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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Not only is this a beautiful image, but even without your wonderful description it tells a story. Brilliant! And, Erik, your description is amazing and very touching. Thank you so much for sharing your work and the story of the photograph.
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Aug 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 4
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| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Nick, thank you for your compliment and suggestion. I'll play with the lighting a bit more.
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Aug 25th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Rick, this is extraordinary. Wonderfully done!
I can't add any suggestions that haven't already been made by others.
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Aug 13th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Nick, once again you've done a fascinating and imaginative creation. I had to look twice before deciding that your image was a composite. The colors of the car hood, the headlights, the light bulb and model are excellent and pull the entire image together. The frame is well done and perfectly offsets the image.
My only suggestion, and it's a nit, would be to reduce the size of the bright white reflection on the fender -- left side of the photograph. While it seems natural, it does tend to pull my eyes away from the center of focus, the light bulb and model.
Well done.
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Aug 6th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Barbara, I think this is a wonderful capture. The colors are amazingly vibrant and the entire scene (especially with the swans) is serene. Well done! I don't have any suggestions for edits.
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Aug 6th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I agree with Richard. The interaction of children is wonderful. Phil, you were very alert and aware to catch this image. Well seen! Initially, the fact that the cheerleader is blurry bothered me. However, after several visits to your photograph I decided that the real subject is the little girl in the background.
To me the girl behind the cheerleader is a bit disturbing. I think it would be worthwhile to carefully remove her shoes, legs, etc.
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Aug 6th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Richard, at first I didn't think I had a photograph that showed the horse. However, after reading your comment I went back an double-checked. And, I found one! The rider's mouth doesn't show, but it shows the ring about to be speared. Thanks for the motivation! |
Aug 5th |
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| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you, Stephen. I enjoy going to slightly "unusual" places. The people there are usually fascinating.
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Aug 5th |
| 5 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Wow. The more I look at this image, the more I see. It's amazing.
David, the thing I find most gratifying about your August submission is your description. I have tremendous respect for your photographic expertise, so it's great to read your thought process and the workflow you use to achieve your vision. Over the time that we've both been Group 5 members, I've discovered a numerous new post processing approaches and have learned to use several new filters and Photoshop tools. Thank you for this. It's invaluable.
Your comment, "I then used Nik Viveza to change the lighting to shift the emphasis to the top left hand corner of the image in an attempt to create a feeling that he was escaping from the darkness into the light. " made me wonder if I could use your original image and further highlight the boy running toward the light. (I didn't try to show that he was escaping from a disaster.) Most of my edits were done in Photoshop's Camera Raw adjustment brush. It's a completely different image than yours. Here's what I came up with. Thoughts?
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Aug 1st |
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5 comments - 3 replies for Group 5
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| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Julie, this is a striking image. I love how you've darkened the right side and brought out the muscle tone of the model. Your B&W version is amazing... so much more interesting than the original color. Also, I was impressed with the use of white makeup over the stencil. When I saw it, I had no doubt that I was seeing light shining through an object with small holes.
My only thoughts would be to slightly lower the brightness of the white makeup and to further enhance the darker shadows. It's certainly a key component of the image, but it's so strong that it draws my attention away from his eyes, which to me, are also a key component. I played with it a bit (below).
This is a wonderful concept and you executed it brilliantly. Well done!
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Aug 15th |
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| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Israel, I think you've got a "good eye" and are doing well! If you're interested, there's an excellent (free) PSA online course called Image Analysis. It's fairly extensive but I found it to be very worthwhile. If you're interested, you can find it in the Education section from the main PSA page.
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Gary, at first I couldn't locate the man that Israel mentioned in his description. Then I noticed a figure in the very bottom left corner of the image. I eliminated that man (who was almost totally in shadow). Only after reading your comment and looking harder at the photograph did I see THE man. Thanks for helping with my obvious blindness!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you Israel!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Hattie, I first thought that there was something on top of the woman's hat. Then, after identifying it as sailboats, I couldn't stop seeing them. LOL. Funny how the mind works!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Gary, I think it was well seen! And, I find it much more than a simple picture of a couple and their dog. It seems to tell an interesting story!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you, Gary. Amazingly, jousting is the Maryland state sport so a couple of times a year it's possible to find one of these local tournaments. One of the things that blew me away was that there were professional jousters!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you, Julie. I really appreciate the compliments!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you, Israel. The whole event was fascinating. They had music, food and lots of photographic opportunities!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Hattie, it's a separate plugin from the Topaz company. Unfortunately, it's not particularly cheap.
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
I owe everyone an apology! I always like to quickly reply to the comments and suggestions of the other members. And, to be honest, I was surprised at how "quiet" Groups 62 has been this month. Then, in a sudden burst of uncommon thinking, I checked my Spam folder. Needless to say, all of the mail indicating everyone's comments was there. Sigh!
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Aug 12th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Isreal, I like your image but to me the main subject is the tree and its reflection. The buildings add wonderful context to show how the tree is an anomaly in this area. Toward that end, I played with the color image a bit to emphasize the tree and completely eliminate the man. Then, I converted to B&W.
Your thoughts?
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Aug 9th |
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| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Reply |
Thank you, Hattie. I've started using the new Topaz Sharpen AI filter to handle my sharpening needs. It does an amazing job!
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Aug 7th |
| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
Gary, I find this very appealing and it is really made for B&W. I think the dog is the real star of the show, but the couple make good supporting actors.
Like you, I find the woman with her back to the camera is distracting. I also was a bit bothered by the two sailboats that merge with the seated woman's hat. I wanted to see how it would look with the "back facing" woman cropped out and the two sailboats also eliminated. Oh, and I brightened the entire image a bit along with a soft bit of toning.
What do you think?
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Aug 7th |
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| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
This image is wonderfully charming. The interaction of the two girls is so natural and intriguing. Hattie, I'm very impressed that you saw the potential of this photograph. Well done indeed!
I played with your image in Photoshop since there were some bright areas that I wanted to darken. Also, I wanted to give a bit of texture to the face of the girl on the right and add more vignette. Your thoughts?
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Aug 6th |
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| 62 |
Aug 19 |
Comment |
LuAnn, it's a gorgeous image! I love how the leaves stand out so well in the monochrome version. To me, the cropping is "near perfect" and the tones are beautifully done. Excellent!
A couple of tiny nits.... I'd like just a bit of more room at the bottom of the main leaf. Also, it would be interesting to see the stem of the background leaf fade into a darker tone as it approached the foreground leaf. This would help isolate the primary leaf.
Outstanding job!
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Aug 6th |
6 comments - 10 replies for Group 62
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12 comments - 13 replies Total
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