Activity for User 909 - Michael Jack - dmichael.jack@gmail.com

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36 Feb 25 Reply I always crop to make the image look best to my eye or sometimes to eliminate something ugly. In this case it was a sandy beach line that didn't fit with the ice. That always makes matting an image a one-off exercise which is a pain. Feb 13th
36 Feb 25 Comment This image provides a real sense of place. I think you made the right processing choices. Like Larry, with your tutorial, I think I can sense the red haze. Interesting. I like that you composed the sea as a diagonal leading my eye further into the frame. I agree on your wide angle lens choice,but maybe trying different focal lengths when you were there may have led to ba better choice.
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36 Feb 25 Comment It appears to my eye you did an excellent bit of post processing. I like the placement of the bridge in the composition. This is a maker's choice decision, but for me I would remove the people on the right and move to the left a bit to include more of the entry walk onto the bridge. Well seen Feb 11th
36 Feb 25 Comment You did a great job with the double exposure and created a beautiful image. It looks like you followed the rule of thirds in placement of the sun which works well to my eye because of the rising horizontal line of the larger trees on the right. It appears you have some artifacts of the trees from the double exposure you may want to remove. I would also remove the very light post on the far right. Feb 11th
36 Feb 25 Comment Like Larry, I think you captured the power of the storm and can see why you would be wet and exhausted on the hike back. On my screen, the seagull looks like a white dot so for me, I would eliminate it. A couple of suggestions - maybe increase the tonal range to make the waves whiter. You might try creating another layer in PS and try using the overlay mode, playing with opacity, on the clouds to add even more drama. Feb 11th
36 Feb 25 Comment Beautiful color and great timing. I like the framing of the sun by the trees and the cropping which makes most effective use of the reflections of the trees in the lake. My eye is first drawn ot the sun but then follows the curve of the lake around the bottom and back to the sun. Nicely composed. I may have considered just slightly darkening the bottom right more, but that may make it too muddy. Feb 11th
36 Feb 25 Comment I think you got a story here - an old barn probably there when the tree didn't exist or was a sapling. I like the enhancements you made to the sky but agree with Larry about the birds. For me, any old barn taken mid-day is a B/W image. If it were my image, I think I would convert it to B/W, make the sky dark, bring out more texture in the barn in the shadows, and darken the foreground grass some. Feb 11th
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