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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
You couldn't have asked for a better subject in a field! The yellow flowers occupy the bottom third of the image, and I believe the horse's eye is on the top third line. The horse's front right leg is on the 1/3 vertical. All in nice positions for eye appeal. I also appreciate the space at right, which is needed in an animal image and counterbalances the weight of a white horse. You'll have people wondering if it is a photo or painting, which in this case is a good thing! |
Nov 24th |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
You couldn't have asked for a better subject in a field! The yellow flowers occupy the bottom third of the image, and I believe the horse's eye is on the top third line. The horse's front right leg is on the 1/3 vertical. All in nice positions for eye appeal. I also appreciate the space at right, which is needed in an animal image and counterbalances the weight of a white horse. You'll have people wondering if it is a photo or painting, which in this case is a good thing! |
Nov 24th |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Final is so much more exciting than the original and the "Where's Waldo" moment to find the heron provides the viewer. I love the way the tree branches and colors bring the eye to the heron. This is a wonderful image conversion. Kudos! |
Nov 24th |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
A wonderful photographic capture! My only suggestions would be to add some more grass t the bottom of the image because the edge is too close to the mat below if you were to frame it. IMHO this is also a study in contrasts so I would darken the mountain so the clouds and grass would contrast more. I'd also work on the shadows under the elephants to take out some of that red/orange. This is a beautiful capture! |
Nov 24th |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Nicely done conversion in Topaz Impressions! Good choice to delete the stem at lower left. The bird's eye is still sharp. Very nice result! |
Nov 24th |
| 56 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Wow, what a fun project this was for you, you can tell! Your cropping really brought us into the "action" of the image. The choice of mosaic also brings out the lines of the tree branches/limbs and makes the foreground (which was uninteresting in the original) delightful as a contrast to the sky. Kudos! |
Nov 24th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 56
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| 76 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
As a former sports writer/photographer, I think you did well for the first go! The key to good sports photography is anticipation - it's a lot like developing a taste for fine wine. Best way to get the skill is to shoot a lot of sports and use the continuous shooting option on your camera - and it's important that your anticipation is in synch with you shooting the play. The lower you get to the floor/ice, the more you capture the power of the play/player. I'd opt to position myself at a corner of the rink and then isolate one player and develop your shooting skills and anticipation of action. You also have to know how to pan - follow the action with your camera while its shooting. Use spot metering on your isolated player. If you can get an f2.8 zoom 200 lens you'd be set for hockey and most athletic events, depending on where you can shoot from. Shoot ISO 1200+ at first at f9 and see how the light is and the blur. Then play with your settings. Hope this helps. |
Nov 24th |
| 76 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Hmmm ... I don't think you could go wrong with either the color or the b&w. The eye is very sharp and the detail of the feathers that are spread is sharp too. Detail of feathering on the neck has been somewhat lost on the b&w version. I like the removal of the sticks from around the bird in the b&w version. Nice capture! |
Nov 24th |
| 76 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Excellent study in light! Kudos on the choice of the leaf at far left for the strong standout item in this composition. All well done. My only suggestion would be to photostack two images so the back leaf at top is in focus. |
Nov 24th |
| 76 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Love the way you "juiced" this up and brought out strong, vibrant colors. I agree, take out the two lines at bottom right. Your removal of the tree was well done. |
Nov 24th |
4 comments - 0 replies for Group 76
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| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Sanat, there is so much beauty in India! I agree with Charles son the elimination of the boats and Rich about the horizon line. Since the waters are pretty placid, not large waves, I would have opted from a long exposure to smooth the waters out. The story are the rock stacks and outcropping and with a smooth water and sky would have a stark contrast impact. I think that's why Louis suggested a vertical shot, which would also get rid of the side vegetation. If you could have positioned yourself more to the left and used the extending rocks in the foreground as your leading line to the distance rock stack. The colors of the water and clouds in the sky are wonderful! |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
The famous tree is positioned on the 1/3 line and nicely extends beyond the horizon line. The brightness on the rock to my eye doesn't meet where the sun would be with a sunset at horizon line left. It would be more to the front of the rock outcropping and the left side of the tree. If only you were there at high tide with some wave action against the rocks! Great elements in this image to play around with! |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Quang, nicely framed and processed, kudos! My only suggestion would have been to mask out the rocks from the painting processes as they appear "muffled" and would provide a strong texture contrast to the waves and softness of the lighthouse and sky. Did you add the mountain on the horizon line at right or did the processing? |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
What a wonderful place for photography! First, I'd put the center of the far lake on the right 1/3 line. There's more drama in the clouds than the rocky foreground so I understand why you have a lot of area for them, but they should only occupy the top third of the image IMHO. There's good DOF in this image and the water used as the leading line is excellent. Can you get more exposure to the water in the bottom of the image while keep the rocky lower portion of the image darker? Did you bracket shoot this image while focusing on the foreground water? Shooting at f18 you would still get the far horizon in focus. The lighting you captured is wonderful! |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
Very well done and the sharpness of the elements is outstanding! I agree with Charles on getting rid of the bright light at the left as it draws the eye down when it should continue to the right. You already have a fixed point with the blue bridge structure and then the lights bring the eye to the right. The foreground bridge upright (what is that called?) is set at the 1/3 line. I love the color of the water, which sets a mood. Well done! |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Comment |
I like your cropped version with the horizon adjustment better. Sky replacements are tricky and you have to find the right one and always adjust the colors, so I agree with those above on this. The foreground DOF isn't particularly good on the first image so IMHO I'd crop closer to the plane above it with the greenery, which you also did in your revamped version. Cropping from the right has also centered attention where you'd want it. Nice alterations! |
Nov 24th |
| 88 |
Nov 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for the kind remarks. No, I didn't get wet. |
Nov 9th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 88
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16 comments - 1 reply Total
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