperture gave a great bokeh blur to the background. I would tone down the background to match the effect in the original. Your crop is perfect. This is Nature competition-worthy. The beak is especially amazing. At first I thought it might be a leather strap. Great detail. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Comment Sharon, this image is absolutely stunning!! The tack-sharp focus and perspective have produced a three-dimensional effect. That rising sun is dramatic and the sky is perfect. The warm color of the land blends with the sun's orange and can be seen in streaks in the sky. I much prefer the color version you chose. The original image shows two interesting streaks of sunlight on the rocks at the low left of center area. These are lost in the color and B&W versions. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Comment Ally, this is a stunning image that captures autumn beautifully. The diagonal line of evergreen trees that bisects the image into the brilliant gold and subtle grey-green triangles is dramatic and eye catching. A polarizer filter on the camera might bring out a bit more of the sky and mountains, but I love it just as it is too. Nov 15th
52 Nov 20 Reply Here is the original: Nov 8th
52 Nov 20 Reply Pamela, thank you so much for your feedback. In fact the look of suspension and contemplation is just what I was aiming for as it represented the way I felt with the pandemic and election looming over my life. I will look for and post the original. Nov 8th
52 Nov 20 Reply Thanks so much Mike. I enlarged the image and I see what you mean. The window has much to do with the problem--it is not as clean as it should be. I am trying to get a visual log of birds that visit my feeders here in Wilmington. Now that the bugs are going undercover I will try shooting with the window open. I could also go outside, but the birds are not as likely to come. I am working on a bird blind for the yard as part of my backyard safari project. Meanwhile, can you suggest how I might go about improving those areas of the image in post processing? Nov 8th
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79 Nov 20 Comment Welcome to our group Peter. Your colors work very well, and I like the stretched out version. I always prefer frameless images; for my eyes frames detract from the image. The concentration of purple at the right and left sides suggests to me that a triptych might indeed work - but no frames. Also, I find that having one little bit of focus in the blurring centers an image for me, and reinforces the nature of the subject. Since you are blending images this would be easy to do. I would try leaving your lens focused on a flower for a bit before the motion in one of the images to give it some definition. Then you could play with the blending opacity to get an effect you like. I would do this in the center of the image in case you do go with the triptych concept. Nov 15th
79 Nov 20 Comment Lauren, BEAUTIFUL! The image has the look and feel of a crisp autumn day. The silken water contrasts pleasingly with the sharp rocks. The composition is great. My eyes are drawn across the stream and up the rocky path to the cabin and the light. A perfect prelude to Thanksgiving. Nov 10th
79 Nov 20 Comment Karl, you are the master of experimentation and creativity. This image is stunning in composition, color, form, and mystery.
The contrast between the thoughts evoked by the title, the graceful swirls of the light, and the red-eared dark figure within holds me in a state of contemplation -- and I feel the hope. Thank you for sharing this remarkable image and the technical aspects of its creation. 		Nov 10th
79 Nov 20 Comment Marie, there is a powerful story in this beautiful triptych. I love the old kettle and the stream of liquid caught mid-stream in the central image. The colors in the background subtly repeat the flowers, leaves and hair. What a tender way to remember a dark time. Nov 10th
79 Nov 20 Comment Sandra, beautiful colors! And I love your title. My eyes long for some bit of definition within the blur. You might try lowering the ISO to 100, and either at the beginning or or end of your lens zoom let the lens be stationary. In this way one can capture enough definition of something to steady the looker's eyes, and still achieve the stunning zoom effect. Thanks for mentioning my attempts at zooming. Keep experimenting; I am also. We shall continue to share tips. Nov 10th
79 Nov 20 Comment Val, thanks for introducing us to Judy Stokes. I was not familiar with her work. I am definitely a fan of ICM. The warm colors in your image are beautiful. Great idea to add the two figures. They are so tiny that I first took them for dust on my computer screen. Perhaps if they were placed in a lighter area of the image they would be more prominent. Keep experimenting! Nov 10th
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