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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I think you are lucky to have good sources of natural light. I can't set up in the living room, where there is a nice bay window without upsetting the rest of the family <;-) Good point about about softness around curves. |
May 26th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Reply |
I generally like Hi Key images but I agree, just like soft focus images, it becomes subjective very easily and very quickly. But in the end, I like you image, I like tulips, they are always a good photo subject. |
May 26th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Nice image, Lou. She looks happy in her new home. Good composition; I like the tilt of the head, and as Carol mentioned, nice that you captured the eye catch lights. So many bird shots I see have totally black eyes. Noise can be such pain to deal with, and such a balancing act with sharpening. Don't know what software you are using but maybe one of the new 'dedicated' noise reduction packages might handle this issue. I hear Topaz Denoise AI is pretty amazing. |
May 17th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Good job capturing this bud sharply. I agree with Carol that a shallower DOF using say f8 would make that first but stand out more. Saying that, I am attracted by that "V" presented by the two buds. |
May 17th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Nice image Doug, and I do like the effect. It has a nice blend of soft areas and sharp areas. and as Carol mentioned the angle if perfect for this composition.
I tried doing some stacking of the grass head that I have for my submittal this month. After shooting it outside, I then brought it indoors to try to get more depth. It was way too windy to try any stacking outdoors. I did a sequence of 70 stacked shots which turned out OK except in areas where the fine hairs were thick and close together, it was too soft. Don't know if I didn't get good 'slices' in my stacking, or the lighting wasn't right. Most of the light was coming from front-right which I'm thinking may have cast shadows back onto the hairs behind. What is your favorite lighting set-up for these macros? |
May 17th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Nice image Carol, thanks for the insight on the High-key webinar. I've always like that high-key look. My first impression is about the same as Lou's, bump up the reds. But, then again the original looks pretty pink. I wonder if a HDR burst would have given you some more tonal data to work with. |
May 17th |
| 60 |
May 20 |
Reply |
I see what your saying Lou. I did some cropping and moving, which gets rid of the stem but then cuts off some of the sweeping flow. Ah well, will keep trying; it's been windy outside, so I cut of this 'twig' and brought it inside to play around with. |
May 17th |
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| 60 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Carol, I agree the stem/stick is distracting, its those small branches and leaves with broad sweeping lines that I was trying to preserve. I'm going to experiment with more cropping. Just completed some edits, got rid of the stem but ended up cropping a lot of that sweeping flow out. See my comment to Lou, I'm going to work on this thing in my basement 'studio'. |
May 17th |
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