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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Robert, is this what you were thinking of? It moves the barn on the far right third in the middle, with the sky cropped off? |
Jul 24th |
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| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Robert, here's the crop that I think you suggested. The barn is on the lower right power-point on the Rule of Thirds. What do you think? |
Jul 24th |
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| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
I loved Sunil's crop and think that solves a lot of my issues with this. I knew you guys would help save this image! Thoughts? Changes? |
Jul 23rd |
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| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks so much, Sunil. I love your idea! The yellow flowers are actually a crop, called canola, used to make cooking oil. Behind it is young wheat, and then more canola behind it.
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Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Hi Robert! Take a look at my new version and let me know what you think. Still need to be trashed? Thanks! |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Hi Robert! Take a look at my new version and let me know what you think. Still need to be trashed? Thanks! |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, Sunil! What do you think about my new version below? Any additional thoughts? I appreciate it! |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Kathryn, Thanks for your feedback. Check my new version below. What additional changes would you suggest? I appreciate it! |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Robert, I started over and have a new version below. I'd love your thoughts on it. Thanks! |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Jean, Thanks for the great critique! Check out my new version below. I'd love your additional thoughts. |
Jul 23rd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
I'm still missing feedback from a couple folks, but I got great feedback from several of you, and I redid my entry.
1) I found another image with more sky and started over.
2) I cropped up further on the field (per Jean, thanks).
3). As Robert explained, I am hesitant to lose my wide landscape to move the house into the "Rule of Thirds". It is not centered now, but not on the Rule of Thirds. Still bother you? Sunil was especially concerned about this.
4). Barn is straightened.
5). I brought up the sky, per Kathryn.
I like this a lot better! Thanks for the advice! |
Jul 23rd |
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| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Kathryn, Nice start on your Milky Way Photography! Your composition is great and you've gotten good advice from Jean, Robert and Ed. Night photography is tough but really rewarding, so I know you'll love it! And your higher ISO images might give you a perfect image!
You don't say how long your shutter was open and if you used a cable release. Touching the camera to take a long exposure can be all you need to get the blurriness that is hurting your well-composed image. A little wind will do it too. And I found that my Arca plate will slip a bit when aimed up at the sky--I finally glued Lock-tite on my Arca to the camera base to stop that "slip" when I aimed my camera up in the air for long exposures.
There is so much to night photography--you might find the Erik Kuna classes at KelbyOne helpful. He's the NASA and Space X photographer. He covers how to shoot it, how to stack images and how to process the image or images. It's $19.99 a month and you can quit right after you've taken his classes. It will get you ready for your Idaho adventure! If you do decide to take his online classes, let me know, and I'll walk you through which classes to take. There is free stuff online, but most make it more complicated and give you bad advice. KelbyOne.com
BTW, I've NEVER heard anyone say to leave your stabilizer on when shooting on a tripod. With my Canon gear, it will RUIN my shoot, whether its night photography or a sunset landscape. I don't know about Sony gear, but really worth researching.
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Jul 14th |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks for your ideas, Sunil. I only have a couple of images of the barn, I'll see if I can get some more sky to do any of your versions. Perhaps cropping out the sky is the solution and the barn is in the canola and nothing else. |
Jul 14th |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks, I'll give all three of your ideas a try! I'm taking an ON1 Travel workshop online the next two days, and hoping I get some ideas that will help this image.
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Jul 14th |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks for your thoughts, Robert. The barn is level in the image, but the rolling hills create an illusion. Since everyone mentioned it, I'll "straighten" it.
You asked how to get a blue sky. To reclaim back a blue sky, Dehaze is a really big help and just a little will usually fix it. I also used contrast to show the clouds. And don't be afraid to the move the Temperature slider towards blue. And taking down blacks or shadows can also help. I'll redo it shortly--taking an On1 workshop the next two days and might get some great ideas to use here.
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Jul 14th |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Thanks for your ideas! All good ones! |
Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Reply |
Oooh, the dusk and smoke is a great idea, Jean! We'll really get the motorcycle moving! |
Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
I do love the pattern! It is really beautiful! The fisheye was brilliant. I can see why it garnered so much attention!
I think I'd like it more contrasty...true black and white instead of gray tones. I'll wait to see what ideas everyone throws out and then I might take a shot at another version.
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Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
What a pretty area! It feels so different from your rich and elegant images. It feels like it's missing something. I can't put my finger on it. Richer colors? Some texture? I'll wait and see what everyone says and see if someone has a good idea. I'll mull it over and see if I add something to the image. |
Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
Pei-Fan, certainly it can't be 6600mm? I don't know ofa lens that goes out that far? Perhaps 600mm?
I love this image! I think darkening the background and brightening and sharpening the motorcycle were great choices.
I wish the wheels were spinning on the cycle, to show it was moving and not "posed". This would have required you to have used a much slower shutter speed and pan with the motorcycle.
Another option would be to artificially blur the wheel spin. Here is a quick video on how to do it. I'm sure you can find many more. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bCOPE2vYy6o |
Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
You have such a clever eye to see things most would ignore.
I like what you've done in post-processing to show the detailing on the walls. The only thing I I might do is take your lit candles up a bit more to really show the flickering flames and golden glow feeling. |
Jul 2nd |
| 78 |
Jul 25 |
Comment |
What a beautiful location and how lucky were you to get great clouds (or did you do sky replacement?). I like the people, they do lend scale. The Grotto is the brightest item in the image, so we know it is the subject. The reflection is great.
Being super picky, perhaps a very light vignette to keep our eye on the buildings and not wandering off in the clouds and reflections? And I might lighten the smaller building just a bit.
Great location for a perfect travel image! |
Jul 2nd |
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