Activity for User 98 - Brad Ashbrook - bashbrook@mac.com

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27 Oct 21 Comment I like the moody feeling of the image and the sun looks great. It does not overpower the photo and you have some nice color in the sky. Oct 14th
27 Oct 21 Comment Zoo shots are challenging for several reasons and lighting is usually one of them. Overall not to bad considering mid-day. You could tone down the rocks and work on the contrast and a levels or curve layer to help. Maybe a little vibrance. Oct 14th
27 Oct 21 Comment Great choice in conveying to black and white. It has kind of an old school feel to it which is very cool. I think the original is a bit to contrasty but I think Jon's version takes away from the artsy old school feel. Maybe somewhere in between. Oct 14th
27 Oct 21 Comment In the US these are called Burrowing Owls and look identical. Great pose with nice separation from the background. One possible improvement would be use selective noise reduction on the background. Oct 14th
27 Oct 21 Comment Butterflies are great subjects, very interesting and pretty. I like the idea of a square crop & vignette to focus your attention on the butterfly. I like the yellow flower, but the orange flowers are very strong. Possibly a little less saturation would help. Oct 14th
27 Oct 21 Reply The effect on the clouds is due to the 2 shot HDR technique.
I could blend in a single image of the clouds converted in Silver Efex with the same settings.		 Oct 13th
27 Oct 21 Reply Thank you very much! Oct 11th
27 Oct 21 Comment You have a couple of choices.. 1 is an HDR which would help with the darker right side and brighter rocks. I cannot say I am a proponent of in camera blending because you have lost control. The 2nd method, you could use a luminosity mask and selectively mask the areas the you want and either lighten, darken, increase saturation, do a curves adjustment, any number of things. I think one of the easiest to use and there are a lot of good videos for training is TK8 by Tony Kuyper and Sean Bagshaw.

Back to the image.. the image has a very nice leading S curve which takes you though the photo with the nice yellows, oranges and spots of red. Overall it seems a little bright but probably a matter of taste. Plus I really don't think the right side is that dark, a small luminosity mask would fix this in a jiffy! You also have nice puffy clouds which is always a plus!		 Oct 8th
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