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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Bill, thanks for that input. I am very much like you. I use auto ISO with my camera set not to allow any ISO over 6400 early in the morning or late in the evening. This picture was taken during the first hour of daylight. As I recall, I was also moving my settings back-and-forth between flying birds and nested birds.
For flying birds I start the day at no slower than 1/1600 of a second and often 1/2500 of a second. My F stop is at 6.3 or 7 with the lens I use.
I am just guessing that on the shot that I submitted, I made a quick adjustment to a lower shutter speed in order to get enough light and not be under exposed with the 6400 ISO max.
Based on the results and your comments, I obviously went too slow. From now on, if I'm adjusting back-and-forth to a roosting bird I probably will go no lower than 1/500 of a second .
Please continue to feed information. That is how I learn. |
May 13th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Guy, first I am very sorry to hear tat you are laid up with your back and hope that you are much better soon.
I thought about the subject you were trying to capture and thought I would have a bit if fun with the image. Ti me, if the housing variation, focusing of the roofs, is the key topic, I thought let's get rid of the distractions. So as you can see in the VF I cropped all the cars and roadway. Next to make the roofline standout I increased the contrast of the buildings only. Lastly I darkened the sky a bit to make the rooflines jump out more. So here are "just" the rooflines.
Get well quickly!!! |
May 10th |
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| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Bill, thanks so much for your comments. This is exactly the close attention to the details that I need. I have run this through DeepPrime as I noted. That program actually, for me, outperforms Topaz AI. So nothing to be gained there in sharpness. I suspect that the problem may lie with the 1/200 sec shutter speed.
I certainly hope as well that others I share will turn out to be better than this one. By all means keep critical assessments like this one coming. Thanks. |
May 9th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the input. I cannot do anything about the eye. But after Isaac's comment I have cropped in in the left to remove the 2 gray spots. Much appreciated! |
May 8th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the input. I cannot do anything about the eye. But after Isaac's comment I have cropped in in the left to remove the 2 gray spots. Much appreciated! |
May 8th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the input. I cannot do anything about the eye. But after Isaac's comment I have cropped in in the left to remove the 2 gray spots. Much appreciated! |
May 7th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Ian, great subject choice. For me all the piercings, and all of the tattoos, the pieces on the jacket, and the colors of the T-shirt make this a visual candy store! From my experience, I can only suggest two small changes. First remove the vertical rib in the wall just over her left shoulder. Second, I think I would add a vignette to really focus on the center and away from the edges. I'm sure this will do very well in a color PID competition. Keep the images from this outing coming! |
May 6th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
I think we are in agreement! |
May 5th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Isaac, my comment to Vela is based on Rick Cloren's "You be the judge" webinars. My comment was directly from Rick. In truth, you are correct but in reality, he said that changes of less than half an EV are very very hard to detect. |
May 5th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Isaac, my comment to Velo is based on Rick Colten's " You be the judge" webinars. My comment was directly from Rick. In truth, you are correct but in reality, he said that changes of less than half an EV are very very hard to detect. |
May 5th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Isaac, I know that you are not entering exhibitions now that you have achieved PPSA distinction. However, I will comment on both the image as you have been able to capture it and what considerations might be for an image to be submitted.
To my eye the roadway leading lines along with the underside arch of the bridge create good lines to draw my eye into the image and hold it there. The power line is a minor distraction but for PT use it must remain and does no serious harm.
From my experience brightly saturated colors can be a distraction. But I feel that these are natural (and not enhanced) and they work for me. To my eye the railing coming from the lower right also helps to lead the eye into the picture. If you could have (without further risking life or limb {and your wife's ire}) positioned yourself to get either the center dividers or the far side railing to come out of the lower left corner, the leading lines would be perfect.
Thanks for sharing. |
May 5th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Vella, To my eye you have done an excellent job in post-processing in two key ways. I think that you have cropped to bring the viewer's eyes to the owl and avoid the distractions of background branches. Second, I believe that you have darkened the background to make the owl stand out and further become a fixation point.
Just be aware that in a PSA jurored exhibition if you change one part of an image (while leaving other parts unchanged) by more than about half of a stop (approx. .33 EV) it will probably be recognized by a judge and possibly be DQ'ed.
Nice work! |
May 4th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Bill, I feel you did a tremendous job with the capture of this image. The positioning of the openings in the rocks leads my eye right through the formations and holds it there. As Isaac has said the incorporation of your shadow and the hiker on the far rocks gives me a great perspective of the enormity of the formations. (Before reading to the end I thought you might be the hiker on the far side and somehow were able to trigger your shutter from that distance. I believe that your sky replacement techniques are near flawless.
I am curious if you entered this in PID Color and if so how it did? Was the original sky as strong as the foreground and middle ground? |
May 3rd |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Eric, to my eye this is an outstanding picture. The capture set up was perfect as it yielded a razor sharp subject with a nice soft background. For me, the "party "is the three eagles on the right. I feel that the way you captured the eyes of the first and third Eagles, together with the landing sequence of the second eagle created a fixation point that holds the eye. I suspect you may not have had much post processing work to do. Either way this is an excellent image and one I would be proud to hang on my wall if I had it. Take care my friend, and keep shooting! |
May 3rd |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Thanks Isaac. This type of feedback is very useful. I did have a long burst and this was the best positioning of the baby's mouth to the Mom's. Will crop as suggested. Much appreciated. |
May 1st |
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