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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Actually Guy this is about 10:30 AM and the light is already that harsh in south Florida! And your research is correct. This is a very popular game that came here via Italian immigrants.
Thanks for your comments on the composition. From my experience, or perhaps I should say "as I am able to apply them," the Viveza tools give a more easily controlled local adjustments than the PS tools. I have gotten the PSA full-length version of the PT restrictions and will make sure that future images comply.
I hope you are feeling better now. |
Apr 17th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Actually Guy this is about 10:30 AM and the light is already that harsh in south Florida! And your research is correct. This is a very popular game that came here via Italian immigrants.
Thanks for your comments on the composition. From my experience, or perhaps I should say "as I am able to apply them," the Viveza tools give a more easily controlled local adjustments than the PS tools. I have gotten the PSA full-length version of the PT restrictions and will make sure that future images comply.
I hope you are feeling better now. |
Apr 15th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Guy, to me the contrast of the white candles and the very black shadows and hole in the wall make for a good image. To my eye though I kept getting distracted by the difference in the masonry from bottom to top. TO take away that distraction quickly cloned the bottom masonry (which for me was more appealing) to the top. I think this now let's my eye focus on only the candles, the shadow and the complementary sharp of the black crevice in the wall. |
Apr 11th |
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| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Bill, well done. To me this image invokes memories of my paternal grandparents. I feel that the composition was masterfully setup. The placement of the books and "specs" draws and holds my eye. The sepia tone you chose gives it a "timeless" quality. Well done! |
Apr 11th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I believe that what Isaac has been has all been for the good. These images can be "majestic" and your original certainly had the "bones" to be just that. From my experience getting out all of the detail to show in the foreground, leveling the image and making the columns vertical all had a positive effect.
When I do this type of work I work hard to ensure that my tripod is in the absolute center of the aisle so that the right and left sides of the image are as identical as possible. One way to overcome this in post work is to place the image into PS, select half the image vertically in this case. make a duplicate layer, flip it and then p[lace it over the original other half - instant symmetry! |
Apr 10th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Isaac, it must be exciting to be that close to a plane landing. I would love to have been there.
To my eye the composition of the image is well done. (I looked at a version with the people in the water and the white building removed but in the end preferred yours. ) I feel that the brightness and sharpness are good.
For me the people watching the plane are a bit lost in the image. It seems to me that the background buildings compete with the plane watchers to draw the viewer's eye. Perhaps a wider angle lens closer to the crowd might have made the people larger in the image with the buildings smaller and less focused. |
Apr 10th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Hey Ian, no worries! Thanks for your comments. They are useful for my next adventure into PT images.
I keep trying to push the envelop on my photography skills. I always want to see new things and see things differently through the lens. Sometimes I get a winner and sometimes I don't - but almost always I learn something.
Formal bocce matches in Florida are tough since you are almost always playing in bright - harsh - sunlight. Flash cannot be used. If you have any suggestions in how to overcome, I'm all ears. |
Apr 10th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Ian, this is a fascinating picture. From an overall lighting perspective I really like the way the "soldier" and the VW van stand out from the background - and that the background is a warehouse or barn of some type. It all totally fits together.
I feel that the detail on the soldier and the strange variety of "kit" in the VW draws my eye and holds it there examining each small piece. The detail is sharp and makes each piece interesting.
From my experience one small opportunity would be to look for small hot spots (eg the outside edge of his left glasses lens and some spots on his "armor") that can be toned down our removed to avoid distraction.
Thanks for sharing this unique image. |
Apr 5th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Erik, this is a very nice image and one that most could not achieve. Your patience in the blind, your equipment of choice and the geese flying in a nicely spread pattern are all components of a great "capture." I believe that your decision to refine the image in post processing and change the eyes to black further improved the results. Even though 1/600 sec. is, from my experience, slow for birds in flight you seem to have gotten a sharp image. Well done. |
Apr 5th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
I was afraid that if I took it down totally and reloaded the white eyes as an original that I would lose the current comments. |
Apr 4th |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Comment |
Erik, here is your original |
Apr 4th |
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| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Thanks Isaac. We look forward to what you sent me and will read through it thoroughly. Appreciate your help. |
Apr 2nd |
| 4 |
Apr 22 |
Reply |
Isaac, thanks for your comments. I do have a question for further clarification though. All that I did on my submitted image was to use a brush to either decrease shadows or increase shadows, decrease or increase highlights. Could not that be construed as returning the image to how I viewed it through the naked eye? Unless there is more detail somewhere what I have read on the PSA exhibitions webpage does not seem to have enough detail to clarify whether what I have done would be allowed or not allowed. If there is further detail could you point me to it to read? Thanks. |
Apr 2nd |
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