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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Thanks to everyone for your comments!
Best regards,
LuAnn |
Oct 18th |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Bob,
Your car image is fantastic, well done!
The only comment I have is I agree the headlight is bordering on overly bright but just by a skosh. I do not have a problem with the grill.
I will try the lens choice you used next time I try to photograph a car.
Cheers!
LuAnn |
Oct 18th |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Gary,
You found yourself a pretty little paint with a star on his forehead; very handsome steed indeed!
I love this story your image is telling. Your friend appears to be in a round pen, with a seasoned pickup and outbuilding in the background. He has a nice calm eye, which is good, and you have his full attention with his ears pointed in your direction.
Just for fun, I pulled your image into Capture One (I can't use LR with Fujifilm) and made some basic adjustments. I played with the brightness and used some layers to make him stand out just a skosh as your subject. I applied a little dodging and burning to the bushes in the background for depth along with the ground in the paddock.
There appears to be a slight bright spot in the center of the frame. If you could adjust that down a little, it would help.
You have a beautiful photo here. I would frame it and title it with your friend's name.
Best regards,
LuAnn
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Oct 18th |
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| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Hattie,
I can see why you thought this was a moment to try to capture. I also agree that the people triangle is the subject that stands out as your subject. I don't think leaving the van in the photo contributes anything, though, so concentrate on the triangle of people.
Aside from that, I don't know how, unless you spend a lot of time in photoshop, creating lens blur after the fact would be worth the effort needed to accomplish it. I spent a considerable amount of time trying to make this happen in photoshop (PHLearn on YouTube has some great videos), but due to the chaos in the image and the need for a high amount of masking, I couldn't come up with anything worth sharing. I believe edits are possible, but it will take some time, patience, and advanced skill to pull it off.
I also agree with your thoughts that the color version might be the choice for this image; color helps these subjects stand out over the black and white. We never know until we try.
Best regards,
LuAnn
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Oct 18th |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hello Oliver,
I have to agree with the group that you have captured one amazing storm cloud; how brave you were! And, yes, I agree that the two images don't seem to be the same; the vertical original has less detail than the horizontal edited version. But no problem I have made a similar mistake myself.
I am noticing on the left side of the image that the clouds appear to be lacking detail; see if you can recover data in that area from your original.
I also sense a little unbalance in the photo; the fields feel to me to be tipping to the right. The only other concern I think is with the road. I believe you lined up the vertical rule of thirds with the telephone pole, but I believe the road is a stronger subject for this alignment, in my opinion. When I crop the image further, it becomes too pixelated, so I do not recommend making this adjustment from this edited photograph. If, by chance, you have already cropped this image take a look and see if you can make these two minor changes--rotation and rule of thirds.
If you ever brave this adventure again, I would love to see more images like this!
Best regards,
LuAnn |
Oct 18th |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Thank you Oliver for your comment! I think I found a way to put emotion and impact in an image. I will work on dehaze; that's a good idea. I don't use Lightroom with Fuji I switched to capture One Pro; they have a partnership with company and editing is more specific for Fuji cameras; LR doesn't have that advantage . I will have to figure out how they tackle deglaze.
Best regards
LuAnn |
Oct 5th |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Thank you for your comments, Israel!
If I could post this photo in a larger size, the elements stand out more.
LuAnn |
Oct 1st |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
While we wait for others in the group to respond to your photo, let me answer your question about "how do these people get to this dune; since the question stemmed from my critique."
Israel, as I look at your photo, I see people climbing the dune. That is what you said your friends did when they arrived at the dune; they climbed it. I don't think 'how' they came to the dune is as vital as seeing people climbing. They could have walked from a nearby parking lot; the photo may not show an adjoining lot, and that to me is ok. As photographers, we are always looking for ways to eliminate cars and parking lots because frequently they do not contribute to the storyline.
However, you are the artist of this image; you could keep the one car and the person standing next to it at the base of where the climbers started their ascent of Dune 45. These two items could satisfy your need for that angle of the story. But if minimalism is not your intent, Israel, then you could also leave all the people and cars if that was part of your vision.
Concerning my critique of the small dune in the back right side of the frame, to me, it just takes away from the more significant subject--Dune 45; my eye goes to it quickly and once there, there is nothing to take my eye back to Dune 45.
Does this help you understand my humble opinion?
Best regards,
LuAnn |
Oct 1st |
| 62 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hello Israel.
I enjoy viewing your image of Dune 45; I have never been there, but it looks like a fantastic adventure!
This location, to me, is an excellent example of light and shadow. I also get a good sense of the scale of this dune from the small size of the people climbing it.
To me, because the dune lacks in great detail, I think eliminating some of the distracting elements will enhance the simplicity and beauty of this location.
In my edited version, I was able to easily remove the cars because, in my opinion, they contrasted with the subject and place; they drew my eye to the bottom of the frame. I also removed the small dune in the back on the right-hand side because the black brought my eye to that location away from the real subject; there was no where for my eyes to go from that edge than off the page. This edit could be a subjective move, but this is how my eyes see it. In your comment about the image you talked about climbing the dune, this is what drew me to removing these elements and leaving those that contributed to "climbing" Dune 45.
I also like that you included the people climbing the dune, but the others that were standing at the base did not seem to contribute to the story, so I removed them.
I think you could continue to adjust the tonality in this image to satisfy your artistic desire.
Thanks for sharing this excellent image and have a great week, my friend!
Best regards,
LuAnn
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