08: RED
MASTERCLASS & CHALLENGE
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My friend’s daughter wanted me do a maternity shoot. ( never did one before) , This was perfect for this month’s challenge.
I used my Sony A7III with the 24/70mmGM ISO 1000, 55mm, f/7.1, 1/60sec. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7f71075833781a91b3d99387938625b01556a4e3c13559c410e983558707582e.jpg
Wow, beautiful photo Juan! You just set the bar for this months challenge.
Thank you so much Rachel
Juan. What beautiful image of a beautiful woman. The lighting is balanced, no shadows, and very soft and even. The red lipstick matches her red dress. Really excellent composition. Great job. I would not have guessed that you never did this before. Very professional!
Thank you so much Jim
Juan, very nice picture. This is really an elegant picture of a pregnant woman. Beautiful red colored dress. Well done.
Thanks Christian
Very nice image Juan, I agree that this is excellent for this being your first time. She’s beautiful and glowing. One thing I might have done is smoothed her hair a little on the right side or worked to clone some of the strays out. I wish my portraits came out this perfect!
Thanks Chris. I have others. I will see how they look. I took over 850 pictures all day, in different dresses.
Hi Juan. A very nice portrait shot. The red against the background stands out well. The lighting is very good overall. On my screen I notice shadow between her leg and dress. Also what look like smudge marks on the right side just above the hand and opposite the knee. I think the left side of her face is little dark and could be lightened a little. All that said it is still a very good image. Well done. I would love to hear back from you on these comments because I could well be talking off the wall.
Thanks Denis. Before getting the black and white points, you could not see the wrinkles on the back drop. I was trying to do a “high Key picture” with bright lights on the model.
Hi Juan. Many thanks for coming back. I think you achieved your goal here. Very well done.
Hi Juan, this is a beautiful portrait shot of a lovely woman. Did you use a white blanket as backdrop? If so that provided a nice contrast to the red dress.
Nice capture and composition. Well done.
Thanks Romy. Yes I had bought the kit with back drops and three lights.
A beautiful sensual photo Juan, and the red colour is a perfect pick to bring out the models hair and skin tones! I like that your model is sitting sideon showing us her shoulder and her arm is cradling her baby bump. Great shot to get us going this month!
Thanks Rerro. It was a lot of fun doing it
Lovely photo, the colour red really suits the models skin tone, nice contrasts and pose.
my only thought is maybe a little brighter on the face. great job.
Thanks John
I will try to get the face a bit brighter
Nice photo of a happy mum to be.
well framed and posed
I think the lighting on her face is maybe a little harsh, with the shadow to the left of her nose and lips being a little too distracting.
A lovely happy portrait Juan. I like the pose and her beautiful smile and the red dress really complements her skin tone. Great shot, if you’ve never done it before! I agree that the face could be lightened a little to draw the eye to it more – perhaps using a radial filter in Lightroom if you have it.
Thank you so much Tessa, I will try that and repost it
How is this Tessa? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cfaec7670d4981fe9be4e89771920309e41b26acd6ef4a01e03873f7d6cd8423.jpg
Yes I do like this one a lot better, well done
Hi Juan. Sorry to have taken so long to reply – I couldn’t load all the discussion down to here on my mobile devices and had to wait until I could access my desktop computer. Yes, I think the lighter face is better.
Lovely portrait, Juan. I love the positioning—however do find that her face is a bit dark and the red dress behind her too bright. Perhpas saving light coming in from the right would help—-
Great lighting on the subject and the colors are perfect. The only thing I would suggest is giving just a little more room on the right side so here knees have some room. Great work!
Very nice, Juan. Red looks fantastic on this woman, and the pose is natural. I like the way you brightened her face a bit in response to Tessa’s comment. As others have already said, I think a little more room on the right would work well. Also, perhaps you could set up a reflector to front left to bounce a bit light back on her face and soften the shadow from her nose.
My red challenge begins with my red subject. “Big Red”. I have not edited this shot. F8, 1/800, ISO1250 @ 250mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c61afb6b9204406a73962e4ab1aa41d90945e34b4c60b40aaa31ff364c30824b.jpg
Keri. Excellent picture! Love the red of the pedals against the green background. The spider is tack sharp and the contrast of the yellow against the red flower is amazing. I like it the way it is but I think it would also be amazing if you cropped it really tight around the spider. That would be an awesome second image. Great job!!
Great shot for not editing it Keri. I like how the main focus is on the petals in the front, and also the yellow bug towards the back.
Keri, nice picture with the red flowers and the green blurred background. Personally I would have gardened away the green piece of leaf (?). Then there would a lovely accent on that red part with that spider. Well done.
Hi Keri. This is a very good shot SOC. Good clarity, sharpness and soft background. However I find myself drawn to the bug and then the yellow leaf in the middle. I think maybe a shot of the whole shrub might be better. It might introduce some semblance of space and less clutter. I think I would take the bug and yellow leaf out of the equation. Well done.
Nice SOOC shot Keri. I like the blurred green background complementing the red petals of the flower. The spider in the upper thirds provide a secondary subject. Personally, I think the bright red color dominates and is not really affected by the bug. Great capture.
I like the complementary red and green colors, and the bug catches my eye in a good way (it’s sharp, too). As someone else observed, the green leaf or bud in the middle is a little distracting. I find the image kind of busy, but then I tend to lean toward minimalism.
Good use of the red against green, would be a more effective photo if you cropped in, to the make the spider stand out. Try and zoom in just on the top left hand corner of the image.
Hi Rerro. Is this crop effective? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bba4cf37bb62c5bd7e1a9d68489b4e7486fb9a5d7152fde4639dc8b2b56f5b8e.jpg
Yes, so much more effective! What a great image and so lucky to have a friend visiting. Gives it a really unique point of interest.
Cheers Amber
Hi Keri – I think this crop is better and like the simple contrast of the three colours. Those petals look like velvet.
Keri, Wonderful shot. I agree a tighter crop would bring your eye more directly to the bug.
beautiful picture Keri. I like the contrast on the green background
Nice colours though I think the image is too busy, too much for the eye
I’d suggest crop top left about halfway across and 2/3 down for something with less distractions
edit, heh as Rerro said
Thanks Nick. I posted onto Rerro’s suggestion of cropping too. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Really like your green blurred background, Keri. I agree with cropping in a bit more and removing the distracting leaf in the middle.
Nice capture and lovely reds!
Thanks Sheree. I have read the feedback and cropping is the go.
Here’s my first image for the red challenge. I had 7 tomatoes that I looked at and considered how to shoot. After a fun session, this is what I decided on. Settings are ISO 500, 90 mm macro, f/5.6 @ 1/80. It is hand held. I was just doing some scratch photos with my 16-80 mm and then with my 90 mm macro. I didn’t expect to get anything I wanted to use without a tripod, but I was happy with this so I went with it. What do you think?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e34234be8ef127fcd06d0f230d3afa617d45dd9d1ce869d0479c6d8e612f3e74.jpg
Nice vibrant colors Jim. I like how the vine is mostly out of focus but the front tomato is sharp.
Thanks Jeff.
Jim, tasty picture. Always succes with tomatoes. Good compostition. Good sharp fron tomato with the other blurred. Well done.
Thanks Christian.
Very nice image Jim. I like how there are just three colors, red, green and black. Simple yet sharp.
Thanks Chris. I had seven tomatoes and tried putting them in a white bowl, spreading them out in the bowl and just on the table top. I also tried using a wider angle lens with all of them in the frame and using different angles but liked this the best.
Hi Jim. This is something I had in mind myself. Your shot is good, Sharp and good clarity. For me the bottom right corner is very dark and takes away from the vibrant red of the fruit as shown on the top half of the shot. Also by experimenting with the positioning of the tomato I think you could get better results – use of a glass bowl and shooting up rather than down and across. Even use a cup hook and hang the tomato from the vine itself and take the shot from a variety of angles. Well done.
Denis. Thanks for your feedback. I see what you mean with the bottom right corner being dark and I agree. I like your idea of the glass bowl and the cup hook. I have a couple LED panels I could use to do a better job of lighting. We’ll see how it goes but I might experiment more and use the results in a later post.
Nice subject Jim. I like it that you focused on one tomato only. Nice shadows providing depth. Composition is nice. Great job.
Thanks Romy.
This is a very good image Jim…I like how you have filled the frame wit the tomatoes and have used DoF to make the front tomato pop. A very strong image, well done!
Thanks Rerro.
Jim, I contemplated a similar shot, but my tomatoes are not as nice as yours. I like that they still have the vine. I would maybe take a shot from below the main tomato so you get more of the main tomato, which would possibly eliminate the dark lower right corner.
Thanks Sara. Good idea about taking a shot from below the main tomato. I think, next time, I’ll be more careful about how I light the subject. I was only using a bounce flash off the ceiling and that’s why there’s no light on the bottom half of the image. I’ll be more aware of that from now on.
nice shot Jim. Did you try lighting it up with a flash light or bounce some light with a diffuser?
Thanks Juan. Yes. I was using bounce flash off the ceiling which lit the tops very well, but I didn’t consider the lack of light below. I have a couple LED panels I can use to fix that. A diffuser is a good idea too.
Nice tight framing and a very eye catching image, stunning imagery
how to make it better? Not really sure, maybe if the trailing stalk was a bit more out of focus and the main tomato tack sharp all over?
But then again, maybe not
Thanks Nick. I appreciate your feedback.
Lovely colours here Jim and a moody atmosphere. If you want to try for a softer, more even lighting effect on a future shot, you might like to use this tip I got from a professional product photographer: he lights through tracing paper to soften and diffuse the light, which produces a really natural-looking light without sharp reflections. He uses a softbox on the light itself, but you could use other options like bouncing the flash and/or a diffuser or umbrella. It might also work with your LED lights. The tracing paper is a really good final diffuser (and cheap!).
Really like the composition. I really like the stalk placement and the blurred second and third tomato. I might have tried to also pop the light a bit more and also sprayed some water on them for some drops….. may be worth a try!
Beautiful shot Jim.
Jim, You have a good eye for composition and a very steady hand. Nice work.
Very nice image, especially handheld. The details in the picture are excellent. You can see the dust specs on the tomato and it is sharp where it needs to be. The lighting is excellent as well. Great job!
Hi Jim – I think your composition is very good with the lines from the vine and the other tomatoes in the background. I’ve been reading all the other comments & the darker bottom corner doesn’t bother me a bit. I like the way it contrasts with the bright spot above. A lush tomato has a shiny skin, and I like that you have some shine here on the main and background tomatoes. My suggestion is to clean the dust and fibres from the fruit and vine, unless you deliberately want that to be an element in the image. I often wished I’d taken a bit of time to clean up my macro subjects.
Brilliant deep reds in your capture Jim – wow. I love your shallow depth of field here with the front stem in focus. What makes this image great is all the darks and blacks. Excellent work. Brent
Thanks Brent. I really appreciate your feedback.
I was on my way home after a long weekend away when I saw the latest Masterclass and Red challenge, and we were stopping off to pick strawberries! I tried various arrangements of the strawberries including a single strawberry on the vine, multiple strawberries, the strawberries in the bucket we collected them in and finally in the box we put them into to bring home. I also looked at different lighting: natural, flash with diffuser, bounce flash. I decided the best photo was the box of strawberries and the light from flash bounced off the ceiling, which eliminated the bright reflections in all the dimples.
Settings: 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, ISO-200, lens MZ.12-40 @ 24mm (with bounce flash off the ceiling).
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/100577084beaa273f90a0de1d1a4c12438be143102d2f61c80f69fe8a70966c7.jpg
Very delicious looking strawberries. Perfectly ripened and plump. Nice way to fill the frame. The sprinkling of the green sepals provide a nice complement to the red berries. Great composition Rodney. Well done.
Thanks Romy
Hi Rodney, This is a good shot as is. Your thought process re the light is very clear, concise and well executed. I wonder if you tried an arrangement with some other fruit making a couple of the strawberries the point of interest would that improve the shot. Sort of a more “Still life image”. Well done.
Thanks Denis. No. I only tried various arrangements of strawberries against the green leaves and then the full on red of simply strawberries, which I liked very much. I like your idea of including other fruit to either contrast or be complementary to the red. I will consider using red as more of a spot colour in my next photo.
Stunning Strawberries Rodney….good thinking about bouncing the light! Very good photo!
Thanks Rerro. Those dimples on the strawberries find light from all sorts of directions! Natural light, house lights, flash through a diffuser all had lots of little highlights. I needed a big closed soft box diffuser to put the box in (and the camera). Finally tried bouncing the light and success!
Love Strawberries, love this image, good composition, maybe a tad
more exposure, great shot. Well done
Thanks John. They do look a tad darker here than on my computer. I did adjust the exposure up and down a little, but found it to be a fine line between the brightness and losing the lovely redness.
Great image and lighting. Perfect timing on strawberry picking!
Thanks Brenda
Rodney, Lovely photo. I am sure they didn’t last long once they got home! 😉 I wonder if a shot with just the ripest (darkest) would be stronger?
Thanks Sara. We picked 2kg so there are still some left, but not many. Possibly, but it may have ended up a bit dark if it was only the (darker) strawberries in the frame. I might try that next time. I didn’t rearrange the strawberries too much in the box apart from turning a few that were much lighter (the not as ripe ones I picked compared to the better ones my wife picked !). Perhaps the riper darker ones would stand out if in a bowl surrounded by cream. The above is a healthier version 😉
The strawberries look delicious Rodney. Very nice composition
Thanks Juan.
Yummo
I like what you’ve done with the lighting
and the stalks etc give the red a nice complimentary colour.
wonder how it would look with one strawberry picked out and the rest turned into black and white.
Thanks Nick. That may also be effective and I might try it on this one, or at least consider that idea for my next photo.
Great shot. Makes me want to go out and get some.
Thanks Andrew. Definitely.
Great shot Rodney. I like the soft lighting, which produces a natural effect and brings out the deep red of the strawberries.
Thanks Tessa. It took a few attempts (sketches !) to find the right way to light them.
Great shot, Rodney. I was thinking of buying a basket of strawberries to photograph! 🙂 I like the randomness and one sitting up straight! Well done.
Great photo Rodney, I really like the lighting on this and how it’s not all illuminated the same. I would love a strawberry shake right about now. Haha.
What a great idea Rodney. Well done.
Rodney, I love strawberries and you have captured them perfectly. I like the variation of reds and the complimentary green stems.
Really nice image Rodney.
I like the way you have filled your frame with just strawberries. Thanks for you notes on finding the right lighting to reduce reflections. My suggestion is to see how it looks with a very subtle darker vignette, but I truly like it just as is. Delicious!
This is the original photo that I converted to black and white and submitted in the earlier challenge. Now I am posting the original. The sun was in the left side which imparted some shadows in between layers of the petals.
ISO 320, 190mm, f6.3, 1/250s
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/00fd4d132942729405a62e3822b9a80fd9b7e21dbb7f2265dcaf3bdc1f0ca702.jpg
Hi Romy. I remember this one. B/W challenge? I think. It is a lovely shot. Nice vivid red. I might have cropped out the bud to make it a different view of the same shot.
Thank you so much Denis. The square crop is posted above.
Beautiful in Red Romy 🙂
Many thanks Christine.
This is a square crop of same photo. Same settings. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5270bd18f88dacb9703cec02758367b941f4ab1836afeb962e038caa113e93e8.jpg
Romy, this one is a much stronger image! Love the close up. I wonder if a more blurred background would make it stand out even better.
Hi Sara, thanks for the feedback. I agree about blurring the green leaves a little more especially in the left side. What do you think of this one?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ea2845a3e908a90b965ce81d2cb8c7a07103d0371ddf99276a6dd039c7204f35.jpg
I’ll take this one – pick of the bunch
Thanks so much Nick.
I like this one better! Great job!
I like this one too Romy. Nice focus on the rose itself with a nice soft background. Nice crop.
Nothing prettier than a red rose and you have captured this very well. I agree with the group and like this version the best. Good Job.
THE BEST!
Romy, This is it ! Less is definitely more and the blurred background sets the rose I’m more prominence. Nice work.
This is terrific and really highlights the red of the rose. Nice work, Romy.
Romy, I agree with Sara. Your flower fills the picture before that blurry background.
Many thanks, Christian.
Hi Romy. Well done on that crop. Much better shot and the red pops more. Great job.
Thanks Denis. As always, your feedback is much appreciated.
Definitely prefer the crop on this Romy. Lovely shot.
Thanks so much for the feedback Sheree.
I like them both ,same flower 2 totally different shots ,the 1st shows the flower & the bud which I think looks great as well ,nice one Romy
Really nice Romy
Begonias ICLE-7M2 1/160 f/3.5 90mm ISO 500 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/506f092a01fcc082adeb15f26ed43fb1bba90b5b8564d094d24f47b61ec0c3be.jpg
I like the complementary colors… the dark green on the top right and bottom left; the texture on the petals; the bokeh effect. I first noticed the hint of yellow on the center flower and in the unfolding flower. Maybe a tighter crop or attention to the rule of thirds might improve this image…I welcome all comments. Bonnie 10/1
These are so sensual and soft…and the palette of the image is so pleasing on my eye. The DoF helps focus the eye on the flowers in the middle.
This is a nice image. Beautiful complementary colors. If you were thinking of cropping to the rule of thirds I think it is best to crop the right side. Nice bokeh and background blur.
Lovely image, I would crop the right side a bit and a little off the top.
Beautiful image @fiat76:disqus , I might crop it a little tighter but otherwise, it’s great.
Lovely reddish color tint. Great detail on the petals. Personally I woul have placed the flower in the middle of center. Well done.
Hi Fiat 76. Lovely shot of a Begonia. They are a lovely flower and your capture of it is very good. It is a soft flower and you have captured that very well. I just might crop a little of the right. Well done.
Thanks to all for the positive comments and suggestions! I cropped the image to the right. Bonnie
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/324cac28bc99fc77f647e394bee69a6caf413e5e3b6a091b1ece775745eb3ec7.jpg
great image and beautiful colours
the crop is better though I wouldn’t have cropped as tightly, as I think you lose too much of the nice muted greens
Nick, I dithered about losing the muted greens, too! I really appreciate all the feedback.
I’m with @Sillen55:disqus on the crop, too, to have more of that dark green in the background, but not as much as the original posted image. What a beautiful begonia! The colours are so pretty.
I do prefer this shot…. love the texture and the different range of reds with a touch of yellow on this. Well done.
Fiat, I like this one as well. I like the crop on this, and the focus on the main part of the flower. Well done.
2nd shot looks much better than the 1st ,the red flower now has a greater presence in the shot ,nicely done .
Beautiful flower and the color is amazing. I prefer this cropped version as well. The background bokeh is a nice compliment. Well done.
great shot I like the out of focus blossoms and the green background is perfect’
Really nice image Fiat!
Thanks, Jim!
Hi all,
My first image is of a Ferrari and Alpha Romeo signage . ISO200, fl36mm, f20, 1/100sec.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/811f852be97ee1930d47d11b9b81bbce968f9e51e7631a0ee9dd11cf958d03ac.jpg
Red certainly dominates this image. I feel like it is a combination of two images. I feel it would be better as either Alfa Romero or Ferrari, not both. My eye goes to the Ferrari “bar” on the left. Personal preference.
Thankyou Sara, the brief was ‘Red’, the two different manufacturers was not the intent, only the colour.
(The story of car signage we live with)
These signs were well spotted John. Did you happen to take a photo which included the Alfa Romeo showroom and the red vehicle in the lower right hand corner? That could have been another option depending on access and viewpoint. It also appears that there are dust spots in the sky that should be removed in post processing if you are able. You should also try to clean them from your lens and sensor to save some extra work – I recently had my sensor professionally cleaned and had been delighted with the results. Hopefully the dust is only on your lens!!
Thankyou Dianne, I did consider other options ,but choose this one, your eyes a better than mine for
spotting dust in the sky, my sensor and lens are always cleaned, so not sure till I have look closer.
here we are again, this time no spots (hopefully) I have managed to clean my lens myself, not to hard. Thanks
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/596c40ce3d6df77748f6dfbe42cb5ceb9aaf2c79b239308edb1d853b0ca5a8c7.jpg
Much better John! Well done:)
Hi John. Nice clean shot. Red certainly dominates the sky line. I might just try to remove the white car from the shot. Well done.
Thanks Denis, you could be right
Hi John. The red color is really dominant in this shot. The red color pops against the blue sky. There are some spots that you missed though. Nice shot.
Thanks Romy
The red jumps out at you and seems to frame the photo, interesting shot.
Looks like the Parramatta Road conclave of vehicle dealers
Thanks Nick, taken Goldcoast Qld
Very different shot, John. It almost appears that you added the red stripe down the left side rather than one photo. For me, I find it is a bit “flat”—whatever that means! 🙂 It also depends on what you were looking to achieve! I have yet to find my reds! 🙂
Thankyou Sheree
John, nice capture of the vibrant red and yellow of the Ferrari sign and the blue sky in the background. Nice use of space.
Thanks Jeff
Great job John & Red just Goes with Ferrari so well ,good lay out & colors .
Thanks Peter
Hi John – I like the composition with the red vertically at left and then horizontally on the ‘Alpha’ building. I feel that it would benefit from more room in front to put some ground under the white and red vehicles. I’ve been reading the other comments.. don’t you hate it when others see the dust spots that you missed? 😉
My first image of red is synonymous with the colour RED…..this was taken practicing with refraction!
This is called ‘A drop of Cola’ and was taken in my studio
1/15 sec. f/8 90 mm at ISO100 using a macro lens – 3 images blended
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cdcd0cbe34da882a806c54dd2c9ebe28e048f35a9c3629365c22b5af0762edf0.jpg
Wow, fantastic image and subject!
Thanks Brenda 🙂
Wow, nice image Christine. Again such creativity ! The image in the droplet is tack sharp and so is the red pencil. Beautiful composition. Well done.
Thanks Romy 🙂
What a stunning image. Not sure what could make it better. There is a sliver of wood on the bottom of the sharpened part of the pencil, toward the middle. It could be removed? That’s all I got. 😉 Very creative!
Thanks for the critical eye on the sliver of wood. I will tidy it up
It was the only thing I could come up with that was remotely critical or helpful. Your image is very impressive and inspiring-hard to find fault with. 😉
Rerro, a terrific and very creative image, and all that fiddly work getting that tiny cola can into that very small bubble ;-). Perhaps the pencil could be slightly sharper? Just kidding. Well done.
hahahahaha….i will try harder next time…thanks for the pointer Rodney!
very good job and creative foresight
Thanks Kevin 🙂
Very creative Rerro. I love this picture but not Coke. I am a Pepsi guy LOL
I have been working on the crystal ball reflections. I will see what I can come up with.
Thanks Juan, looking for to your refractive images!
Wow! How cool is that? What a great image. I would prefer Diet Coke but that’s just me, haha! Great image Rerro. I am always amazed at your creativity.
Thanks Chris 🙂
Christine, I’m jealous on your imagination. Good composition. Beautiful red colour. Very nice blurried background. Great detail on the crayon. And then of course the important “detail” in the water drop. The blending was by focus stacking? Well done.
Thanks Christian – and yes, blending was focus stacking in PS
Hi Christine. Yet another great shot with lots of creativity . Your knowledge of post processing is very high indeed and very well executed in this presentation. I look forward to seeing your next creation. Well done.
Thanks Denis – hardly any post processing on this one. Most was done in camera. (except for the blending)
So you’ve got to the pointy end of things
very eye catching image
Love the detail and the composition
How would it look with a different coloured drink? A complimentary colour – Sprite is green I think
Good idea Re: the green….i will have to try it.
this one – i was going for red on red!
Yep and the red on red works really well
Great shot, very clever
Thanks Andrew 🙂
Very clever shot Rerro. Love it!
Thanks Tessa!
Very cool shot! What images did you blend? Was this all focus stacking? How long did it take to capture? 🙂
You won’t believe me, but i took this image in about 15 minutes just before leaving for work at around 6am. I mainly blended to get the pencil tack sharp. I took one photo where the bubble was perfectly sharp, then another two to get the various DoF sharpness required for the pencil.
Really cool photo Rerro. This image is so unique and interesting. Great use of red in this and I also like the texture of the wood and the clarity of the whole photo.
Thanks so much Jeff 🙂
So well executed, Rerro. You always do something amazing! Is that water or glycerine in the droplet?
Thanks Kerrie….this was glycerine 🙂
Very clever presentation for a simply item ,I love this photo ,great job Rerro .
Thanks Peter 🙂
Wow super creative! I would be happy with just a third of your creative vision! The reds are really dominant and the red bokeh in the background adds to the effects. Nice detail in the wood grain of the pencil. Very well done.
Thanks so much Valerie 🙂
Holy moly. This is so good. Love this shot.
Thanks so much Keri 🙂
Fantastic photo Rerro. You have a great knack for seeing what might be rather than seeing what is. I wonder what it would look like with the pencil at a downward angle as though it is being held with the droplet then at an angle to the pencil. Just a thought particularly if you are going to try the different coloured drink as suggested by nick. Great work. I love it.
Thanks Andrew…..in fact someone mentioned that exact same thing! It is a great observation to make this even more unique. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
WOW I love this shot, so creative and must have taken hours. Love it.
Thanks Norm….took me all of 15 minutes!
Rerro, You have created another stunning art photo. Your creativity and skill with the camera and the processing is an inspiration to me. I also love the caption you have chosen. I have just one question … where was the Cola can placed to get this perfect refraction ?
Thank you so much for your kind words Richard…..i would say the tin which was upside down) was placed approx. 15cm behind the drop
Oh, what an awesome shot! Really creative, and fun with lots of yummy red! Sweet.
Thanks Deby 🙂
Well done (Again…lol)! How very creative! I wish I could offer some sort of critique but alas I can’t. Beautiful!
Thanks Amber…always value your comments 🙂
Christine, I am in awe of your creativity. This shot is awesome.
Thanks Jim…i hope i can inspire you 🙂
Rerro, this is truly and amazing shot – love it!
Thanks for the encouraging words Sig!
Wow. This is a great shot. Very crisp and sharp. Love the red color and the water droplet coming of the tip of the colored pencil. Awesome work!
Thanks Barbara 🙂
Christine, this is one of my favorite images that has been posted. Congratulations, this is an awesome image!
Thanks so much Vicki 🙂 that is very encouraging for me!
This is a fun image. I really like all that you did here, especially the contrast of the bright wood and its texture vs the smooth paint, pencil lead and droplet. Again, thanks for sharing your process. Suggestions? Maybe a bit brighter? Edit that water drop to get rid of the black on the right hand side? Truly, I like it just as is 🙂
Thanks Judy….suggestions taken on board!
Brent, you’ve chosen my favourite colour for this month’s Challenge!! I’m back to join in after a few months away and looking forward to the many different ideas of the group. I have chosen a Happy Hippeastrum which is currently flowering beautifully in this part of the world. I settled on this one taken with my 35mm prime lens at F13, ISO 800 and shutter speed 1/90. Using a 4+ filter I was able to get closer to the flower to bring out the details. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e4bc29146def78b364e843a1716bc556f9c94556b9a17cafc489bb0622b169eb.jpg
Dianne, very beautiful picture. Very nice colours. Nice detail on the petals. Good composition with your sharp stamens. First I was attracted by the middle of the flower, but found out the focus was on the stamens. What if your focus direction would be in front of the stamens right to the heart of the flower. Just a suggestion because I don’t know if that would be better. That 4+ filter is a macro filter? Well done.
