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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comments Judy. I appreciate it. |
Sep 28th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Hi Judy. It's awesome. I like the composition, color and the angle of your shot. It is low enough so you have foreground, middle ground and background.
Next time, you might want to consider slower speed and use tripod. I saw another natural photographer shooting this low and slow down the shutter speed so part of the foreground flowers some looked sharp and some looked blurry due to follow wind movement.
Correct me if I am wrong, my eyes see a bit of minor barrel distortion in the middle of the horizon. Nice work Judy.
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Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
I agree with Glen, not many photographers have been lucky enough to get this viewing angle.
You control your panning shot consistently and panoramic stitches are well done with smooth and seamless transitions (as mentioned by Lamar).
Likely, your only constrain was 135mm focal length for this kind of shot. The sky composition a bit too tight at right of the image. The easiest remedy was to crop the image or add the sky portion in Photoshop.
The most suitable work around lens for travel is either 24-70 mm or 24-105 mm. |
Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Glen, first of all I love the composition and the sky color. You captured it just at the right time for brilliant blue sky with combination of orange sunset purple. I agree with Lamar to make it more punch by adding level adjustments, mid-tone contrast boost. I appreciate your effort to catchup the blue hour time. Job well done Glen.
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Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Charles, I think this is the beauty of this group discussion. All members are contributing different opinions with their own perspective constructively.
To me, I just love the composition and its dramatic color adjustment.
My only suggestion is to smooth out the water ripple so it won't compete viewer attention to the above horizon objects. You could experiment, in Lightroom, with brush or Graduated Filter and adjust the white balance a bit to make the water more calm blue.
My other suggestion? This a lucky shot! Try your luck. I strongly encourage you to submit this image for PSA PTD International 2019 (next year) under Architecture & Landscape. Good Luck Charles. |
Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Pierre, my first impression to your image is calm, peaceful and simple composition. You increased luminance, clarity and mild vignetting to get 'Bright Forest and Underwood'.
I am just offering you another option of adjusting the image as an alternative. Make it more mystical and dramatic. The composition is just suitable for this adjustment mode. |
Sep 24th |
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| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Comment |
Lamar, my first impression this is a successful multiple exposure blending. I wonder if you did it in Lightroom, Photoshop or Lumenzia (based on luminosity masks). I have been wondering if our friends in this group are familiar with the benefit of Lumeanzia by Greg Benz.
I like the composition with clear leading lines and balance between sky and ground. Good work Lamar! |
Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Glen, thanks for your empathy. Most of my pictures were taken during following group of tours (with my wife). Definitely, its not a photography tour and far from being ideal as a photo hunting session. |
Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Lamar, thanks for your analyzes and comments.
Composition, As I mentioned earlier, honestly I have been struggling whether or not to include the portion of the wharf into the frame. First, like Glen comment, I wanted to show the sense of skill. Second, I refrain from removing the wharf to qualify as a travel photo. The only way to remove the wharf is by cropping the scene and to me it would cut short the space of the fall stream on the left. I was in doubt between these options.
Sharpness, indeed this one of my particular concerns. I agree with you even from the beginning the water splash of the fall is a bit too harsh and noisy to my eyes. I was worried for camera shake while taking the shot among the crowd. Tripod is not an option for the location. At another location where tripod was possible indeed I use a slower shutter speed of 1/10 second then mask and combine it to smooth out harsh and noise of the higher speed splash like in the following picture. In this case, I might have to smooth out the harsh and noise of the plash in the post processing. Let me try one more time.
I really appreciate your critical comments for me to learn. Thanks for spending time for a thorough analyzes.
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Sep 24th |
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| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
I appreciate your comment Charles (about smooth cotton like waterfalls), despite it was impossible to use tripod at the location with hundreds of people passing by I agree smooth cotton waterfalls could become a visual cliché in the composition.
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Sep 24th |
| 70 |
Sep 18 |
Reply |
Hi Pierre, Thanks for your comments. You know my secret I always bracket my shots. I took it for granted. To me, I do not want to loose a chance this could be once and in a life time shot. Although in many times I just used one single shot and perform multiple exposure blending only when it's necessary.
Like Lamar, you comment about the benefit of including a very small view of the boardwalk in to the frame? To be honest with you, I was in doubt in the first place. I think Glen Gilligan could read my mind that I included this in purpose to show the sense of scale of the fall. Thanks Pierre! |
Sep 24th |
6 comments - 5 replies for Group 70
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