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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Pei-Fan, I posted a new crop, let me know your thoughts. Lots of differing opinions on this image--its a great discussion and a great way to learn more about composition.
I tried to keep the background really natural looking, as it is a PSA Nature image and one can't make changes that don't reflect what you saw.
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Feb 23rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Sunil, I just realized my new image isn't a perfect square. Should I crop in tighter to make that happen? Thanks! Any other thoughts on my reworked images below?
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Feb 23rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Ed, great catch on the selection errors--when I chose "background" in Camera Raw, it did not get in and around the leaves very well. I explained how I fixed this problem with two posts today 2-23-25. I was actually looking to have a lot of negative space, to show the tiny bird in a wilderness area. But I did go in closer by cropping up from the bottom and top on my re-do. I also did a tight crop to avoid the second branch going off into no where. As you know, I can't use a vignette in PSA Nature, so I left that out of my rework versions. Thanks so much! Let me know what you catch on the new new versions. |
Feb 23rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Robert, you liked my image "as is", but some other members had different thoughts. Check out the lively discussion and my latest two posts at the bottom. I'd love to hear any additional suggestions you have after reading the banter. Thanks! |
Feb 23rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Jean, thanks for your thoughts! I've put two new versions at the bottom of the thread. Please check them out and let me know what additional suggestions you have. |
Feb 23rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
Pei-Fan, Ed and Jean suggested I crop in tighter. I didn't care for a partial branch on the left, and I can't remove that in a PSA Nature pic, so I cropped the left branch out entirely.
As I mentioned, I do have close up versions of this bird that I think are better, but wanted to try it, since y'all suggested it!
Let me know your thoughts! |
Feb 23rd |
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| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
Great discussion, thanks so much, everyone!
I have dozens of images of Vermillion flycatchers from our Belize trip, so what I was trying to do with this was a more artistic approach and giving an idea of how small the bird was in such a big environment. As Sunil points out, I was making a triangle, which is a good compositional element. Ed pointed out that there was a bunch of artifacting. See his circles on his feedback image. I experimented with a new image and discovered the artifacts appeared when I selected "background" to blur it a bit more. It was easy to fix this, I just used the brush masking tool and decreased clarity and texture on the brush that I swept over everything but the tree. I think this fixed the issue, thanks Ed! Here's my redo of my image, but check below for my tight cropped version. Let me know your favorite! |
Feb 23rd |
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| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Great, thanks for the idea! |
Feb 16th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Thank you! I am not sure I want to crop in, but I will give it a try. |
Feb 16th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Wow! Thank so much! There are have been a lot of recommendations to crop tightly. I was going for more of an artistic look, as opposed to a "bird on a stick".
So you think its okay as is? I appreciate your opinion. |
Feb 16th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
I love the buildings and reflections removed. Now your subject is playing alone out in nature.
But its what you like, not me. |
Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Great catches! Its actually from the noise removal software. I'll go back and look at that and see the best way to process without the artifacting.
I'm not sure I want to lose my "Y", but both you and Jean recommended it, so I may go with two versions. Thanks! |
Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Robert, with the newer cameras and lenses, tripods are not necessary. The DeNoise software takes care of the noise easily. Birds are fast and tiny, there isn't time to set up a tripod. And hiking through jungles or riding in a car and stopping on the side of the road is how most images are captured.
I am using a birding blind in South Carolina in April, and I'll use a tripod there, since we are stationary and the birds are baited. And I'll use a tripod for a landscape workshop in Idaho in June to get stacked images. There isn't a way to do night photography without a tripod, so I do have a great one, and use it for the different genres.
Thanks for the questions and title suggestion! |
Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
I'll take a look at it, thanks!
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Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Wow, love this latest editing choice! |
Feb 11th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jean! To be clear, so you recommend this as a horizontal composition? I appreciate it! |
Feb 4th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Reply |
Wow, nice rework. Yes, I like to use images that I'm not in love with, as its helpful to get other's ideas.
Hmmm...Love this image. But, I still feel something is a bit off with the big yellow cloud and its reflection. We'll see what the rest group thinks.
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Feb 4th |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
YOW!! My favorite pic by you! GREAT post-processing! Everything is super crisp, really realistic, the reflection is crystal clear. Great sky, although my only suggestion is that the yellow in the cloud might be a bit too much and doesn't match the yellow in the reflection. My thought would be that since the mountain and reflection and aspen trees are the stars of the show, the sky could lose a bit of intensity of the cloud with yellow.
Hmmm...going to see if I can program my brain to solve photo problems in my sleep--and then remember the solution when I wake up! |
Feb 3rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
A nice image of fog. Fog is super difficult to have it look good in an image.
Cool of you to do a different type of image, but I am missing your gorgeous flower images.
I am not a big fan of dead trees. I'm not sure of the subject here, especially since the side of the first tree and and the tops of the trees are cropped.
I do think you did capture the fog well, I am going to try a small aperture when I next try it, and see if that might be a great secret. |
Feb 3rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
What a beautiful image and lovely tradition.
I like the richer color of your original than your lightened version. The fisherman's face is clearer in the original than in your final.
Both images seem very bright, I would pull down the highlights of your background, so that the fog looks more natural.
I'd love to see this for real life. |
Feb 3rd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
Wow, I would have ignored the scene, but highlighting the barrels really tied it together. You are the master of making so-so scenes come alive.
I might consider cropping from the right and ditching the white building, as it isn't part of the blue/red/boy scene. |
Feb 2nd |
| 78 |
Feb 25 |
Comment |
I really like it, Jean! I think your choice of filters to add to the cold, alone, silent tree is heightened.
Removing the additional tree and junk at the bottom were great choices! |
Feb 2nd |
7 comments - 15 replies for Group 78
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7 comments - 15 replies Total
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