Thanks for your encouraging comments Christian. The filter I used was one of a set which allows you to get closer to the subject for greater detail as I don’t have a macro lens. It was very difficult to get the flower centre and the stamens in focus and I preferred this look to soft stamens. I’ll try to reshoot and see what I can come up with.
Hi Dianne. Welcome back and a very good shot to come back on. It is sharp, well composed, and has very nice clarity. While the red is there I find the centre of the flower head commanding my attention rather than the red petals. May be a different angle would change this. It is still a very good shot. Well done.
Thanks for the welcome back Denis. It is now apparent from the comments that by focusing on the the centre I may have moved the focus off the color red. It’s a bit of a dilemma! Any suggestions to overcome this?
Hi Dianne. I am by no means an expert on this. If you get a chance to reshoot , I would look for a different angle, try a shot without using the 4+Filter. You may have to cut a stem off and shoot indoors where you can position the flower head. From what I see it strikes me as a Bell Shaped Flower Head. If this is the case a shot of the stem facing down wards may be an option. You yourself will be the best judge of what can be done. As I said there is nothing wrong with this shot. It is clear, sharp, concise and well presented.
Hi Dianne. Nicely composed shot. Tack sharp focus. I like the dark red veins in the petals. Beautiful image.
Thanks Romy!
Thank you for your comments Romy. I feel they are quite spectacular flowers to have in the garden for that lovely pop of red color.
Beautifully captured macro image Dianne.
Can you explain the filters you used – as i have no idea what a 4+ filter is (are you talking about ND filters?)
Christine I should have been specific- they are closeup filters/lens which attach to the end of the lens to enable you to get closer than your lens would normally be able, enabling an enlarged image. I usually use it on my 35mm prime lens and am quite happy with the results. This link gives a good explanation of what they are and do. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-up_lens
Thanks so much for all this info Dianne….i have learnt something new. Very interesting!
I’ve been looking at this for a couple of days. I like it
the focus on the stamens is spot on
I’m not sure that red has to be the SPOI but rather an integral part of the image. And here the shades of red and orange are superb.
Hi Nick, thanks for your considered thoughts. Overall I was happy with the results of my first image for this month.
Nice capture, Dianne. I like the textures/details in the petals and the sharp yellows. A personal preference, I would have added some luminosity to make the reds and yellows pop a bit more. A lovely shot!
Thanks for the tip about adding luminosity to help make the colors pop.
Hi Dianne, I think this is a great image. If your intention was to focus on the stamens and stigma, you have done this perfectly. The red is all there, Remember that this is your artistic vision. I like it.
Thank you Kerrie, the stamens and stigma were my focus and the add to the beauty of the flower.
You did a great job of capturing detail of the whole flower and the vibrant colors Dianne. Job well done. Nice clarity too.
Thanks Jeff they are a very attractive flower and I look forward to seeing them.
A nice clean sharp shot Dianne ,I like the way you filled your shot & yes I agree a little luminosity may helped but still a great shot .
Thanks Peter, I’ll give it a go.
An old reflector in on a bush path.
1/400 sec F/2 ISO 100 90mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/20bf195b82d7a199f4958955d58c3ec6438987034a983c0d3510690940c13b81.jpg
Hi Andrew. As you say a well worn reflector. I like the way you have filled the frame vertically. I think you have too much space on the right. If you took a third or so off the reflector would still be off centre. Well done.
Thanks Denis, here is one in portrait which I think works well.
Cheers. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8c8e85d97ba046d6445d0f6bf9c70d5fb398cc6b5b70381a0f539ac30669965f.jpg
Andrew, I like this one better. Too much on the right in the first image took a bit away from the great red of the reflector.
Hi Andrew. This is much better. Nicely composed and the red color really pops. Nice image.
Works better in portrait, but the background is still a distraction for me. I would be trying to lighten the post, and darken the background.
Thanks I will give it a go.
I like both – it’s a post, doesn’t need to take centre stage
my eye is drawn to it as the background has nothing to say, the post says it all “here I am!”
I do however agree with Christine, darken the background a tad and the post will shine even more!
I agree with the other posts. The vibrant colors draw the eye and the cropping helped. What attracts me is the textures of the post, especially in the yellow sections. Great first contribution to our challenge.
Hi Andrew. I prefer the portrait version, but agree with the suggestion to darken the background. Love the concept of the shot.
Creative! I like the resize crop version.
Great eye! I do prefer your portrait version, brings the post more into focus without all the noise around. I may have smoothed the background a bit more, but really nice composition.
I like the tighter crop on the second photo too. I like the weathered look to this pole and the reflector. Nice use of blur in the background.
Andrew, I like the vertical picture. It’s much more appropriate for this subject. I love the photo and the subject. Nice work
Andrew, you’ve made this reflector post shine like a star. Some Bootcampers have suggested darkening the background, but I don’t mind what you have. Do you have a vignette on the left, or is that natural shadow? To me, it looks like a vignette that is a tad heavy.
tried to get blossom a little out of focus to just show color. iso 200, f4.5, 1/640 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/46600cdac8ba7542d59bb869c5fe4b38bf8bd21358e20ae9904f527bc93edfb8.jpg
Hi Norm. This is a nice shot, well composed, framed and presented. For me it is a little dark. If it was brightened up it might look even better. If the flower becomes a little too bright with this action you could reduce this by bringing down the luminance on the flower head without affecting the rest of the shot. Still a nice shot. Well done.
Thanks Denis I agree it could be brighter, I’ll try that next time.
Beautiful image Norm. The background blur is fabulous. No distractions just simple beauty in the composition. Well done.
Lovely shot Norm, and i just love the beautiful blurred background you achieved
I really love your background, Norm and the pop of the flowers…. nice job. I might bring the bright up a tad bit more as I do find it a little on the dark side, but nice composition and light!
Nice use of shadows in your photo Norm, I like how you shot this up close.
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Same flower from different angle and background, becomes totally different photo.
Hi Norm – I like the pop of blue sky vs red flower. As other have already suggested, try brightening the flower to intensify that contrast and really make the flower stand out.
Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis or Melaleuca viminalis)
I’ve been watching the light play through this bottlebrush as it recently started to blossom. I especially liked the blossoms backlight or with strong side lighting. I’ve tried to replicate that in my studio (read dining room table)
Stacked focus image once again. 11 photos all taken at 1/25, f/5.6 iso 100, and 100mm macro
It was about 1 stop underexposed and I removed a distracting leaf from the top right hand corner
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Hi Nick. Great composition. Focus stacking really renders exceptional sharpness. I like the strong sidelighting. The shadows created provided the depth and drama. Well done.
Nick, great picture. You have a good composition with the leading line from top right and nicely filling the space. The light gives it a good DoF on your bottlebrush with a great contrast by the black background. Well done.
OH wow! Absolutely stunning Nick.
Great shot Nick. the deep colours are very appealing, and the focus stacking has worked a treat at getting the image sharp from back to front. Also, the composition works very well in portrait.
Hi Nick.A very compelling shot, that is well produced and presented. Well done. Personally I might go a very minute adjustment with light on the left side.
Very nice!
Love the flower against the black background and the sharp focus created by your focus stacking. Well done!
Hi, Nick: I took photos of these blossoms while in San Diego last week, but in full daylight and with quite a breeze. Still did get some good shots. I love the black background here but would like to see a bit more of the blossom. The diagonal composition is excellent.
Lovely image! I like the composition. As another said, maybe a bit more light on the left, or possibly just the flower without the berries on the top? Great job!
I really like our composition and clarity to this photo Nick. I have been playing around doing the stacking, but have work to do!!! Well done.
The backlighting on this is great… really brings out the delicacy of the flower! Wonderful rich colors.
I really like the one stop underexposed in your photo Nick, it works really well. I also like the highlighted brush and leaves.
Great shot Nick ,I think a little bit of light would have made the brush look like fibre optics but that’s just my thoughts ,I can see where you were with it as well ,good job
Arent they flowering so beautifully this year? Such a great capture Nick.
Great shot Nick. The side lighting is spot on.
Nick, I like what you have done with this shot … nice sharp detail and rich color on dark background is impressively splendid !
Love this shot! Great background gives the red such a rich color and makes it pop. The detail in this is excellent. Great job!
Wow!!! Love this, Nick. Super sharp and I do like that strong side light. What to do differently?…. maybe catch a touch of reflected light on the dark side so the details are a little easier to see. I think it’s a keeper.
Unable to get my shots to load. Have not change anything. Can anybody help.
Hi, Denis: Internet Explorer doesn’t let me upload to Boot Camp, but Google Chrome does. Give it a try. LGS
Many thanks Leila. Can you confirm you can see my Red Berries shot.
Definitely see those berries. Crystal clear and nice blurred background.
Chrome for me is not working to upload….I have to use Safari, which works. Chrome wants me to keep verifying my email!
I use chrome too, or safari. Brent
Good morning. Shot of my Holly Tree. Will call it Red Berries. Details: ISO 200, FL 50mm Prime Lens, F4.5, 1/60 sec. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7db979ddeabb1f97c3be12abf0cc68ddb2190b42981cc641f7d0dd7e55f793fc.jpg
Denis, I love the vibrant colors. I would like to see a slightly different angle, not having the berries right in the middle of the frame.
Hi Sara. Many thanks for your feedback. I think I still have the original which was taken on an angle. I straightened it up in Lightroom.
Hi Sara. This was my original post intention. I was having trouble and went out and retook a shot in case I had done something wrong. What do you think of this one?. Shot Details: ISO 320, FL 50mm Prime Lens, F5.6, SS 1/50 sec. Personally I prefer this one.https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ba64eb0c8bfeacf1eb6ae9b17a68a14fff265eab67fcd0f43c58728ab28876bd.jpg
Denis, I like this one better too! 😉 I think I have finally gotten myself out of centering my subjects, so I notice more in others. Anyway, I like the grouping of three sections of berries. Although it looks like the focus is more on the leaves than the berries.
Nice use of vibrant greens and reds. I like the blurred background too.
Hi Jeff. Many thanks for your feedback.
I like both the berry shots…. I do however prefer your edited version, entered and much more contrast and colour.
Hi Sheree. Many thanks for your feedback.
A very bright ,clean & refreshing shot ,great job Denis .
Hi Peter. Many thanks for the feedback.
I like this one Denis. Well done.
Hi Keri. many thanks for the feedback
Hi Denis – contrasting red and greens here work really well. The glossy holly leaves bring in lots of reflections, and if you don’t like them, using a circular polariser may help to reduce their impact.
Hi Judy. Many thanks for your feedback. Good point re the polariser.
I really like the composition, with the framing corners at the bottom and the symmetry of the leaves coming up the holly. The berries and bright…lovely shot!
Ho Sheree. Many thanks for your feedback.
I love this vibrant shade of red against the green leaves. Nice composition Denis.
Romy. Many thanks for your feedback.
nice photo, great composition colour and texture, well done
Hi John. Many thanks for that feedback.
Hi John. Many thanks for your feedback.
I like the closeup better, seems more intense. Great shot.
Hi Norm. Many thanks for your feedback.
Hello, all: This is a great challenge–so many objects around us are this bright color. For my first post I kept thinking about the kimono I was given as a pre-schooler in Japan in 1947. It is actually an adult size but hemmed to fit a child and can be let out year by year. The difficulty was how to photograph the kimono for this challenge. I decided after many shots to go with this one of detail only. A problem I often have is that pesky shadow that shows if I get too close to my subject. I cropped it out but then lost some of the detail. Suggestions most welcome. Nikon D53300; 1/60; f/3.5; 16mm; ISO180. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0f055841f50e05e707f8b11e5648e69390f39d27377204191663a256e226becd.jpg
Hi Leila. Very nice shot. Nice capture of different shades of red in the Kimono. I agree it is very hard to to capture such an item in total. You could possibly take a number of different shots, then stick them together in post processing. Something like you would do when trying to capture a large landscape scene. Well done.
Here is the original photo of me in the full kimono. Have lived a life of travels and adventures. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f9e4db964fb7e3662a3b05682015632ea493d0f4f73bdbea4d710a4fb3b4e189.jpg
This is a lovely photo of a beautiful child. I like the tinge of sepia in the photo. It would be good to have a restored or colorized version of this photo to bring out the vibrant red of the kimono and keep the digitally restored image on file for posterity.
Hi Leila. What a lovely shot. Romy has given you a very good suggestion which would be worth following through on.
Leila, What a great heirloom! Beautiful vibrant colors. I like Denis’s suggestion about taking numerous pictures and putting together in post. Not quite sure all the angles you tried, me-I would try draping it on a headboard like it was sitting on the bed and see what turns out. Lighting might be a nightmare on that though. 😉
You might also try draping the fabric so we see the folds… that may add a little extra dimension. Could be a fun light experiment! Great subject matter!
These are so wonderful in the details. Did you try to hang then photograph? Love all the complementary colours in this and the different textures.
Nice kimono Leila. Love that shade of red. Nice image. I would love to see the details that were lost during cropping. Well done
About the shadows, most likely the light source is overhead if you took this photo with the kimono spread on the floor or bed. Maybe you can hang it and use some clothespin to stretch/spread the sides then move back to prevent your shadow being cast on the kimono. You can zoom in with a medium telephoto lens. Hope this helps.
Nice capture of all the detail in your Kimono. I like the multi-colors in this photo.
That fabric is very beautiful. Thanks for sharing something so personal with us. If you had a telephoto lens, that might have helped you keep the shadow out of the picture, too, but you would probably need to hang it vertically, and not have it flat on a floor or table.
Hi everyone. Loving the imaginative collection of photos so far! Just a note to say that I won’t be posting for a while as I’m off on hols to darkest North Wales (where I’ll be surrounded by green and probably grey, as it’s likely to be raining most of the time, and won’t have a phone signal most of the time). Have been looking out for red things and taken a few sketch shots, but not decided on anything yet, let alone had the time to do a proper shoot. Will get back to seeing red on my return! In the meantime, I’ll try to keep up to date and comment when I can.
Tessa, enjoy your holidays and keep your eye out for one of those red dragons that seem to be found all throughout Wales 😉
Thanks Rodney – I will!
Have a nice holiday Tessa !
Thanks Romy
Hi Tessa. I will miss your contributions. Have a great holiday and safe travel.
Thanks very much Denis.
Enjoy. Brent
Have fun…with all the grey the reds will really pop!!!
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Here is my first attempt. I opted to try something indoors as the weather here has not been cooperating this fall. This is an antique rocking chair that was my grandmothers-not sure how many generations it goes back. Anyway, I have these red pillows that I thought would work on the chair. Lighting was a mixture of overhead and a floor lamp. Used post to crop and adjust for a more accurate color scheme. ISO 400 24mm f/5 1/15 taken with my kit 18-55mm lens.
Great idea, Sara. I might have brought the chair out of the corner and bring it more central. I find the bookcase distracting and the table to the left—however I like the diagonal line upper left! Thinking if you experiment by bringing the chair out, you may lose the bookcase and table and keep a part of the line…. also some more light on the pillow itself and perhaps stand on its corner!
Sara, I love the composition. It gives a peaceful view. You have a good combination of colours with the red cushion. Personally I would try to have the chair legs full in picture. Because of the 24mm the bookcase is falling of the picture. You could straighten it in Lightroom. Well done.
Thank you. I posted another shot without the book case. I might have left it in had there been more red in the titles.
Hi Sara. I like the simplicity of this shot. I think Christian and Sheree have given all the suggestions required. I stayed away from a a similar shot as I thought it too mundane. How wrong can you be?. Well done.
Thanks Denis. We seem to have a mundane issue between us. 😉 Good thing we can get past it.
Hi Sara, love the deep red cushion. Sharp image. Could still be improved by shooting from a little farther to include the legs of the chair in the frame. Nicely composed image.
Thank you, Romy.
Great idea… nice, simple composition. Love the texture in the chair fabric.
Brenda, thank you.
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Here is my attempt to answer the feedback. I have pulled out the chair, angled the pillow, and taken off the arm covers. The carved arms are too pretty to hide. I love the texture of the fabric also. I picked a wedding dress with a similar pattern-but didn’t realize it until I got the chair from my parents about a year ago. I’ve been married 25 years. I am looking forward to additional feedback.
So what do you think, Sara? I do like this much better. The lighting is very nice and the red pillow pops more. I like the entire chair here. Only adjustment would be to crop a bit more off the left side…and eliminate the horizontal bit.
Curious what you think…Oh and I love that you removed the arm covers to expose the beautiful carving in the arms! 🙂
Sheree, I do like this better also. I noticed the horizontal bit just as I was posting. But didn’t correct it. It’s the frame to a small window on my porch. Not sure about the pillow placement here, but it is a better composition than the first image. Thank you, I appreciate the feedback and am looking forward to posting more images, as well as commenting on others.
Nice editing, Sarah. Less clutter, and the red really pops. I also love that chair to bits! Well done.
Thank you Kerrie. I really like the chair too. 🙂
Now Sara, you are talking. Well done on your adjustments which really make this shot stand out. Well done.
Denis, thank you.
This one looks great, this shot really pops ,good one Sara
Thank you Peter.
I like this version better Sara, great job
Thank you Juan.
Nice photo Sara. Simplistic yet solid in its place on the chair. I like the subdued background colors which makes this photo work well.
Jeff, thank you.
Hello Everyone, here is my first submission for this challenge.
F/5.6, 1/60 sec, ISO 100, 48mm
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Interesting Tony. I like your composition, and the shallow DoF. It is a bit dark, but not sure it can be lightened any more….. nice reds!
Tony, interesting picture. Beautiful colours. Good composition. Personally I woul give it a bit more space under the medal. Could it be possible to enlight it a bit more by longer SS or higher ISO? Local adjustment could also be done in Lightroom.
Hi Tony. Lovely shot. I like the contrasting colours. I would also agree with the suggestions from Christian. Well done.
Lovely rich colors and nice composition. Agree that if you have a bit more of the image available in the bottom left, you might try a slightly different crop to allow more space there.
Great rich colors. I agree that a bit more space under the medal would be a more pleasing composition. What is it?
Nice capture of detail in your photo Tony. I like the rich red color highlighted with the black inset.
Great image, Tony. Love the colours, DoF and composition. I agree with a little more space below.
I like this picture Tony? Is this the Red dragon with the coin?. I would leave a little more room at the bottom
Very cute shot. Nice deep red and dark background to draw the viewer’s eye to the coin and mouth of the frog (?).
My first post for the “Red” challenge… I spent a lot of time and sketch shots of the front of our amaryllis, but it turned out that I liked the back of one of the flowers better. Going for soft but with some contrast. Nikon D200, 1/30, f5.6, 200mm, ISO 200; minimal processing: minor crop, slight bump in exposure and contrast.
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Pretty flower Brenda, you did a nice job softening the petals and stem. I like how tight you shot this, it makes me curious as to how big this flower really is. Well done.
I like the soft with the sharp focus at the base of the petal, and assume this is what you were going for.
Nicely done. I might have bumped the exposure a tad bit more, but love the contrast, and textures.
Lovely image, Brenda. love the tight crop and the softness VS sharp. I would try dropping a radial filter over the POI and just bring it up a little.
Hi Brenda. Nice shot which I think could be better if lightened out. I feel it is too dark. Well done.
Based on the general feedback, I’ve lightened it a bit, but in comparing the two versions, I actually prefer the original moody tones and contrast. You guys may feel differently. To Jeff’s question… this plant has four distinct trumpet-shaped flowers that are each 5″ long and 5″ in diameter.
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Hi Brenda,..I agree with you. I do like the darker mood of the original image.
Hi Brenda. When you lightened the image, I think you affected the whole shot. It think if you only did a soft touch on the left side would be good. Anyway the shot is still good and it very much depends how you saw the image when taking the shot.
I agree with you Brenda. I also prefer the darker version. I think we need to consider the intent of the image. The darker version lends itself better to conveying mood and passion whereas the lighter version is better suited to documentary.
Good job lightening your image Brenda – love those deep reds. Think maybe your depth of field needs to be a little broader to get more in focus. Well done. Brent
I love this deep red color. The flower fills the frame. Simple, no distraction Beautiful.
Well done Brenda.
What I like best here are the rich red tones flowing to the edges of the petals. My suggestion would be to change the angle of view slightly so that the line from the stem moving up the centre of the petal was angled a little more sharply from bottom left to top right. That being said, it is lovely as is.
I am really working on stretching myself, but feel I am not really getting there!! I took lots of sketch shots…lots…. I worked this all different angles…and did not go out and reshoot, I used the intent in post processing as I “felt” out the image— was not really sure what I was after.
In any case, this is the shot after quite a bit of cropping…..also rotated 90 degrees. Edited in both Lr and Ps….
D750 24-70mm lens. ISO4000 70mm f/6.3 1/80 sec.
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BTW, I just had something weird happen to me. I uploaded in Ps and the photo was completely washed out, the reds had turned a pale orange…so went back to Lr and uploaded the Lr version. The red is still not as intense as it is on my screen! I must have some colour matching incorrect, any ideas?
Love it! I am guessing it is some sort of light. It reminds me of the rotating beacons on helicopters I have seen. The color looks pretty good on my computer, and as I do not use Lr I am not sure how to help in that regard. I am not sure how it could be made stronger. Although, I do like the right side better than the left, based on colors alone. What is it?
I have not figured out how to preserve the original, I was going to post the original and the final… it is the taillight of our truck! so you can make out the bulb This is cropped because I liked the repeating lines… and also rotated 90 degrees…. .
Very creative, Sheree! It almost looks like flames to me. I do prefer the right side of the image…perhaps cropping from the left, just leaving a little of the out of focus part may improve this. The colours look fine on my monitor. Re: preserving your original…are you uploading directly from your camera? I always put my card into my laptop, and copy the images from card to hard drive. Then import into LR. You will always have your original raw image. Hope this helps.
Thanks Kerrie. I upload directly from camera, but do not delete until later, so the original is still in camera. I wanted a version to post side by side, Cannot figure out how to do that. I am using just Lr CC——. I am just learning, used to us Ps all the time, but am impatient! The color when I saved from Ps is completely different from Lr——. Any idea of what settings I may need to change?
Sheree…I’m not sure, cos Ps is completely new to me, but have a look at the color space in PS. (this for export, I’m not sure about saving) but you could try…In PS, Go to file, export preferences, color space, then tick convert to SRBG. I know that you are probably aware that the same thing comes up when exporting in LR. There are probably lots of people here who know more about this than me though!!
I am going to try this now as it has happened on the photo I just posted for Strawberries. Seems fine saving from Lr, but not from Ps.
Hi Sheree. I did not have any idea what this was until I read further below. Interesting concept. However I am still sure about it and if the cropped version is what works. Well done.
Thanks!
Sheree, this a is a nice abstract picture with great shades of red. The repeating structure has an added value. Well done.
Thanks, Christian!
Sheree, I think you did a nice job on this photo. I like the use of lines and the layered look to them.
Hi Sheree, this is a lovely shot of red and repeating patterns. At first I could not guess what the object was then you mentioned about the tail light of your truck. Very imaginative. Well done !
Great abstract image, Sheree. I like the layers of different reds here.
Thought I’d try something indoors, I have no experience with special lighting. This was shot side lit from a window with some black art paper behind. Red Gerbera.
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1/4 sec f7 ISO 160 @ 70mm 55 – 250 kit lens
What a lovely composition and overall image Kerrie….beautifully sharp, and lovely bright red colour!
Thanks Rerro..I’m not overly happy with the background, as Sarah pointed out, but I feel it’s a good starting point for this subject in the challenge.
Hi Kerrie. Lovely image and kept simple. Lighting well thought out and a nice balance to it. Well done.
Thanks Denis 🙂
REally a good image Kerrie! I like the way you have used the lighting to highlight the petals. I might have actually tried to make the left edge darker, but that is a personal preference. So nice and crisp. Well done!
Thanks Sheree 🙂
Very nice layout & colors ,Tack sharp blown up & beautifully taken shot ,well done Kerrie .
Thanks so much, Peter 🙂
Kerri, I love this shot. Thanks for sharing how you accomplished this shot. I love the soft light on the flowers and the dark background.
Thanks Phyllis 🙂
very nice shot Kerrie. Nice and sharp. what were your settings? Did you use a tripod or hand held?
Thanks Juan, yes I used a tripod…and the setting are there in the original post 🙂
Thanks Kerry
I never hit the “see more” on the original to show the settings
Lovely composition and colors!
Thanks Brenda 🙂
Very nice Kerrie, looks like a studio photo and really good use of your lighting. I like how you have composed this and the red color really stands out with a subtle yellow in the stem and center. Well done.
Thanks so much, Valerie 🙂
Kerrie this is just beautiful. I wouldnt change anything.
Thanks so much Keri 🙂
Kerrie, lovely image. I like the other rule of thirds/odds you used. I would like to see the black background, black. The only thing I would change. Beautiful job.
Sarah, thanks for pointing that out! It bothered me while I was posting the image. There is light reflecting off the black paper backing sheet. I didn’t tape it to the wall and I know it sort of dropped and “bulged” a bit. I should have used a non reflective backdrop. I’ve tried to fix the black issue in LR, but in doing so I feel that I’ve mucked it all up! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0729ae3f452626aa4ff2e58f338dca84dcabad1d37f6047ad6042903707a1c51.jpg
Kerrie, I like this one better. It seems to make the red pop more.
Thanks Sarah 🙂 I like it too!
So you know, I use a piece of black velvet for my backgrounds
I like to composition here – looks good
The only suggestion I’d make would be to have one of the front on gerberas more full face (hope that makes sense), maybe the bottom one
Thanks Nick, it looks like black velvet is on the shopping list. I agree with your suggestion of making one flower full face….it was on the cards for the next image, as I believe we are supposed to be shooting the same subject for the month for this challenge.
Kerrie, I just saw this after my last comment. This is much better. 🙂
Thanks Amber 🙂
Well done Kerrie. I like the contrasting colors between the black and red, It really makes the red stick out and be the main part of the photo. You also have a nice sharp focus on your flowers.
Thanks so much Jeff 🙂
And how long have you been doing this? This is an awesome photo, worthy of printing and hanging in the living room. I wonder why people think they need expensive lenses for good photography when you’re doing stuff like this with a “kit” lens. Just goes to show that it’s really all about the photographer and not the equipment.
Thanks so much for those words, Rachel. I just make do with what I have 🙂
So….. what is a “kit” lens? 🙂
Sheree, I have replied to you twice here, but for some unknown reason it won’t go through ???
Kerrie, very good picture. Beautiful red colour. Good composition. Personally I would give a bit more space at the right side. Very nice background. Well done.
Thanks for the feedback, Christian. I agree that it is too tight on the right. 🙂
Kerrie, This is a fabulous photo … perfect composition and lighting. I love the way you have captured the light. It looks like you have managed to incorporate both side lighting and back lighting in the same photo bringing out the detail in the flower and the stem. I also like the way the background isn’t true black because it adds a bit of luminosity to the composition. Well done !
Thanks so much for that feedback, Richard 🙂
Really beautiful shot Kerrie. Outstanding colors, composition and flow.
Thanks Deby 🙂
I love these gerberas. Amazing composition and great lighting. Just beautiful, I can’t stop looking. Good job in using a dark red background.
Very well done, Kerrie !
Thanks so much, Romy 🙂
Great composition Kerrie! You did well with the lighting too! I always love a strong subject against a dark background. My one piece of advice would be to darken up the background. There is a reddish brown tone (bottom left corner) that is fighting the flowers just a bit, for me anyway.
This is a great photo! For not having experience with special lighting you did a great job using side window lighting. This is very beautiful. The flowers are well saturated and sharp and the background helps them to pop off the canvas.
