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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Mark, the mystical quality of the cloud foreboding the coming rain is a great backdrop for the sunlight shimmering in the wind blowing through the grasses in the foreground. This is very well done and well presented. Thank you. Jim |
Feb 6th |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, see my edit at the bottom. Jim |
Feb 6th |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, see my edit at the bottom. Jim |
Feb 6th |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Thanks, see my edit at the bottom. Jim |
Feb 6th |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Thank you all for your suggestions. I painted the sky, put temperature toward blue, then darkened the hillside and vineyard, added red and orange. I like how this turned out. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 6th |
 |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Sophia, thank you for your helpful comments. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Sophie, I tried your suggestion. It does bring more attention to the castle, but to me it takes away from the fall colors. |
Feb 3rd |
 |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Richard, there is so much foreground and I'm looking for either more interest on the buffalo by making it more hazy, or bring details to the grass and let those lines lead me to the sky and complete the image. In Photoshop Camera Raw filter I reduced highlights, reduced shadows, added dehaze and clarity. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
 |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Sophia, You have a very creative approach to this photo. I have learned over the years that white attracts attention. I did what was obvious to me, using the dodge tool in Photoshop, I darkened the four corners making them slightly darker than the ring that you made. Now the attention is on your subject and the blur is more complete. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 3rd |
 |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Pete, thank you for your comments. This is one of those moments when the human eye sees the castle as correctly exposed, but the actual photo has harsh shadows and bright highlights. I like the round turrets which look like rooks in rows on a vineyard chess board. |
Feb 2nd |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Pete, I love this Murphy's Law story about all your preparation for a workshop on flash photography only to have your flash not go off on this photo of your grandson. Great post-processing work on the natural light portrait of your grandson in costume. :-) Jim |
Feb 2nd |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
David, I like everything you caught in this action moment as the dog is airborne, splashing, and eager to retrieve the ball for its owner. I agree that the ball needs to be brighter and get the attention because that is the story behind this photo. I might have tried that optical green/yellow that is common instead of the hunter orange. |
Feb 2nd |
| 5 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Barbara, your photograph is ideally lit, the backdrop and setting are done well. Your exposure is great. If you were able to give the model instructions, I would ask her to look straight ahead or even turn a little toward the camera. It appears to me that her right eyelid is closed. Do you have other photos that you took with both eyelids open? Jim |
Feb 2nd |
8 comments - 5 replies for Group 5
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| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Sarita, this is much more interesting and is a good improvement. Thank you for sharing your work. Jim |
Feb 27th |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Yes, in general. I think that endangered species should stay clear of all humans - in general. Hiding in marshes with fog is good. Jim |
Feb 15th |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Sarita, such a stunning woodpecker. I do like what Kathy did to darken the very bright spots on the branch. The comments from Randall are interesting. If you redo this photo, let us see the results. As is, it's fine. You might consider brightening the shadows on the right lower side of the bird. Jim |
Feb 15th |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Pei-Fan, this is a great capture of three crested honey buzzards in action. I am distracted by the bright highlights. In Photoshop I used the dodge tool to darken the over exposed areas and cropped a small slice off the left edge. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 15th |
 |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Randall, I like this seagull's stare-down. There are times that a head-on view of a birds that does not have binocular vision is detached. This photo gets my attention. The seagull almost seems cross-eyed but it's staring at your camera lens. Great detail on the bird and ideal background to distract. Thanks for sharing this one. Jim |
Feb 15th |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Mike, I like the action of the cranes in this remote setting. I would rather see an endangered species being obscured by fog than cranes being up close and posing for humans with cameras. Thank you for reminding me that we need to be naturalists protecting wild life every time we photograph birds in their setting. Jim |
Feb 15th |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Kathy, you are very fortunate to have stunning wildlife where you live. I like your presentation. I treated the foreground in another way, darkening it so that the tricolored heron stands out. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 1st |
 |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Reply |
Mike, see my reply to Isaac. Jim |
Feb 1st |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Isaac and Mike, I had another idea for handling the out of focus background. The Eider ducks are very sharp, so darkening the background with the burn tool gives the ducks more separation and puts the background further back. Let me know what you think. Jim |
Feb 1st |
 |
| 15 |
Feb 24 |
Comment |
Isaac, Thank you for showing me this. I have beautiful rainbow colors in a single male shot but thought it was not natural.
I have a lot to learn. Jim |
Feb 1st |
 |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 15
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15 comments - 8 replies Total
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