Activity for User 774 - Connie Reinhart - bcrein@ptd.net

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12 Oct 21 Comment We always measure our snow by how much is piled up on the patio table. The table and benches are indeed the subject, but with the surrounding items, the sense of place is lost. That beautiful sense of quiet that a good snowfall brings is almost palopable here. About 12"? Oct 17th
12 Oct 21 Comment Gavin, in re-reading my comments, you may think that I didn't like your picture. In fact, I can see it as an important image in a series or slideshow about trees, autumn, forests, nature. The color and gloss of the leaves is quite good. Oct 12th
12 Oct 21 Comment This looks like a scene that you could return to again and again for new images. To my eye, it looks a little dull. I tried to increase the golden hue of the water and the brightness of the snow using Topaz HSL Color Tuning. Kudos to you for even getting out of the car on such a cold day! Oct 12th
12 Oct 21 Comment He certainly is a beautiful rooster. Your composition is quite good with the rooster slightly off center. The colors are amazing; no wonder the rooster is so cocky. Even though the eye is very small, it is very important. sharpening the eyes on animal pictures always adds life to the image. Oct 12th
12 Oct 21 Comment Well, Walter, you certainly achieved what you wanted to do. It is a lovely image. The lighting is magical. I played with cropping it from either top or bottom, but your version is better. Oct 12th
12 Oct 21 Comment Sunlight filtering through colored leaves is indeed beautiful. There are several nice groupings here. Perhaps you could crop down to each of them. More experimenting is to find a branch isolated against a plain background (sky, dark foliage), zoom in on single groups. Your DOF is good for the subject leaves, but leaves the background a little distracting. But shooting at a wider f/stop may make the foreground too soft. Fall is here again; have fun at the park! Oct 12th
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77 Oct 21 Comment This looks like a painting by an old master. Your composition is very good with the little bud leading into the vase of flowers. The color palette is very pleasing; but I find the yellows are a bit too bright for my taste. But then, it isn't my picture. I have a friend who always over saturates his colors. After some discussion about this I found that he doesn't see subtle colors. To him the bright colors were normal. My lesson was that each of us 'saee' very differently. Your treatment has turned an ordinary still life into something way better. Oct 12th
77 Oct 21 Comment What I liked about this shot was that it shows the life cycle of the blossom, from bud to wilted flower. But each of your suggestions made the image better than I had imagined it could be. Do I have limited imagination, vision, or just stop too soon? I sent all decent images to the owners of the garden. Haven't heard back yet. Thanks everyone for your comments. Oct 12th
77 Oct 21 Comment Lovely. What else can I say?
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77 Oct 21 Comment The Gaussian blur is an overall blur. Perhaps a blur with direction or texture would be more realistic. I tried all the PS filters and Topaz textures and came up empty. Perhaps Witta is right that you should let the natural reflection stay. Oct 10th
77 Oct 21 Comment What adorable babies! Love the facial expressions. Witta, you came up with a good fix for the whites. Oct 10th
77 Oct 21 Comment You did, indeed, put a lot of work into this one. The complimentary colors of blue-violet and yellow-orange works very well here. It looks like the flowers are under sparkling water, a very interesting effect. Very nice. Oct 10th
77 Oct 21 Comment Very nice. I often try to separate a flower from the background; sometimes it looks like the flower is just floating (not really what I want) Keeping the stem and leaf gives this flower a base. I find that the background is a littlte too bright. That may be personanl preference because bright green is not my favorite color. Here is a version with the image reversed, the dark corner lightened, and the bright background tamed down. The corner was lightened by using NIK graduated neutral density filter on a bias and adjusting brightness. Oct 10th
77 Oct 21 Reply Yes, the border is too bright. Perhaps a light grey instead of the stark white. Hmmm. Are you saying to double up on the good flower, perk it up, then darken the background? I added a stmap layer, masked the background, brightened the flower and used levels to darken background. Is this clcose to what you have in mind? Oct 10th
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