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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Sam, thank you for noticing the darkness of the pistil and stamens. I lowered the original capture by -1.5EV because the in-camera exposure selects the dark green around the flower and would have "blown-out" the whites. I wanted the sharp features in the details of the petals - but forgot to brighten the pistil and stamens. How's this? Jim |
Feb 14th |
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| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Sam, good to hear that you're getting to photograph Spring tulips in bloom (our Autumn). You did a lot of work cleaning up the background and making a tight crop. The dew droplets on the vertical pink tulip and the veins on that petal are exceptional. I like your use of light on the pink tulip. The orange and yellow tulip didn't make it into the spotlight. If that was your intent, great.
If you are not familiar with it, look up "focus stacking" on YouTube. It's a great way to get all the tulips in focus by taking at least 3 different focal lengths from the same position. The software selects the sharpest pixels of all images and merges them. It works! On your next trip to the garden, carry a flashlight and try "light-painting" the shadows on the right and left. Jim |
Feb 9th |
| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Laura, There is a great story here. The impression your photo gives me is a dark, pending gloom, running out of time moment.
Clicking on "auto" in Camera Raw Filter brings out the floor texture in a circle of light, golden hour sunlight returning to the town with a thunderstorm passing into the distance.
Any author would love to have this as a book cover.
Let me know what impressions this gives to you. Jim |
Feb 5th |
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| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Thorro - much better. You could brighten the right half of the thermophile so that the mist on its shadow side is more distinctive - like steam. Jim |
Feb 4th |
| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Tab, You put a lot of great work into this photo, rich colors, good tonal range. I like what you did with the circular stained glass window. You handled the shadows very well throughout the photo and kept the the brightest sunlight to its limit without blowing out the highlights. Thank your for the research into the history and significance of this church. |
Feb 3rd |
| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Steve, You did what you set out to do. I would stay with the f/7.1 to keep the focus on the two stilts. The camera at eye level is the right thing to do. I like the soft foreground and the water out of range. I think an f/9 or f/11 would distract from the subjects. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Albert, you did an amazing things on this. I like things how you finished with the dynamic sky. I like what you did with the canyon on the first attempt. I notice that you cropped the left side of the rainbow.
I suggest that you use the dodge tool to brighten only the rainbow. Then do all that you want to do to make it great. I would not crop the bottom or left side. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
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| 24 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Thorro, You captured some great colors and textures. I like the mist on the right half of the finished photo and the mist on the left on the original. Perhaps when you brightened the thermophile the snow and mist got too bright. The texture of the snow and pine shadows in the original is good. I would to mask/select only the thermophile for Lightroom work to see if this helps. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
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7 comments - 1 reply Total
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