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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Wow! We also have a few tappers in Wisconsin, so I really appreciated this subject. As usually you have done an outstanding job painting and making additional logs and adding trees along with the sky makes the winter setting even more forlorn. Maybe the maple syrup maker would want to use this as his bottle label? Kudos! |
Jul 28th |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
You have really accelerated your painting Martha! This still life is wonderful and I appreciate the focus on details such as where the stems on the peppers point - everything makes you focus on the onion. Why did you choose to go with the background you did and not the black? |
Jul 28th |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
You've changed the mood of the image from day time to sunset with your warming coloration. The grouping of elephants is counterweighted by the mountain. I can't figure out if you imagine this as a sunset photo - if so the shadows from the elephants may have to be adjusted as well as the lighting on the beasts as the Western sky is in the background by the mountain? The added grass texture along the bottom was a good choice. |
Jul 28th |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I absolutely love this! You have the "magic" 3 and each flower center is strategically placed. Contrasts of light and dark are wonderful. If I had to nit pic, I'd suggest more space at the top so the petal isn't crowded to the border. Kudos! |
Jul 28th |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I too love the vibrant colors and your choices in painting this. You kept the textures and wall designs, which is a great choice. Outside of a few adjustments as noted above. this is a fantastic image! |
Jul 28th |
| 56 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Nicely done, I'll go back to attend to that, thank you! |
Jul 28th |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 56
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| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Ditto on the plusses and suggestions above. I shoot my grandchildren's dance recitals in burst mode because it really is like sports. I think you your lighting is wonderful. One thing I do if the dancers are dressed in black is also process as a b&w to see what is more dramatic - it is art after all. I'd also use the subject gradient in LR, then reverse it and tone down/darken the background to emphasize the main subject. You do wonderful photography in theaters! |
Jul 27th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Henriette, I think you did a bang up job on this image, kudos! I think the sharpness is not an issue as most people will look at it on a wall at least 5 feet away. The rock line leads you to the white clouds and slope at right leads you back into the image. Love it! |
Jul 27th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Gordon, I think the sky works well and the lighting in it and for lower portion of the image agree with one another. The pathway leads from bottom right into the image and the foreground vegetation at bottom let does the same. Nice balance with the tower. My only suggestion would to have shot lower so as not to have that village/city pop up at the top left of the horizon line. Did you purposely decide to include for a reason? |
Jul 27th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Here's a second |
Jul 27th |
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| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Glad to see someone else likes roots, Jay! I often ponder what to do with shots I've taken like this. Though there's a story about this tree's roots in this place and time, I find it hard to tell myself it's an important enough story. That's when I start looking at some "abstract" angle. So I keep enlarging the image in PS and moving around within it to see if anything abstract jumps out at me. I'll include a couple that did with your image. |
Jul 27th |
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| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Kudos, excellent capture and with the Ecuador in the background you locate the story. That face and those eyes say it all! |
Jul 27th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
Sophie, this was just off the roadside, which in rural areas are trimmed back under telephone and power lines every third year or so. Often the small tree debris and mowings are simply left to organically degrade. There was no burning. This story is certainly less thrilling than the burning one you offered! |
Jul 27th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
The bottom portion was intentionally shot out of focus (f/5.6) as it wasn't all that pleasant to look at IMHO. Using the Rule of Thirds, the stamen are on the left third line just above the intersection of the lower third intersection line. Yes, the angle of the shot was "down". The placement of the flower is to balance out the large area at right. The wood provides a leading line from the bottom right. |
Jul 13th |
| 76 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
The wood and flower are focused to me on my monitor. |
Jul 10th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 76
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| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
Sanat, this is a delightful shot and I agree with Jacky about the sky. My immediate thought in seeing this was, "What a great image for a b&w because of the tonal qualities." So, I took this into LR and PS, added a cloudy sky and did some dodging and burning with a few gradients to see if I was right. I have attached the final result, which will give you an idea of what you may want to develop this into if you are so inclined. You can spend 30-60 minutes on this and have an EPIC image! The road as leading line is wonderful with the contrast in it and the layers for DOF are to die for. Congratulations! |
Jul 26th |
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| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I instantly felt that this was familiar because I'm sure I saw it in an old Western movie or TV show! You got the key markets hitting the intersections on the Rule of Thirds, and there a leading line from the left bottom corner into the image. I think Jacky is correct, making this a 16x9 and cutting off some of the sky would make the image better. I also question the color change of the bottom foreground, why did you make it a bright yellow? |
Jul 26th |
| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
I'm no poet, and I know it! Well done and composed. Peaceful. My only suggestion would be to darken the tree line at right so that the bare limbs and trunks of those far trees stand out better. This would better emphasis the repeating pattern within the image. Also, the cloud reflection at bottom right seems a lot brighter than the cloud in the sky (because it is in the foreground). As the eye gets sucked in by the brighter portion of an image, I'd suggest toning that down. |
Jul 26th |
| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Comment |
A very pleasant image and apparently exhilarating adventure for the capture. Your choice of sky is adds drama and contrast. If you cropped from the bottom and made this a 16x9, would the loss of rock impair the impact of said rock? I agree with Jacky about the shadow, but you can adjust the shadows on the rocks at right and the trees and on the lighthouse tower. Just a few adjustments and you have an amazing image! |
Jul 26th |
| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
That's why these PSA groups are fantastic. We help one another along in our photographic journeys! If you have questions about this or that technique or processing, ask and you'll get feedback. |
Jul 14th |
| 88 |
Jul 23 |
Reply |
It was early in the day and the woods were a bit shaded as you can see in the original. It was either a 3-shot bracket or expose for the sky and bring out the bottom with a gradient in LR. I chose the latter. |
Jul 14th |
4 comments - 2 replies for Group 88
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15 comments - 6 replies Total
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