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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Thank you all for your comments. All of our photographs for this project have been saved by the committee. Local farmers often leave some corn unharvested for the deer. This was taken on a farm owned by a 90-year-old lady who would have lost her water supply had the pipeline succeeded. The pipeline people wanted her (and others) to sign documents permitting them to use her land. When she found out what they wanted she told them to get the #@%^& off of her land! And they did. |
Jul 12th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Very nice. The two gardeners make this much more than a landscape. They add story and interest. Your exposure, color, composition is all perfect. I like the empty plant rows that lead the eye into the photo. It is good that the men are working, not just posing. This must have been a great trip. You shot this at f/4; perhaps a smaller f/stop would have given you more depth of field. |
Jul 12th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
You composed the scene well with the main subject at a good spot according to the Rule of Thirds. Her hands lead to the tree on the left, along the edge of the hill and back to the subject. The background mountains are beautiful. This is a lovely scene, one that seems to offer many views and interpretations. Very nicely done. Welcome to our group. So I tried to make the suggested edits. The Remove Tool did a decent job on the woman in purple, the blurry flower, and the woman in tan. But I found that the other people helped to tell the story. |
Jul 12th |
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| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
In a live action shot like this we can't control all the elements in the scene. You got a good exposure with tonal range from pure white to pure black somewhere in the photo. The whites are not blow out, nor the blacks blocked. The main action is well focused. The four main people make a nice circular arrangement for the eye to travel, keeping the viewers looking at the action. I tried to make some of the suggested adjustments. Used Viveza to bring out detail in the calf and to tone down the brightness and detail in the 'audience' in the back. Then used the burn tool to further darken the background. |
Jul 12th |
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| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
this is definitely a vertical subject with the towering silo in the background. Your exposure is quite good. There are some hot spots in the clouds, but exposing for the sky would not have been good for the foreground. That silver pathway leads the to the girl who is very intent on her job. She is natural and unposed. I think the only way you could get that separation from the person behind her would be to raise your vantage point (probably impossible without a step ladder) or wait for someone to move. In that case you would have lost your image. This is a great image. Perhaps the lavender farm would like a copy. After reading the other comments, I tried PS sky replacement using a nice generic sky, desaturated a little. Welcome to our group, Lisa. |
Jul 12th |
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| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
The composition is quite good with the vine on a nice diagonal. The exposure is good. The baby pumpkins are visible. The sunlight is a little spotty, but that's the way it was. The only way to correct that is to wait for cloud cover or pick another time of day. We have a CoolPix, too. They really are good little cameras. |
Jul 12th |
| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Okay. I try to comment before reading other comments so as not to be influenced by them. But there seems to be some discussion about the trees. If the image were reversed, the bright sky would lead the eye into the frame from the left; the dark trees would stop the eye from sliding right out of the frame. However, since this is a very recognizable view for those familiar with the sunflower farm, that might be unadvised. |
Jul 12th |
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| 12 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Carole, you achieved your goal of a lovely portrait of the sunflower. The light shows the soft texture of the petals. The background sets the scene perfectly. The sunflower is well placed in the frame. Very well done. |
Jul 12th |
8 comments - 0 replies for Group 12
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| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Oh, I like this too. Why couldn't I see what darkening the background would do? |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Oooh. Very nice. I lost Topaz Studio when I got a new computer. I really miss is. |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
You have deepened the colors and brought out the texture. The DOF is perfect. You lit the subject well; the fill light was well used. The original is so good, there didn't seem any way to improve it; but you did. |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
I can just see "Norman Rockwell" in the corner. Neither subject is aware of the camera. Grandpa is only aware of the child, and she is pretending to be a grown-up by reading the menu. There is a lot of story here. It should be perfect a "People" category - might even be a winner. |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
You caught natural expressions on the subjects' faces. There are nice catchlights in their eyes. The lighting can't have been too bad because the soft shadows give shape to the faces. Very nice job on the background. This should do well for you in your accreditation challenge. |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
The new sky looks just the way the mood of the original suggests it should look. The original has some strange edges. Was this a panorama? I really like your final version, but in comparing the two I find the final to be just a little on the blue side - or maybe I just like the greenness in the original. Anyway, very well done. |
Jul 12th |
| 77 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
What a beautiful job! The birds look like they are dancing a romantic ballet. Your masking is flawless. The birds in the final version have much softer shadows, a small detail but important to the final interpretation. Perfect. |
Jul 12th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 77
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13 comments - 2 replies Total
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