Thank you, Barbara!
I think this is beautiful, Kerrie. I also think a bit more space on the right would be good – I see you agreed in a previous comment – and I like the graduated effect in the background. Pure black would be good, too, but what you captured has some depth, too, in my opinion.
Thanks Judy. I have re-shot this image, hopefully I can post it in a couple of days before challenge ends.
I found this beautiful Protea with the sun beaming right through it so I captured this photo for my Red entry, I hope you all like it .Sony a77 , Sony 18-135mm @ 60mm , iso 100 , 1/400 , f10 . https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5478d9db380c814b230f90e3fe97db0dc7bb5e33e39bbd89414452cc5dfe37a6.jpg
very nice photo Peter. It looks as if the flower has its own light within.
thanks so much Juan .
Peter nice composition and good contrast from the dark to the light reds. I like how the light is shining on the flower and the leaves behind it. Not sure what else is behind the green leaves on the left but it might have been nice to have the full leaf in the photo. Nice job.
Thanks Valerie , I put the original photo in off the camera to show what I had to work with ,as I was a little undecided myself as to what to present ,thanks for another honest review.
A beacon of red goodness Peter. So well captured.
Thank you so much Keri .
This is the off camera shot which I like for the natural lighting cropped to move the flower off Centre & hide the dead Protea on the right ,judge for your self as I had to think hard on it Myself . https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cceadcd8148a5d6cee13430baff2926cb644cfc100dddf289fcdc8081d92e1e7.jpg
I really like the framing in this, Peter. I am a bit distracted by the extra space to the right—-so I might have actually tried to crop out the dead one….. but all in all Ilove the lighting, almost looks like it is “beating”….. good job!
I like your other crops that place the bloom not in the center.
So pretty! Wow. The detail is spectacular. I like how it is off center. I am not sure how to make this a better shot. Possibly crop just a bit more off the right side to the edge of the stem?
Thanks so much Sara .
Really nice photo Peter! Agree with Sara about right side. Just a bit more crop there. Just my preference, as I like my reds bold, just a bit warmer with the ‘white balance’ to make the red pop.
Thank you Rachel .
Haha!!!! This is it! I did not realize it was two posts//the original and after cropping! Lovely and really like the composition! Well done
Thanks for you kind thoughts Sheree .
Hi Peter. This is my preference. It is nice a bold and definitive. However I do think the shadows could be lifted a bit. Well done.
Thanks for that Denis , I have a Dell screen that is supposed to be for photography & it shows my photos a couple of shades lighter than on this site or maybe downsizing from 24mp to around 2mp could be losing some quality. I also post on You Pic but at full res & they look fine on there site ,???
I have lightened the shadows a bit & lifted the saturation to cover the extra light ,I get a slightly lighter finish on my computer than when I post it so I will have to keep an eye on that . https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a23f6f8ce45e61e4e490ada802b086c8a29794135ecc0c40a3a74f78400cf8b3.jpg
Peter, your picture has a rather unusual effect. It is as if there is a spotlight on the flower. Was the sun behind that flower or peeping thruogh the surrounding vegatation? Very colourful with pronounced red colour. Well done.
Thanks so much for your comments Christian ,The Sun was high & to the rear of the flower but the sun just aluminated the flower & if you take it to full screen you will see all of the inside of the flower is bright white .
Lovely shot Peter. Its like the red petals are being backlit.
Thanks so much Andrew ,just lucky enough to be there at the right moment to catch the shot .
I like the lightened on better. Great shot.
Thanks heaps Norm ,very kind to take the time to look .
Very nice colors and lighting.
Thank you Deby ,viewed in full screen really shows the beauty of the Protea .
Really love the lighting on this one. Beautiful.
Thanks Sheree .
I like this one Peter. Great shot and lovely illumination on the flower. Nice crop that further enhances the composition. Well done!
Thank you so much Romy .
I like this version much better! The flow is a great subject and this is a wonderful composition. I am a bit distracted by the weight of the leaves on the left and the twig on the far right. I wonder if you did a tighter crop and added a vignette if it would give your flower more of a leading role?
Thank you so Much Amber ,I croped it on my computer & it did look good ,but the vignette didn’t work for Me.
I like the lighter colored one better, it puts a nice highlight on the flower.
Thanks so much Jeff .
I do like this better with the shadows lightened.
Great shot Peter.
Thanks very much Jim .
I love the illumination of light here Peter…superb!
Thank you so much Rerro .
We don’t have this plant here. It is lovely. Your composition and lighting really present the bloom as the main event.
thanks Mary ,the Protea is Native to Australia as far as i now .
With fall in the air there are a lot of beautiful colors in and around me. I had a vision for a shot when I went out scouting for red but I ended up with something totally different. I have cropped this photo in to show only the red brush growing along side the river. Day was overcast and windy. Settings: 1/500sec, F11, ISO 1400, 62mm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ef4613034940686b43c6f4a94f2800e79673fd1344c6850141131b4c289b4b25.jpg
Hi Valerie. The colours look incredible. I just wonder if the exposure or light could come down a bit? Well done.
Thanks Keri, I will experiment with the exposure, I appreciate the feedback.
Beautiful shot with an impressionist feel to it! Just thinking… are you able to try an angle (maybe 45 degrees and closer to the water from where you took this one) that shows less of the foreground and a bit more of the river in front of those brilliant reds?
Brenda thanks for the suggestions. I tried getting in front of this area but couldn’t get a clear view without getting into the water. I wasn’t dressed accordingly so I decided to just stay on dry ground. I also took some different location shots with more of the river but I felt the river dominated over the red so I went with the close up shot. I appreciate your thoughts and will explore them for my next photo.
Really nice shot Valerie. I agree with Brenda, re: less foreground. I would also play with the ‘white balance’ and warm things up a bit more. You could make those reds pop.
Thanks Rachel for the suggestions. I will try some different adjustments in post and see what I can come up with.
Great scene Valerie , I would like to see more river as well , I think the water would be calming against the red .
Thank you Peter for your feedback, it is always nice to get others point of view.
Lovely shot, Valerie. If you could have got higher (I know, we all carry a 20’ ladder with us!)…to show more of the water, think it would be more dramatic. But love the contrasting colors…..nicely seen and shot!
Hi Sheree thanks for your comments. I agree with getting a higher vantage point for the photo. There was a lot of brush in the area with nothing to elevate myself onto. Once I got closer there was too much in the way to get around. Unfortunately I wasn’t dressed to get in the water. 🙂
Hi Valerie. Nice shot of a very colourful landscape. As others have said I would bring the river into view and use it to show off the red bush. As is I like the shot. Well done.
Thanks Denis for your feedback.
Valerie, I find your picture very good. It looks almost as a painting. I read the comment of others to have more water of the river, but personally I think it wouldn’t have a greater added value as the attention goes now to the colourful vegetation with the red accents. You can’t satisfy anytime everybody. It’s your choice as photographer. Well done.
Thanks Christian. I did take photos showing more of the river but for me the river dominated and took away from the focus on the red. I appreciate your comments.
I really like this image,Valerie. It has a beautiful softness to it. I really love the swathes of colour and fine textures. As others have said…Like a painting. I feel that by having just a suggestion of the river is enough to add an interesting element, without demanding too much attention. Well done.
Thanks Kerrie, I appreciate your feedback.
Very nice photo Valerie, I really like all of the colors going on here. You did a great job with the crop, without cropping to much out. Well done.
Thank you Jeff.
Lovely natural palette Valerie 🙂
Thanks Christine.
Love that patch of red bushes. Beautiful idyllic scene. Great capture, Valerie.
My first thought was ‘impressionist painting’. I really like the layers of colours you have captured here. The hint of river is enough to separate the foreground from the background and I would not change the composition. One thing I would explore here is playing with the colours to amp them up a little more to really bring out the contrasts.
Thanks for all the feedback on my first shot. Another take on “big red”
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a455c83d6f231bbe1f328ecdc2abe3a4cfc5281b35c9b3a1381cd00b163285b6.jpg Same model, different pose LOL.
Sharp with fantastic color, DOF, and composition! Nicely done.
Thank You Brenda
Keri, great job! Tack sharp-like the colors. It might be a tad too bright. I look forward to your other selections.
Thanks Sara
Beautiful shot Keri! Really sharp with vivid colors. Maybe back off on the highlights just a tad.
Thanks Rachel.
Lovely shot ,tack sharp & in a couple of days they will look fantastic ,great capture .
Thank You Peter
Really nice, Keri! Looks like water drops on the buds too. I would try to brush out the little bit of orange on the right side….. or perhaps crop out, butI like the composition as is.
I love the harsh light on this andyour DoF. Cool shot!
Thanks Sheree 🙂
Hi Keri. Lovely framed shot. I like the way you have captured that impending bud opening. Well done.
Thank You Denis
Very nice Keri. Love the fine detail, the subtle red peeking out from the blooms and the nice soft green background blur. This shot reminds me of the venus fly trap in the movie & Broadway play “Little Shop of Horrors” LOL!
Feed me Seymour LOL!!! Thanks Jim
Keri, very good picture with those opening buds. The red is not dominant in this picture and I like that. It gives a more delicate touch. Great detail with the hairy surface. Good composition. Well done.
Thank You Christian
Keri, Simple, tack sharp, lovely background. Well done.
Thank You Kerrie
Well done Keri ! I love the red buds just peeking through the the green sepals. In a few days these buds will become beautiful red blooms. Nice composition. The bacground blur is great.
Thank You Romy
I really like the contrasting colors you have here. Nice clarity to be able to see the little hairs on each pod.
Thanks Jeff.
Very nice…the light is quite harsh here, maybe try at a different time of day. the contrasting greens and reds are super though!
Thanks Rerro.
Your composition really makes the buds stand out. The red colour really pops.
Thank you Mary
Nice composition here Keri, and it is tack sharp. Very beautiful. Maybe try using a diffuser between the sun and ‘big red’ to soften the bright light and tone down the shinier spots on the sepals. I wouldn’t want to lose any of the hairy details, though 🙂
Great capture Keri – out of all your images this is the one I like the most because of those greens and the reds just peaking out. This image ROCKS!!! Love the highlighted hairs too. Excellent work. Brent
Awesome feedback Brent. Thanks heaps.
Well, this “challenge” is proving to be quite the challenge. Lots of cool, rainy and windy days here lately, so I looked around the house for red subjects. Following the brief, I took 30+ shots, of my subject, but none looked satisfactory. The rain let up so I moved subject, etc, outdoors, where my shot started to come together. This morning, the sun is out and I had to find shade, beside my storage garage.Approximately 70 shots for this final photo.
57mm f/1.4 lens set at f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/250 sec.
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This barely looks real, Rachel. The levitating apple! I like the DoF and the 3D effect. Well done!
Thanks, Sheree! Forgot to mention that this is a 2 photo ‘focus stack’ and the apple is supported by a stick that’s at an angle, under the apple.
Wow Rachel…I’ve spent the last few hours trying to work out how you did this! The apple looks amazing on the blurred background. Soo well shot. I might add a little vignette, or crop a bit tighter all round to make that apple shine even more. Well done!
Thank you, Kerrie!
Kerrie, thank you for your suggestions! I do wish I had your artistic vision. Although, you would think that what you suggested, would start to come naturally after 7 months at this. I really do like this version a lot more. I cropped it just a bit tighter and added vignette to accent the apple.
I can now see that I need to look at my ‘final’ image and ask myself, ‘what can I do to make it better?’ .
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I agree, like this version too! Still looks like it is levitation…. which is pretty neat!
Looks great! Nice work Rachel 🙂
Thanks Kerrie!
Rachel nice job on the original photo and the additional edits. Your levitating Apple is great creativity! Your changes really makes the Apple pop.
Thank you, Valerie!
Hi Rachel. Very creative shot. The apple is clear and pops from the background. The top of the apple has a nice shine to it. I might try to bring this balance to the bottom half. It is still a very good shot. Well done.
Thanks, Denis!
Very nice Rachel. I love how the apple appears to be floating in mid air. The green bokeh really compliments the red apple and it really makes the apple stand out. I also love the subtle bit of light at the top of the apple. Well done!
Thank you, Jim!
Rachel, lovely picture with great colours. I read what you did for the elevation of the apple. But it still remains somehow unnatural. Well done.
Thanks, Christian.
Awesome creativity Rachel! Great color balance.
Thank you, Sara!
Rachel, Very clever shot … I keep expecting to see the apple drop to the bottom of the frame like it’s falling off of the tree. Nice work.
Thank you, Richard!
Rachel, nice shoot of crispy crunchy apple, well done.
Thanks, Janice!
Hi Rachel, very nice shot. Where on earth did you find an apple that floats ! Nice composition and beautiful bokeh. Well done.
Thanks, Romy. Floating apples are really hard to come by and, at this time, I can’t divulge my source. I’m holding on to this one for as long as I can!
a levitating apple Rachel…fascinating, love to know how you managed this….something out of ‘Snow White’ perhaps? There is a shadow on the bottom of the apple. Perhaps try and use a reflector next time to fill in the shadow.
Thanks for the advice Christine. It’s all about shallow DoF and a bamboo stick, at the right angle, holding it up about 15cm off the ground.
This is my first submission for this challenge. It is early October/Fall here in Ohio USA and the leaves have not turned yet and our gardens and flowers are done for so finding red subjects to photograph is a tall order here right now. Everything is either green or brown or yellow. This is an image of the terrazzo floor and feature wall in the main lobby of the Dayton Children’s Hospital that I recently completed construction on. I thought you all would find this one interesting for this challenge. I shot this w/o flash at ISO 1600, 14mm, F5.6 and 1/125sec. I think this image probably has all the color type examples that Brent spoke about in the video. I definitely think the red pops in this one! I processed part of this image using the new Photolemur 3 from Skylum. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0bc64e7a8d36f8977f4e31ec710f772baf85249e7718ada21d7b797702923288.jpg
What a happy room! I love the sunburst and all the colors. I really like how you composed this Jim…. …
All the colors nicely compliment the red bursts…. nice eye!
Thanks Sheree
Thanks Sheree
Hi Jim. What a nice bright area. You have captured it very well. For me the red stands out while all the other colours are complimentary. Well done.
Thanks Denis. I think your comments regarding the colors are spot on. I am pretty sure the interior designer with the architectural firm had that in mind when she selected the colors. I took this photo a little while ago when we completed the project in order to enter it in a national terrazzo contractor’s competition.
Thanks Denis
Thanks Denis
Jim, very nice picture with those complementary colours. Well done.
Thanks Christian
What a wonderful mix of colors! I like it! To make it better, I would have tried to keep the doorway out of the shot, it is a bit distracting.
Very good point, Sara! I did not notice that before, but now my eye is drawn to the pick through the doorway!
Thanks Sara
Thanks Sara
Jim, I like the bright bold colors in your photo. You made great use of all the lines that are here. You said it’s a children’s hospital, but it looks like a fun room.
Thanks Jeff.
Thanks Jeff
Wow…i think you have the colour wheel on display here Jim. great shot!
Thanks Christine.
Beautifully captured and lively image, Jim. Nicely composed. Practically all colors of the spectrum are present and dominated by the radiating reds. Well done.
Thanks Romy
Love the bright colour here with the red like a big splash on the floor.
Here is my first shot in this challenge. The lights on the Storey Bridge in Brisbane can be switched to different colours for different events, For example Valentines Day it would be predominantly red and Christmas – Green and Red. At other times I guess they just pick colours and whoever set up the lights at this time must have had an understanding of Analogous colours.
18-55mm at 32mm; ISO100; F8; 1.5sec
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Andrew, I like the composition and the colors. I like the lines of reflection on the water. But I find I am distracted by the light reflection in the bottom right corner.
Really nice night shot. I love the reflections of all the colours on the water; and the uplighting on the beams. Pretty bridge!
Have you tried to straighten the bank a little bit? I feel it is not quite straight. I would also have either used a wider lens, or perhaps moved the camera a little more to the right, the bridge dies on the right edge and there really is nothing interesting on the left. It is beautiful, well done.
Hi Andrew. I like what you were getting at here. Nice reflections in the water except for the right hand corner. I think you need to make the bridge lead somewhere and to this end you need to make more of a feature of the far bank. This would need a longer exposure time I think. Still a very nice shot. Well done.
Nice photo with not much light to work with. It looks festive, with a great reflection in the water.
Great capture Andrew. Love the colors and the reflections off of the water.
Beautiful image Andrew, i love the colours you have captured here. I think it would be more effective if the water was flattened out more, by using a longer exposure time.
Hi Andrew. Very nice colors. Lovely light reflections and nicely composed.
Beautiful night photo. Love the colors and light reflecting in the water. Nice composition. Well done.
For me, this image all about the light. You’ve captured the static lights on the bridge, and the reflection is pretty nice. A longer shutter speed may have smoothed the water further, but I think there would be a balance point where you had to decide smooth vs loss of intensity in the colour of the reflection. If this was still footy season, I’d guess the colours were to support the maroon and gold of the Broncos. (I used to live in Brisbane).
Love this red reflections Andrew and the leading lines from the bridge. Have you tried shooting at f/16 or f/22 to get more of a starburst effect? Brent
Here’s my first post for the “Red” challenge. “Pomegranate” Shot at Filoli Gardens with Sony 24-70 Gm lens @ 70 mm, 1/160 sec @ f/ 2.8, ISO 100.https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/854923840fc6039122f373f8dee2e8d1c0422fc1721b7d905d15eb73cd94e40b.jpg
Well done Richard. I like the DOF. Your colors are spot on. There is a small green spot in the bottom right I would clone out. It is a bit distracting in the darkness on the bottom of the photo. Personal preference.
I really like the lighting on the fruit, Richard and the framing with the dark on top and bottom. Maybe try to clean up in the dark, ie the red and green on the top and bottom very blurred and one can barely see them. It almost has a 3D effect, so very nicely done!
Hi Richard. I like this composition. The fruit standing out to the fore against a blurred background. I find the top of the fruit is in nice light and the bottom falling away into dark shadow. Perhaps this shadow could be lifted in post processing so as to only affect the fruit. Well done.
Richard, I find it a great picture with a nice blurried background. Also a nice composition with the leading line from the red fruit to the right upper side with the twig. I agree with Sheree to get away with those minor distracting colours in the dark background. Well ,done.
What a beautiful image! I love how image slowly blurs. The contrasting colors are wonderful as well. Well done.
Nice clear focus on the pomegranate with the blur on the leaves.
I love the delicateness of the pomegranate, and the green and red contrast against the dark background give the image a mysterious feel! Very good image!
Very nice composition, Richard. I love the deep red pomegranate popping out from the greens. The branch and the gradually increasing degrees of focus (from the least focused leaves to the tack sharp pomegranate) somehow help the leading line provided by the branch . Well done.
Thanks to all for the comments and suggestions. I’m submitting a second editing of “Pomegranate” incorporating some of the suggestions. I think it looks a bit better. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2326c2bc15668a20f4a49674bc92ba7090613607639bb738b197aecab745903a.jpg
I like this copy it just pops & a little brighter ,good one Richard.
Hi Richard – I like the way you have used the dark green to contrast with the pomegranate, and I also like the composition. The overall effect is balanced and, to me, very peaceful.
I planned this out for two days! Looked for tons of photos on Pinterest and the web of strawberries…. and was happy when I did not find anything like what I was thinking of doing. For me, I planned to shoot them in my dining room with a light on them, but then saw the light coming through the window….so set up with natural light. This took me ages, and the whipped cream kept shrinking…So I did stack them—not for focus so much but to make sure my whipped cream was not too flat! So this is a three image shot. I shot about 50 photos and kept looking and coming back, tweaking how I had the strawberries sitting…. so one could say these were shot with intent!
Nikon D750 with 85mm ISO 125 f/1.4 at 1/25sec.
OK…help! I have again taken the photos from Lr to Ps…and they look fine on my screen…saved from Ps. All the colours are either gone or washed out. So I then imported back to Lr and saved again and it came out fine! There must be a save setting that I am doing wrong from Ps……
Here is the right one with the correct colours! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d9c06c10f4a407a4fb09b3c04b3b5f9e4c1ddb72a7d5f4bbef33f7b98d990d1b.jpg
Just as illustration, here is the one saved from Ps! Anyone have any ideas, please?!
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You made a nice photo Sheree, maybe try to rework the reds to make the strawberries pop a little more with more of a vibrant red. I do like the contrast between the white of the whipped cream and the red of the berries. Your image is working because I want a big bowl of this right now. Haha.
LOL, Jeff. I think you may have viewed the “bad” one which I saved from my photoshop and it distorted the colors. I have no idea why this is happening and currently researching why!
I imported both images into Photoshop and can’t find the difference – must be an export setting?
I commented above….. I cannot save from Ps as JPG….it does not like that….. have to export and make sure sRBG is checked! Strange, though—I do not think that should happen.
Great job! I like the composition. My only suggestion would be to have used a different dish, I find the handles a bit distracting.
Thanks, Sara! This was the third dish I tried! The others just didn’t work. I liked the water on the glass…but you are right, the handles look bulky relative to the photo. I actually had it propped up with a piece of wood, that I then had to figure out how to hide! 🙂 Hence the can.
The water is great on the glass. Ingenious way to hide the piece of wood!
LOL, thanks. I did plan for the cream with the can….but did have to move it around to hide the wood! Actually, I had envisioned the can just standing on the side…. Unfortunately, the strawberries looked a bit worse for wear! By the time we get them here they are already a few weeks old–but ate them nonetheless!
Hi Sheree. In itself this is a good shot. It is clear, in focus. To make it better. When shooting food it is all in the presentation. How the eye sees it. In most cases less is better and shown/photographed on a plain white plate. I this case the fruit is all in a pile and competing against all around it. I would set the fruit up in a minimalistic style, on a flat desert saucer. A sprinkle of Icing sugar around the edge to draw the eye to the centre. Nothing else in the shot.That would be my idea anyway and after all that it may not work.
Thanks, Denis. I have never tried food shots, and these are really good comments. I will give food another try again and use the approach of a minimalistic style. Normally, my style is quite simple, so this was totall new!
That’s what these challenges are all about – pushing us out of our comfort zones so that we learn. Something else to think about is to spray some water droplets onto the fruit before shooting, giving them that “just rained” look. Brent
I actually did have a spray bottle of water, which is what gave them a glistening look and the drops on the glass…. So was thinking about that! 🙂
Sheree, nice picture. Good composition with the spray can blurried. I find this a good result for all your work to get this. Personally I would reorientate the strawberries to have more red of them and less of the green collar. Well done.
Thanks, Christian. Looking now I agree on the green. I was working on including complimentary colors with the red!
Sheree, really great food image. the whipped cream was a great thought also.
Thanks, Jim.
excellent preparation for this shot Sheree – i do think that the image has too many aspects to it. I personally would lose the glass bowl, and have the strawberries laying on the wooden table randomly.
Many thanks! I will give this another shot making it a bit more simple!
Suddenly I crave for ice cream. Your hard work paid off. Lovely composition. Well done Sheree.
I was just heading for bed and now I’m hungry. I like the composition and leading line that the can creates.
LOL…. I am just getting out of bed! Have a good night.
Thanks, Romy!
Wow, that photo makes me so hungry for strawberries and whipped cream. Love the whole set up for the photo. I don’t use PS. I do use LR and export from LR. Check your color settings when you export from PS. If it’s not set at sRGB you will get strange colors.
thanks, Karen; appreciate your kind comments. I have checked on all the settings from Ps. Some of them I do not understand, but I have confirmed it is set at sRGB! At a loss.
Not sure why the colour changed – is your working colour sRGB or Adobe1998? I export everything from LR to my desktop before uploading but if you’re stacking images you can’t do this. BTW love your concept here Sheree and I’m glad you’re following my instructions and really thinking about what you intent to create – doing the research and then taking action. Something to think about as you explore this concept even further is to face the top strawberries towards the camera with the green bits away. Love how the can of whipped cream leads the viewer into the image (leading line). How about importing this image into color.adobe.com and have a look at the colours and how they relate to each other – then decide what to change before doing your next shoot? Love what your doing – keep it up. Brent
Thank you so much, Brent. I think I figured the colour thing out after playing around. When I saved it as a JPG from Ps, it tried to use Adobe1998…I unchecked that box, but the colour was still not quite right (a bit better than the browns). But, when I exported from Ps to my desktop and ensured that sRGB was checked on export, it worked! I will also do as you suggest on uploading to color,adobe.com.—and buy some more berries this weekend! 😉
Hi Sheree – I like your idea and I’ve tried food photography and found it a lot harder than I expected. I like you composition, except for the column of the 3 berries with the green tops as @christianpiron:disqus & @brentmail:disqus have already noted, suggesting they be turned so more red is in the centre of the image. Glad to see you got the whole colour thing sorted. I had no idea how to help 🙂
I took this photo at a Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant. Saw the cover photo of this month’s challenge video, I was excited to choose this restaurant for a special event because the chef set the fire on the cooking table. 🙂 I missed several opportunities, the camera auto focus cannot easily focus as the lighting was very dim. Only this one photo is clear enough and the chef is facing the fire.
My settings: F/3.8, 1/320s, ISO 400 at 34mm.
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Janice, beautiful picture. Very nice colours. The flames give indeed the reddish view on the men’s front. Well done.
Thanks Christian
I really love how you captured this, Janice! It is clear and the jumping flames add to the movement. Maybe take a look at cropping more of the right edge to remove the person with their smartphone and also try to remove the glass. I do find the glass to be distracting.
I love the salt and pepper shakers on the left edge.
Well done to get this difficult shot!
Thanks Sheree for your suggestion. Please see my updated version 🙂
You did great!
Janice, Great capture. I agree with Sheree about cropping it a bit on the right. Well done.
Thanks Sara, please see my updated version 🙂
Don’t beat yourself up Janice, I think you did a great job on your photo. It’s not easy to shoot in the dark and get a good photo. Have you tried using manual focus on your lens to see if that might help you get the shot you are looking for? Otherwise, I like the capture of the flame and the red hat and scarf on the chef.
Thanks Jeff, I will give manual focus a try next time.
Nice image Janice. I wonder what this would look like if you lightened the shadow areas and increased the reds with the red slider, took down the highlight s and increased the exposure a bit.
Thanks for your suggestion Jim. Please see my updated version 🙂
Janice:
I couldn’t find the updated image. I am not sure it posted.
This is a very effective image Janice and i think you have used the low light very well. the flame is just enough to give a lovely glow to the chef’s face, and the connection from his eyes to the food and flame is very well captured! Well done 🙂
Thanks Rerro
Hi Janice. I like this shot.The way you captured Chef’s face is very effective. What needs to be in frame is. Well done.
Thanks Denis
Wow, nice image Janice ! I like the red lighting on the man’s face and arm. Great capture.
Thanks Romy
Fantastic reds in this, Janice. I love the lighting on the chef, and also the ambient light you’ve captured further into the restaurant. Well shot.
Thanks Kerrie
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I found these suggestions very helpful.
I played with the red slide, highlight, darkened and cropped the right side corner. Here is the updated version.
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Great job in the editing, Janice. Fabulous!!!
Janice, Nice shot … I love the way the fire illuminates the chef and his red hat, apron and scarf. Cropping out some of the right side improved the picture.
Really good photo and use of lighting. I love how you have captured the ambiance of this dinner performance. You have inspired me to try a low light photo like this. Nice Job!!
Great update to your original image – yes it rocks for sure. Who doesn’t love fire? Something I do when it’s dark and my camera is struggling to focus is to pre-focus on something with high contrast that is a similar distance to my main subject. Then I flick over to manual focus and know that from then onwards my images will be sharp. Brent
great shot Janice ,the fire is mesmerising & giving out a great reflection on the chef ,well done.
