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64 Oct 24 Reply Bugs are never there when you want them!
Having said that, I've frequently find that after taking a picture and getting it on the computer, I then see a bug that I hadn't noticed when I took it! No such luck here, though.		 Oct 26th
64 Oct 24 Reply No problem, I try to be open minded, although sometimes I'm an old stick-in-the-mud! Well done for trying this out. I look forwards to your future pics. Oct 26th
64 Oct 24 Comment Here is is without the posteriation layer, FYI Oct 14th
64 Oct 24 Comment Thanks again. I've edited the image and posted it again here. I found a few artifacts in the other smaller negative spaces, too, and removed them as well.
I suspect these came from my processing. The "difference" is it has a posterisation layer which restricts the shades of grey to 4. It makes a surprising difference.		 Oct 14th
64 Oct 24 Comment Good spot, Jerry - I missed that. It's like proof reading your own writing, the mistakes are hard to spot sometimes. Oct 12th
64 Oct 24 Comment My usual reaction to infra-red images is "I don't like them", but I can now see I need to modify that knee-jerk. My reason is that white trees and other IR renderings are too unnatural for me to like. However you have opened up what for me is a completely new way of using the mapping of IR to give a unique photo, with contrasts and maybe even shapes and textures that we can't get in white light photography. I don't have an IR camera, so look forwards to your future results! Oct 7th
64 Oct 24 Comment And a majestic pose it is, in my view.

Due to the tone of the background and that of the sheep, I don't think I'd have done my usual darkening of the background, but I wonder if a slight black vignette might add to the punch? Or even a gentle white one??		 Oct 7th
64 Oct 24 Comment Absolutely mesmerising, Chris! It makes me feel giddy. In a nice way, of course.

Mangroves in Hexham?? That would be amazing but I guess it's not the Hexham near Newcastle in the UK ;-)

Anyway, I love the high contrast, in a way it's not dissimilar to my photo this month, which was processed a different way.



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64 Oct 24 Comment I love the flowing curves, the tones and the textures in this photo.

I wonder if John's people removal tool would have improved it a little if all the people except for the closest couple (to add a story and give a sense of scale) were removed?

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64 Oct 24 Comment I love the result of your removal of most of the people. All tourist hotspots are crowded these days, and their presence detracted a lot from the original, I think. Was the software a component function in Lightroom, or something separate?

I think the contrast, given the strong sunshine, is a bit too low and increasing it would add to the pictorial punch.

Never having been there, I can't comment on what's included and not; I find the subject and composition to be pictorially fine.		 Oct 7th
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95 Oct 24 Comment A challenging subject!At first I thought the butterfly was deformed in some way, but I guess its body can swing around as the wings manoeuvre it in flight. I wish I were so flexible.
Anyway, I'd say this was a good attempt, but not a compelling image. I'm going to assume that the wings are unsharp due to motion blur rather than DoF, which is fine in a dynamic subject.
In terms of drawing attention to the subject, ie the butterfly, I think that a bit of tonal contrast would improve this. In the attached I've selected the insect (rather crudely, it's just a demo) and lightened it, then reversed the selection and darkened the remainder. Being very blurred, the wing edges are showing bits of undarkened background at their edges in places, but I hope illustrates what I mean.		 Oct 25th
95 Oct 24 Reply Thanks, Margaret. I must admit though that the lighting is by courtesy of Affinity. The original was less well lit, but I thought a bit of help improved it. Oct 8th
95 Oct 24 Comment Is this the same subject type as Margaret's? But at an earlier stage in its life cycle. It's very pretty.

I love the shades and textures in the petals. I think the highlights on the petals would benefit from darkening to a more similar tone to the main parts - I guess there was sunshine filtering in through other plants. There are also some light areas outside the petals which are a bit distracting - these would be easy to clone out I think.
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95 Oct 24 Comment Here in the UK it's the time for the autumn colours to come out best (I guess that's true there too). I am in Scotland on holiday at the moment, and the colours in some of the glens are jaw-droppingly beautiful.

Your colours are rivetting, too. The contrast and story are very clear. I like the composition and the subject.

I would lighten the red leaf a little and darken the brown ones, especially at the top where the very light brown leaves are a bit eye-pulling.



Why not get your macro lens up to 1:1 and photo those silver-coloured spots on the red leaf? That's not for your project perhaps, but might be a dramatic photo.		 Oct 7th
95 Oct 24 Comment That's an interesting flower, one I've not seen before. The colour shades and textures are very pleasing.

I would crop a little off the left adge to take the subject away from the centre, I can see no benefit in it being central. Centrally placed subjects usually have less impact. also I'd darken the light areas at the 1-2 o'clock positions a little.		 Oct 7th
95 Oct 24 Comment Thanks, Bev. It's a great time for fungi at the moment! Oct 6th
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