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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
LuAnn
Thanks for your suggestion. I think it works well
Regards
Emil |
Dec 30th |
| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Israel
To me the nice texture of the background is lost and the scene is flat with the building and the model a bit more pronounced.
I wanted to come at this scene from another direction and try bring out the features in your image. I started with your original and used Silver Efex but I looked at several presets to see how the overall scene would look at selected Contrasty. In LR Classic I selected the sky and darkened it to black, I placed a linear gradient over the hill and darkened, reduced the sharpness a bit which makes the details there softer, selected the model as an object and lightened him up, and lastly I brushed over the building facade with a reduced exposure the make the model standout.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
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| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Mark
This is a dynamite shot particularly in low key which I prefer over your Option 2. The tiers of windows with the banding create a nice aesthetic. I offer a suggestion that is a minor change but the idea is to increase the contrast of the bands slightly to enhance the layering and the interface with sky.
I selected subject (the building) in LR Classic and reduced the exposure by 0.3 and that is it.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
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| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
LuAnn
Wonderful BW rendition of your Lily, it really glows as an image.
I offer a couple of thoughts: there is hot spot on the petal base that is on right side of the frame that could be a tad darker and the same thought on the petal located in the upper right to a lesser degree. I think these are up to your artistic eye to affect.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 9th |
| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Pete
This is great shot, BW or color, but I am partial to the tonality of the BW. The pelican is out of place in this longer exposure scene IMHO.
I did a couple of things in my rendition. I put a fairly large radial gradient with the long axis along the branch and lightened the area some, I put linear grad on the lower right corner and darkened it and the same in the upper right corner and then cropped it to 16x9 and BTW the pelican flew away in my version
Thoughts?
Emil
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Dec 9th |
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| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Bob
Your closeup of this old bird has such great texture, it is a unique and interesting shot. My only thought for you is the light feathers behind the birds head (top center of frame) are somewhat distracting and could be darkened slightly to keep the viewer's eye on its face.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 9th |
| 62 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Bunny
I love your Dec submission. I worked on the Harpoon program for many years as a McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing engineer developing new variants.
Nice tonality and lighting of launcher canisters. You did my company's products proud
Emil
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Dec 9th |
7 comments - 0 replies for Group 62
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| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Gary, Henry, Palli, Aril, Jack and Melanie
Two thoughts:
1) I thank you all of you for your kind words. I had reservations about redoing this image and posting it for Dec since it is a tight shot.
2) I hope you all have a great Holiday season and enjoy life with family and friends.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Gary,
I always look forward to see what you will craft each month for us to take in and comment. I live vicariously through your boundary stretching. Being an engineer by trade I stay in my lane.
My only reaction is the turbines are not as pronounced as I would have expected since they are the source of the conflict. I am not sure if that is a by product of Distressed Fx or not
I wondered if they can be brought out and so here is my stay in the lane version.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
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| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Chuck
What a great spot to set up to shoot this curve, that has the bonus of nice foliage and clouds.
Love the dark ribbon of highway bringing us through this scene
Well done
Emil |
Dec 10th |
| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Jack
My eye goes right where you want me to when you composed this shot.
Top Marks as Palli would say
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Henry,
I think your choice was the right one. There is a lot for the viewer to digest and because of the sharpness we naturally take it all in.
I wondered if a slightly different twist on your shot would work as well. I selected the well in LR Classic with the luminance mask (and subtracted any hangers on) and lightened it and reduced the sharpness jus a bit. I then brushed the building to lower its exposure and the palms so the image base is darker.
Regards
Emil |
Dec 10th |
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| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Palli
I like your sepia/antique plate treatment of the uprooted tree, it is more appealing/softer to my eye. Not every IR shot has to be rendered in bold black and white and in this case may be a little harsh considering the subject. Stay the course and refine your original is my advice.
Regards
Emil
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Dec 10th |
| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Melanie
I really like your intimate scene with the dappled light on the ferns. I am wondering if there isn't a picture within your picture that places greater emphasis on the ferns?
Regards
Emil |
Dec 9th |
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| 66 |
Dec 22 |
Comment |
Arik
Sometimes straying from your planned subjects can reap nice benefits and to me this is a case in point. I love the old garage with the truck parked perfectly in front framed by the foliage and grasses. Top marks to you
Emil |
Dec 9th |
8 comments - 0 replies for Group 66
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15 comments - 0 replies Total
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