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Each year several artsists present their favorite or new artwork on our (very) little coast. Those are very diverse. One of those artists (Arne Quinze) made those colourful red blocks (called “Rock Strangers”) as criticism for the strong generalization in the urban development.
settings: 1/250 f11 29mm ISO 100
I love the two colors! The red just pops against the blue. I am not sure why you could do to make this better, maybe have more of the ‘blocks’ in the frame.
Sara, there were more blocks. In another picture I took there were distracting elements. So I decided to take a “simetric” picture with an accent on the red (of the blocks) and the blue (of the sky). Thanks for your comment and the suggestion.
I love the simplicity of this image – with 2 structures and 2 colours. I think the question here is not “what’s missing in this image?” but “can we take something away to make it even stronger?”. Great concept. Brent
Great contrasting colors, they work really well together.
Jeff, thanks for your comment.
Christian, the red against the striking blue is very effective here!
Christine, thanks for your comment.
Hi Christian. Love the Red and Blue here. Works very well. Good job.
Denis, thanks for your comment.
I like this Christian. Just brlliant red against the blue and cloudless sky (?) . The red color pops. Nice composition. Well done.
Romy, thanks for your comment. And yes the sky was cloudless! That’s what makes my picture rich in contrast.
Wow, love the red against the blue sky. Brilliant contrast.
Rachel, thanks for your comment.
Ilove the red against the blue, Christian! Abstract and something that would hang on a wall!
Sheree, thanks for your appreciation.
This is quite eye catching.
Mary, thanks for your comment.
Love the simplicity of this, Christian. It works so well. I’m curious to know what size the sculptures are, and what they are made from.
Kerrie, thanks for your comment. Those blocks are made of metal and have a height going from 2m to 11m.
Christian, Nice shot … real red looks great against the blue sky !
Richard, thanks for your appreciation.
Fabulous Christian
Keri, thanks for your appreciation.
I really like the striking colour and abstract simplicity of this image, Christian.
Judy, thanks for your appreciation.
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Hey All, Between work travel and the constant gloomy and rainy days here in Nebraska it’s been a bit difficult to capture a new subject. Though I am still on the hunt and have been inspired by many of your images. With that said I want to get a start so I am sharing an image of some peppers taken in a Karen village in Thailand. These guys were just sitting out on a roof in a large woven bowl. I’m attracted to multiples of a single item.
F4, 24mm, ISO 100, 1/60 sec
Wow, thats a lot of peppers. I like the occasional green color mixed in with all the red, it adds a nice contrast to your photo.
Amber, nice picture. Colourful view on all those peppers. Good interaction of the red/oranje and the green.
Red hot chilli peppers! I like that your filled the frame, and had the contrasting greens randomly spread through the image!
Hi Amber. That is a lot of peppers. I like the greens scattered around. Well done.
Hi Amber, this is a nice concept. Actually I was also thinking of using a bowl or a plate of chili as subject. This is a beautiful image. Well done.
If you have access to green peppers another variation would be a bowl of green chili then carefully arrange just one large or medium sized red pepper properly put in one of the intersections of the rule of thirds grid. Just an idea. Sadly my place now is very far from the market so this remains an idea. Maybe you can try it.
Great idea – try it @amberpallasbrunt:disqus
Nice capture, Amber. I do really like the contrasting colors in this photo. Nicely composed.
Very nice photo. Just out of the field and looking so bright and awesome.
Complementary colours work well here and I like the repeating shapes – but what I’d try next time is to isolate one thing in this image using shallow depth of field or a single colour that different. Try it. Brent
Sunrise in a Bottle. Brilliant sunrise, taken through the glass of a hummingbird feeder. It took me quite a few attempts to nail this image. Low light and wanted to blur out the background while keeping the feeder in reasonable focus. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9a99f9ecdef9b74c5ffbc6c3b1bc7e081728df8c67a5081751a0c804195b7d56.jpg f/4.0, 35 mm, 1/60 sec handheld, ISO 800
Great photo Bill. I really like your idea for this shot. Love the oranges and yellows along with the red base of the feeder. Well done.
Really creative image Bill.
Bill, you surely have a great effect of the sunrise. Personally I find that the red coloured feet of the feeder get lost in the picture due to the effect in the glass of the sunrise.
Beautiful hues of amber and red captured Bill – very nice!
Hi Bill. Very creative. I like the colours and hw they mingle. Well done.
Very imaginative showing the colorful sunrise through a bottle. Well done Bill.
Nice shot, Bill. I really love the creativity here. I am not sure if this would improve it or not, but did you try cropping out the red base and neck of bottle? I find my eyes are attracted there first, and you still have lovely red hues in the sunset.
Hi Sheree,
Thanks for your comment. Here’s a crop without the base and neck — I don’t know if this works very well, as now you can’t really see what’s going on — just abstract. What do you think? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af3cf716b92f7df9bd0229d38f333395de16af679456d721c945f695857cd073.jpg
Oh boy! Had not realised you would lose so much! I agree with you, cannot really tell what was happening. Could be a great abstract if you even cut more of the bottom of the glass off and you have a really cool painting…..but that is not what you were after and your edits by boosting the greens really works! Well done.
Great creativity! I am not sure what could make this better. There is, like Sheree said, enough red hues in the sunset that you could crop out the base of the frame. Very well done.
Cool shot.
Super creative Bill. Something to try is boost the green foliage background which will makes the reds pop even more (now that the colour theory has sunk into my brain I feel like using it all the time). I prefer the base in the image, gives it structure and my brain can figure our what it is. Brent
Hi Brent, thanks for your comments. I gave a subtle boost to the greens in the mid-ground, and I think it works better. I think you are right about the base — without it, you lose all the context (see my repost to Sheree, below). https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9f3f121a319682d925720d40405136a68bc67b71c871ad063f50acf9c8eca91e.jpg
I like this version Bill. So clever. Well done.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5ae7642359842c6e9787c6de00a25b186f486c103c7da01e61251f7f6e37313e.jpg I have been away for the past month on vacation to the Baltic States, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. I just got home from my 40th Veterinary School Reunion at Ohio State so I missed all of September. I took this picture last year in India, so I can’t recreate it or retool it weekly. I was in a village and was drawn to this woman and her red veil. In addition, I was focused on her eyes and the mysteriousness of what she was thinking.
Really great image Peter. the red veil definitely draws you to her eyes.
Thanks, Jim.
Great picture Peter. The colors are amazing
Thanks, Juan.
Peter, nice colourful picture. Good composition. Personally I would have given a bit more space at the right side to see the whole hand of the woman. Well done.
Thanks, Christian.
Beautiful capture of this woman, Peter. I really love the mystery in her intense gaze. The colours are so vibrant, and the tight crop works so well. I think you could try to improve this in post by reducing, or getting rid of the large bright white area in the background, and tiny white spot next to her left hand. I’d also consider reducing the highlights and bringing out some more texture in her right hand. And finally try to draw even more attention to her eyes. Great image, well done. What were your settings?
Thanks, Kerrie. I will try try to edit as you suggest. My settings were ISO 100, 15mm, f/2.8, and 1/200 sec.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7ac1a9f5717ac9a23ad3e08fcdd0c72690679ad868327ffade7636ab46fc7d05.jpg Kerrie, Here is my edit. I tried to erase the light areas using Luminar 2018 erasing brush.
Nice job removing the distraction, Peter. My eye now goes directly to the woman’s eyes. I also like your edits in response to Sheree. What do you think?
Thank you for your advice. I like the final edit under Sheree’s comment the best, too.
Peter, a very interesting capture. I love the candidness and the feeling of innocence you have captured. and the colours are so striking, with the hands leading us up to the eyes! Excellent work!
Thanks, Rerro.
Hi Peter. Firstly welcome back from your travels. I hope you had a good time. I like this image. I think it creates a sense of magic.Good work.
Thanks, Denis.
Hi Peter, welcome back. This is a beautiful image. I love the mystery. Excellent capture and nicely composed. Well done.
Thanks, Romy.
Love the brilliant colors Peter.
Thanks, Rachel.
Love the vibrant colors! Great job her eyes. I agree about adjusting the sun reflection off the structure behind the woman.
Thanks, Sara. See the edit under Kerrie’s remarks.
Peter, this is a really good candid shot. I like that you chose a very shallow dDoF. As you cannot very well continue to look for the image again, I would play with post to see if you can brighten the eyes. Although the hands nicely frame the eyes and provide leading eyes, I find they are lost. So my thought on how this could be made better is to bring up the shadows and add brightness to the hidden eyes.
Great job, I really love the vibrant colours and the composition.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/56b6dc5c4bd7c22febed2630b8219c2149c485e2aa224f6881ea4062e9c90064.jpg Sheree, I played with the highlights, shadow, and vibrance to make her eyes more prominent.
Love this! The eyes now pop a bit! Great job.
Thank you for your advice.
This version rocks!
Peter, this version is realy good. Love it
Great work here, Peter. Mesmerizing! You have a talent for travel photography.
Thank you so much, Judy.
Her eyes are what caught my attention even though they’re only a small portion of the photo. The lines of the trim on her veil bring your eyes right to hers. Enlarging the photo really shows on tack sharp the whole image is. I’m going to India in February for 21 days – right after a 12 day trip to South Africa with friends. Still going to Zimbabwe in May with Brett. Can’t wait for my trips so I can take photos of something other than rain. The colors are so vibrant. Love it.
Can’t wait to spend time with you too in Africa Karen. Yes the eyes in this photo is what makes it for me @peterbrody:disqus I can’t help but look. It’s like she’s framing her eyes to bring our attention to them – yet hiding them as is custom. Like the little bit of green above her head which makes the red really pop. Well done and welcome back Peter. Brent
I’m getting really excited about the African trip. So much so, my best friend and I and 4 other women are traveling to South Africa in the middle of January for 12 days. She and I are then taking a detour in Amsterdam (huge one) for a 21-day all-women’s tour through India in Feb. The leader of the trip is also from Australia. Then I’ll have to rest until I leave for Africa in May. Can’t believe how all this came together. Three trips of a lifetime in just a few months. Trying not to think about all the shots I have to have. But really excited about all the shots I’m going to get on these trips. Hoping Amazon has a great deal on memory cards on Cyber Monday.
I hope I get photos as vibrant and mysterious as Peter’s.
Very exciting. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to get images – rather go with the flow and enjoy the experience, relationships and all the “newness”. I’ve just completed 3 back to back trips plus the house move – exhausted. Brent
Thanks, Brent. Busy working on editing my photos from Eastern Europe.
Thanks, Karen. Africa and India were two of my favorite trips.
I took this photo of plumeria in a garden. The cluster of flowers in red and orange color backdropped by the blurry green leaves. ISO 200, f8, 1/60 s, 180mm.
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And here’s a close up crop of one of the flowers filling the frame.
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Very effective when you fill the frame….it becomes a fine art image!
I really love these photos, Romy. I love a close crop and this one with the different colours and textures works really sell. I would say, I prefer this version—but they are both lovely.
I appreciate your feedback Sheree. Thanks much.
Lovely shot Romy ,catching the spiral centre looks great.
Thanks a lot. Your feedback is much appreciated, Peter.
Romy, great detail. It is almost an abstract picture with very nice colours. Well done.
Thanks again.
Love this one Romy. The radiating lines of light, colour and texture are beautiful. Nice crop!
Thank you so much Kerrie. Much appreciated.
Romy, I love the close-up … somehow more interesting !
Thanks a lot, Richard, for the feedback. Much appreciated.
Wow, really nice close up.
Thanks much Karen.
Like this one too – but what I think you should do next time is to place the focus where the lines meet. Brent
Gorgeous shot Romy……the colours are perfect, and i just love the creamy bokeh you have achieved. The flowers are tack sharp. The only thing i would try, is to have the stem coming out the corner of the frame, other than that, i wouldn’t change a thing! Well done 🙂
Thanks much Christine. Nice suggestion. Like this perhaps? This is as close as it can go.
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Much better!
Yes, I agree. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Romy. You have two very fine images here. Well done.
Thanks a lot Denis. Much appreciated.
Yeah I like this version – amazing how a little tilt can have that effect. Great suggestion @rerrorocher:disqus I like the complementary colours here too. My suggestion is the boost the shadows a little in post, especially on the flower stem below the petals. Brent
Romy, I like this one better. The colors really pop. I have no new suggestions to add to the below.
Great work Romy. Sharp flowers vs. the bokeh in background and nice complementary colors. Well done
Love those complementary colors, Romy. Using the long lens had a really nice effect on that background. I also like this version with a bit of extra tilt on the angle of the stem.
This is very pretty. Your crop really emphasizes the bloom with the vibrant colours.
Hi Mary. Thank you so much for the feedback. Much appreciated.
Romy, very nice picture. Beautiful colours with a nice blurried background. Good composition. Well done.
Thanks very much Christian. I appreciate your feedback.
Beautiful soft tones – a very attractive photo.
Hi Sig. Thanks very much. Glad you like it.
I love the colors against the background. Beautiful.
Thanks so much Karen.
Hi Romy, beautiful colours and blurred background. I love all 3 images. I am intrigued to know how you got the background blur with an f8 setting? Interesting and well done
Hi Annette, thanks much for the feedback. About the background blur, I could not get close to the flowers so used a zoom lens at 180mm to focus on the flowers using f8 to capture much of the flowers in focus. The plants and trees in the background are much farther away and rendered out of focus by the zoom lens. Hope this explanation helps.
My next ‘Red’ image is an urban landscape image, taken in Fremantle of the floating cranes. The cranes are 50 metres high and weigh 1200 tonnes. I call this the ‘Floating Flotilla’. This was taken hand-held 1/320 sec. f/8 70 mm at ISO100 late afternoon. Te clouds were amazing and the primary colours all worked so well together.
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This works incredibly well, and especially the sky It looks like it is painted. Did you do anything special in post? The clouds look amazing.
Post Card Perfect Rerro , tack sharp blown up ,great shot
Thanks Peter!
Thanks Peter 🙂
Christine, very good picture. The red of the ship and cranes are eye catching with the beautiful sky full of clouds. Well done.
Thanks so much Christian 🙂
Hi Christine. Lovely shot of the cranes in port. They stand out against the grungy skies. Those cranes are tack sharp front to back. Great composition and depth of field. Well done.
Thanks so much Romy 🙂
Hi Christine. Very good shot. The clarity is great throughout. Just wondering if you took an inch of the top would that enhance it more?.
Thanks Denis….yeah, i thought about this, but was so drawn to the clouds..will try this though 🙂
I like so much about this one, Rerro. I like that you’ve broken the rule of horizons. I love all lines of the cranes reaching up towards that amazing sky with wind swept clouds…and I really like the fact that you’ve taken an industrial landscape-(something that I may generally consider to be ugly, or undesirable) into something vibrant and beautiful. Such a great image.
Thanks so much Kerrie 🙂
Agree Kerrie – @rerrorocher:disqus has made this industrial image look vibrant. Think it’s because of the dominant blues from that sky and then the reds and yellows from those cranes. To me the yellow pop the most, that’s where my eye settles – looking at the details. I also like the huge sky and very little water. Excellent image as usual Christine. Brent
Hi Rerro, I like these clouds, so dramatic. Red, yellow and blue work so well here. I wonder if it will enhance the image more by cropping out the post on the left side and top part of the clouds, so the triangle yellow cranes are on the third.
Thanks for the critique Janice – i will give your thoughts a try 🙂
Great colors and composition! Amazing clouds… perfect timing, Rerro.
Thanks Brenda 🙂
Wow, this image really grabs you. I love the clouds and sky. I like Denis’ idea for taking a bit off the top. I would crop just to the strong cloud on the left, you’d lose the darker part of the sky, but I don’t think it would hurt the image. Well done. Lovely as usual.
Looks like a painting. I really like this shot.
Beautiful image Christine, and the processing obtains a nice painterly quality. I also like the breaking of the classic composition rules in this case.
That sky is superb! The colour of the cranes really pops and the detail is super sharp. The subject and composition is not typical and I really like that aspect of this image. My first reaction was that it needed a little more of the harbour at the bottom, but the more I look at this work of art, I think it is great as is.
Our next red is of sails over the Marina Mirage, which cycle through 6 different colours,
I waited until the red appeared, only a small window to capture. taken just at last of sunset
light. ISO 1600, fl24mm, f16, 1/8sec.
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Just splendid John – the tones are phenomenal in this image! a great urban landscape image 🙂
Thankyou Rerro
What an interesting picture, John! All sorts of things goin on. I like the purple hues in the sky and reflected on the railings. So I have a bit of an aversion to high rises…so this is a personal preference. I think it could be enhanced by a closer crop. I have just taken a screen shot with my iPad for this, but wonder what you think.
Interesting image in the light in the back! Not quite sure what it is!!! 🙂 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c1af05c692b8c2da6ef41e8c125344e6dbfae4e18245bd7f2c423d7cee17358c.jpg
Thankyou Sheree, it is all subjective.
Excellent composition John. The leading lines all lead my eys to the red sails. Great capture.
Thankyou Romy
Nice shot John , Did you clone something out of the tree on the right side ? only noticed at full screen ,Still a great shot .
Thanks Peter
John, very nice urban landscape with great colours. I agree with Sheree that cropping abit on the left side (and the right for balance) it removes the distracting building. Very good composition with the simetric view on the bridge. Well done.
Thanks Christian
Lovely, John. Great leading lines, and I love the play of light and shadows on the sails, against the evening sky.
Thankyou Kerrie
Hi John. Very nice shot. With all the hard lines you still managed to capture a sensual feel to the shot with good balance of light. Well done.
Thankyou Denis
I like the symmetry in the foreground and lack of symmetry in the background – makes for an interesting composition.
Thanks Sig
John nice use of lines and lighting. My eyes are drawn right in to the red sails. Really pretty night sky.
Thankyou Valerie
Dear John,
Just wanted to apologise for illustrating a crop on this photo. I did not download it, just took a screeshot of a reduced area. I did not mean any harm nor stress, and as you mentioned it is all subjective. I did note that it was just a personal preference.
Thankyou Sheree
Wanted to send you a PM just to apologise as I did not intend any issues and so sorry you were upset. I did not download, really only took a screenshot of a reduced area—but I did not intend any offence.
Cheers!
Love the leading lines and peaks of the sail. Dynamic.
Yes for me it’s the leading lines that lead me to those red sails that makes this image rock! Also great choice to shoot at dusk – and I like the symmetry of your image John. Well done. Brent
Thankyou Brent
Thanks Karen
Beautiful image. I love the colors in the sky!
Thankyou Chris
John what a great use of leading lines and red! Well done!
Thankyou Sara
This is a great shot John
Thankyou Kerri
Great shot John, beautiful combination of colors and great leading lines
Thanks Erez
Love this image, John! The use of colour is great and I really like the lighting and lines of the bridge.
A flock of flamingoes settled on a neighbour’s dam & I spent some time trying to get a shot of them coming in to land & also flying. This is my effort for red shot at f11,ISO 800, 1/1000 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/89d95b6bbe1614134ede4fbf2d5984b0400e6f797521a6e8e3bfffd4b490a01c.jpg
Gail, very nice picture with those reddish coloured wings of the flamingoes. Good composition and very nice to see this in panaorama view. I like very much the reflection of those birds and there coloured wings. Well done.
Hi Gail. Lovely panoramic shot of these magnificent birds. Good choice of f11 aperture. All flamingoes are in focus. Your effort paid off.
Well done.
Hi Gail. Patience paid off. Good shot. I like the red reflections from the water. Well done.
Beautiful capture, Gail. Nice and sharp, great reflections, and I love that you’ve captured the splashing water. If anything, I might crop a bit from the top to remove the darker green vegetation, and bring the waterline nearer to the top 1/3 line.
I love the unique flamingo’s…..the reflections are great too!
Great capture of these birds. I really like how you have captured them in all different stages of the landing with splashing water. Very well done.
Great capture, Gail! Love the feel of movement and the beautiful reflections.
Love all the red wings in this image Gail. I also like the way you’ve cropped this to be a pana image.
Two things I think would improve this image.
1. Capture the flamingos facing you.
2. Have one main point of interest in this image – where the viewers eye will settle.
Hope this helps. Brent
What beautiful birds!
You managed to get some motion with them moving in the water, well done! To make it better, I may have waited to see if one or two started to take off for a point of interest. The guy in the centre looks like he was getting ready!
Well done Gail. I like the water splashes from the birds feet. I agree a different perspective would make the image stronger. Maybe punch up the color slightly in post.
Lovely shot, Gail. I like that you have capture movement here with the splashes and wings at different extensions, and focus on the birds is terrific. The reflections are a delightful bonus.
My 2nd photo for the Red challenge ,Who doesn’t love a Red Rose in all its glory “with center piece” . Sony a77 , sony 18-135 lens @ 135mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/60e2b1ec92ae1d01826cadc5bc41dfb2f06f3208bc925b293f59f4764f163864.jpg , iso200 , f5.6 , 1/1600 , Manual Mode , Small Vignette added .
This rose is gorgeous, Peter. Even the bees are in sharp focus and you got two of them or maybe even three (looks like there’s a third bee inside). The green leaves complement the vibrant red rose.
Great shot.
Thanks heaps Romy ,so glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Peter. Nice shot good focus and clarity.The soft background compliments the shot very well. Well done.
Thank you Denis for your feedback .
Peter, great picture. Very nice detail on the flower itself, the buds next to it and the bess. Nice blurries background with the green and the colour of other flowers. Well done.
Thanks very much Christian .
What a beautiful rose Peter…..i can smell the scent from here! And the bees are a perfect accompaniment! Well done 🙂
Thanks so much Rerro , one of those lucky finds that looks good to you so you make the shot & hope you get a great photo.
Beautiful and great detail of your flower and the bees! Composition is just right. Great photo.
thank you Valerie for your positive feedback.
Beautiful, Peter. The “center piece” just makes this image even better!
Thank you so much Kerrie.
Lovely and telling a story about the busy bees. Love it.
Thank you for your feedback & kind words Karen.
Wow Peter, love this angle you’ve chosen and using complementary colours (red with green background) makes your rose pop. Also the hard light makes this rose pop even more – plus add a few bees and you’ve got a really interesting image. How can you make this image is even better? I think a shallow at depth of field my help and image like this because then the rosebuds in the background would be softer/blurred. Well done. Brent
Thanks so much Brent ,I will have a little play on my computer with this image .
WOW!!! I cannot believe how very crisp this is. I really love your composition, the DoF and the buds. Just a beautiful shot, well done!
Thanks so much for the compliment Sheree .
Love it! Bees always make me happy and these are crystal clear.
Thank you Chris ,glad you liked it.
Love the bees. The background seems a little busy, maybe removethe buds? Great macro.
Thanks Norm ,I did a bit of looking at options on my computer but always came back to this image & my wife also agreed ,I tried softening the buds & vignetting with a light color but it took away from the sharpness of my image
Peter, lovely image. I would like to see a slightly different angle, turn the image possibly so the buds are on the bottom instead of the top. The colors are beautiful.
Thank you Sara for your thoughts, but rose buds grow upwards ,I think it would look wrong ,however I will have a look on the computer & see.
Really nice shot Peter. I’m drawn into it.
Thanks so much Keri .
A lovely image Peter. I agree the sharp focus of the flower and bees creates an interesting POI.
Thank you Dianne .
Lovely, full of life shot. Great sharpness on the bees and flower. Love it
Thank you kindly Erez.
The fall colours are now spectacular in the Northeastern U.S and across the border in Canada. We are visiting friends in Northern Wisconsin and this photo shows autumn leaves on their old garden bench. Sony Alpha 7ii camera with 24 – 240 mm lens at 78 mm, f5.6 and 1/100 shutter. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/83827a53e780d4b30268cbed27461ecf911fb38214fbb5bf5fb77a113c026eb2.jpg
Just added a bit more contrast to reflect the dark autumn day. I like this better. Since I am not at home, I’m using “Sony Editing Edge” instead of Lightroom – so still on the learning curve.
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Really nice shot. Beautiful fall colors on this rustic old bench. Love it.
Thanks very much Deby – much appreciated!
Nice photo Sig, I like added contrast! I wonder if a tighter crop would make the red leaves stand out more.
Hi Valerie, thanks for your comments! I especially appreciate that you raised the point about cropping, since I was hoping to get comments specifically on that. The original image is even wider than the one I posted. I had played around with cropping and tried a few different ones and I was not sure what was best. Here is one cropped more tightly. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d8c912656385512782a800467c90b56a3c3397f6e4148d5a6f3bdd3bbc7c943a.jpg
I like the crop a lot!! My eyes don’t wander they go straight to the red leaves on the right. Nice job!
Hi Sig, I like this crop. Beautiful rich colors of Fall. The texture of the wood adds to the composition. Nice image.
Hi Romy – thanks for your comments! In the end I think I like this crop the best too.
Hi Sig. This is my preference. Again nice colours and rustic feel to to.
Thanks Denis – much appreciated!
Great crop choice for this photo. It really makes the leaves pop!
Thanks Brenda – I appreciate your comment!
I like this tight crop. It gives the eye a target to focus on. Great colors.
Thanks for your comment Sara – much appreciated!
This is the one I like best, but I also liked the wider view with even more leaves and lichen and textured wood to enjoy. Beautiful image, Sig.
Sig, nice picture. I like the layering with the line of leaves and the lines of the bench. Great different colours of the leaves. Also good background with the weathered background. Well done.
Thanks Christian – appreciate your comment!
Great textures and colors, and beautifully crisp!
Great shot Sig – I prefer this softer less contrasty version. Wisconsin is a great place to visit in fall – my in-laws live there. For me the leaf just right of middle attracts my eye the most, wonder how you can make the pop even more? Brent
Brent, thanks so much for your comments. When I return home in a few days I will go over the image again in Lightroom – don’t have access to it here.
Brent, here is another version with the leaf in question hopefully popping a bit more. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/976f6e101d49bfb14b4c061c721883daddb0d611c8e0913d69df3b7a1d9fdccf.jpg
Yes – I like it
I like this version of this image. The added contrast makes all the beautiful colors that you captured look rather muddy. In this one they really pop out like Autumn leaves should and the background highlights the colors without overpowering some of the more muted shades. Very nice image!
Lovely fall colours! How I miss them. I really like the textures ni the bench and the green moss against the red, yellows and oranges of the leaves. I think you handled this very well and would not know how you could make it better!
Hi Sheree, thanks so much for your very complementary comments! Really appreciate it!
Natures palette…..gosh…i love the tones in this shot Sig….very good image!
Hi Rerro, thanks for your encouraging comment!
Sig this is a lovely piece of art.
Beautiful and artistic image. Great colors and texture. Love this green sponts (old paint, moss?). For me the original version is the best, even so they are all nice. Great fall mood
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This is my first image for the Red category. I shot many images last week but not having much luck with how they turned out. So this morning on my walk I shot photos of some fall leaves that were still hanging on the trees. We live in the high desert so not too many trees to choose from. The winds were very strong today as I almost lost my hat. After viewing the photos on my screen at home I see that I probably should have used a higher shutter speed.
Canon 70D, 70-200mm f.4 lens, ISO: 100, f 6.3, shutter 1/400. This was shot before noon.
Deby,, I love the lone leaf … great detail and color. I would suggest that removing the left half of the shot would make for a much better photo.
Thank you Richard. I’ll give it a try.
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Hey Richard. How is this? (I was going for the negative space look in the above photo which is why I left so much room to the left.)
