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36 Mar 20 Comment I am overwhelmed by the comments you have given on my photo. It is a great inspiration for me and I am glad to be an inspiration for you too.

This is a good example of a well functioning group where we inspire each other and make each other good.		 Mar 14th
36 Mar 20 Comment It is always a pleasure to see your pictures, Richard. I like the composition with the road vanishing in the trees. If I should suggest something, it would be to darken the leaves in the upper middle of the picture as they are not the focal point. I am a bit in doubt about cropping from the right. By cropping, the road will be more symmetrical, and the birch would not grab attention. On the other hand, I liked the format as it is. Maybe you could just darken the birch slightly? Mar 10th
36 Mar 20 Comment This is a great picture and I hope it will do well in the competition. However, I have some ideas for improvement: Darken the lawn in the foreground as it takes attention from the castle. Darken the clouds, even more, to make it more dramatic. Dodge the top part of the castle a little, to grab attention. Last; to me, the bird is distracting as it doesn`t have a significant role in the picture. I know that this is very picky, but in competitions, it is often the small details that counts. Mar 10th
36 Mar 20 Comment A very well done capture! The clouds made the whole difference from a one of a thousand to one that stands out. A tiny improvement could be to separate the mountain from the clouds a bit more by dodge and burn. Mar 10th
36 Mar 20 Comment I love this picture, Jack! It gives me calmness when looking at it, so it is a candidate for the wall. I like the repetition of shapes in different shades. My only suggestion is to darken the sky slightly, as I feel it takes attention from the tree and the landscape. Mar 10th
36 Mar 20 Comment Your vision when taking this picture was very good. I also liked the colour version. If you darken the sky, the stump will pop more.

Back to the B&W version: I hope you will take the following as a piece of friendly advice for improvement. If you had used a wide aperture and focused on the stub, the horizon line would be blurred. Now it takes the focus from the stub. The stub is far too contrasty, I don`t know how you have converted it into B&W, but if you use Topaz or Nik, you have the possibility to see the light zones. As a rule, only a small portion shall be pure black and white. The rest should be grey tones. When using long exposure times, noise will appear. It can easily be removed in Lightroom or other programs. A good try, Larry, and keep going with B&W.		 Mar 10th
36 Mar 20 Comment A majestic building, indeed. Perspective correction can be discussed up and down, but I agree with Larry in this case, although, I would go only halfway with the correction as it is natural to have some distortion.

A way of getting rid of people is to put the camera on a tripod with an ND 15 filter (or something close) and expose for some minutes. As long as people are moving, they will not show up on the picture.		 Mar 10th
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74 Mar 20 Comment An excellent piece of work, Angela. Personally, I like the B&W version better. The subtle vignetting makes the model stand out more. You have also used the whole tonal range from black to white. Mar 8th
74 Mar 20 Comment I really liked this picture. The pose and composition is excellent. The blurred background enhances the main object, but I am not sure if it is a focal blur or it is partly done in post-processing. You have managed the grey tones very well also. Mar 8th
74 Mar 20 Comment A lot of action here, Bill. By using a short shutter speed, the ball is 100% frozen. I would suggerst to lighten the faces enough to see some details. Mar 8th
74 Mar 20 Comment A very well captured and the story behind it makes the picture touching.

The cropping works well, but I think you should have used the available space in front of the bottle. I don`t know how well you are acquainted with Photoshop, but it would also be better if you had given some more space over the boy`s head.		 Mar 8th
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