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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Cindy. I will make the changes that you and others have posted. I appreciate the feedback; I was bothered by that one blurry stamens but the grouping in the upper left never caught my eye, so it's good to get feedback. |
Jul 20th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Nice shot Andrew; good idea creating your own beach scene. I like your lighting but I might suggest bumping up the shadows on the bottom of the Sand Dollar. I think Elements has a Structure slider that might bring out the details that Cindy talked about, if you paint it in just on the Sand Dollar. Adding a vignette to tone down the bright corners might help keep the viewers eye centered on your main subject. |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Cactus can really have some amazing flowers. I like the contrasts between the leaves and stamens(?). I agree with Jessica that reducing some of those blown out highlights would be helpful. On the background, mmm, if it's busy and distracting maybe just leaving it dark is a better bet. Possibly, using HSL sliders brighten up the yellows in those leaves in the middle to help pull the view into the image. |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Interesting little critter; you captured him well, nice and sharp. The only thing I might suggest is crop in tighter all the way to bring more attention to your primary subject. |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Beautiful image Nelson. I like the crop also and how it radiated out from the center. Looks like the in camera focus stacking worked well; what f stop were you using? |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Beautiful composition Cindy; well balance and the lighting is great. I like how the water drops are so uniformly shaped and distributed through out the image. The leaves in background is a nice touch; helps frame the flower but doesn't distract. I like the reflection but I think it might have a tendency to pull the viewers eye off the page. Maybe using a graduated filter to dark it more toward the bottom of the page could be useful. |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
I luv to photograph succulents; their color and texture can change so much just based on the light. I agree with Cindy, her crop is good - for both color and B&W, removes that distracting line. Hard to tell using the phone but your f stop was probably pretty small (2.8, etc.), a larger f stop and more depth of field would probably brought those leaves/petals in front more into focus. |
Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Jessica. I was hoping that I didn't get to heavy handed with the vignette but I really wanted to try to pull viewer focus to the middle. I agree, that bud on the left could go, or maybe be made darker. I'll go back and play with the file some more.
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Jul 16th |
| 57 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Thanks Marcela. Don't know what's going on with that one stamen, might be motion blur. Will go back and check the original RAW file; might just try to crop it out. |
Jul 16th |
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6 comments - 3 replies Total
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