Hi Deby. This is the one for me. Well done. Lovely colour here. Very Vibrant.
Thank you Denis.
Deby, I really liked your use of negative space in the original. This one is really nice too, but I’m feeling a little crowded. What if you split the difference and added just a bit more space on the left to let it breathe just a little more? Fantastic color, DOF, and bokeh!
Thank you Brenda. I did as you suggested earlier today but didn’t care for the results. (please see my reply to Vicki Mudd above.) If I need to post that photo please let me know. Thanks!
I like the cropped photo even more.
Thank you Karen.
Love this crop too
Thank you Brent. I’m learning so much with your Bootcamp class. Great idea for all of us to try new things we hadn’t thought of before, along with the helpful tips from our members here. Bravo!
Deby, I like this one, but I think I like the first image better. I like the negative space on the left. Maybe a compromise of something a bit in between? Great job on the colors, focus and not losing your hat. 😉
Thank you Sara. I liked the first image better, too, but I’m glad I tried the cropped version to give it a look.
Deby, The cropped version is much better.
Thank you Richard.
I like the first image better. You lose too much of that awesome back-lighting and beautiful bokeh in this version. If you wanted to scale down the negative space, you could crop it in just a little on the left, but I really love the way it is without the cropping.
Thank you for your comment Vicki. I did another version with cropping it in a bit more from the left, as you suggested, but the size was more square, not so pleasing to the eye.
Deby nice use of the light on the leaf and good complimentary background bokeh. Good job.
Thank you Valerie.
Great composition Deby. That lone leaf pops against the blurry background. I love it. Well done.
Thank you Roxy.
Deby, nice picture. I like this version of picture with your negative space on the left. It breathes more peace and balance also with the beautiful blurry background. As the leave is “looking” to the left everything fall into place. Nice colours of the leave against those of the background. Well done.
I really appreciate your thoughts above. I prefer the above image, also, as it brings peaceful thoughts to my mind. 😉
I love this, Deby. Nice lighting and definition on the veins in the leaf. The background blur is beautiful. This leaf looks forlorn, with it’s head down, and as other have said, “searching” for something. I love the story in this image.
Beautifully worded, Kerrie. Thank you so much.
I love images of back-lit leaves and this is a great example! The veins in the leaf are exceptionally clear and well defined. I also like the shadow on the RHS of the leaf, as well as the beautifully blurred background. The leaf is quite well focused, so no need for a higher shutter speed from my point of view. I assume you were referring to the windy conditions.
Thank you so much Sig. Yes, I was referring to the very windy conditions. Most of my photos were quite blurry, but at least I had several to work with.
It’s fall here but we still don’t have much color. I love the red and orange leaves each year. Thanks for sharing such a lovely photo.
Thank you so much Karen.
Beautiful fall colour image Deby – What makes this image special for me is the way it is back-lit and the shadow from the stem on the leaf adds that extra special element. I also like the use of colours in this image with the blues and the greens in the background. Brent
Much appreciated, Brent.
Very lovely capture. Deby. I love your background (maybe a little too much on the left edge)—the lighting and the composition with the bokeh in the background. REally like how you handled this.
Thank you Sheree.
Just love the natural shades of autumn softly illuminated in this shot Deby….so beautiful and so pleasing on the eye! Well done 🙂
Thank you very much Rerro.
Just beautiful Deby.
Thank you Keri.
Very nice shot Deby ,the leaf looks brilliant with the Sun light shining through it ,lovely colors of Autum.
Thank you Peter.
Beautiful Deby. Love the colors and the back light. The background complements nicely color wise and from this reason I prefer the original version. The cropped one is a little too tight to my taste.
Thank you for your insight Erez. Much appreciated.
I have to agree with Erez, this the go to image, just great as is. well done
Thank you very much, John.
Just lovely, Deby. Well shot.
Thank you Kerrie.
Deby, I absolutely love this image! The colors compliment each other really well and the red, gold and yellow in the leaf really pop against the colors in the background. The back-lighting and all that awesome bokeh in the background just make this shot beautiful. Great job!
Thank you so much Vicki.
Deby, this is very beautiful. You have captured amazing detail in the leaf, which really stands out with it’s bright red tones.The shadow from the backlighting adds nice element, too, that makes me look twice. Really great work!!
I think we are in the 25th day of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain here. Very difficult to go out. We are not quite into fall in my neighborhood. The colors haven’t popped yet. Our trip u https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/79644df1093198d6cbc6a4514d3677ad28ee36d26661d29d70736e43c9e17830.jpg p north to see the colors was cancelled due to snow in the north. So I pulled some photos from the past for the red challenge. But as i sit here, I saw a glimpse of red on my deck. It’s the old adage, You can’t see the forest for the trees. I’ll post a photo of what I saw later.
I really like the red and your composition on this shot. With the rain on the pane, it really works very well, well done!
Hi Karen. I like this shot through the window pane. This image really says much about the gloomy weather you are experiencing there. Nice composition. Even the worn out paint of the chair contributes to the mood. This image is a good example of being able to create a good composition out of a bad weather. Well done.
Thanks Romy. That chair is almost 70 years old. I decided not to repaint it this year and I’m really glad I didn’t because I like the weathered look of it.
Really cool shot. While it’s wet and gloomy, it’s also creative and artsy and feels like it could be a holiday card.
Thank you, Chris. Which holiday? I could possibly use it for Christmas. I could say “If this were snow it would be 10 feet, and we’d have our White Christmas through June.” I would be far off because I think that we had 10 inches of rain in 3 days last week. An inch of rain equates to 1 foot of snow. This was taken with my Samsung Galaxy 9. I should have slowed down the speed to see what it would look like. I’ll have to remember that next time.
I agree, it seems like Christmas to me. Maybe it;s the red. I have that same phone and am very happy with the pictures it takes. Why use my Nikon when I can just use my phone?? Also, it’s clear you don’t live in California. We have no rain, ever.
Karen, nice picture. Even on a rainy day it is possible to make a good picture. Nice effect of the rain drops on the window. The red chair gives an accent on the gray scenery. Well done.
Thank you, Christian.
Hi Karen. You captured a damp miserable day well. Well done.
Thank you. I’ve had lots of practice lately. Need some sunshine soon.
Great shot Karen….you have used the elements perfectly, and managed to get an image with a lot of mood and feeling!
Thank you, Rerro.
Karen I can relate with the weather. But you have a spectacular image here. The red pops and the rain creates the mood. I am not sure what would make this a stronger image, possibly B&W except the chair.
Love Love Love Karen. Stunning!!!
Karen I really like this photo as it has created a great mood and seems to tell a story. Good clarity and motion capture. Well done.
You’ve captured the mood of the weather beautifully Karen. Hope you get some better weather soon!
Great moody image. I like how you used the rain to your advantage and created an artistic and interesting image. Well done
Great shot through the window, captured the mood, well done
Karen I really like the effect of the rain streaming down the window as a filter for the image of the deck. Your weathered red chair adds a nice pop of colour.
Good afternoon from a wet and stormy Ireland. Waiting for Storm Callum to hit with associated winds and rain. Last week I managed to sketch a few shots of my Fuchsia. Come tomorrow these shots won’t be around. Hope you enjoy. Shot details; ISO 400, FL5mm Prime Lens, F4.5, SS 1.200 sec. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/02c9f696199009a27c2e6113c1f7ea21cf6ff7ee3237f100555b3e0ef542c2cb.jpg
Denis, very nice picture. Great colours with those 2 different red. Personally I woul try to get rid of the red in the blurried background on the right side. Well done.
Hi Christian. Many thanks for that feedback.
Hi Christian. Your thoughts on this adj. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8152f45b4e47e05242ffded095bafbc8bb84f0a3c6964f08cd2d3ff103583a55.jpg
A much stronger image!
Christine. Many thanks for your input here.
Denis, I find this an improvement. Well done.
Christian.Many thanks for your input here.
I like this one Denis. The red really pops. Great composition and nicely focused. Gorgeous flowers. Well done.
Hi Romy. Many thanks for that feedback.
Denis, The copped version is much better. I love the vibrant colors !
Hi Richard. Many thanks for your feedback.
Nice image Denis and this version is better IMO. The flowers really pop. Good sharpness too. Well done
Hi Erez. Many thanks for that feedback.
Beautiful Colors! Great focus. I like the cropped version as well. Very well done.
Hi Valerie. Many thanks.
Yep, even better.
Hi John. Many thanks.
Hi Denis, this crop is much better, though I’m finding that light branch (in the upper left) somewhat distracting.
Hi Kerrie. Many thanks for your feedback. Good spot on that branch. Agree it is distracting.
Love the colors and the sharpness. Great job, Denis.
Denis, my thoughts have all been covered by others, so I won’t repeat them. However, I will say that one of my favourite memories of holidaying in Ireland was the wild fuchsia blooming by the side of the roads. Your image has brought a smile to my face tonight.
Gorgeous shot Denis. I agree with Christian about the spot of pink on the RHS. In this case i would be going for a square crop and having the two flowers bang in the center
Hi Christine. Many thanks for that feedback.
I agree with Rerro and Christian. A square crop would be the way to go. Gorgeous.
Great colors Denis, the reds really pop against the green. I, too, agree about the square crop.
Hi Sara. Many thanks for the feedback.
Nice clean shot Denis ,you can’t beat the weather when its bad so I think you did alright with what you have there,good one.
Hi Peter. Many thanks for the feedback.
Really nice shot Denis. Love the stamens almost look metallic.
Hi Keri. Many thanks for your feedback.
Lovely photo, Denis! I love the contrast in the colours…. beautiful and tomorrow I guess they all will be blown away!
To make it better…maybe more blur in the background, but these are so crisp and colours so great, I really like it!
Hi Sheree. Many thanks for your feedback as always.
Great shot Denis. I love fuchsia’s and sadly manage to kill them yearly. I am envious of anyone that can grow them and then take pictures of them.
Hi Chris. Many thanks for your feedback.
Beautiful shot! Clear and concise.
Hi Pamela. Many thanks for your feedback.
Lovely colours and composition of the two Fuchsias nice
blurred background, great job.
Hi John. Many thanks for your feedback.
Fantastic shot! Super sharp and blurred background.
Hi Ingrid. Many thanks for that feedback.
Lovely! I like the composition and I think breaking the rule about 3’s may work here. Nice use of colors in the picture; however, in my opinion I think the reds and especially the pinks are over saturated (could just be my eyes). Otherwise this is a beautiful picture.
Hi Barbara. Many thanks for your feedback. I will have a look at the point you raise. I can be heavy handed as it were.
Not a problem. Glad to help
My something RED.. not sure what flowers this is. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4f36da156afaff1481d04dde5de09324a568d5f4ae20731aa57ca28b671a62f0.jpg
Hazel, nice flower. There are too many highlights on the left side. Good contrast with the background.
Hi Hazel, if I am not mistaken the name of the flower is dahlia. Beautiful. The green background complements the red color in the flower.
Lovely subject Hazel, and such a beautiful colour. What were you settings on your camera for this shot?
Hazel, Lovely job. I agree that the white seems a bit blown out. Maybe try a square crop?
Nice shot Hazel , I think you have a lovely Camellia flower ,it looks a little funny with the white on the flower giving the feel that it is too light in that area ,but I think you did a good job
Pretty shot, Hazel. If you are able to reshoot, I think you could make it a bit better by underexposing it, and bring up the shadows in post. Also, perhaps dry a bigger F stop if you can…so try to shoot again above f5.6. Nice composition.
Good choice for the theme as the flower contrasts beautifully with the background. A square crop would enlarge the flower and would be worth trying. If you get another chance, try zooming in to fill the frame with your chosen flower and also choose one that is in the shade or evenly light to reduce blown out areas.
Hi Hazel. Good shoot or at least it will be when you adjust the highlights on the top left. Well done.
Hi Hazel – you picked a beautiful and challenging subject because of the variegated colour. Getting the exposure right on the darker side means that the lighter side tends to be too bright and detail is lost. One option would be to get the exposure right for the lighter petals (i.e. underexpose compared to this shot) and then use your editing software to brighten the dark side a bit. Or, you could completely change the point of view, and shoot from the dark side so the white side becomes less of a feature.
We saw the sun for about five minutes today. It did something different today and snow flurried instead of rained. Luckily it didn’t amount to anything. Here is my second shot, from the warmth of indoors. 😉 ISO 400 26mm f/4 1/60. Thought a change of angle and rug would be inspiring. I welcome your thoughts. Thank you.https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e3cfd86ebd7e164a879959513e42e639d0f01a4bf2730f6cda28beaf8d1e76e4.jpg
When I first looked I felt like I was falling over! 🙂 Interesting angle, but want to turn it over! Fun to change it up a bit…
Thank you Sheree. I did rotate it so it wasn’t such a strange angle.
Sara, it is a creative POV. It takes time to understand what it is about.
Thank you Christian.
Hi Sara. You have changed it up all right. There are some nice reds in that rug which are hiding away in the shadows. The cushion is flat and not vibrant enough to carry the foreground. anyway I am no interior decorators. I put things where I am told!!!!!!.
Thank you for your feedback. I am not sure my full edit came through- will try again.
I’d lift those shadow a little to bring out the reds and brighten the white, I think that would make the cushion pop. I think I was looking at this upside down. I thought the chair was very unusual but now I see I’m looking from the back and above. Still would do the same but do love the perspective.
Karen, I have rotated it and tried to lighten the shadows, but not sure it came through that way. Will try to edit again.
Here is a rotated angle and an adjustment for the shadows. I didn’t really think about the angle of the photo when I posted it. The chair looks out towards my kitchen, the photo was taken from above the chair on the stairs. now that I have posted it, it doesn’t look like the shadows were lifted. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af7742c615d2604bec1d6a25bceec569d6b05cf42da6e918992ac60111d6dcc5.jpg
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This interesting angle transforms this familiar chair into something unique. Love it Sara.
Maybe it is worth trying to saturate and brighten the cushion more in post to make it pop even more
This fiery rose was taken in Northern Minnesota just off Dylan Way (yes, Bob Dylan). It’s in a rose garden along Lake Superior of the famous song The Edmond Fitzgerald which sunk during a storm on Lake Superior when a wave hit it. I wish I had been up there this week because they had a storm just like that night. The photos I saw taken on Wed were breathtaking. However, the day I took photos in the rose garden, it was gloomy but the flowers were popping color all over. These fiery roses are the most beautiful roses I have ever seen. They really do make the bush look like it’s on fire. I know my ISO was 100 but not sure what my other settings were since this is a I cropped in a different program and it didn’t save the metadata. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1223a4e80a83c805762382112e8ef194874636750c566183d84b292713ed17a1.jpg
Beautiful colors! And take sharp. I am not sure which one I like better. Well done.
I have another version of the fiery rose. I decided to let you decide which one you like best. I like this one because the rose buds look like hot coals.
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Karen I also prefer the composition of this image. The colours are lovely in the rose and background blur compliments the flowers.
What gorgeous colours, Karen. I can almost smell the roses they look so natural and the focus is tack sharp. I like this one best because the buds seem surround the full bloom and lead the eye around the image and back to centre. Well done
Hi Karen. This is my preference. I think the shot is more balanced. I wonder if you took the luminance on the reds down a tad would that enrich it more?. Well done.
Beautiful!! Great shot!
Missed this one before Karen, I think that this version is better. In the other version the separaion of the main flower from the other ones is a little soft. Here it solves the issue by making the whole bunch of flowers a single POI
Beautiful colors and great focus. I agree with Erez that this crop brings the group of flowers into a complete point of interest. Well done.
Beautiful roses! I love how they change color after opening.
I think this version is better ,More flowers but less crowded,nice shot & good colors ,well done Karen.
I like this one best, too, Karen. The whole group works well together. The colour in those partially open buds is stunning! My suggestion is to deepen the green for even more contrast.
Here’s my second post for the Red Challenge … “Scarecrow”. It’s kind of a fun shot. I used my 24-70 lens @55 mm, 1/2000sec @ f/2.8,ISO 100. His red jacket caught my eye. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b9c459123f9ddc7cb9e625461bd0e41e2738d4561a6c07b19799c5a647056911.jpg
What a handsome subject! Love the hat! The jacket really does catch your eye.
Very cute character Richard. Certainly smart enough to command attention! Did you get one of him looking towards you, as I think that could add further interest to your image?
Hi Richard. Very nice shot. Nicely balanced and well taken. Well done.
Cool image Richard! A brilliant choise for the “red” challenge. You took it from a good angle that makes it more interesting and dynamic. Nice work!
Ha! This is great. Nice rim lighting on his hat, shoulder, and pants.
Richard, creative composition with very nice colours. Good composition. A rather strange break of the line between the green and the brown ground. With another POV it would be more obvious for that line. Well done.
Christian, Thanks for your comments. The strange break in the line in the background is where a thicket of trees meets the field and forms the irregular line. Another POV might have been better, but I was juggling between other people to get the shot. I tried to soften the line effect in post processing to no avail.
Thanks to all for the nice comments
‘Scarecrow’ is definitely a fun image. I like the point of view. The central pop of red from the jacket is great. To my eye, the vignetting (natural or otherwise) is a bit too strong as it looks like there is a halo around the scarecrow’s body and head.
My second image for the theme: RED We have been taking a short break and stayed at this lovely cottage on our way to see our sons. The weather wasn’t the best that evening, so a glass of red in front of the fireplace was a great idea plus an opportunity for an image for this month. Settings F8, ISO 200 and Shutter speed 3s, taken on a tripod.
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Hi Dianne, Great shot, lots of mood and I like the texture in the foreground and the effect of layers leading into the fire, great contrasts too..
Hi Dianne. You have created a very nice ambiance to this shot. I like its simplicity. How to make it even better. One way might be to take down the brightness of the red around the fireplace, and darken the the hearth stone behind the glass of Vino. These are just a few ideas I would play with and see where it takes me. Well done.
Beautiful and a relaxing image – great mood! Love the reflections and deformations on the glass.
I suggest to crop the lower part of the image to remove the table – it is a little distracting IMO.
Lovely relaxing image. I like the warmth of the colors. I would crop out the handle on the right hand side.
Very relaxing scene ,I wonder if you had lifted the glass slightly would the fire reflect in the glass as well ? still a great shot & very sharp.
I really like the tones in this, Dianne. The reflections on the wine glass are superb. might just crop out the table, great image!
Dianne. My favourite type of red!!! Really nice capture.
Dianne, your picture has a reddish framework around the fire place and the red wine. These two colours compete for the attention of us. Personally I would try to disaturate the reddish framework. Good composition. Well done.
Many thanks for the replies. I wasn’t sure about including the in the original image and I always appreciate suggestions for improvements. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/04137f664c464df1ca4ad933bb694d1db59ba88b84097a1d5d38c5d899cd0ab6.jpg
I like this crop, removing some of the distracting elements. I also like that you have used a slower shutter speed to get some more flames in the background and your glass of red is super sharp. Hope it tasted as good as it looks – wouldn’t mind a sip 🙂 Brent
Thank you Brent, I agree this crop has improved the more important aspects of the photo. It was a great way to enjoy a wet rainy evening and the glass of red definitely tasted good!
Hi Dianne – Ah… this looks so warm and inviting. I’ve been reading the other comments & it is true we all have different visions and ideas 🙂 I like the terracotta coloured fireplace surround. My main suggestion is to either raise the glass, or lower yourself, so the glass has the fireplace burning in the background – it might not work with reflections and lighting concerns, but it’s one thing I would try.
It was a great way to spend an evening with wine, a book and a fire. We were staying in this house and there wasn’t any thing other than this upturned magazine basket with a bread board on top to use. Perhaps I should have tried to take a lower shot and will try to remember for my next fireside shot! Both good suggestions to try.
Found this flower in Medford park, NJ, USA. I have never seen one before. . https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b64256ada789d2fb96922365f4f8c76f2ddabdceec63465e105adcb38deed319.jpg
Beautiful flower and colors. Love it.
The white spot is a little distructing IMO. I suggest cropping the image or otherwise remove it. Even so it is beautiful as is, I believe that it can improve the image
Thank you Erez, I did not see the spot. Will work on it.
Hi Pamela. Nice shot. I like the clarity of the Red Berries against the shallow DoF. I might try an even closer shot and even crop tighter around your subject mayor – The Red Berries and two leave behind. Well done.
Thank you Denis.
Pamela, nice picture with nice colours. There is rather much open space in relation to your subject. More crop would make it better.
Pamela, I agree on a tighter crop. I like the colors and the unusual flower.
Hi Pamela – I also think a tighter crop will work well with this image, and play with the contrast and saturation for the flowers/fruit. The background could be darkened a bit, too, to help the flower really stand out. The flower is intriguing. I did an internet search and think this is commonly called strawberry bush or hearts-a-bustin.
Found it not far from my home. It was not easy to find an interesting red things near by.
ISO 100, 1/100 f/5.6
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Erez, Lovely image, but I think it could be made stronger if you cropped or focused on one set/branch.
Hi Erez. Nice overall shot of this tree/shrub and the berries. I think if you concentrated on a branch/bunch of the Red Berries the result would be even better. Well done.
Erez, nice picture with a lot of red berries. This is a rather bussy in the background. Very nice colours.
Thanks for the feedback @christianpiron:disqus, @denisobyrne:disqus and @disqus_cdh6bhNTbb:disqus. I agree with you and tried to improve.
Cropped and added 2 types of vignetting to reduce the background influence.
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Great improvement here Erez, by isolating your subject and simplifying the composition a bit more. Your berries pop with that green background. Well done. Brent
Thank you Brent, much appreciated
Hi Erez – there is certainly a lot going on here, and I like do think the closer crop is more effective, but the vignette is a bit heavy – note this is very much my personal preference for more natural vignettes. I’m thinking about your subject now from a very different perspective. There seems to be a large area with berries on shrubs here. Did you try stepping back and getting a less detailed, but larger scale view of all that red in the bushes? View it with an impressionist’s eye. Maybe this idea wouldn’t look good, but thought I would share the idea anyway.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to explore, think and suggest your ideas. I tried the wider view and didn’t like it. It was a boring image. Couldn’t try many angles so, the area is full of bushes and this one is accessible from one direction only.
I agree the vignette is a bit heavy, but as you said – personal preference. I’m only sorry that I haven’t pushed it more to the painterly/surreal look 🙂
Red Lyon Amaryllis – f/3.4; Exposure time 1/5 sec.; ISO-80; Max aperture 3.5; focal length 4mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b751eaf78c9f6268cd9ad2e645859d7e93e80b1c73a21cf24b919b31e2e32239.jpg
Ingrid, good close up and you have nicely got the pollen at the end of stamens of the flower, and I can even see spots of pollen sprinkled on the leaves. If your point of interest is the pollen, it seems slightly out of focus or perhaps there is some movement blur. Perhaps a faster shutter setting may help, particularly if hand held. A great red photo.
Hi Ingrid. Lovely close up with nice detail. I like the softness to this shot. Well done.
Ingrid, very nice picture. Great colours with a lot of detail on the stamens.
Nice detail Ingrid. Sharp and beautiful
Ingrid, very nice red image. Maybe a slightly different angle to fill the frame with the flower.
Ingrid, I love this flower image. Yes, parts of the stamen and pollen are slightly out of focus, but the details in the petals are wonderful. Getting that much detail in a red flower is a difficult thing to do. I know photographers who have been taking flower photos for years who still struggle with red flowers. Congratulations, great job!!!
Love the detail in those vibrant red petals, Ingrid, and I think it was a good choice to fill the frame with the flower.
Wow Ingrid – just stunning!!! Brent
I spent the past week taking pictures from the ground, from my roof, with the wind blowing and with no breeze at all. I also photographed at different times of the day and this is the version I liked the best. Settings: 1/500sec, F4.5, ISO 160, 46mm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6171f4e2b998e0ffdeadb8c8b139c60acf37a654443c3631f20e343eb232bf7d.jpg
Valerie, I like how you have captured the motion of the flag flapping in the wind with this one, and it is nicely composed against the complimentary green background. Well done.
Thank you Rodney for your nice comments.
Beautiful, Valerie. Rodney said it so well.
Thank you Deby.
Very Patriotic entry ,the flag looks great with the Sun illuminating the face & the wind lifting the rest of it ,great composition with the darker background really lifting the colors on the flag ,great shot Valerie.
Thanks Peter!
Hi Valerie. Nice shot of the Flag. You captured a nice soft movement that indicates a soft gentle breeze. Well done.
Thank you Denis.
Crisp in colour and the movement is captured beautifully. Well done Valerie!
Thanks Keri.
Valerie, you can’t go wrong with the american flag. Good composition. Personally I would have enlighted more the shadows to have more lightgreen background.
Thanks Christian for your input. I have several versions of the flag including a lighter background and struggled with which one to post. The position of the sun led me away from the lighter background as it seemed a little blown out. I appreciate your feedback.
Love it! I almost used my neighbor’s flag. The weather wouldn’t let me. I really like the light coming in from the left. I might blur the background a bit more next time. Well done.
Thanks Sara for the suggestions and comments.
Nice. I agree with Christian about lightening the shadows. It’s tack sharp. Great job.
Thanks Karen.
The rippling flag is lovely, Valerie. For me, the lighting at the left adds so much to this image. I like the dark background which helps the red really pop.
We have a large Bottlebrush (Callistemon) tree in our yard, currently full of the red brush flowers. I took a variety of images from different positions and distances and couldn’t find a good photo arrangement for the full tree that I liked. There have been some great side on shots of the flowers by @Sillen55:disqus and @rerrorocher:disqus in this and previous challenges and I thought a different angle would be an end on shot of the flower. Given the close distance to the flower needed to show the detail I wanted, I found that I couldn’t get enough depth of field to get many of the red stamens or even the small green leaves which protrude from the end, in focus, even when the aperture was closed down (f/16 etc). The slower shutter speed due to the small aperture didn’t get a sharp image, with the flowers swaying in the breeze. So I used focus stacking with 20 images to create this version which I liked best.
Settings: 1/40 sec @ f/5.6 ISO-200, lens MZ. 60mm
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Stunning, Rodney! Nice to see a different angle of a Callistemon. Well done.
Thanks Kerrie.
Hi Rodney. Lovely image and it is always nice to see shots from a different angle and perspective. I like the red in this shot. It is very vibrant and says ” Look at Me”. I might crop a little from the left to get rid of unwanted space. Well done.
Thanks Denis.
A brilliant perspective Rodney……I like it 🙂 And excellent work with the focus stacking. How to improve this image…i would try a square crop, and try and fade the background. I think the leaves are a bit distracting….but the flower rocks!
I appreciate your comments Christine. (and @denisobyrne:disqus @Sillen55:disqus @christianpiron:disqus @erezshilat:disqus @disqus_cdh6bhNTbb:disqus @disqus_W9X9AYgvoB:disqus @rachelgilmour:disqus ) I did have some shots with better backgrounds but this one had the best flower. I have tried a square crop and also made some LR adjustments, reducing the exposure of the background and also applied some brush adjustments of negative sharpness to the lower leaves. ( I would prefer to get most of that in-camera so will try shooting the photo again sometime). Here is the revised version. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/714c2de758eb83735d8a4b2d5de1d7bf193baa9db7a7221c832bd4b36c063a8c.jpg
There goes the next photo in my series, lol!*
Nice perspective on this amazing flower.
I agree with Christine’s comment below and I think I’d try for an image where there was a bit more light coming from one side
but having said that the flower is suberb.
*Not really!
Thanks Nick. Sorry about stealing your shot. 😉 It was generally overcast at the time (when it wasn’t raining), and the sun was to the left, although the shot was with the camera pointed up at about 60 degrees. I might try a reflector to add a bit more light to one side to see. It was effective with your shot.
