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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 52 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
To my eye you did an excellent job in capture of getting a DoF that rendered all of the bird in focus.Despite the bright sun it appears to me that you have captured the feather detail through exception control - or manipulation - of contrast throughout the image. To my eye the blue of the water is saturated, but not overly, and is believable. I would like to learn more about your use of the Silver Reflector is Color Efex Pro 2. Nice shot! |
Feb 4th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 52
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| 78 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
To my eye you have done an excellent job with both composition and lighting. For me, whether starting from left or right the shape draws my eye to the high point of the tower and the uniquely shaped window. For me your choice of B&W helps emphasize the shape.
From my experience the sides facing right might be lightened a small amount to give a little definition but not nearly to the point that they compete with the left facing sides.
Thanks for sharing! |
Feb 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 78
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| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
No, this was printed of Red River San Gabriel Semi-Gloss Fiber Baryta paper. The majority of my prints are made on this, RR Ultra Satin or Hahnemuhle Photorag 308 papers. I ultimately chose the one that gave me the best edge definition (using 10X loop)on the individual stars. I do occasionally print on Metallic. Mostly (your area of expertise) when I have cars or other vehicles. |
Feb 6th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Sumit, to my eye you have done a good job of keeping the exposure of the tanks and structure in the right foreground darker so that they do not distract the eye.
I believe that the boat - which seems from your words to be the key element - needs to be brighter and bigger to draw the viewer's eye. To me it seems unfortunate that the sunrise and the boat are so far apart in the image as it would be helpful to crop to make the boat bigger in the image. |
Feb 6th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Trey, To my eye you have done a great job of "pulling" the tree out of the fog to make it a fixation point for the image. For me the colors are realistic and the sharpness of the foreground adds to the image.
From my experience (and from Bruce Barnbaum's book) I often ask myself the following question. "How do I want my image to look so that others will get the message I want to convey." If you wanted to convey the power or thoroughness of the fog on this morning (I don't know if that was your intention), would you have left the tree a bit more shrouded by that fog? Just a thought. |
Feb 6th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Scott, from my experience you have done a good job with the composition. To my eye the canal and the boats lead the viewer's eye to the fixation point of the church hold it there. I feel that your second generation post-processing has yielded a much nicer rendition of the highlights and the shadows.
From my experience I would suggested not being dissuaded from post-processing because an image is jpeg. Some SW packages, I believe, can "convert" it back to a simulated RAW for further work. At the very least DxO, On1, Topaz and others allow you to do much work with a jpeg. That said, I think that one more small change to get rid of the little "bump" in the clouds above the cathedral would be useful.
Nice job! |
Feb 5th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Rajani, I am not quite sure what to make of this image. Therefore, instead of commenting on particular image qualities, I will leave here two questions I ask myself when making an image.
How do I want my image to look so that others will get the message I want to convey?
Have I emphasized the elements that will create the response I want?
Just some food for thought. |
Feb 5th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Trey. This is up in my house at a 16" x 20" size and looks great. |
Feb 5th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
In my opinion Charles, given the conditions you describe, you have done a great job of bringing out the details of many of the features. I believe that as you did this you maintained a proper (realistic) color balance. To me your decision at exposure to gain extra depth of field was a wise one.
To my eye there is so much to look at here but no fixation point to hold the viewer's eye; and hold it where you want it. From my experience the eye will go to the brightest part of the scene - either the two large rocks in the foreground or the valley in the background. I think that depending on where you want the viewer's eye to land you may want to do some selective dodging and/or burning. |
Feb 4th |
| 88 |
Feb 20 |
Comment |
Lou, to me you have done a good job with the color and the composition of this image. From my experience you have captured an interesting foreground - sailboat; mid-ground - the point and background - land forms. I feel that the viewer's eye has several interesting fixation points. For me the result is the feeling that I am there - or at least really want to be there. I believe this tells a story of a wonderful vacation.
To my eye either the DoF or the shutter speed are a bit off - resulting in some blur on the boat when I enlarge the image. There seems to me to be some dead space on the left that perhaps in final finishing could be cropped.
Thanks for sharing. |
Feb 3rd |
7 comments - 1 reply for Group 88
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9 comments - 1 reply Total
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