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56 May 23 Comment Just lovely, no suggestions for improvement. I wondered about the cropping off the bird's tail end, but you are correct about the final image feeling more intimate. The background is well chosen and done. May 27th
56 May 23 Comment A very fine job with this image! I agree about cloning out the sky spot and your cropping at the bottom was spot on. A lovely image! May 27th
56 May 23 Comment The balance within the image is wonderful and how you set up the pitches of the items with the stems and such pointing toward the middle shows attention to detail. I'm not a still life expert by any means but I like how you lightened up the foreground in your second painting. I too liked the setup images so if I want to venture into this I now have an idea about lighting. May 27th
56 May 23 Comment Very interesting exploration of creativity - I like how you merged the treatments to get the final result. Thank you for outlining that. Ditto on the tail at top right but also that color strip at bottom edge below the gators. I'd also give more "breathing room" on the left edge as the gator's head is too close. May 27th
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76 May 23 Reply HDR = High Dynamic Range. Utilizing it gives you more of a feeling of DOF = Depth of Field. May 31st
76 May 23 Comment I do agree with Gordon. This image enjoys a contrast in DOF with light-dark-light-dark. The mountain is the subject of the image and I think you over lightened it and should darken down the grey part at center and the fir trees at left to give more contrast of light and dark. This is a well composed image with the left V of the mountainscape reflected in the V of the fir trees at bottom left. I may have started out with using some dodging of the highlights and then worked on the HDR of the image to give the depth. That would give me a sense of what opacity would be best for the midground. The clouds are wonderful and if you wishes you could add a little more drama by darkening and "blueing" them up. After some playing around you will have a magnificent image! May 27th
76 May 23 Comment Okay Gordon, what's it about the Brits and boats like this in "dry dock"? Vero and Instagram are packed with 'em. I very much like what you have done with the image and the key elements all hit their "rule" marks. The channel as a leading line is wonderful and yes one or two steps to the left may have given you the separation needed for the second boat. Using the O'Keefe preset at low opacity was genius! I must try that. The subtle rope leading "line" from the bottom right made me chuckle! My only question: why didn't you darken the vegetation on the far bank along the white sand to better bring out the small highlighted grasses? May 27th
76 May 23 Comment The stamen and petals all appear sharp, which is so important. It's a nicer cluster of three. Backgrounds are always so subjective - go lighter, go darker, what you didn't or did see. It all depends on what story you are trying to tell. I like the tree branch leading in from top right too. As far as the background, go into LR, use the gradient to isolate the subject, add in the branch, then invert and play with the background: lighter to white, darker to black. See what you think tells your story. This is a nicely composed image Jay. May 27th
76 May 23 Comment I love the way you "juiced" the sky colors! I think you were going for a silhouette-type image so I disagree with Gordon about lightening up the bottom foreground more especially since a dark foreground contrasts nicely with the sky (dark/light). I would however sharpen up the bush branches at left. Very well done! May 27th
76 May 23 Comment This is a great idea! The older buildings in b&w and would the modern city buildings be in color or b&w? Would you use a texture on all images like you did here? May 27th
76 May 23 Reply Thanks Gordon. I guess the image is about new life coming out of decay/death. Thanks for pointing that out! May 8th
76 May 23 Comment Thanks Ian for your kind words. Yes, I like the other options. Less is more in some cases. For my taste I prefer your rectangular crop because there's more bark. A 16x9 crop is always a good one. You can also rotate this image so the plant appears top left or bottom right. May 8th
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88 May 23 Comment I agree with comments concerning the boat location. You have done a wonderful job of transforming the original image and I love the people in red walking atop the bank. I ponder whether the dark blue of the sky is realistic here. May 27th
88 May 23 Comment Wonderful DOF and you straightened the original image horizon line. The flow of the water gives an abstract contrast to the rock and the tree line gives that dark-light contrast for the sky, which is well done. The inclusion of the rock edge at bottom right is excellent. May 27th
88 May 23 Comment Wow, what an experience! I agree with Quang about the blue center color. You've done a marvelous job in creating a good contrast between light and dark within the image and your final also enhances the lava flow at center. Nothing like a person in red adding perspective to the landscape. I like the way you brought out the texture of the scape too. May 27th
88 May 23 Comment What a wonderful city for photography! First, the horizon line is a bit off and there seems to be a lot of noise in the sky (see my added photo which compensated for those). I also would delete that little "thing" that come sin from the left just above the horizon line. Some dodging and burning might more DOF both in the sky and the buildings leading up to Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo). With a little more playing around, you'll have a masterpiece here! May 27th
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