Rodney, great sharp taken picture. Very nice colours. Good composition. The background has some distracting elements. Perhaps you could blurry a bit more. Well done.
Thanks Christian. The leaves at the bottom were much the same distance from the camera as the flower, so it was limited what I could do in camera to blur those, without covering or cutting them. I had in LR removed a couple of distractions from the photo before posting. Will have another look.
Great work Rodney, the flower came out perfect.
I agree with others that the background worth some more work to blurr (can be done in post also) and crop.
Thanks Erez
Rodney, well done! The red really pops. I agree about the square crop.
Thanks Sara
Sharp focus, like the background with the blurred touches of red but I prefer that the depth of field is done in-camera and not in processing because the blur will be more natural. The focus on the flower is perfect. A square crop would be nice.
Thanks Karen. I also like to get as much as possible done in-camera. In this picture those leaves in the bottom left, however weren’t too much further away than the flower so limited with what blurring I could achieve in-camera.
I think Christine’s comments, sum it up perfectly. That blossom really pops! Good job.
Thanks Rachel
Wow your efforts paid off. Super details in your flower.
Thanks Valerie.
Excellent job, you don’t often see them from this angle.
Thanks Chris. No you don’t and it looks like a completely different flower. I have a slightly revised version further down the post in response to Christine’s and others comments.
Great use of focus stacking, Rodney. Love the detail you have captured here, and the point of view nicely shows all that detail radiating from the centre. Great job!
Thanks Judy
Thanks Judy
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This is my second photo for the Red challenge. This small Halloween statue is decorated (hand painted) for the Day of The Dead (or Dia’ de los Muertos) Mexican Holiday Celebration starting on October 31st (I believe) lasting for several days. I photographed this little guy so much last week but nothing was coming together so gave it another try yesterday. I used different materials for the background, different lighting, high up angle, lower angle, close up, far away, different f stops and finally finished the portrait session with this shot.
I used available late afternoon window light along with using a white towel to bounce some light back onto him. I attempted to edit in LR a bit but it’s still super confusing to me so I went back to Apple’s PHOTOS editing program.
Canon 70D, 70-200mm f.4 lens at f stop 4.5. ISO was high at 4000, Shutter at 1/250th, hand held.
Deby, the red background is really effective and makes your subject stand out. Good shot.
Thank you Rodney. Much appreciated.
Hi Deby. Very good and very creative. I like you thought process throughout and most importantly not giving up on it. The red background is most effective. My only downside – Are the ankles cut off or maybe this is just the way it loaded. Well done.
Thank you for your comments Denis. I agree with you on the feet needing to be included. When I shot this guy full body (with feet) the red back ground was very distracting in the photo as it was in focus, too. I’ll give it another go soon. 😉
Fabulous Deby
Thank you Keri.
Deby, good use of the red background with that curiuos figure. Great colours. Personally I woul have taken it a bit more off centre to the right. But now I’m speaking about details. Well done.
I’m glad you mentioned that Christian. I actually did have him off the center in other images. I’m loving the feedback on things I have overlooked. Thank you.
Cool idea Deby. Using the red as a background instead of a forground object works very well here. Love it
Thank you so much Erez.
Very creative Deby, I think you did a great job. The back ground pops, but doesn’t overtake the figure. Maybe have a bit more space to look into.
Thank you Sara.
An interesting sharp image Derby. Your statue stands out well against the red background. If you drape the shawl so that he is also standing on the shawl you would be able to included his feet which may add to the impact of your shot.
Thank you for your feedback Dianne. Appreciated. I’ll give it a try.
That photo just pops right off the page. The red background is perfect.
Thank you very much Karen.
Deby, I really like the use of the red as the background. It really makes all of the colors in the statue pop and gives it a very nice depth of field. My suggestion would be to retake this with the feet rather than having the feet cutoff. I found that a little distracting. Nice concept though!
Thank you Vicki for your feedback. I have some shots with his feet but they didn’t come out as good. I will look into re-doing this shot as you suggested.
Debi the red background ere makes the figurine pop here. Great separation!
Thank you Rerro.
Excellent use of that red background and lighting to make this little guy pop right off the screen. So cool !!
This is Big Red in another light. I’ve really enjoyed having the same subject and trying all different things with it. 1/2500, F5, ISO6400 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3741c11af788acaf6df179b747e33fd9f3470e6e018f517ebab1bba566ddadd0.jpg
Absolutely fantastic!
Stunning!
Best comment ever Nick. Thankyou 🙂
Keri, very nice feeling with this picture. Great colours. Good subtle accent with the black of buds against the dark background. I don’t see the sharp point on the middle of the flower or on the buds.
I know how I didn’t get a sharp focus because I was on really hard rocks on my legs and hip trying to capture it LOL!!!
Fantastic image Keri – great colors and I like the composition.
Thank you Erez.
Keri-Fabulous! I like the Black and Red. Maybe crop so the stem is coming out closer to the bottom right corner. Well done!
Thanks Sara. I just cropped and flipped to come out of the left corner following Rerro’s feedback. LOL!!!
It’s nice at the small photo but when enlarged it has a lot of noise and isn’t in focus. Perhaps putting the camera on a tripod and doing a longer exposure you could also decrease the ISO. I like the colors together. It’s unique. If the flower is still available, try it at different exposures.
Thanks Karen. Good feedback.
Hi Keri. Very nice shot. Like the composure. A little dark for me. I think the red could be made pop a little more. It seems a little flat. Well done.
Thanks you Denis. I have lightened it but only a little. Is that a better option?
Hi Keri. Taking all the advice given you have done a great job here. I much prefer the adjusted shot from every perspective. I myself have learned a lot from watching this shot develop. Well done.
Keri, I like your concept here and the composition, but I think that you should try lightening the background. When I looked at it in the most expanded view I could, I noticed that there is a lot of very nice bokeh. But, you can’t see it well because it is too dark. If you lightened the background, it would bring the bokeh out more. Also, I am not sure if you cloned the red from the flower onto the buds to bring out the red, but I noticed that there is some bleeding of the red onto the stem and around the red buds as well. The lines just need a little cleaning up. I love the black and red combo, but I think you should bring in all of that awesome bokeh in the background to really make that red pop! Good job!
Does this improve it Vicki? Thanks for your feedback. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e32b2e2ef0728ddb8fcbd150305097472ab1f7fe5e589de751495a0f5dc6d9b3.jpg
Keri, that is better. Would you mind if I played with it a little? If you would rather I didn’t, that’s fine. It does look better.
Keri, this is the best way to show the flower. Nice work.
You have certainly made the red pop in this image Keri…..i am presuming that you have achieved this by post processing? And good on you for being creative in this way. How to improve on this….i would be flipping and rotating the image to have the stem coming out the bottom left hand corner.
Thank you for your advice. I think this looks much better. What do you think? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e4c91df722e774e019f685caf0c0082962debe0ec6047094dfafca7fbe5ae0b6.jpg
Awesome….fantastic Keri!
I like this one better. Well done.
I really like this Keri. It’s very artsy. I could see it framed and hanging in my living room.
Chris your comments are always so lovely.
I really like the color pop in this. Very creative.
Thanks for your comment Deby.
Great shot ,love it Keri .
Thanks Peter
Gorgeous work here, Keri. Not sure which version I like best, but I do like the red a tad brighter as in the very last post responding to Vicki. One very minor suggestion… clone out that spider web thread at the bottom. Congratulations on truly exploring artistic options with ‘Big Red’ this month 🙂
My next photo of a variation on a (red) subject
I had to get a model in!
1/1250s, f/5.6, iso 1000, 380mm
I was trying for a photo of the model’s breast plumage, but alas they weren’t that cooperative.
I attempted to blur the foliage to the left of the “model” in post processing, It looked too artificial so I gave up.
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Nick, I struggle with the sharpness in your picture. The eye looks sharp, but then… Creative position of the bird. Nice colours.
Woops
You’re 100% correct
Seems as though I shouldn’t edit and post when I’m tired, how embarrassing!
Love the composition but the the focus is off. It needed a larger focus area but also higher ISO because there is noise. I’ve never been very good at getting birds to be in focus. They move too much. But keep trying because you are so close and the composition is right on.
Thanks
My apologies for the focus, not sure how I missed that, late at night and quite tired probably
the ISO was about as low as I could go given the gloomy weather conditions we are experiencing. The image is heavily cropped
Gorgeous photo Nick! Very good composition and love the red of the bottle brush. Although not tack sharp, a very nice photo. I think maybe playing around with the ‘crop’ and adding a vignette or focus filter would help.
Hi Nick. I like this effort. Very difficult model as you say. Well done.
Great shot Nick….such beautiful and colourful birds!
Wow Nick, great shot!! What a beautiful bird.
Beautiful bird! Nice composition, great shot.
Love your model’s pose, Nick. I think this is what makes the shot successful; not your typical shot of a bird enjoying a feed of nectar. I also like that you have some bottlebrush blooms scattered in the top and background of this image. The red vs green contrast is very effective. Great work.
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This might be a stretch for red, but I’ll give it a go. Steamed Maryland Blue Crabs…nothing like them!!!!! Bonnie
1/40 f/4 18mm ISO 400
The Blue crab’s scientific name Callinectes Sapidus meaning “Beautiful swimmer that is savory.”
Although the blue crab is commonly known as “the Maryland crab,” a large portion of them are caught in the Virginia waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
A creative picture full of colours.
Love it fiat76, a great work. It is interesting how this cluttered image does not need a POI because the clutterness itself is the POI.
Bonnie, tasty subject! The color is in the red family, so I would say it counts.
This photo reminded me of Ketchikan, Alaska, and the huge crab feast we went to. It just looks like I could reach out and grab one. Great photo.
A seafood frenzy! We have similar crabs here in Australia and they are wonderful anytime. Isolating one of the crabs and bringing out the colours in post processing more would create a strong POI. Love the idea!
Hi flat 76. Very nice shot, Love the detail of the claws and shells. Well done.
Thanks to all of you who commented on my red entry..your comments are greatly appreciated.
Although this is a busy image, we can clearly see the subject. i would be trying to add a bit of detail and work on the tones to try and make the crabs more vibrant.
OK…I will see what I can do! I appreciate all the feedback, yours included!
As a hobby my wife sometimes makes flower arrangement like this. I’m then asked to make a picture of it.
This time there were red roses. So I could use it for this challenge.
settings: 1/100 f/8 67mm ISO 200
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Nice image of a nice flower arrangement. I like the angle you shot from. Well done.
I think that shooting using a softer light could improve the image – some of the sharp shadows are a bit distracting IMO. I would also try to darken the table at the left side. I think that it will better separate the smaller flowers from the background
Erez, thanks for your comment.
Lovely. I would try a tighter crop more focused on the flowers themselves, rather than the whole arrangement. The light is a bit harsh, maybe adjust in post. Well done.
Sara, thanks for your remark. My goal was to give you a view on the whole flower arrangement, not on a single one.
Very creative. You are lucky you have a creative wife to make your challenge subject for you to photograph. Beautiful arrangement. Beautiful photo. I like that parts of the basket are showing. Maybe just a little cropping on the left and top. It has a flow to it so I like seeing all of the arrangement.
Karen, thanks for your appreciation.
Hi Christian. Great shot. I like the detail and clarity in it. It is nice and bright against a dark background which compliments the red roses very well. Well Done.
Denis, thanks for your appreciation.
Lovely image…I like the different textures and the arrangement. The black background is effective. For me, the white rim of the vessel on the top right is distracting.
Hi, thanks for your remark. I got a modified exemplar.
Gorgeous Christian….your wife is talented! I agree that the white rim is distracting…maybe try looking from a different perspective
Christine, I delighted the white rim with a brush in LR. I agree with you and others about the distracting effect. Hopefully this made it better. My (personal) goal still remains to have a view on the whole flower arrangement, not on a detail.
hereby the modified picture
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This one without the bright white is more beautiful, Christian. I like that you have stayed with your vision of the whole arrangement.
Kerrie, thanks for your appreciation.
What a beautiful arrangement! I like your vision to show the whole arrangement, and I’m a fan of the lighting because it adds even more drama to the flowers. I think the shadows make the bright red petals more prominent. One suggestion is to adjust the lighting on the handle so it is somewhere between this post and the edited version below; still bright, but not quite as harsh.
I wasn’t there in time to see this person windsurfing but I was able to catch him trying to roll up his parachute. It was overcast and windy. 500 ISO 1/250 F7.1 112mm.
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Phyllis, great color. Maybe a tighter crop-not so much space on the right. I would like to see the whole parachute.
Sara I did thanks for the suggestion!
I like the determined look as he’s trying to roll up the sail. I didn’t notice the little white flap at first but might be a bit distracting after you notice once but might be in a difficult position for cloning out. I like the photo. Take a little off the right side to tighten it up and it’s a good shot.
Karen I will take a shot at the cloning and see what happens. Thanks
Phyllis, nice picture. Good composition. Well done.
Hi Christian Thanks
This picture really stands out for me Phyllis. It tells a great story and captures the windy conditions. Clipping a little from the right of the picture may give even more emphasis to the man’s struggle with the sail but that is only my opinion. it is a great capture and a different and interesting shot. Well done.
Thanks Annette
Hi Phyllis. I like this shot. Red stands out. Good focus, and light balance throughout. I would like to see the full parachute in the shot, which I tint would make it even stronger. Well done.
Thanks Denis
Here is the second photo after listening to the suggestions. Thanks for the help! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ca4d2d7fdaab273e6acb60e0e8bab6e93ac9ad35d0852d331f35d75d8c53bc17.jpg
Hi Phyllis. Yes I prefer this one. Well done.
Well done. I like this one better.
Vanda orchid flower. This is an old photo (February 2018) taken in Singapore Botanical garden.
Sony A7R2 , ISO 100, 115mm , f 6.3, 1/60s, monopod.
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And here is isolating one flower. Same settings.
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Romy, nice picture. I like to see the red twig with all those red flowers with their red stalk. Your crop is very well done. Of course here you don’t have one POI, but I persoanlly prefer this overview. Good blurried background. Well done.
Thanks much, Christian. Much appreciated.
Hi Romy. Lovely shot. Nice clarity and perspective. Blurred background which helps the Orchid Flower stand out. I think I prefer the overview. However if you evened off the crop below it could become a stronger image. After all that I like both. Well done.
Hi Denis. Thanks so much for your comments.
The complementary colors make this image pop. The composition works well with the flowers gradually becoming buds. The flowers command one’s attention because of the blurred background. The yellow adds a nice touch. I prefer this image over the single flower image…more interest.
Thanks so much. I appreciate your feedback.
Great shot Romy…..opening up the Aperture would have helped the melt the background which would help make the flowers pop even more
Thanks much Christine. Unfortunately, I had only a 24 – 240 mm f3.5-6.3 all around lens with me at that time so I could not use a wider opening.
So lovely, Romy.Great composition. You have all of the flowers in nice focus across the frame, and they really stand out well from the background. I like this over the cropped version.
lovely job Romy ,I like this version as well ,great shot & could have done with a bit more Bokeh. But still great anyway.
Nice use of the diagonal stalk to anchor your composition, Romy. The contrast between the red flowers and the green background works beautifully.
In trying to keep to the brief, here’s the same apple and in the same place. Not elevated this time. Hand-held over head. Aperture priority, Auto ISO, and 15-85mm lens set at f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 640.
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Hi Rachel. Another good shot. That said not as good as your first which I prefer. I like your creativity here and the way you think outside the box.Well done.
Thanks Denis.
Rachel, nice different picture. Great contrast between the smooth surface of the apple and the grainy underground. Very nice colours. Well done.
Thanks, Christian.
I really like this, I might like it more if it was photographed from the side so you could see more red. But it’s a great photo.
Thanks Chris! I do have a side view, but felt that it was too much like the previous photo.
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Yes. The red apple pops. Never mind if its like the first one. The background is interesting and gives the apple more prominence. Nice composition Rachel.
Thanks, Romy!
Hi Rachel. Prefer this one.
Love the desaturated background in both of these, Rachel-though I prefer the first image from above. . The apple really pops. Well done.
Thanks Kerrie!
Rachel, I liked they way you desaturated the background to make the red of the apple the brightest thing in the image. I like this view from the top best. Not sure why, though! 🙂
For me this is the one that stands out the most to me Rachel – because of the monochrome background and colourful apple. Great work trying to shoot your apple in different environments. Excellent work. Brent
Thank you for the comments Brent. Really appreciate it! 🙂
Missouri Botanical Garden’s Chinese Lantern Festival, St. Louis, Missouri. 1/30 sec, f/5, 34mm, ISO 200 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dc49e4919bbf9c153cf461627b4065ac6c4235cd53eab5322aecb44806c9fcff.jpg
Hi Vicki. Very nice colourful shot. I like how the red stands out. Well done.
Thanks Denis.
Vicki, nice picture with a lot of colours. The red stands very well with the other colours. Nice composition.
Thank you, Christian.
Lovely lighting in this image Vicki….the colours all work so well together 🙂
Thanks Christine.
very nice photo Vicki. the colors complement each other
Thank you, Juan.
Hi Vicki, I like this picture. Nice complementary colors. Interesting structure. Did you crop this? If you did, you could add some more space at the right to balance the space at the left. As it is, the shot is already great and tack sharp.
Romy, yes I did crop it because there were elements on the left that were impossible to crop or clone without going close in on the right side. This included some machines that lighted the pagoda and kept the illusion that it was a real building. It was actually only made of steel and silk.
Wow..just steel and silk. The lighting is amazing. Beautiful capture Vicki.
Thank you, Kerrie.
Very nice image Vicki. The colors really pop!
Thanks Jim.
The lighting makes the colour so vivid! Love the way the red ‘pillars’ stand out.
Thank you, Judy. The way they had it positioned and also roped off so that you couldn’t get too close made it look almost real. The only obvious give away was the air blowing into it from the machine.
I’ve been searching for red and although I have seen a lot it hasn’t been in a good position or light to photograph. Eventually found this brave little Sturt Desert pea flower on a 38 degree C day in Alice Springs. As I couldn’t get as close as I would have liked I had to crop heavily. 1/800, f/4.5, ISO 320. No denying it is red though.
Great photography everyone. Cheers
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Hi Annette. Nice soft/blurred background. The subject matter stands out well. The focus seems a bit soft, which in some ways adds to the perspective of the shot. Well done.
Annette, nice picture with a lot of detail. Great colours too.
Wow….wonderful nature….to find such beauty in the middle of the harsh Australian outback…lovely image Annette 🙂
Great capture, Annette. I like that you have the 3 life stages of the Desert Pea. If anything, maybe a little more space from the left and above may make this better.
Annette, very nice photo. remember that we have to be patient in order to get the picture we are looking for. I would try leaving a little more room on the left if possible.
Annette, great colors in the flower, but the petals kind of blend together. Maybe back off the red saturation to recover the detail and edges?
Annette, this is one vibrant flower! So beautiful, and interesting in it’s structure. For that reason, I agree with @disqus_Dtqee4EuQn:disqus about trying to recover some definition in the petals. Also, I would give the flower more breathing room at the top and left hand side if possible.
Hi All, came across this beautiful red Mustang on my walk.
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Fabulous…love the low perspective John….and the fact that you used a wide open aperture!
Thankyou Rerro
Very nice John. I like the way you composed it with little distractions and not in the center
Thankyou Juan
Wow…that red car is so in your face! love it!
Thankyou Kerrie
Hi John. Lovely low shot. Vert vibrant and well presented. Well done.
Thanks Denis
love it ,great car & we all know that the Red ones are the fastest ,composed well & super sharp.
Thankyou Peter
Great composition here John, like how you’ve left part of the car out and included only a few aspects – the logo and front light which to me are the main points of interest. The deep reds in your image real do POP too! How can you make this better? I think the “blown out” background is the only part in this image that needs a little improvement. Not sure what you can do because that building is in direct sunlight. Brent
Really nice image John. Great composition. Per Brent’s comment son the blown out background, did you try turning down the highlights in LR?
Thanks Jim, I did try that, no good.
Thanks Brent for your advice, i will have to be more careful in the future.
I have had a shot of fixing blown out background, I think it works.
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Rerro (Christine?) suggested I “…add a bit of detail and work on the tones to try and make the crabs more vibrant.” Here are my two adjustments. Open to suggestions/comments/.
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A much stronger image 🙂
I agree….thank-you!
Love the edit, Bonnie. Much more vibrant!
Hi Fiat76. Great work here. Much stronger shot. Well done.
Nice improvement Bonnie – can I suggest next time to post this “updated” image in your original thread, just hit reply to your original image. That way they are all in one place and easy for me and my team to see the before/after images for the magazine. Brent
Mission accomplished. Definitely a stronger image, Bonnie.
Hi all, I’m late to the challenge because I was trying to come up with something new. Instead I have a red flower with a bee which seems to always be what I take pictures of. Will keep trying. F/8, 1/320, ISO 200, 95 mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dcd2db8aaf68aa68bcd6f45b6a483ee164fbd05907b37a9871b0759ba3405080.jpg
Chris, I really like the photo when I enlarged it. The pollen or moisture on the red petals give it a nice texture.
Thank you Peter!
Love the red flowers against the green background. Great contrast and the bee is an awesome bonus. Nice composition!
Thank you Valerie!
Hi Chris. Lovely shot.and background. Nice light and well balanced. The red really pops in this shot. Well done.
Thank you Denis!
Chris, very nice picture. Great detail with your bee. Good contrast of the red flowers against the green leaves and the blue sky. Well done.
Thank you Christian.
great shot Chris ,the flowers in the front are tack sharp & good Bokeh ,well done .
Thank you Peter.
Love those sharp red flowers against the green leaves and clear blue sky. The bee is a bonus..even has catchlight in it’s eye! well done.
Thank you Kerrie!
There’s a reason you keep posting these images Chris, they are stunning! Tack-sharp with lots of colours. I especially like the blue background which makes the greens and reds really pop, and the golden bee adds that extra element. How to make this image better? From me I think it’s the composition that could be improved a little – I think your main point of interest, the bee is a little too close to the edge. Brent
Thank for your comments Brent!
Nice capture Chris!
Thank you Jim!
Chris, love the colors and overall feel of this shot. The bee is a real highlight, but it kind of blends into the background. You may want to recrop a little to bring it closer to the center, but otherwise really nice.
Thank you Bill.
I love your bees, they always upgrade the images. Great colors and a sharp flower – beautiful.
It is a great image, but I think that it can be improved by working on the bee a little more in post – it does not pop enough
Thank you Erez. I will work on the bee and try to repost.
Another bee photo from Chris? Hooray! Love your bee shots, Chris 🙂 For me, this image is all about colour, not the bee. The pop of red against the blue and green is terrific.
Haha, I know, big surprise for me to post a bee! Thanks for your comnents Judy!
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Shot this on Liberty Island Canon 80D EPS 18-135mm, ISO 2000, 27mm, f/7.1, 1/6400. I noticed that I had shopped off her foot so I cropped it a little bit higher below the knee. I hope it does not make anyone uncomfortable as it would have if I would have left it at the ankle. I darkened the skyline with the adjustment brush in Lightroom. thank you
Great shot, Juan. My eyes go first to her red bag, then to her gorgeous smile.
Thanks Peter.
Juan great use of the red purse, it really grabs your attention. Very good photo of your model as well.
Thanks Valerie
I really like this, Juan. Your model is really well separated from the background and the red bag works so well. I think you did a good “rescue” job with the crop. Just wondering if you used the brush to darken the skyline close to her neck and the top of the bottle? I may be wrong, but It appears that there are some areas close to those areas that may have been missed with the brush.
Thank you Kerrie, Yes I used the brush to darken the background a bit. How is this version? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cb348a3de2dc96ec7b164b71c442be593671c45ac564ce68896d5c4b0f47b52f.jpg
Hi Juan, it appears that you have lightened the whole sky here. My comment was only referring to a thin strip of light/bright background down the front of your model’s neck, and around the top of the bottle….which may have been missed when brushing to darken the background. If you put your photo to 1:1 or even bigger, use a small brush, and set the brush to auto mask, and “show mask” you could bring your darkening of the sky right up to the edge of her neck and the bottle. I really like the darker background of your original image. My apologies for any confusion.
Thanks Kerrie, this was the original picture I wanted you to see, and figure out if it looked better but you do like the darker background, I see
Hi Juan. Very good shot. I like your adj’s. Overall a nice balance to the shot. Well done.
Thank you Denis
Juan, very nice picture. Good composition. Well balanced use of the red bag. Well done.
Thanks Christian
Great shot Juan ,a happy shot & the red bag works really well .
Thank you Peter
Great capture Juan – good idea to crop mid-calf, my advice to to never drop on join (ankle, or knee). Great pose too, gives your image a dynamic feel. A couple of things I noticed – noise on your model which is probably because you have upped the shadows a lot on her face and body. That’s ok but consider fill flash next time you’re out shooting with such a bright background. Also I noticed the halo effect above her neck and face – this can be avoided by using fill flash too, or being very careful of the transition point when increasing the exposure of her skin with a darker (cloud) background. Thanks for sharing. Brent
thank yo so much Brent for your comments. Di you see the second picture I posted that had little processing?
Yes I did – much better with lighter background
Lovely image Juan. A happy feel and the red bag adds a nice touch.
The only thing to improve in the image is the halo along her neck and chest. I prefer the dramatic sky of this version, but I think that you should improve the selection.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/086664dd863ec585d5ff6f814bfad26c54247c9320c7a4409dff0e44a6ce4e70.jpg This is a photo I took in Vilnius, Lithuania last month. What attracted my eyes were the rental bikes behind the pansies. They shared the same colors!! I composed it so that the leading lines from the outer flowers drew the viewer toward the bikes. Also, the center middle flowers leads to the top pansy which is in sharp focus. My settings were ISO 100, 30mm, f/8, and 1/20th sec.
Hi Peter. A well thought out shot. You have done a a good job here in tying all the colours together. Well done.
Thanks, Denis.
Peter, nice picture with the red and yellow. Personally I would have chosen one main topic. Well done.
Thanks, Christian. What caught my eye was how the bikes matched the flowers so perfectly.
Peter, very nice shot able to get the bikes and the Pansies with similar colors. Well done. Did you use a tripod or was it hand held?
Thanks, Juan. I was walking around the city. I didn’t use a tripod.
Nice image Peter! What are the odds the flowers would be the same color as the bikes or vice versa?
Thanks, Jim. It’s what really caught my eyes.
Well done Peter. I am pretty sure the flowers are petunias, either way-nice job. It’s great how the colors align.
Thanks, Sara. I’m better at identifying breeds of dogs.
Nice job! I do like the fact that the bikes and petunias are the same color scheme. I wonder did you use a tripod when you took this shot? My only suggest would be to try a tripod or other form of support so that your petunias will be more in focus. Otherwise this is a great picture.
Thanks, Barbara. We were on a tour walking around the city. Even if I had had a tripod, there wouldn’t have been time to stop and set it up. As it is, I am always the last person in the group. Almost got lost a few times.
Understood. Great job without one for sure.
Thanks, Barbara.
I also like the echo of the yellow and red of the bikes in the background – well spotted! I think you may have lost the definition of the bikes in the background – the reason this view caught your eye in the first place – if you had simplified the foreground and selected just a handful of flowers for your subject.
Thanks for your comments, Judy. I wished I had more time to compose, change angles, and apertures to get more depth of field. I was walking with a tour group, so I shot this on the run.
