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64 Nov 25 Comment At first, I thought this was just a collection of hot air balloons, and my thought was "Why not wait for some to take off?" But now I know why. My thought then was, "Why can't I see any glow from a burner or two?" That still puzzles me, and given the title, I wonder what dodging you could do to make the effect of the evening light more prominent?
A nice panorama.		 Nov 7th
64 Nov 25 Comment Great shot, Chris. It looks a bit static to me, almost a museum exhibit, but the detail is excellent, and I guess the former follows the latter. I like the background in terms or making me concentrate on the bird, although I wonder if some semblance of clouds might have made it look more alive.

There's a black triangle on the top of the far wing. I guess it's a feather, but I would prefer to see it absent.		 Nov 7th
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95 Nov 25 Comment I've just noticed that the blurred background is making what looks like a smiley face with glowing eyes, on the bottom right! A quick bit of cloning would send him away. Nov 17th
95 Nov 25 Comment The quality of this picture is up with the best of phone photos, I think. In my camera clubs, we have debated the pros and cons of phone images, but no-one doubts I think that phones punch above their weight due to the internal processing that they do. Although here you switched that off by using the RAW file. The result is still good, maybe they process their jpg files less than I had been led to believe.

Taking a picture twice (or can it be set to do RAW + jpg for every shot?) and comparing the two (after processing the RAW of course) would be interesting!

I think Mike's crop improves the picture, as the leaves on the right hand edge on the original are distracting and reduce the impact of the spider. I might also take a little off the top, as Mike's picture is rather elongated, but I wouldn't crop too much off the bottom (if any) as the lines of the web material are leading lines and important to the picture.		 Nov 16th
95 Nov 25 Comment The question of how much of the habitat to leave, in what is essentially a nature shot, is debatable, I think. I take your points, the fly and the attention-grabbing red eye are a little above the top 1/3 line. Cropping as you suggest would definitely improve it for a PDI competition, as it will be height-bound unless heavily cropped. Making the image with a smaller height:width ratio would increase the total image are when projected.
So, here is a crop putting the fly's eye more or less on the cross of the thirds and a bit of bright highlight removed. Any better?		 Nov 16th
95 Nov 25 Comment Margaret has updated her image - shown below Nov 10th
95 Nov 25 Comment What an interesting shape. I guess it's a Fibonacci spiral. I love the graduated colours too.
Would it have appeared more dynamic if it were put on a slant?		 Nov 5th
95 Nov 25 Comment Another super sharp photo, Mike. I'm amazed the depth of field is so good at this magnification and aperture. I love the greens of the eyes and the leaf. I like the diagonals which seem to lead to the wings. The detail in the wings is super. Well done! Nov 5th
95 Nov 25 Comment A picture of many layers! I like it. The blurriness of the foreground and background are key to making the picture understandable, I think. The blurred foreground doesn't detract as it's darker than the mid layer, the main subject. Nov 5th
95 Nov 25 Comment I think this is an interesting picture. There are plenty of shapes to enjoy. The lighting has succeeded to avoid the formation of distracting reflections.
I think I'd have tried to increase the detail using contrast and clarity tools, and I'd suggest you consider to darken the reflection so that the eye isn't drawn to it more than to the marble itself. I'm surprised at the outcome of your photo bracketting and stacking. Maybe the step length was too small, as given this unstacked photo, I'd have guessed that 5 to 10 frames would have been ample. 		Nov 5th
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