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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Albert, Thank you for showing us this exquisite example of natural beauty. Taking your thoughts to heart, I looked carefully at your image to find feathers.
Photographs do well when there is a subject - in this case, feathers. I think you have selected too many. I see a spiral coming out of a center, much like a flower. I cropped away the distractions and offer this.
Let me know if you think this is a better visualization of your Feathers of Winter. Jim |
Jan 18th |
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| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Reply |
Sam, thank you for your comments. This is a very rare event. Imagine Jupiter eclipsing Saturn. The planets did not quite overlap but got close enough for their moons to "merge" in one tight viewing space.
At night, turn off all lights. Click on the finalized photo to make it full screen and increase the brightness of your monitor. You will see additional moons of Jupiter and about 3 or 4 moons around Saturn. This is one photo - not two. It is amazingly rare to see -- if you know what you're looking at.
A white border won't help because there are lots of stars and moons in the the shared area of Jupiter and Saturn. Jim |
Jan 15th |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Tab, Yes, there is so much more in the B&W. It seems that the rock at the edge of the river is pouring into the water as if the entire valley is an avalanche. You have sharp focus, great texture and tonality.
The very top layer of clear sky seems too black. Maybe I notice this because the website page is black. Try lightening the sky or put a very thin white border around it - or do both, like this edit. Jim |
Jan 9th |
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| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
It is called a composite. You erase the background of everything except the person/object, open both images in Photoshop and use the move tool to click, drag object over to the image, then drop it in. You can go to YouTube for Photoshop composites.
I did this for fun. Jim |
Jan 6th |
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| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Steven, thank you for sharing your self-reflection on New Years Day. I'm hoping 2021 is a happier and healthier one. I get it - harsh contrast in the past, shadow side of the cattle.
Perhaps the blinding sunlight coming from beyond the horizon says something. Grazing among desert rocks on the Arabian Peninsula is another story that belongs to the past.
It would help if you had used fill-flash for the cattle and got closer. Jim
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Jan 6th |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Laura, you bring out better tonal quality, adjusting the alley lighting on what the artist did. I think you wanted to present what the artist did - but I see so much more in the original.
I am fascinated with what she is picking up and inspecting through the magnifying lens.
I would look for an object to place between her fingers, as if she was a giant picking up a person or one of those red phone booths.
I think you could do something very creative with the original.
Jim |
Jan 5th |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Reply |
Much better. The yellow bushes up front are setting the perspective of distance now. The grass added nothing so it is good to crop it off the bottom. Jim |
Jan 5th |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Sam,thank you for showing us what this Photoshop filter can do. It reminds me of "black light" on psychedelic posters. There is texture in what would be the white stripes. I suggest that you try the Filter>Camera Raw Filter>texturize slider to increase it or decrease it. Jim |
Jan 2nd |
| 24 |
Jan 21 |
Comment |
Thorro, you did capture the open range feeling. the fence posts and barbed wire tell that story and I'm glad you didn't try to clone them out. The only suggestion I have - might not work if this is private land. Instead of wishing you had a ladder, getting closer to the fence and holding the camera overhead might get you the whole mountain ridge in reflection. My view screen has a pivot which allows you to shoot overhead.
The saturation, exposure and focus are right-on. Cropping the tree on the left was the best thing to do, but the bushes with yellow make a good foreground. If you would have lowered your camera to your knee level you would have strong foreground, subject and background to show the distance. Jim |
Jan 2nd |
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