Another take on my Red Gerberas. I’ve done so many sketch shots…and my flowers are starting to look a bit sad! I decided on this one. Taken from my front deck, early morning light.
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Hi Kerrie. Well composed shot against that lovely blue sky. Frame is nicely filled and well presented. Well done.
Thanks Denis.
Kerrie, very nice picture. Great colours with the red in contrast with the blue sky. Good composition. Well done.
Thank you, Christian.
Very Nice shot Kerrie. I believe you are correct, we were encouraged to do the same subject several times. I was going to do that with my pregnant model but she delivered a beautiful baby boy. LOL
Thanks Juan.
Yes we are supposed to use same model, but sometimes nature decides for us and then we need to use another. I’m still working on my Gymea Lilly’s but have not had the right shot yet and they’re starting to fade too. Your image rocks @kerrie_clarke:disqus love the contrast of the reds against the blues. I like how you’ve cropped it too – taking away any distractions and giving the flowers a “arch” look. Love it. Brent
Thanks so much for the feedback, Brent. Much appreciated.
What a beautiful shot – the red flowers against the blue sky is a very effective combination! Great light as well.
Thanks so much, Sid.
Nice shot Kerrie! Love the composition and the fact that you used an odd number of flowers following the rule of “odds”.
Thank you so much, Jim!
Kerrie, beautiful job! One of my favorite flowers to have in the garden. The only “improvement” I can suggest, is to have all the flowers facing the camera (a bit nit-picky). I think you have done an excellent job.
Thanks so much, Sarah. I deliberately turned a couple of flowers away from the camera….just to create a bit of non conformity. I guess that’s just a bit of the rebel in me!
Very well done. Love the detail and colors in this picture. Great setup and use of light. This is a majestic looking picture and is great. Nice work!
Thanks so much, Barbara 🙂
I love this. The colors are amazing.
Thanks Kathy 🙂
Great work Kerrie, amazing colors and you succeeded to keep it simple and good. A good one to print.
Thank you, Erez!
Love your work, Kerrie. The colour jumps out at me with this image. That red is fantastic and the composition works beautifully! I can’t think of a way to improve it.
I agree with Judy. You can’t improve this. It’s bright and clear and sharp. It’s perfect.
Hi everyone. I am back from my Photo Workshop in Sedona and the Grand Canyon. This is the first chance I have had to post something. This shot was taken after my workshop as I traveled east and north thru Arizona, etc. This picure was taken at the Painted Desert in Arizona. It was shot with my D750 at ISO 100, f/16 at 1/60 of sec. I used a tripod and the skills I had learned at the workshop to make it crisp from edge to edge. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7ecb0ed975ed8dae0ce837369a9a09d543753e87c92e01f41bb26084ba72db32.jpg
Hi Barbara. This is a very striking shot indeed. You have certainly learned a lot of skills by the look of this presentation. Well done.
Thank you
Really great shot & tack sharp ,beautiful scene Barbara.
Barbara, beautiful landscape with great colours. There is a lot of detail of the surface.
Thank you
Wow Barbara, great shot. I hope you enjoyed the workshop
Gosh…..incredible landscape and depth in this image Barbara. I think you should be trying to bring the vibrancy of the oranges out of those mountains.
Thank you. I did bring the reds, oranges and yellows out. Unfortunately, as usual this forum changes my picture. I will try to brighten it up some more and repost it. Thanks
So I added saturation, vibrance, and a little higher exposure to trick the forum. Please let me know what you think, Thanks https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3fcde13e38e8b15e4f4728c585d35c9e898ee9665f1092abeade9e50cf5c3519.jpg
I think you have handled the foreground well, but the general processing has over-saturated the blue in the sky. Try using the graduated filter to isolate just the sky, then tone down the blues to make the clolour more realistic.
Yes I agree too – foreground rocks, sky over-cooked. Stunning landscape and thanks for posting @disqus_ZMqciOxroU:disqus
Thanks Brent. It is hard to know how to process my pictures for this forum. They look great elsewhere but are always to dark, etc when I post the same image here.
Great foreground, but as others have said the sky is a bit over done. A beautiful landscape I hope to get to one of these days.
Ditto Brent & Christine’s comments.
Hi Barbara. Personally I find these adjs over done. It looks like somebody went out with a paint brush and painted the tops a heavy/light orange. In the original post while you might be able to bring up the colours, I think the blend is more natural and not as pronounced. Just my thoughts.
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I like this one more Barbara. The sky is just right and the foreground colors rock !
Beautiful capture of such an awesome place. Well done.
Thanks
I really like the colour nuances in this image. They complement each other beautifully. You also did a great job with achieving great focus from front. to back.
Thank you
Beautiful landscape, Barbara. Well done.
Really nice image Barbara! Isn’t the Sedona area amazing! Nice composition. The horizon does seem to run downhill a little to the left.
Beautiful landscape of a great depth. Great work
I agree with others about the processing of the other images. Note that both Lightroom and Photoshop enable you to process different areas in the image differently. It can also assist you in separating the mountains from the background and “sculp” the mountains some more to emphasize the 3D.
One of my favorite shots & I hope that you like it also ,not a lot of Red but the stems are .Sony a-77 , Sigma 18-125 lens @75mm , f 5.6 , iso 100 , A/P & a little vignette . https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8308c47b99657f3c83d96fdef7a2349712012eca31a1941e92fdca7690d843b9.jpg
Very nice contrast between the green and reds, well done
Thanks heaps Juan.
Stunning shot Peter….and tack sharp! Very well done 🙂
Thank you for your feedback & praise Rerro.
Beautiful colours in a tack sharp image – very well done!
Thanks for your kind thoughts Sig.
This photo is so beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like this so I’m loving it. Really lovely colors and lighting.
Thanks so much Deby.
Peter, lovely picture. Great composition with all those textures and a great background. It doesn’t disturb me that there is not much red. The red stems are there as leading lines. Great combination of those colours. Well done.
Thanks so much Christian ,much appreciated.
Beautiful. Love the hairy stems! So sharp and crisp.
Thank you chris .
Hi Peter. Great capture. Tack sharp and clear. I think the shot is very well balanced and a very good composition. Well done.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback Denis .
This is just stunning, Peter. I love the red stems against the green, and the darker blurred background. The sharpness of the hairs is awesome. So so good!
Wow thank you for the boost in confidence Kerrie.
I agree with the others this is an outstanding picture! The colors and the sharpness and contrast are impressive. I also like how the light illuminates just part of the plant. Great job!
thank you so much for your feedback Phyllis.
Stunning capture… love the complimentary colors and DOF.
Thank you for your remarks Brenda.
Wow Peter – your image really pops! I think it’s because of the white hairs that outline the red stems. Stunning capture. Brent
Thanks so much Brent ,this photo is a favourite & it looks good in full screen ,this coarse makes me look a little differently at things now when i am out with my camera & I thank you for that ,Peter
Wow!!! I love it! The red just pops and demands your attention. Even though we don’t see the face of the one bloom, I am not upset by that at all. Well done! Spectacular!
Thank you so much for your positive Feedback Sara
Peter, really nice. love the colors and detail. Great macro shot!
Thank you Jim.
Oh my!! Love those red stems as the central framework and all that glorious hairy detail.
Thank you for your feedback Judy.
Stunning image! The blurred background really sets off the subjects…the purple flower pops.
Thanks for the feedback fiat76 ,much appreciated .
A great image peter, lovely colours, dof is perfect, great composition, well done.
Thank you John.
Awesome image. Love how the green highlights the reds and purples. Composition is good. My only suggestion would be to add some more space at the top and bottom and maybe a little to the right, giving the flower a little more room and bringing it out of the center. Either way this is great!
Thanks so much Barbara , unfortunately this is the shot off the camera with nowhere to move ,brightened up & a vignette added .
Really Really Really nice shot Peter. So much detail. Well done.
Thanks so much Keri.
Beautiful image Peter, good light, very sharp and nicely composed
Thank you for the feedback Erez.
Peter this is a breathtaking image! Well done! I love the vivid colors! Such a great image. Thanks for sharing.
thank You so much Angie for taking a look & commenting .
My last image for this challenge was the result of dabbling with multiple exposures in the studio with a toy car! Not a perfect image, as this is just part of my experimentation process.
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Hmm, not a perfect image? If were able to create something like this I would be exceedingly happy – really great job!
Thanks Sig….:)
beautiful job Rerro, a true professional. Love the creativity
Thanks Juan 🙂
Yes, a very cool shot. I love car photos, especially classic cars. Great idea for the Red challenge. I was going to post a classic car photo for this challenge next. Looks like you had much fun shooting this image. Nice.
Thanks Deby…..thats what it is all about..FUN!!
I think you done good Rerro ,I have never tried Multi exposure ,maybe one day i will try.Well done they look real enough.
Thanks Peter…i attached a video that was really helpful above
Christine, very nice multiple exposure. I see that the red of the left car has another hue; perhaps due to the lighting. At the right there is something strange on the right side of the front car. Just some details. It is wonderful what is possible with this technique. Well done.
Thanks Christian…..you can do so much in camera…..creativity is endless!
Wow…the cars are so shiny and sharp! …and they look so good on the black with the lighting. Such a fun, creative image.
Thanks Kerrie….:)
Hi Christine. What a great production. I really like it. I wonder could you tell me your process here. Would love to know. many thanks.
Thanks Denis….i watched this video https://youtu.be/taJzcMItcEk and played around, until i came up with the image above.
Many thanks Christine.
Great idea, Rerro! Love the rich colors against the black backdrop.
Thanks Brenda 🙂
Very cool! I like the multi-layered image. Interesting color variation on the cars.
Thanks Sara 🙂
Very cool shot Christine.
Thanks Jim 🙂
W)W Great shot
Thanks Doris 🙂
I like your experiment. The shiny red car really stands out from the background. Interesting how the car got darker at the back left. Do you think that was a lighting impact, or was it related to the blend mode you used?
Thanks Judy….and YES, this is what happens in camera with the ME blend.
Wow. Love this. Nice specular highlights, great composition and the way you set the cars up makes them look like one car that is driving thru the scene. Nice detail and love the black background. Excellent work as usual!
Thanks Barbara 🙂
Gosh that is good
Thanks KEri 🙂
Creative idea and an interesting and cool image. Love it.
Note that the left one has some halo, at least on my screen.
Thanks Erez…and noted!
Beautiful composition Christine. Your creativity never fails to amaze me. Great job !
Thanks Romy 🙂
Fall in Middle America – On our recent return trip to Canada from Wisconsin we drove through the small town of Munising Michigan on the south shore of Lake Superior. All of a sudden my wife said “stop the car, do you see what I see?” I was day dreaming so must give her credit for identifying this scene! If you don’t know what “Pasties” are and would like to know, then look at this link: http://www.muldoonspasties.com Settings: 85 mm, f8, 1/100 and ISO 100. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c7f877fd122e2420789864e4a51ccb7d2c87351dc9114433963ec6ffb64f4545.jpg
I love this shot Sig…..quintessential America……this is how i imagine the USA to be….i love the fall colours, and i think this is a very good urban landscape with the road leading us into the beautiful trees at the back. Very well seen and captured!
This is such a lovely shot for this time of year. I’ve always wanted to visit a small town like this with beautiful Autumn (fall) colors as I see here. We have a few small trees here in the high desert but nothing like this. Wow! I would expect to see a photo like this in a travel magazine. Really nice.
Looks like a lovely small country town where older people would love to live ,the autumn colors are amazing ,what a beautiful scene Sig.
Sig, very nice picture. Good landscape with colourful background.Great to see the as leading line to guide us into the scenery. Well done.
Really lovely composition, Sig. Beautiful backdrop of Autumn colour, and the red on the yellow sign really pops. Well captured.
Hi Sig. What a lovely capture of colour. Magic. I love the way the road leads you into the backstop of colour. Well done.
A lovely landscape image of the fall colors Sig. well done!
Beautiful colors and leading lines!
Sig-great shot! The only improvement I would have is to crop out the van on the left side, maybe to the sign. Well done.
Thanks very much Sara! See my reply just below my original post.
The red get your first attention and the background colors go hand in hand to complement the composition. Great shot.
Great shot Sig! Good composition. I am waiting on the colors to come here in Ohio but it may not be a good fall color here this year as it has been so wet late in the year. Waiting on mother nature yet again!
I love the fall colours, and this shows them off beautifully and makes this little corner of the road a delight. My only suggestion is to darken the sky a little bit to enhance the contrast with the red/gold trees.
Thanks very much Judy! See my reply just below my original post.
I usually try to respond to each comment individually. However, now with a dozen or so I thought I would do it in just one reply. First of all, I do appreciate all your very positive comments – thank you so much everyone!
Two of you also had constructive comments for improvement – thank you Sara and Judy! Let me deal with those, one at a time. First Sara’s comments regarding cropping of the image on the LHS. Yes, I agree that it would be great to get rid of the van altogether. I actually played around quite a bit with cropping before I posted this photo. Already, I had cropped it on the LHS because there was a messy electrical power line that looked unsightly. I was well aware of the van and the fact that it was a bit distracting. Right out of the camera this van was even more distracting because the colour was a vivid blue. At the time I weighed further cropping against removing the colour of this vehicle and decided to go for that latter option. My feeling was that if I cropped the van out completely, the sign was getting too close to the edge of the image. However, that is just my own opinion and the other option may actually be better. Therefore, I am posting a further cropped version. Let me know what you think. The alternative is to keep the original cropping and change the colour of the van to blend in better with the immediate background (second image).
Judy, I fully agree with your comment. I would have liked to make the sky darker blue, but I was working with a limitation. Out of the camera, the sky was completely grey. The blue you see here was actually “painted” in. By using the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom I painted over the sky as best I could, then turned the Colour Temperature down to -100 and also turned the Saturation up, in this case to +75. The reality is that when you paint with the Adjustment Brush you cannot make the edge perfect when you are dealing with something with a rough edge such as trees. If you zoom in on the tree towards the top RHS where you can see through the branches and leaves, you will see that the sky behind is still grey. The only further deepening of the colour I can do with this method is to increase the Saturation to +100. However, then it seems that the the grey along the treeline is becoming more obvious, but maybe it is still OK. In any case, the new versions of the image have that increased setting.
Apologies for the long, rambling message!
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The sky looks very natural. If you started with grey, then I applaud your result. Any more would probably look weird.
Thanks very much Judy!
Sig, you have captured a beautiful scene of small town America. I like the way you have framed the shot with the road leading us around the subject into the colorful trees. Although I understand the comments, the van doesn’t bother me … vans and small towns sort of go together. I hope that you stopped long enough to get some pasties !
Beautiful fall colors. Nice composition and great color balance. Nice landscape photo. Nice work
Lovely fall image, beautiful colors. Well done
Hi Sig. Lovely image. Kudos to your wife for noticing the scene and to you for stopping the car and taking the shot ! Well done.
Wow, what a month it’s been – so busy with moving house but I did find the time yesterday to go and do my RED shoot. I’m still working on the Gymea Lillys but have not found the right conditions yet, taken plenty of sketch images. Instead I thought I’d post my first red image of this bottle brush in the backyard of our “old house”. Shot using my 100mm macro lens shooting at aperture priority mode of f2.8 (wide open) to get that shallow depth of field, 1/2000sec 100ISO (both auto). What I like about this image are the colours – the blue at the top and the green at the bottom with the red bottle brush in the middle. Brent https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b126dec58e510bb78bbc0827d4d47692f133783ab95dd9b49a698ce7c53825dd.jpg
Very cool! The only thing I would have done was to pull the leaf off, the one that angles somewhat back toward the red. I find that piece distracting.
Brent, I also really like the layering of the blue, red and green. That top left corner is a bit busy to my eye..maybe crop or clone out that bit of red blossom in the top? I would have done a little gardening, too, and pulled off the one leaf in front that points downward at the base of the flower (approx. on the intersection of the top thirds).
All great points – I’ll do them. Thanks. Brent
Hi Brent. Glad to see your house move went well. Nice shot. I think it could be cleaned up a little. Some of the greenery is a little distracting for me.
Brent, nice combination of the colours red, blue and green. Good composition. As said gardening will help to pop up even more the flower. Nice blurry background. Well done.
The contrasting colours work very well together in this image…..there are a lot of distracting elements though and my eye is being is struggling to settle on one thing. But the colours are the leading players here….and they sure do play a leading role!
Great focus and composition. The greens help make the red pop out of the picture. Great work!
Lovely image, love the composition and the colors combination works great.
Great image Brent. Love that shade of red against the blue and green. I suggest to clone out that lone leaf near the base of the flower. Nice composition.
This image was taken in a public space that uses red lighting from shining up from the boardwalk to illuminate several trees. This is just one way war veterans are remembered on a major road called ‘Memorial Drive’ here in Calgary. I took many images of full trees, partial trees, stems with a single leaf, lights in the background vs no lights, and different angles and focal lengths. I settled on trying to capture lights behind relatively bare branches. There are some problems with this image. The focus isn’t as good as would like due to wind. Also, although I used my lowest ISO setting of 100, and because I bumped the exposure quite a bit in post processing, parts of the image look like a woven bit of fabric. Nevertheless, I’m pretty happy with how this turned out, and like the framing from the branches above and below the light balls from the far side of the riverbank. In editing, I cloned out some very soft large leaves on the left to make the image less busy. Settings 0.3 sec at f/5 and 100mm using ISO 100.
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Truly beautiful, Judy. I love the simplicity in this, The lighting on the branches is just superb and the light balls behind are quite surreal. I feel like I’m at a Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Thanks so much Kerrie. This has become one of my favourite images for this year.
Clearly a case of less is more & that really works here ,good composition & it just works,nice one Judy.
Thank you, Peter!
Hi Judy. Lovely shot. I like the minimalistic look and feel to it. Well done.
Thanks Denis 🙂
Judy, very nicely done. As you said, focus is an mild issue — but maybe you might want to take that and push it into more “dreamy-looking” territory. Love the minimalist look, and as a veteran I really appreciate the subject and location.
Hadn’t thought of pushing the dreamy aspect – that is a great suggestion. Thanks!
I think this park beautiful, but also powerful and sombre. I call these the ‘blood trees’. As you are a veteran, I’m going to share a wider angle shot of the site. There are tall open-work letters that spell out ‘MEMORIAL’ and the red trees shine behind the letters. You can see the trees as you look through the letters.
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Really well done! Great composition. Even though it may not be tack sharp, I don’t think it adversely affects the photo. The mood is soft.
Thanks Sara! I agree the focus is ok for the mood in this image.
Judy, I think you are being a bit hard on yourself. I see this more as a piece of art than just purely a “photograph”. As a result, I do not find the focus being slightly off to be a problem. To me it is the artistic expression that counts and I consider that to be excellent! The red on black make this image very dramatic and also mysterious. In addition, the off-centre, blurred white spot creates great contrast and a wonderful focal point – very well done!
You have a very good point, Sig, and I really do think of this as ‘art’. Thanks so much for your encouraging comments. I was very happy when the angle, aperture and lighting all came together after about an hour of shooting.
Judy, the red colour strikes me in a pretty way in combination with the white and the black. Although your picture has a rather abstract look,it has potential. The focus “problem” doesn’t mather here. I like it very much. Well done.
Thanks so much, Christian. I was very happy with the impact of black, white and red. This is one of my favourite pieces of work.
Gorgeous result here Judy…..very well seen and captured! Love the red silhouette against the bokeh from the lighting
Thank you, Christine 🙂
It was a very happy moment when I saw the bokeh behind the leaf as I was working through angles and apertures.
Nice creativity. The bokeh helps to highlight the red leaves. Nice work
This is a very eye-catching shot Judy – simple but striking.
Thank you, Tessa
Judy this is really beautiful. I just love it.
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Thanks so much, Keri
SO beautiful Judy, especially the red leaf infront of the bokeh. A good art work.
I think that you can improve it by cropping a little from the left, even so it is an amazing image as is
Thanks for you suggestion, Erez. I did explore a tighter crop on the left, and agreed it looked pretty good, but preferred the balance with a little more ‘weight’ from the bokeh less in the centre.
Very nice Judy. Very moody, clean lines, and creative use of red with this image.
Thanks, Deby. I’ve been driving past these red trees at night for months now, saying that I should go and take some photos. Bootcamp for this month finally got me there 🙂
I love this shot, Judy. Clean and simply beautiful.
Great composition. Well done !
Thank you, Romy.
Great Composition! Your red definitely pops. Really well done.
Thanks Valerie!
Wow Judy, another stunning image from you. What I love about this image is the artistic feel about it, the deep reds that are backlit by those bokeh lights. Yes you mention all the things that are wrong with your image but I only see all the things that are right. The mystery, the leading lines, the main leaf that looks like it’s “lit up on stage”, the dark blacks which help the reds pop and the bottom lighting. You should be very proud of this image. Well done. Brent
Thanks so much, Brent 🙂
I agree there is a lot to like here and it is one of my favourites for this year. Work has been crazy busy this month, so photography time has been very limited. I’m definitely going to practice this type of shot over the coming months.
Wow Judy! You are so talented! I love this. It looks like a painting. What a stunning image.
Opposing Points. Thought I’d try something really simple. Shot with natural light, and the green backdrop is one of my shirts.
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Bill, Opposing Points is very creative and well executed. Red really pops out and I like the way the black recedes into the dark green texture of the material.
Bill, creative scenery. Good composition. With the red eye catcher. Well done.
Hi Bill. Well set up shot. I like it. well done.
Love your creativity with composition and subject.,The colours work so well, the red really pops, and the texture of the background adds interest. My only suggestion to improve this would be to balance the amount of background space below the lower left knife handle with that of the top. Well shot.
Excellent creative image here Bill…..I like the thought process, and using what you have around the house!
Interesting concept. Nice lighting and great detail. Nice work
Great work Bill, Creative and performed very well. Love it
Very creative! I like the different shades in the green. What a great idea. The only improvement I have is to make sure the bottom knife is completely in the photo.
Very creative work, Bill. Nice composition. That red handle of the small knife pops!
Well done.
Nice job opposing that bright little knife against those bigger knives. The reflections are well managed, so congratulations on managing the set up and lighting.
This is my 3rd submission for the Red Challenge. The photo”Red Crane – Blue Angels” was shot from my roof deck looking out over the bay during Fleet Week in San Francisco using a Sony a7Rlll (24-70 2.8 GM lens) @ 70 mm, 1/500 sec @ f / 8.0, ISO 100 set for continuous shooting auto focus. The Blue Angels put on a three day show every October and make several passes directly over my house at about 300 feet … quite exciting !!! .https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1077b948edf53f5fef207c8e578fc6d45c38172a948a6e37c79210a60d7b73ff.jpg
Richard, nice picture. You got the colours red, blue and green. Well done.
Hi Richard. Nice shot here. Personally the tree is a blocker.I think it might be better if it was not there. that said I think you captured the scene very well. Well done.
Great colours here Richard……but have to agree about the tree being a major distraction…..you could perhaps try and remove them in LR or PS…but it wont be easy.
Love the colors. Composition is good as well. Nice job
Other than that bunch of trees you have a real nice scene ,great colors & layout & the planes are special .nice job Richard.
Thanks to all for your comments … sorry about the trees but that’s what is out there. I tried removing them but my PS skill level is zero.
Good composition and great colors and the birds add life to the scene. Lovely image
Great composition! Awesome that you get to watch that very year.
Nice composition, Richard. The red crane pops agains the blue sky. Well done.
I learn so much here. I am always trying to take pictures in the city around the cranes, it never occurs to me to incorporate them. What a great image. The planes are clear and the crane really pops. And it was a nice weekend for an airshow a few weeks ago.
Back from Wales now and trying to catch up with all the wonderful shots that have been posted while I’ve been away. As expected, there wasn’t a lot of red around, but it did occur to me on the way up there that the house we stay in has a red door. It’s actually called Ty Coch, which means red house, although the door is the only red thing about it. It’s one of three buildings salvaged from an abandoned lead miners’ village by the Landmark Trust. I took shots of the whole house, the door open and the door closed and decided on a shot of the door closed for this challenge, but I’m also posting a shot of the whole house to put it in context. The door shot was taken on 1/80 sec f/5.6 ISO 400 55mm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9cc2e72ea698d7f8b1b47669f4ce5335e8cf794255f8b3d30dfc86872f5d1a96.jpg
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Tessa, I like both of these shots. I love red doors, and the shot of the whole house looks like a painting. Nice work.
Thanks very much Richard
Tessa, good looking picture. Simple, but effective. I like the picture with the whole house with the red door as an accent. Well done.
Thanks Christian
Tessa, I like both photos. The sky is a bit blown out, maybe try to adjust in post. I like the bit of red on the right side in the tree. Well done.
In this case i definitely prefer the house, but i would be trying to bring out the red of the door and adding some more detail and vibrancy to the whole image. The sky looks a little blown out, so i would be adding a graduated filter to tone te exposure down a bit. A fab shot Tessa!
I like both of them Tessa, but I think that the full house image is more interesting. Great shot!
Treating the chromatic aberration in this image will improve it. Maybe also adding a little saturation to the red only.
Hi Tessa. Both pictures are lovely. I like both of them. I like more the luminosity of the red door in the close up shot. Is there a way to make the luminosity of the red door in the wide view same as in the close up view? Well done.
Hi Tessa. I was travelling on a bus the other day and noticing Red Doors and wondering when and if and up you pop with this shot. I like both shots here. My preference is for the shot of the whole house. The door stands out. Though that said I think it could be brought out a bit more in Post Processing. Well done.
Hi Tessa – for your closeup of the door, I really like the contrast of the door with the texture in the surrounding stonework and the bright, warm red. Your photo of the whole building makes me think that the door could be a more powerful element if your original crop was larger and had more of the wall surrounding the door, and maybe the window to the right.
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I just returned from a 3 week work/vacation and so I am catching up with the rest of you! This flower was on a walking path by a nature reserve. I must have taken 20-30 photos of these flowers from all different angles and with different flowers. This one seems to pop the color red a bit more. I deliberately kept the image a bit dark to bring out the pop of red in the flower. There was some morning dew so I had to be careful to not blow out the highlights on some of the petals.
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Well done Kathy ,I would say you reached your goal with this lovely shot.
Nice image Kathy. The main flower pops nicely and I like the water drops. Well done
You have captured the light just beautifully, Kathy. Love the red and green on the dark background.
Kathy I love the color combination! For improvement, I would try to darken the lighter green triangle (leaf) at the top left of the flower. I find it a little distracting. Well done.
Love this Kathy…..beautiful colours and natural lighting!
It glows Kathy. Well done.
Great composition. The red flowers glow. Very nice image Kathy. Well done.
Hi Kathy. Lovely shot with natural light. Well taken. Well done.
Great composition, Kathy. I like the angle of light and the variation of reds in the flower. Nice choice to keep the background dark. How to improve?…maybe crop a bit from the right so the cluster of flowers isn’t quite in the middle of the image, but, I truly think it is lovely as is.
Hello everyone, I have been unable to post for a while as my computer crashed and burned but back in action now. Thanks to everyone who commeted on my previous posting much appreciated.
This was shot at Tunks Parks in Sydney.
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This is a fantastic capture ! So sharp and soft on same time. Nice bokeh also. Only the the white on the right side distrac a little. Love it !
lovely clean & sharp shot , the flower really stands out against the background ,well done Andrew.
Great image – sharp, good separation and nice bokeh in the background.
Nice composition and great focus
Background perfect as is the lighting.
Interesting location – I slipped into Flat Rock Creek yesterday – trying for that elusive waterfall photo! lol
Awesome capture, Andrew. I love the repeating patterns of those curved stamens (?) Your image is beautifully sharp, with great bokeh. I do find the white in the background a little distracting, but it’s a minor thing to me..so well shot.
