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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Charlie, try shooting this flower straight on rather than from the side, then crop it in such a way that only the main, larger flower is in view, placing it on one of the grid points in the "rule of thirds" grid. |
Sep 8th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Thank you, Cindy. |
Sep 8th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Cindy, I love the contrast of the lilies against the water. They are clearly the subject of interest in this image and they truly stand out. Nicely done. |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
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Sep 6th |
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| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Don, I am a sucker for a good landscape scene, especially if it contains a barn! So this is such a nice scene, and it is understandable why you pointed your lens in this direction. That bright background is tough to factor out of the scene, but I think Richard did a nice adjustment. Here is my contribution from some Lightroom and Luminar adjustments. A tighter crop and a slight vignette, too. |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Hi Charlie, I attempted to do a quick adjustment in Lightroom, cropping the photo and drastically increasing the vignette until it literally spotlights the central flower. I also tried to reduce the impact of the upper left to lower right diagonal leaf in the center of the image. I agree with the others that the diagonal lines draw the eye away from the flower. A straight-on angle may have worked better with only the center part of the flower in view rather than the side of the flower. However, I also agree with others that the out of focus green background contrasts nicely with the white of the flower. I can see why you were drawn to this flower. |
Sep 6th |
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| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Ray, when I see this image I think about how challenging it is to handhold the telephoto and get a good shot, especially under lighting conditions of a nighttime baseball game. Well done! I agree with Cindy that the catcher needs to remain but the umpire's mask could be cloned out, only because it could become a bit distracting at the edge of the photo. What would really be interesting is to take a similar image when a left-handed hitter comes up to bat. Then we would see his facial expression, too. |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Comment |
Richard, the bokeh here is fantastic, and the vignette truly helps in spotlighting the bird. Perhaps a little less dark on the vignette would be the only suggesting, but the photo stands up well as it is. Adding the light in the bird's eye is a nice addition, too. Such a sharp focus. |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Hi Charlie, I recall I was probably 18" to 24" above the flower pointing almost directly down at the hedgehog cactus. You can see from my original photo that I did quite a bit of cropping and zooming in post-processing. I wanted to use a smaller aperture so I had a greater depth of field, but with a macro lens the DoF always seems to be pretty narrow. I have to be so careful with focusing with the macro. It's a challenge! |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Thank you, Richard. I appreciate your comment. I was debating where to place the center of the flower when I cropped it but I think the lower left grid point on the "rule of thirds" grid worked out perfectly. |
Sep 6th |
| 45 |
Sep 17 |
Reply |
Thanks, Don. Yes, I shoot everything in RAW. One thing I have learned is what you wrote....the eye gets drawn to the brightest area. I really wanted that central part of the flower to be the star of the show and fortunately that was also the brightest part. |
Sep 5th |
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