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

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52 Apr 21 Comment WOW! It's all about the light. Those birds glow in the backlight. The three beaks add great interest and resemble a game of pick-up sticks. Was the photo taken at sunset or sunrise? I think there are two images here. One is as presented with a very erie affect. My eyes do call out for lightening the image to clarify the nesting material, but that would produce quite a different feeling. You have captured remarkable light, action and composition. Apr 22nd
52 Apr 21 Comment That chick is indeed very cute, and in sharp focus. It is however lost in the image. The large and extremely blurred bright and black blobs just repel my eyes, and make focusing on the chick difficult. However, in studying the image more closely I saw something else: a dark and menacing King Kongesque monster rising from the ground and peering hungrily at the little chick. YEIKS! Apr 22nd
52 Apr 21 Comment How magical to see flowers in the sand. You have a wonderful landscape here. I love the muted earth tones. The leaves and flowers are pale, and I cant quite distinguish them. What was your f stop? It would be interesting to shoot from a lower perspective and closer to those flowers. A polarizing filter might bring out more color in the plants. The repetition of the bluegreen color in the plants and left/right flanking water forms a nice compositional triangle. In fact, there are several triangles. In the original a barge or ship can be seen faintly on the right. I think it adds to the mystery. It is lost in your filter. Apr 22nd
52 Apr 21 Comment Lisa, great job blurring the background. You have an impressionist image that matches perfectly the gentle affect of Spring. I agree with Mike that the perpendicular branches seem out of place; they dont blend well with the soft style of the image. I would mute and blur them to leave only enough detail to avoid hanging the blossoms in space. The halo around the blossoms blends well with the blurred blossoms in the background, and they do not detract at all in my view. You mentioned adding texture and clarity to the blossoms, yet they look sharper in the original. How then did you achieve the impressionist style? Apr 22nd
52 Apr 21 Comment Those cliffs are very foreboding. The mist and ghostly rivellets that the water creates in dashing upon the rocks do produce a mystical affect, and certainly satisfy your challenge of slow shutter speed. I agree that the cliffs would benefit from additional detail. That looks like a place to revisit. Apr 22nd
52 Apr 21 Comment Sharon, this is an amazing image in many ways. First of all the sharpness: the feathers, eye, beak, even the reflection are all tack sharp. You were at the perfect angle to get it all on the same plane. The colors just pop. Elements of the composition are very pleasing: the three prominent triangles (beak and its reflection with the breast and its reflection), the body, the body reflection. And I love the graceful drape of the head feathers. This fellow is definitely posing for you. I like the square crop, and I also like the ripples in the water on the original. I experimented with a horizontal flip, and broader crop. I like both versions. What do you think? Apr 22nd
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79 Apr 21 Comment I love reflections and the resulting distortions. Your capture of the old seen in the new is terrific. There is a symmetry in the image that looks as though it could be extended by a crop on the left and an extension on the right to include the vertical beam (I am assuming there was one). I agree with Karl that there are many images in these windows. A reflection portfolio would be interesting. Apr 25th
79 Apr 21 Comment Karl, the monochrome rendering is wonderful. What is a "monochrome camera"? There are many images at this site. The one you present has negative space in the center that calls out for something, so the insertion of the text works. This image would make a wonderful cover picture for a book or article on the subject. Another possibility would be to select a different perspective, an angle that shoots across many lines of spinners rather than down an aisle of them. While that image would not have room for the sign, it would give more of the scope of lives lost/spinners. I really love the effect you achieved with the ND filter. The spinners have taken on a spiky appearance that brings to mind the COVID virus immediately. So I think an image filled with them would tell a story. Apr 25th
79 Apr 21 Comment Wonderful dreamy scene. I would remove the red cones and ?table? as they break the serene affect. The framing of the bench by the trees is particularly pleasing. I agree with Karl to crop on the right. I especially like the way the bench serves as the transition from the shade into the misty light. What post processing did you do? Can you post the original? Apr 25th
79 Apr 21 Comment The lighting is terrific, and I love the warm monochrome color. The texture and outline are not as pleasing; how did you generate them? I love the black mirror effect. I had not seen this before. Can you post the original pre-processing image? Apr 25th
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