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Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Let me share what I have learned from Senior Photographers with years of experience as reputable International Photo Contest Judges.
They demonstrated curation techniques by allowing us to bring our photos into the forum for reviews and critiques.
One of my photos was a scenery in Bali. A misty morning with colorful sky and its reflection on rice fields. See attached photo.
One of the judges commented this is a typical composition so called 'two pictures in one frame'. You almost can draw a divider line to separate between colorful sky and mountain vs rice fields. A good composition merely focused on one particular subject.
So in this case, I am in a full agreement with Judy's cropping. Just showing the curves of wavy sands and crop the sky part above the horizon. It is much stronger. It's indeed a beautiful sand formation. Nice work Kathryn!
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Dec 27th |
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| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Reply |
Hi Todd,
Thanks for your concern. Sorry for this slow response. I just came back to Jakarta from the other side of the coast attending a wedding party and Christmas celebration at the beach. No thing happened there. |
Dec 27th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Reply |
Hi Glen. Let me first congratulate your son Justin Gilligan for winning Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year last year. You must be a proud father. Congratulation to you too Glen.
You feel the green is a little overdone. Honestly, I feel the same.
I increased saturation of the green pixels in Lightroom by using HSL/Color/B&W Panel. I did it globally. I should have done it partially only a small part of the green water edge. This could effectively be done by applying Luminosity Mask.
Like my comment to your 'Sydney Harbour Bridge', I should seriously consider learning and using Luminousity Mask tool such as Lumenzia for more accurate masking. https://gregbenzphotography.com/lumenzia/
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Dec 13th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Reply |
Hi Glen. Let me first congratulate your son Justin Gilligan for winning Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year last year. You must be a proud father. Congratulation to you too Glen.
You feel the green is a little overdone. Honestly, I feel the same.
I increased saturation of the green pixels in Lightroom by using HSL/Color/B&W Panel. I did it globally. I should have done it partially only a small part of the green water edge. This could effectively be done by applying Luminosity Mask.
Like my comment to your 'Sydney Harbour Bridge', I should seriously consider learning and using Luminousity Mask tool such as Lumenzia for more accurate masking. https://gregbenzphotography.com/lumenzia/
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Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Reply |
Hi Todd. Thanks for your inputs and comments.
You said ... the sky suffers from some loss of detail but you wouldn't want to change it so much that it competes with the islands and water. I agree.
As I said, I down grade my own editing work after I learn from marcadamus.com. There are many things that can be improved to upgrade the image quality to the next level.
In case of distracting boat among the trees. I was in doubt to remove it. We cannot remove any thing unless by cropping for 'travel'photo contest. This image was stitched from several frames. It will not be qualified for travel category in any way. So, yes I will go ahead remove this distracting boat for my next edition.
Thanks Todd. |
Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Reply |
Hi Pierre. Thanks for your comments. |
Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Hi Judy. It's very nice. Two thumbs up. Simple minimalist composition.
I may want to steal your idea shamelessly :) Setting my grand daughter with her dog chasing a disk. Just kidding.
I am looking forward to your next posting for the same setting plus awesome POI. Good luck Judy! |
Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Hi Glen. I have been to Sydney Harbor Bridge many times. No body ever tell me this spot not even in Google.
It is indeed awesome. You almost got every thing for composition, leading lines, diagonal, POI and many more.
My first impression this picture was a bit blurry. But, I doubt it my self since I just got left eye surgery last week and it's not fully recover yet.
I am glad Pierre mentioned it, so I know it was not my eyes.
If Pierre suspect the focus point may be too deep (not 1/3 of the scene), I might want to double check my tripod sturdiness. Possibly, it could be ground vibration and/or wind. Since you were shooting at the speed of 30 sec.
Unfortunately, this focusing deficiency is hard to detect from camera display.
I am not sure if Lightroom's Sharpness and Clarity could solve this issue. I also in doubt if Camera Shake in Photoshop is suitable. My guess, this image can (potentially) be salvage by using High Pass Filter in Photoshop. Sometimes, we have to stack two-to-three layers for fine sharpening.
However, the down side of most pixel sharpening features is noise. In this case, it would be noise of the sky. Actually, noise can easily be masked out for simple object. Masking bridge structure and it's metal work would be pretty complex and challenging.
The most appropriate masking technique for this purpose is Luminosity Mask. It's not a straight forward processed unless we are familiar with tools such as Lumenzia by Greg Benz. https://gregbenzphotography.com/lumenzia/
If I live in Sydney Australia, I would rather come back to the same spot and possibly wait for better blue purple twilight sky.
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Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Ho Todd. This is a successful application of focus stacking technique. You got the right object for the right technique.
Your image drive my eyes from the first stone at the bottom front ... all the way to the colorful autumn trees at the top. I think, you purposely brightened the path to lead your viewer eyes. Good job Todd!
I also consider Glen comment. He considered the rocks are a little over saturated with a little overpowering blue and green. I respect Glenn comment. He leave us an open thought - it's a personal choice.
Composition wise, I agree with Pierre and Glen, non-level horizon was a bit distracting.
Now about Marc Adamus website (marcadamus.com} and its 'Calla Lily' shot. I 'hate' you show me this website. You make me sad because I must downgrade my own editing work. :)
A group of spectacular photographers. They are not just talented but respectfully professionals. The good news is I have hundreds of Canyon and other stock pictures that might be enhanced to the next level by re-editing. They gives us ton of ideas and examples of premium quality pictures.
Thanks Todd. You make me excited and will keep me busy. I really appreciate it. |
Dec 10th |
| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Hi Pierre. So far, I took it for granted. Only consider beautiful sky or boring sky. Today you educate me. Even skies, they have their own unique names. Cirrocumulus. Indeed it's a beautiful sky.
Composition wise. My first impression, the bush at the far right are competing with the beauty of the sky. I tried to crop it. But when I compare before and after the crop. I come back and prefer your original crop composition.
My eyes go through the paralel arrows to enjoy the scenery ended at the bush and back to the sky. So, I agree with Tod suggestion to brightened the end bush (a bit). Job well done Pierre !
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Dec 10th |
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| 70 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Hi Lamar. My first impression was you were purposely using a special lens in order to get the 'fish eye sphere effect'. I manage to understand your message only after reviewing your explanation.
In this case, you definitely need a drone photography to fulfill this assignment. A single frame picture including all navigational charts, three lighthouses and most importantly shadow of the Frying Pan shoal. Good luck Lamar.
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Dec 10th |
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