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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I have no comments on the technical result, I think it's excellent.
Personally I think this picture was better unflipped. I'd have taken a little off the bottom so that the spider's not so central vertically, and maybe a little off the right as perhaps there's a bit too uch space there. But not too much as it makes me think he's about to jump and needs somewhere to go!. |
Jul 25th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
Very impressive. It makes me regret the money I've spent on my gear! But also it shows that a lot of the criticism placed on reduced sensor cameras like u4/3 is nonsense when a tiny sensor and lens in a phone can do this. However I know that for really good results like this, first class PP is paramount and I'm aware that there is lots of specialist software out there for phones.
I agree it looks a bit flat, but I wouldn't fancy doing a stack on a phone! But the DoF isn't bad, is it? Maybe a slightly oblique angle would have worked. Could you have stopped down if you'd wanted to? But it shows how a small sensor gives a bigger DoF which is considerable even when close and with a large aperture. |
Jul 25th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
What a lovely picture, it does seem so real and alive. Exemplary technique as usual from you.
I wonder if there's enough space round it,especially on the right, to be truly pictorial? I don't see a problem in it being completely central, although I suspect some wouldn't like that. |
Jul 25th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
Even the mundane can be interesing! I agree with most of the comments. It does look a bit jaded, but I can't see a problem with that, even dead flowers can be interesting.
The background is a thorny issue! Personally I don't like the black background (even though I did one this month!) as I don't think it looks very natural here. Perhaps a smooth grey would be better.
Great technique! I have seen a blurry edge like that in some of my stacks. Sometimes removing one image helps if it isn't accurately aligned with the others. |
Jul 25th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I think it's very colourful and a well taken picture. I wasalways a fan of cropping my pictures quite tightly, but as time goes on I think that often the context or environment of the picture is important if it's a pictorial photo, so I prefer your original picture in terms of space. It also allow some rotation as Tom did, as that always requires a bit of cropping. The inversion, whatever the real life orientation, is essential I think. |
Jul 25th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
Me too, Sandra, I got a copy of Tiny Worlds and also a copy of Extreme close-up photography and focus stacking by Julian Cremona, both from Amazon UK which is much quicker here than ordering from the US.(And, as it happens, much cheaper.) As you say, it's not as easy as it looks, but I just had a quick go as some beautiful gladioli have just come out in our garden. I'm going to try again this evening hoping for something to post here this coming month. |
Jul 24th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
As it happens I'm sitting right next to it, and the flowers are pure white in daylight. |
Jul 22nd |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
Hi Dick,
It's a PSA webinar. I saw it live, but they get placed on the site afterwards. You have to log in to the main site, click on "PSA Education" to give a list of subtitles, then click on "Webinars" and you get the list. I've just looked, and whilst it wasn't on the list a couple of days ago, it is now.
I agree with your comments, but juggling all the parameters doesn't always allow all the ideal settings as we all know. The Olympus OM-D E-M1ii takes up to 60 frames a second on electronic shutter which it selects for bracket functions, so handholding a focus bracket or stack can be possible if all goes well. A tripod is of course better, but not always essential I've found |
Jul 19th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
Did everyone see macro the Webinar yesterday by Charles Needle? I thought it was very interesting. Some work inspired by his ideas will appear here in coming months. No doubt the webinar will appear on the main PSA site in due course. |
Jul 16th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
The M1ii takes focus brackets very quickly! So it's not too difficult.
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Jul 16th |
| 6 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
I didn't have a tripod or lights with me and didn't really want to go higher than ISO 800. Maybe I could have got away with 1/40sec, but the stack worked OK so I was happy with that.
I like the improvement in the flowers - you've got the texture much better. I'll have a go in Affinity and see if I can reproduce that. |
Jul 15th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 6
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| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I'm afraid I'm with Stan on this photo. It reminds me a bit of IR photos, which I can never find attractive. The haze doesn't seem to add much here for me, and the bright sky and foreground are distracting. Sorry! |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I would agree, removing the rock on the right makes it a more cohesive picture, I think, easier for the eye to appreciate the constrast between the waterfall and the central rock.
Technically I think it's very well done. I would suggest cloning out the narrow vertical white line on the left which to me spoils the flow of the waterfall. It might benefit from a left to right flip? |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I would agree with Don, it's super as it is. The feeling of depth is excellent. |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
I had to take a double look as initially I thought you'd taken a picture of a similar scene I saw in Australia a few years ago. I think it looks like a very good ink drawing, and the sepia tone and frame make it look very old. Personally I think themono is the better result. A super job! |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
If you look at professionals' work, then blown highlights and blocked shadows are not uncommon. I don't really know why people condemn 1 and 255 so readily! So I like this just as it is. Dramatic, eye catching, texture, interesting shapes and greys - super. |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Comment |
Mono macro is quite difficult, I think. I like all the textures here. Technically I think it's very good.
I'm on a mission at the moment to look at macro which is deliberately blurred in places for pictorial effect. There's a webinar on the PSA website which has interesting macro ideas!
Anyway, personally I'd have preferred a little more space round the flower, but regrdless I think it's a very pleasing photo. |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
I'm sure there are plenty, but there's one on Group 6 this month, by Tom. |
Jul 25th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
I should be so lucky. |
Jul 14th |
| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
OK, good point! How about this? |
Jul 13th |
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| 64 |
Jul 19 |
Reply |
Yes, you're both right, I hadn't noticed. Odd not to as I'm not a fan of IR photos (Marmite comes to mind). That bit just happened, it wasn't deliberate. |
Jul 13th |
6 comments - 4 replies for Group 64
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12 comments - 9 replies Total
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