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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Your version looks much like the fog that made me drive home and get a camera. Perhaps a mask to make the fog a little thinner here and there would work. Thanks Kerstin. |
Aug 30th |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
That raging river is normally a placid little creek, not much more than ankle deep- a perfect place for bare-footed kids splash around on a hot summer day. |
Aug 27th |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
We have a pretty little park with the stream meandering through the center, a rose garden, a stand of white birch, a bandstand, playground and green lawns. Why I wanted to take an ugly picture of it escapes me. It must have been the fog. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
The Nikon AW110 is waterproof to 30 feet, not that I ever want to be 30 feet under water. It's also shock proof, able to survive a drop of 10 feet - and it has been dropped. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
I wandered through the park and took several areas - the creek, bridge, bandstand - but chose this for the drama. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I think your low horizon line emphasizes that dramatic sky very well. My eye travels smoothly from the bright sky, through the rain to the island. The calmness of the sea contrasts well with the texture of the clouds. I would not make any changes. It looks as though you were lucky to have left the island when you did. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I think you did an excellent job of combining multiple images here. In fact, if Carole hadn't mentioned the direction of light on the bird, I wouldn't have been able to tell that it was added. Interesting discussion on the bird - without the bird the image makes me think of abandonment. Adding the bird gives me hope that the storm will end. After studying this image some more, which are the three separate images? The bird, the chair and beach, the big angry wave? |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I, too, like the converging diagonals of the side walks. I think the long shadows of the trees add dimension to the scene. You exposed this strongly back-lit scene perfectly. You really do live in a lovely place, Walter. It's interesting that most of us thought only of bad weather. But you realized that a bright sunny day is weather also. I like your interpretation of the subject. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I think you did an excellent job of exposing a very contrasty scene. I see a very familiar story in this shot. Your feet are wet, fingers frozen, back aches, and there is still a very large bank of snow to deal with. The orange snow shovel half buried in the snow is very effective here. |
Aug 22nd |
| 12 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Ok, I too like the serenity, calmness, and almost perfection of the subject. Getting good results through the window is difficult, but you succeeded well. Your composition places the table in a nice rule-of-thirds position. I agree with Ally that it would be nice to see the entire chair on the right, but sometimes that's the way it goes. I would try to brighten it up a bit, but that might interfere with the falling snowflakes, and you don't want to lose those. If you want to jazz it up a bit try something preposterous like throwing a beach ball onto the table. Any footprints or disturbance of that perfect snow would ruin the mood. I like it just the way you did it. |
Aug 22nd |
5 comments - 5 replies for Group 12
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| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Witta, I agree that the white is too prominent, and that the buds are too bright. It's funny that I don't notice such obvious things when I get involved in my images. Perhaps that's why we all need each other. Yes, I use Adobe DNG converter for the RAW files from the 5D Mark IV. It works quite well. |
Aug 27th |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Thank you all for your very kind comments. Topaz Studio is my 'go-to' software for almost all my post-processing. But there are things that Photo Shop (or Lightroom) can do better. We are lucky to have many tools at our disposal for creating images. Now, here's another comment a friend made. He said he was glad that I don't sign my work. But I countered that the painters sign their work, so why shouldn't photographers? He gave no good answer, but remained adamant in his opinion. |
Aug 22nd |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I'm not sure what you don't like about the color cast - it looks perfect to me. However, if you like the color on the model, a mask will remove that cast from the background. Perhaps just desaturating a tiny bit would help. I like that you did not try to make the model look like a perfect 20 year old. Her face has a beautiful character to it. |
Aug 22nd |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Nice. |
Aug 22nd |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
The good thing about digital is that it costs no more to take 50 pictures of that boat than it does to take 1. I often take a photo, check the preview, and go on to the next. But taking a few extra minutes to photograph other angles and compositions may give us more to work with in post processing. |
Aug 22nd |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
This image reminds me of Henri Cartier-Bresson, decisive moment. We started in black and white, and it is still my favorite. You have a good rich black, a pure white, and most of the greys in between. I like the long shadows, the natural highlight area and the side light on the subject. This makes me want to know the rest of the story; does he catch the camera? Does he miss? What reparations will he face? I do like the adjustments Georgianne made; they bring out the fire escape. |
Aug 1st |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
In fact, I painted the background at a photo workshop last year. Using those little sample bottles available at hardware stores, I painted 4 different ones. I have Luminar, but have not used it much. Mostly I use CS6 to open images, then edit in Topaz Studio 1. Thank you for your comment. |
Aug 1st |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I, too, like the panorama crop. You have given the scene a dreamy look, and really emphasized the lighthouse. It seems to me that in the original the lighthouse has equal value with the background. I also think that the mountaintop is a distraction, but understand why you left it in. A snow-covered mountain at the edge of the sea! How dramatic is that! Removing that section of cloud and bringing out detail in the mountain side would probably not work. I agree with Georgianne about removing it. |
Aug 1st |
| 77 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
The drama of the sky contrasts perfectly with the calm of the boats. I think the birds add a great deal. I like the darkened edges, just subtle enough to emphasize the sky and that lovely reflection. Would I change anything? Absolutely not. But it is always fun to go back to the original and discover other what creative secrets it might hold. |
Aug 1st |
5 comments - 4 replies for Group 77
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10 comments - 9 replies Total
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