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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 65 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Very nice image with lots of detail and nice color. The overall exposure is good that enable us to see shimmers within the petals. Some of the outer petals are bright so that less detail can be seen. In LightRoom I hold down Alt while moving the "white " slider to set the white point. However, although technically the area is not over exposed; but if detail cannot be seen then I would bring down the exposure a bit to show more detail. Some areas show darker areas. If it is because exposure is too dark there, then may be moving "Shadow " slider to the right and increase clarity might increase textures instead .
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Sep 27th |
| 65 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
A spider family would not be my favorite subject neither . I had shot many bees and wasps but I appreciate your dedication to photography. When I saw those little spiders I remember the book " Charlotte's web". Thank you for showing us all the detail of the mommy spider and her children. It is a different sight to see spiders without their web. Were the babies moving so that they are not in sharp focus ?
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Sep 27th |
| 65 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Love all the detail on this delicate bud . My flower arrangement training make me appreciate a curve sweeper downward from top left . My portrait training let me expect the subject to be the brightest portion of the image so a brighter top left would be something I shall have to try. I would crop in a bit from the left so that the tail of the bud will be close to a third line.
Really enjoy this nice color and fine detail of this delicate bloom. |
Sep 27th |
| 65 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Thank you very much, Janos.
The small white dots at top center are water droplets . Thank you very much for the suggestion. |
Sep 27th |
| 65 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Hi Stephen, Thank you for your kind words.
I recently joined the new Monochrome Group 74 too. Uploaded a waterfalls image there this first month. I would love to benefit from your opinion. Also hope that the still life course that I am taking will help. |
Sep 17th |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 65
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| 74 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you very much for your kind words. Shall visit you in the future to learn . |
Sep 29th |
| 74 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
What a nice view of this amazing castle. I envy your good fortune.
Looking at the rods ( antanae ?), the castle seems level .
Personally I would darken the cloud just a little bit but also darken part of the background mountain ( second from the top )to create more contrast.
I like the tallest tower in the line of third. Like a king surveying his subjects. |
Sep 13th |
| 74 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
I like this portrait, Megan.
There is good contrast and dynamic range between the paper pad, his skin, clothing and the tree. Good texture of the tree close by contrast with blurry background to add more depth to the image.
One Portrait educator ROBERTO VALENZUELA said that : Positions of eye lids and direction that the eyes are looking at convey different message; hence I do not feel that we must see his eyes open .
I do agree that the upper left bright area is distracting. Generally speaking, the subject should be the brightest part of the image. Background is very important in portrait; hence portrait in natural light is actually much harder that studio environment. I would crop out the bright area because the top part does not contribute much to the story and mood anyway.
This image is comfortable to look at and tell a storey. Great job !!
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Sep 13th |
| 74 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Thank you for the kind words.
I used an adjustable ND filter that can darken up to 10 times.
I saw somewhere that an adjustable filter is not as good as the fixed power ND filter but it is just much easier to carry one filter rather than buying and carrying many different filters. I usually bracket my long exposure shots ( 3 shots 2 ev apart ) so that there are more choices of different exposures . Next time I would take another shot in high speed so that the foliage will be sharp.
This shot was taken from a look out point on top of a railing.
The foliage and rock look just right as foreground interest so I did not see any other viewpoint that are more interesting.
I was field-trip director of my camera club two years ago. One of my bus trip was Hamilton water falls...4 waterfalls in one day. Our president was very worry about safety of our members and discouraged risky actions. Most of us are amateurs so I think that safety is more important than another viewpoint. To me, photography is a hobby that is meant to be enjoy and not for it to enslave us. I guess we are not as serious photographers as the other club. On the other hand, it is great that the club remind members to use safety pre-cautions. |
Sep 13th |
| 74 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thank you very much for your kind words.
This shot was taken at a look out point on top of railing. It is not possible to go lower to get another view. There is a path to go the the bottom of the fall but the view will be entirely different. Thank you for the tips. Will keep that in mind in shooting other waterfalls. |
Sep 13th |
3 comments - 2 replies for Group 74
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8 comments - 2 replies Total
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