Activity for User 992 - Emil Davidzuk - drzuk@sbcglobal.net

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62 Dec 25 Comment Syed,

The cooling towers dwarf the facility so I tried to bring the eye to them immediately

I started with the original. Did a Denise on it, used a NIK Silver Efex preset to render it in BW and then in Lightroom I added a vignette and cropped it to 16x9. I did remove the towers that are in the reflections.

Regards

Emil		 Dec 8th
62 Dec 25 Comment Mark,

Thanks for info. You see many great things in your travels

I guess the church philosophy then was to place the priests in a superior position far above the common folk in the pews by preaching from such an elaborate pulpit

Emil		 Dec 4th
62 Dec 25 Comment Chris

Bee Balm are lovely and the bees love them

I like your composition with the bee oblivious to you working hard for nectar.

Food for thought: Consider burning the flower just bit to bring out the detail

Emil		 Dec 2nd
62 Dec 25 Comment Michael

Wonderful mood in your image this month. Creatively processed to project the past to us in a credible manner. The blurring is our memory trying to think back in time when the Fort was active.

I like it

Emil		 Dec 1st
62 Dec 25 Comment Pete

Street photography perfection in my book. Your subject grabs your eye as soon as you look at your image. His face speaks volumes of the challenging life he has. The business man does indeed add social contrast

I hope you lift him a little something.

Emil		 Dec 1st
62 Dec 25 Comment Adrian,

Top Marks to you

Perfect symmetry including the Raven nut carrier and the next tower in the lower frame. Diamonds, rectangles, triangles, and lines for your viewers.

There is a US photographer by the name of Cole Thompson who has done project on power lines. You wouldn't think it could be of photographic interest but his vision is amazing. look him up when you have a moment

Regards

Emil		 Dec 1st
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66 Dec 25 Reply White point shift is a good suggestion Arik

Thanks

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Arik

Good eye here. The grass leads you into the frame. You wonder what is off to right as you look at your image closely and only you and your dog truly know.

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Jack

Wonderful perspective.

I used the LR landscape masking tool to create masks for the architecture and the sky. I dodged the former and burned the latter. I also brushed in a little white on the puffy cloud in the middle of the sky.

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Henry

I second Arik's thoughts. Your image pops

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Steve

Wonderful image. The detail and light on Shiprock, the sky, and the muted foreground bowing to your subject's majesty are spot on.

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Charles

My two cents...I thought the mountain is maybe a bit bright against the sky and possibly more foreground that is in your original might give the scene a different look

I used your original, NIK Silver Efex, cropped it to 16x9 taking out some sky. I darkened the bottom of the frame with a linear gradient, brushed the grass in mid center to dodge it, added a fairly long slender radial gradient over the foliage in the center and darkened it. I darkened the mountain added texture and clarity. Lastly i brushed the white areas in the clouds and dodged them a bit.

Not sure I moved the needle away from flat tonality or not

Emil		 Dec 2nd
66 Dec 25 Comment Melanie

Trees are in this month and I am liking it.

Good Sky - Check
Graceful tree shape - Check
Good to Go - Check

As Palli liked to say "Top Marks to You" Melanie

Emil		 Dec 1st
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