Activity for User 780 - Richard Siersma - richard.j.siersma@gmail.com

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5 Oct 23 Comment Thanks, everyone for your comments. Jim, I prefer your cropping over David's cropping because it reduces the prominence of the green foliage which has become more dominating in the image the more I look at it. Oct 8th
5 Oct 23 Comment Mark, this image begs to be converted to B&W; I used Luminar NEO to convert your original. I brightened the FG slightly and bumped up the contrast, I think it adds to the depth of the image. What do you think? Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Comment David, if this were street photography or something similar then you need to keep the image as captured; however, as a photographer and artist, a composite is allowed. I think what Mark achieved using PS AI is perfect. I agree with Pete's comment to darken the woman's hand. Matt Kloskowski has a short course on using PS AI, his thoughts on using it boils down to if you use it to fix or replace something you would be doing normally in PS without AI it should be acceptable. All parts of a composite should be from the photographer's collection and not from another artist. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Comment Sophia, an absolutely wonderful image. I used content-aware fill to remove the tree on the right and then cropped it in from the right and a little from the top. It's my understanding that odd numbers are better than even numbers of objects in a photograph. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Comment Pete, this is a very peaceful scene, you were able to bring out nice detail over all. I find the yellow flowers and the sort of amber bush in the lower left catching my eye. Perhaps cropping in on this area to give it a little more attention would create a picture within a picture. Nice job. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Comment Jim, I took your final image a little further by using Topaz Mask AI to separate the car and the BG. From there I blurred and darkened the BG to give a little more separation. I'm a car guy and I go to as many car shows in the area as can. This Hot Rod is a real beauty, thanks for sharing it. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Comment Barbara, I have to agree with Mark's sharpening comment. When I look at your original it's the kind of Orchids we had in Hawaii. If this were my image I would separate the Orchids from the BG to sharpen the flowers slightly and then darken the BG. It really is a wonderful photograph. Oct 2nd
5 Oct 23 Reply Thanks Mark, I have tried to tone down a few parts of the sage but unfortunately, they were totally burned out so I added another layer to paint in some color on a few leaves and then adjusted the opacity. I will have to work on the stigmas. You are right I must have uploaded the wrong "original". Oct 2nd
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