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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 56 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I think this is a successful charcoal image and your creativity with the swirls certainly adds to framing and balance. Ditto on what's been said above about the shadow. |
Mar 20th |
| 56 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
As an abstract I love this. The "juicing" of the colors sells the autumn scene. I understand what others have said about the house reflection, but for my eye it's fine the way it is. An image like this makes me wish that printers would offer an ink that would expand with heat and after the image is infused onto a canvas it could be heated and then get that depth of paint on canvas. |
Mar 20th |
| 56 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
This is a masterpiece Gerhard! Your efforts really paid off. If I had any criticism it would be to having a little more space at the top of the image so the bird doesn't feel tight to the edge - but that's really picky! Superb. |
Mar 20th |
| 56 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Wow, I was impressed with the creation of the lower body and your choice of texture and faded out except for the hand, gun, and face was an excellent choice! This would be great on canvas! |
Mar 20th |
4 comments - 0 replies for Group 56
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| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Ian, I'm a "jucier" and wanted the sky to have some of the same colors as the grasses. I think the contrast in colors is better here than a colder view. Personal taste. |
Mar 25th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Jay, the land slopes to the right down to a lake. The "level" line was taken at the foundation line of the barn. |
Mar 25th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I like the way to have a nice contrast between background and foreground. Center weighted was a good choice for this flower shot. The edges are sharp and most of the petals too. I find that if the center of the flower is in focus, I let the other petals be as they may with some in or out of focus and all add to the feel of the image - unless you want to get into focus stacking in PP, which I know you don't. Glad you have flowers where you are! |
Mar 20th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Heidi your choice of creation is very well done. The dreamy look adds to the softness of subject choice and enhances the colorful center of the sharpely focused flower. The balance of the flower to the left is a matter of artistic choice but with the shadows it makes me feel the image "tilts" to the left and has no counter balance on the right - which reminds me to zoom out a bit more on my own images so I can have flexibility of "weight" later when the image is processed (I notice I have been cropping too much to the subject on my images in camera of late.) The expression in this image is wonderful! |
Mar 20th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
The resultant whites and yellows of the water/snow are wonderfully captured in this image. The rock background at left sets off the ice nicely though I would have used the spot healing brush to brush out the very think sliver of white along the left edge. Your right side nicely frames in the falls. I'd love to see some images within this image that are close up to the flow formations and textures therein. |
Mar 20th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Sanford I agree with your crop. I actually took the original image into PS and did a different cropping and you could hardly see the bird. The shadow beneath the branch at left helps offset the weight of the bird and you left more area at left because that's where the bird is looking. Your sky could have benefitted from a cloud or two, but what can you do when Father Sky doesn't cooperate? Maybe it's my eye but the board line appears slight unlevel under the bird dripping to the right? Hope you're going to follow the growth of this bird! |
Mar 20th |
| 76 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Very nice capture, I think I'll have to get my similar camera out of the old bag and start playing with it! Such nice colors to play with here and you've done a nice job "juicing" them. The central flower center is slightly off the third line both horizontal and vertical and the weight of the flower on the right is offset by the bud at left. Why did you decide to closely crop petals off the flower? and the extra bud at left? I would suggest burning the rock background more for better contrast between foreground and background, but that's my eye. I'd also get rid of that one black imperfection dot on the petal at left before the bud. I like how you have droplets on the petals too! |
Mar 20th |
5 comments - 2 replies for Group 76
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| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
Yes, I played with the Patch tool but still didn't make the image overall any better. Tried patch to delete the footprints, move the footprints, add footprints. Still didn't do anything to salvage the image as art. But I wasn't trying to do art in this experiment. Now I have a little more confidence in doing a pano! |
Mar 15th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
I wasn't afraid of the ice thickness, but didn't venture out further as I wanted to get the entire lake in for a broad sweep for the pano. There were ice fishermen out on a second lake I went to in the Nature Preserve, but didn't do a pano there and I wish I had! |
Mar 15th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
You have worked the mountains on the sides to channel the eye to the snow-capped mountain beyond and it is nicely set against the dark ridge in the background, giving this image great DOF. The tents at left hld my eye to the leading line of the roadway and the three elements starting with the sign to the large rocks and grass bring into the valley. Why did you choose the blues in the sky and back mountain ridge? |
Mar 14th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Ditto on the CC above. The scene is marvelous! There is so much to work with and so many angles to create so many images. What was your focus in the image: the colorful buildings at left, the bridge? You may have a couple of images within this image that have more impact than the "whole" of this with a specific focus: buildings at left, the bridge framed by buildings on both sides, the buildings at right. |
Mar 14th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
I really like the sunset colors and agree with others about the distractions of the blurred grasses in the foreground. The idea of the "3" people is a nice choice and I like the silhouette look. I did a quick cleanup and then put a crop on it to illustrate my thoughts, which would take a lot more space to write about than show. Who wouldn't want to be on that beach -- especially a Wisconsinite at this time of year! |
Mar 14th |
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| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
Wow, not only a contrast of strong vibrant colors, but also architectural styles and lines! The stairway at left nicely frames the car and brings the eye into the dark red lines, which bring you to the man, the car, and the slope of the sidewalk brings you back to the left again. Nice circular motion! My only suggestions would be to clean up some of the white on the stone sidewalk in front of the man. Really like the juicing up the colors! |
Mar 14th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
The bridge and slope of the hill at left bring the viewer into the focal point of the image. I love the sun rays spreading out from the bridge, which has curves to die for! Why does the bridge curve this way? I'm a fan of the dark side, so disagree with Gary about brightening the bridge as much as he did. I also prefer your darker sky as well. To my eye, the bridge is light enough in the distance to draw me into the image but dark enough on the right side so as not to be a distraction. I wonder what the water would look like if shot at a long time or with a filter so it was silky? I like this very much! |
Mar 14th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Comment |
First off, near and dear to my world. Most people don't realize that the rock wall foundations are an art - farmer would seek out a specific builder because of foundations they create and, of course, the barn itself. I only think the cowboy is out of place because there are obviously no horses in that barn and haven't been for a while, but your use is a matter of artistic license. Why did you choose the lighting, intensity, and angle on the cowboy? The shadow so the branches on the upper barn are fine as are the gates shadows on the ground. I like your foliage colorations. I wonder the impact of squaring off image from bottom, maybe 4x5 or 5x4? You are correct in placing something in the doorway to bring attention to something in the image. Maybe just light the rock wall without the cowboy? |
Mar 14th |
| 88 |
Mar 21 |
Reply |
I wasn't trying to get a great image, I was experimenting with the pano. I could have used an ice fisherman at a key location! First time I've done a pano. Then I tried to make a purse out of a sow's ear. |
Mar 4th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 88
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15 comments - 5 replies Total
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