Andrew, wonderful job. Quite sharp and what an unusual flower, at least for me, here in Minnesota. I agree about the white in the lower right being a bit distracting.
Just gorgeous Andrew….as with previous comments…..the light in the bottom RHS is distracting, but other than that this is a perfect sot!
Thank you, here is a version reducing the white in the bg. Cheers. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1c879b2685ab9d4c995ed967c3060e8c86fcba7587404c98b21ab49c9c5f478d.jpg
Great…..now you should consider a square crop….awesome shot Andrew!
Beautiful flower and great focus. This version adds to the contrast between the red and background green. Well done.
Great job removing the distraction, Andrew. More crop in the right side would place the flower in the center. Then have a big print and hang it on the wall. Awesome job !
Yes, the Australian natives have some lovely blooms. Also agree with the others about the lights spot in the lower right. Otherwise, a great shot Andrew.
I love this shot, Andrew. Nice bokeh. Beautiful repeating patterns. Well done.
Hi Andrew. Well taken shot. I like the clarity of the repetitive pattern. Good soft background which enhances your main subject. Well done.
Really love this shot! Beautiful
Canon 5D, 32mm, f10,Iso 400. This is my friend wearing her red heat at Khao Yai National Park lake in Thailand. The colors were not so nice so for the firs time I used one of those new filters in LR: Emerald trees light. For me it looks not so bad….. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a5f5ee6d9a9cfed807dc61a62b9f53ac6494f71589da68b4c5ef59edcb5455c2.jpg
Fabulous Jackie
Great processing Jackie, works great for this challenge. I love the result
Jackie, in an almost B&W picture you certainly have a red accent with that hat. Well done.
Lovely! Great job with the pop of red. I might go for full on B&W except for the hat.
Great composition and effect with the selective colouring!
Thank you Rerro 🙂
Very nice composition Jackie. The red color pops. The almost monochrome background even helps to highlight the red hat. Well done
Thank you very much Romy 🙂
Hi Jackie. Nice composition here. well thought out and taken. Well done.
Thank you very much Denis 🙂
Thank you very much Danis 🙂
The red hat against the subdued colours works so well. Nice image, Jackie.
Thank you Kerrie 🙂
I really like your composition! Very nice!
Thank you Sheree 🙂
Great shot. Love the tree, dramatic coloring and the red hat! Really good composition. Well done.
Thank you valerie 🙂
For me the LR filter looks great! The read hat really stands out, and the tree trunk is beautiful with its bumps and twists.
really lovely photo. Love the editing.
Jackie, I love this photo … great composition and coloration. The red hat really stands out. Very nice work.
Super creative here Jackie – that red hat does stand out against the almost desaturated image. Well done. Brent
Brent, thank you very much. But as I checked again this image, it looks that my editing was not complet. I see chromatic problems and a little noise. My fault, I have to be more careful and take more time when editing….:)
So for a bit of fun for my last entry for Red. I present “Big Red”. F13, 1/60 , ISO 1000
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Lovely image Keri and a great idea
Very Creative & nice shot Keri.
Keri, this is creative picture. Good contrast with the background. As there is great contrast by colour between the petals and the soil it doesn’t matter is isn’t blurry. Well done.
Very creative indeed. I find the red color on the rocks a bit distracting. I might suggest B&W with just the petals being red?
Hi Sara. thank you the feedback. I may have over zhooshd it. Here is a another version following your input. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2b2af1cdb639309dfaed4d4788999c128e5a106cdde6110c7318f496fc950b0f.jpg
Hi Keri. This is great with selective coloring. The red pops against the greyscale background. Nicely done
Keri, I like this one much better. My eye goes right to the heart! Well done!
I like this version, Keri!
Very creative and effective Keri!
Love it Keri!!
Hi Keri. Very creative. Well done.
Love it!
Big Red has given us much to enjoy this month, Keri. Usually I will lean towards a B&W treatment, but here I like the original post best. My eye can’t help but see the heart shape, but I also like the flecks of red in the gravel; I like the natural look. So hard to please everyone 🙂
My camera requires a fix, so I can’t continue with the previous theme. An older image instead. ISO 200, 1/200, f/10
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Erez….a wonderful seascape…..would be a fantastic shot if you had managed to capture the full reflection of the main subject at the bottom of the image…..looks like a painting!
Thanks for the feedback Christine, and I agree that I could and should have done better with the reflection. Haven’t noticed it on location
Beautiful scene Erez. Great composition.
Thank you Romy!
Hi Erez. A very peaceful shot nicely composed. Out of curiosity where Wass this taken. ? Well done.
Thank you Denis. It was taken in Skopelos at Skopelos island, Greece.
Ah very good. It had a look of Lake Como in Italy.
Ice image, vert calming.
Thank you John!
Hi Erez – I really like the red interior of the boat and the reflection. The red really draws my eye. While not a bright red, I also like the dark red in the roofs in the buildings. Very nice image with a peaceful mood.
Much appreciated Judy
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/80273f42f2832bd1a633c0b75eebd294cacf6a915274986a6a76f113468a21b1.jpg This is a gentleman that is greeting people at the Sikh Temple in Calcutta, India. He was offering shawls to women for covering up their shoulders and head. I was hand holding and didn’t have time to frame it where his head was further to the left so that he was looking into the frame more. I loved his gentle eyes. Settings – ISO 100, 26mm, f 2.8, 1/250 sec.
Fabulous Peter…..love the oriental colours and the intenseness in your subjects face!
Thanks, Rerro.
Lovely portrait and beautiful colors Peter.
I think that you can further improve it by brightening and sharpening his eyes just a little.
Thanks, Erez. I will crop more and try to brighten his eyes.
Beautiful shot Peter and brings back memories. The colours are so vibrant and I love his expressive face.
Thanks, Hilary.
Great shot Peter. You captured the emotion in his eyes. Well done.
Thanks, Romy.
Hi Peter. A great shot. Love the expression in the eyes. Well done.
Thanks, Denis.
Peter, well done.
Thanks, Sara.
Very nice portrait, great textures and colour, you should try framing for a face close up
show his intense stare. well done.
Thanks, John. I will try that tomorrow night.
I really like this version, the emotion of the Sikh is more intense.
great job.
Thanks, John.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c137d46c4acfa956e002fe7c5f7f99f670c7a4174c859f653a5501dab62e16a7.jpg Here is the cropped version with his face lightened a little to decrease the shadows around his eyes. Thanks for the suggestions, John and Erez.
Really great capture Peter! This could be a tourist ad photo or postcard.
Thanks, Chris.
I know I am rushing the submissions by 1 day, but my husband is in the hospital and I haven’t a lot of time to get things done. So, this will probably be my last one for the red challenge. 1/320sec, f/11, 28mm, ISO-200. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/800692763f23fe5e43fc74a530d45fc650e90a75b101201112d803798a1e78ce.jpg
I really like the painterly effect Vicki….great effort….and a speedy recovery to your husband.
Thank you, Christine.
Great image and I love this processing Vicki. Best for your husband
Thank you, Erez.
Hi Vicki, lovely effect. The painterly effect best suits the subject of the photo. Nice composition.
Best wishes for your husband’s speedy recovery.
Thanks Romy.
Hi Vicki. I like the effect you have created here. Well done. I wish a speedy recovery to your husband.
Thanks Denis.
Nice tight crop and great artistic touch, Vicki. Best wishes for you both.
Thank you, Kerrie.
Kerrie, best wishes to you and your husband. I like the painting technique.
Thank you, Sara.
I love this shot, Vicki. Really creative technique that goes so well with this image. Hope your husband gets to feeling better quickly.
Thank you, Deby.
I also think this technique works well here. Love the bright pop of red at the front and back; to me they ‘anchor’ the truck in this dusky light. Hope you hubby is well soon 🙂
Thank you, Judy. He is home and doing much better.
Vicki, nice picture with those great red accents. Did you use some technique to have it this way? Great to hear your husband is back again. Well done.
Thank you, Christian. Yes, I used a painterly effect in software and then tweaked it until I got the result I wanted.
I want to try the painterly effect but never seem to have time to play with it. I love it.
Thanks Karen. You should try playing with it when you get some time. For me, it really sparks my creativity and also I find that I can rescue photos that I like but aren’t good enough to use without it.
Really neat photo, love the edits. Hope your husband is feeling better.
Thank you very much, Chris. He is doing much better.
Very nice shot and effect, love all the angles and lines in the truck and background buildings. Makes we want to study more than just the truck. My only suggestion is that the cropping is a little to tight for me I would have liked to see a touch more space at both the front and in the rear of the truck.
Thank you, Wayne.
Didn’t want to post flowers but can’t find much else red around – there are not even many red flowers out at present. Still, a grevillea head showing some of the new flower just emerging. Taken at 1/640, f4.0 and ISO 125. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d65e8affb4cf3b7cc367082263807cb6e735edd038d9c1285d70d4f804c2a714.jpg
Hi Hilary. Nice shot. I like the way you filled the frame. Nice clarity and detail. Well done.
Thanks Denis.
Lovely image and I like the diagonal positioning of the flower. It is also sharp and has a nice separation from background. Well done
It could be better IMO to use less tight crop, one that does not crop the flower itself
Thanks Erez. I did try a less tight crop but was trying to draw attention to the unfolding new flower at the bottom. I did wonder if I should have cropped even tighter to emphasise that more but that of course would cut of around half of the flower.
Very nice shot, Hilary. Sharp details and the subject almost fills the frame. Great composition.
Well done.
I like the colors. I agree about not quite as tight of a crop, but it depends on what was cropped out.
I think if you crop the bottom up to the red buds, it would be better. I don’t know the flower so it’s hard for me judge if there’s a better angle. It’s lovely.
One last one, though only my second shot this month. This is a low growing groundcover called trailing lotus. It is certainly red!! Taken at 1/500, f4.0, ISO 125 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6107c4c983d97c31ed0683b797de2acfc37bead06ea4b0a97f0cb909c7f1b52f.jpg
Hi Hilary. Has a look of a dancing red flame. Very effective. Just wondering if you got the shot from a lower angle would that improve it. Well done.
Thanks Denis. Couldn’t get any lower – I was at ground level as it was!! The only way I think would have been to drape the plant over something.
Very nice shot of a beautiful ground cover. The red flowers nicely complemented by the green leaves. Great capture. I agree with Denis, they do look like dancing red flames.
They do look like flames-I thought that before I read the other comments. I would try a different crop, the green leaves on the bottom right a bit distracting. Wonderful colors.
lovely colors & very flame like but I agree about the green in the RH corner being a distraction ,Still a very nice shot Hilary.
Hilary, it looks almost like a paintinig. Great colours. Well done.
Beautiful. I’d crop a little off the bottom and that’s it.
Been raining here in my place. I also don’t feel like submitting another red flower so I thought of this picture. 55mm , f 5.6, ISO 3200, 1/10 s
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Hi Romy. Very good. I can see where your coming from with Red Flower. On a lat minute search myself. Well done.
Thank you Denis.
Awesome! I like the placement of the peppers, well thought out. The only suggestion I would have is for the right most pepper in the underline, to be placed so the green is on the opposite side, so the line starts and ends with the green. Great sense of humor! Well done.
Thanks Sara. Much appreciated.
Romy, I really like this. Very creative idea on a rainy day!
Hi Vicki. Thank you so much.
Awesome Romy…..love your creativity here….this works a treat!
Thabks much Christine.
Good one Romy – love the idea, and using a black background really makes it pop.
Thank you Hilary.
Really fun idea! It works very well!
Thanks Deby.
Hi Everyone. Actually my plan was to spell
Red Hot then use more red peppers to form flames at the bottom. That would have been interesting. Unfortunately I don’t have that many peppers in the fridge. Just enough to spell RED. Anyway, thanks so much for your comments. I appreciate so much.
it looks Red Hot to me romy ,great shot & a great idea .
Yes Richard. I does look red hot. Thanks
I love your creative mind! This is awesome. The bright red peppers on the black background is very dramatic.
Hi Kathy, thank you so much.
Romy, Your photo is very creative. I like that you used smaller peppers for the underline.
Thank you Richard.
Very interesting and creative photo. I like seeing photos from people who think outside the box. Well done
Hi Tracey. Thanks so much.
Love this! Great creativity and fun. Well done.
Thank you Valerie.
Love it! Great idea – well done.
Thanks so much Point.
Hot stuff, Romy! 🙂
What a fun idea. My suggestion is to tidy up the background by removing the hair. Love the way the peppers pop against the dark background.
Thanks Judy. Sorry I posted the SOOC photo. Already posted the correct version after tidying up in LR. Thanks for pointing that out.
I did wonder if it was a slip of the mouse 🙂 Your work is usually pristine! This image definitely has more intensity.
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Brilliant Romy!!!
Thank you so much Juan.
Romy, creative use of those peppers. You’re right: in a Pavlov reaction most of the time we think about flowers for the red colour. Good for you to think at other things. Well done.
Many thanks Christian.
Very cool. Made me smile. Thanks, I need that after 2 days of trying to figure out how to put up crown molding because nothing is level or straight in my office. Only 1 nail gun accident so far. Missed the bloody photo op.
Thank you Karen. Be careful with that nail gun.
Sorry everyone. I posted the SOOC version. This is the version after tidying up in Lightroom.
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Romy – this is such a creative image! It definitely isn’t another red flower! Great Imagination!
Thanks much Angie.
Red hot! Great concept. Cheers, Alex
Thanks for the feedback Alex.
Simple idea and voilà! Excellent, just perfect image! Love it!
Thanks a lot Jackie.
Great idea Romy – lovely simple composition and the red really stands out. Love it.
Many thanks, Tessa.
Ha, what a great idea Romy. Love this. I can see it in a cookbook in the chili section.
Hi Chris. Much appreciated, thanks.
Hot image. Great idea, simple and good composition – just brilliant
Thanks so much Erez.
Much better after that little bit of housekeeping Romy! I like it a lot. 🙂
Many thanks Kerrie.
It’s also raining here in our place this oast few days.. I just browsed some photos from my album and saw this flower. I reformatted my laptop and my Photishop got deleted so did not do some edits on this one. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1cb15a62a89b707493f0134f6aa524dc24b1b9f7f75bf013e8e6565c30e51bb9.jpg
Hazel, I like the crop. The color sure does pop. Once you get Photoshop back, I would blur the background a bit.
Thanks Sarah. 🙂
Hi Hazel. I like the way you filled the frame with this shot. Well done.
Hazel, good picture. Good composition. Nice colours.
Love this photo Hazel. Beautiful colors.
Too fun, Romy! I have tried about 15 different scenarios and nothing has read Red yet. Your creativity inspires me to keep going and try to get a pic in before the deadline.
Thanks so much Kathleen.
Hello, all: I haven’t posted recently as I’ve been on the trip of a lifetime to Egypt. I’m processing hundreds of photos and hope to have a few more “Reds” to post soon, but in the meantime here is a scene that captured my attention. These red hands were all that was left of a painting on a temple wall, and I was intrigued by the graceful gestures. I wonder–was this a goddess? a priestess? a dancer? a servant? This photo appears blurry because that’s how the painting on the wall was. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7dc19a5ab523a04b2e7e5b87cd0ff92021ce7d9c130b883ae06255695078e5c5.jpg Nikon 5300D; 1/440; f./10; ISO 200; 110mm.
Interesting shot. I wonder if it would be stronger if you cropped to the size of that brick? What a great trip!
Hi Leila, This is a unique idea for the red challenge. Love it! I like Sara’s idea of perhaps cropping in a bit if that would work? Maybe add a little contrast, also?
Wow, lucky you. Have a wonderful time in Egypt. Enjoy!
Hi Leila. You were in a good place for photography. No shortage of subject matter. I like this shot. I think it could be stronger if you gave it a higher crop as already suggested. Well done.
This has me wondering, too, who owned the arms. My suggestion is to increase the exposure a little and maybe add some contrast so the darker arms stand out a little more, balancing the edits with wanting to keep the photo true.
Just thought of another red photo –well, kind of red! This shot was taken at the sound and light show at the Giza Pyramids. You can see the sphinx in silhouette in the right corner. What a thrill to actually see and touch those structures I had always dreamed of. I had to use the telephoto lens as we were seated quite far back so the photo isn’t as crisp as I would like. IPhone X; 1/4 sec.; f.1.8; ISO 1000; 4mm. PS: I love my new IPhone X. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3b2d5e52a06a7411fc7ce07923627adcef45e02973da4ba2d1296e91f39b0118.jpg
Hi Leila. Lovely shot. I particularly like the lighting. Well done.
The red lighting is so dramatic. It shows the time-worn texture in the sides of the pyramid. My suggestion is to lower the exposure further to deepen the red and darken the background. We can’t see the details in foreground, anyway, so dropping the exposure won’t cost too much there. Others may suggest the exact opposite! Lots of options, here Leila. I would also like to see the Great Pyramids in person one day.
Leila, great picture with those tints of red/orange. I can’t see the pyramid to be sharp. It could be by the use of f/1.8. But I understand your dilemma as I see the grainy structure in the sky. Still a good remembrance of your visit.
Great capture Leila ! Being there gives you unique opportunities to capture beautiful photos. Good composition
Wow Leila – love this version of an icon that has been photographed many times. Did you capture the RAW image of this – you can then play with the white balance a little more. Brent
Here is my last submission for the red challenge. My subject is the same, slightly different use. I was struggling to find a different perspective with the pillow on the white chair. Then I realized-who needs the chair? (Me-I love it-but it’s not red) So I took a red lipstick and put it on the red pillow. I welcome your feedback. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e343b552592717a1019d7c86a050cff9b2d52e574e8f18064202917e7775221c.jpg
Hi Sara. Red on Red is not doing it for me. I think if you changed the background you would be in business. In this case the Black Top stands out for me. Well done.
I agree Denis and Hilary. I switched up the pillow color, it’s more interesting. But…. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5ddb2715621839bcb589d7bc6636fd289b8d08944aafa4ba47baa72221461012.jpg
Love the blue but the lipstick looks lonely.
The other side of the pillow has more of the texture of the red pillow. Here is another shot using that side. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5a6aa1d242209a1c575a76797d666809631edaebba51734fb3047168a00924c8.jpg
Thank you everyone for your feedback. I appreciate the comments and suggestions.
The red lipstick rocks against the blue-green pillow. I like this more Sara. Nice composition !
This is my favorite one – the best contrast and the pillows hair makes it more dramatic and interesting
Certainly red Sara. Quite a few of us seem to be battling to find something red. There is nothing wrong with the photo, but to me there is no ‘story’. I am not sure how you get round that problem.
I like your idea here, Sara. Personally, I prefer the texture in the fabric of the red cushion vs the blue one below. I also like the shadows from the lipstick and contours of the pillow and I really like the bright line on the left of the lipstick case. I would try a lighter or darker shade of red in the background and see if that helps the bright red of the lipstick stand out more.
Sara, I like your picture. Personally I would have taken a pillow with the colour of your second picture, but with the same lighting. I like more the texture of the red pillow with the shadow then the other one where it looks rather clean. Perhaps by using a flash? Well done.
May be a striped pillow. I do mostly landscapes and travel so I’m not good at product placement. The more I look at, I like it but is there such a thing as lipstick the color of the blue pillow and then putting that on the red pillow? Ha – that’s why I don’t do product photos.
I think out of the different coloured background this one is the best for me. Even though it’s just reds and blacks – I like it more. I also like that you lit it from the side and those little highlights on the glass add a nice touch. Well done. Brent
Thank you very much.
Sorry have not been around— had a rough week with the unexpected passing of my Dad, who was also a photography enthusiast. Am now in Australia, heading to New Zealand for a long overdue family vacation…… if I can do a red post before the25th I will!….
Photos are fab!
Sheree, sorry to hear about your Father. Glad you will be with your family soon for comfort. We look forward to your submission before the 25th. Take care.
Hi Sheree, sorry to hear about your dad. My condolences. Take care.
Hi Sheree. My condolences on the passing of your Father. May he Rest in Peace. Take care and safe travel.
So Sorry for your loss Sheree.
So sorry for your loss, Sheree. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Continue your Dad’s photo legacy when you are rested and ready.
Sheree, so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family.
Very sorry to hear of your loss Sheree. Hope you gain some strength from being with your family. Join us again when you can.
So sorry to hear about the loss of your father. May you alway remember him fondly in your photographs.
Sheree I am very sorry for your loss of your Father.
Sorry about your Dad. Enjoy your family vacation and take some time for yourself.
Sorry to hear about your Dad, my condolences.
Post when you feel you can and I’m sure it will be superb.
Sorry to hear about your dad Sheree. I hope the family holiday provides some cheer.
Sorry to hear that – have a great trip. Brent
Very sorry for you loss.
Sorry for your loss
So sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. My condolences to you and your family.
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Classic Chevy Bel Air. USA I shot and edited this image a few years ago but thought it would go well for the Red Challenge.
Canon 6D, 24-105mm L lens. ISO – 100, f.9, Shutter – 1/60. I used Aurora for the HDR edit. I also blurred the background with Snapheal.
Hi Deby. Nice shot, Good Post work. well done.
Thank you Denis.
Great mix of color and B/W filling the entire frame! I like the perspective and angle as well. The only thing find a little distracting are the beads hanging from the rear view mirror.
Thank you Brenda. I appreciate your attention to detail. Back in the day of Classic Cars they were know for hanging all kinds of things off of their rear view mirrors. Baby booties, fuzzy dice, you name it! Yes, a bit distracting but the car owners try to add an extra touch of personality like that. 🙂
Deby, well done. I think it could be stringer if you picked either the inside or the outside of the car. In my opinion it is a little busy as is, I think a tighter crop would help.
Thank you for your comment Sara.
What a cool car! I like how you left the red in the image and the remaining B&W has some sparkle in the car trim and minimizes the impact of the crowd in the background. My suggestion would be to try a lower point of view next time…something less typical for the average viewer.
Thank you for the tip Judy. I’ll remember that next car show.
Deby, nice to see the use of an accent colour in a B&W picture. Well done.
Thank you Christian.
Wow, Great composition and the red and white are so vivid.
Thank you Karen.
Deby this is such a great image. I love this image!
Thank you very much Angie.
I like it. Looks expensive!
Thank you Alex. It probably is expensive – not mine so don’t know! Ha!
Awesome classic car ! I love this image.
Great capture Deby.
Thank you Romy.
This is such a COOL shot!! Love this car. Great colors and I love the crop. Love the way you edited it too.
Such a cool image! Great processing too. Love it
Have tried so many red compositions which haven’t worked out that I’m feeling blue! Last chance before the deadline: Red Abyssinian Banana Leaves, 70-200mm lens @ 70mm, f/11, 1/20sec, ISO 100. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e011424cdb4a010d769fd0ee70a1ca071182a4a6fd565a6eeb27ab845d5df934.jpg
I love this photo. The contrast from the red to the green is striking. Filling the frame with these two leaves is perfect. Great job.
Thanks, Kathy. Not sure I used the right lens but it was what I had at the moment.
Nice use of contrasting colours here, Kathleen. The lines, vertical and horizontal, work well with this composition.
Thanks, Judy. I, on the other hand, am floored by your pedestrian bride shot. Wonderful composition.
Kathleen, very nice abstract picture. Very nice structure.
Nice abstract. The red leaf is in focus when enlarged. Very pretty. I think the red could stand alone but the green adds to the abstract feel.
Very nice ! This image really show how red color can impact our images. very good job
I love this red banana leaf nicely complemented by the green leaf. Texture and the repeating patterns are great. Well done Kathleen.
Kathleen, great job. The only thing I would say is to clone or crop out the bottom right corner as the line/edge of the leaf is a little distracting. Over all, well done.
Very nice textures and colors. I really like this!
Beautiful image Kathleen. I like the kind of interaction between the leaves. Great work
Sorry to break the rule about spaced submissions, but need to get this in before deadline.
Something different…a Red flower! (teehee). 100mm Macro lens, f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 100. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/87c2c79da395a0ead79c7b8a9e8a9e98887fadb528a9a9e6183597a9f5ff975e.jpg
I really like the rich colors and DOF on this shot, but prefer the crop on the follow-up shot you posted! Great sharpness!
Thanks! I forget sometimes my Canon 80D has the crop factor format.
Tee hee – love the red flower. Personally, I prefer this one as the background is less busy and the light hits that flower just right. My suggestion is to leave a little more room at the bottom.
I agree, a little more room at bottom but I’d trim just to the left edge of the orange and the flower pops. Maybe a little closer so the flower takes up more of the photo. The background is lovely. Nice work.
This is beautuful also and more simple and effective composition. I would suggest more space at the bottom and crop out the orange to make a portrait orientation. Nice blurred background.
Kathleen I like this one better of the two flower pictures. I agree about the orange on the right of the photo, try to crop it out, or clone it. Well done.
Same flower, different angle: 100mm Macro lens, https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c6dde1f12a4cebf0bce6cd92862b30805ea2329f6a80db6a6b6ea7cdb6a45c6b.jpg f/11, 0.3sec, ISO 100
Hi Kathleen. This is my preference. However I would crop a lot tighter and make the flower head the main attraction. Well done.
Kathleen, for me this second picture has more potential if the background would be more blurried. Good composition. The flower is on thirds. I like also the framing on the bottom with that green in the left.
I agree about the blur. Tried different apertures but I was a windy day and many shots were out of focus.
I wanted to reach out and touch it because it looks like velvet. I’d crop from the left to the first berry, go across under the line of berries and up past the leaf with the red on the edges. Gorgeous and the bee in the center of the flower is a bonus. Love it.
Hi Kathleen. I like this photo. Here the red flower stands out and the eyes are easily drawn to it. Blurring the background would even make it stronger. Great composition.
Very nice image, agree it looks like velvet. The wasp is crystal clear. Great shot!
Really like this version – with you main point of interest off centre and those dark leaves behind it making it pop even more. I also like the vignette of greens at the bottom left and a few distant reds in the background. And then the bee on the flower – WOW!!! Excellent work. Brent
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There have been so many cool and interesting posts for “seeing red”. I am afraid my creative mind took a break this month but one of my favorite “red” things is sunsets. This photo was taken on Fort Myers Beach. Every sunset is vastly different and I take dozens of each sunset, and I have found patience is the key. The afterglow of sunset normally produces the best red colors. If I can outlast the no-see-ems, then I can normally get some great shots. I am submitting two shots, each from a different angle.
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Oh Kathy, that is mesmerizing. Inspires me to work on my patience.
Thank you! So often I walk away, thinking the sunset is done, then turn around and see the most beautiful red sky. I could kick myself for not waiting just a few minutes longer.
Love this bottom one best! Not quite sure how to make it better. Well done.
Stunning! I like the leading lines of the pilings in the far right and the dark cloud coming in from top right. The cloud formations are inspiring!
Wow – love those darker colours. Very different feeling to both. My preference is for the second image where the water is more peaceful and captures more of the lighter reflections. Great range of reds. How to improve?.. the first image looks like it has a vignette that is a bit too strong, but that may simply be the natural light in this cases.. personal preference only, Kathy. Both images are very beautiful.
The vignette actually is shadows, I tried to figure out a way to lessen that look. I have a long ways to go with Lightroom but I am learning!
Hi Kathy. This is my preference by far, Lovely tonal colours which give off a nice warm feel to the image. Well done.
Hi Kathy, Amazing colours. I love the lines of dark clouds, and the waterline running up to meet the pylons. Not sure if it’s my eyes, but is the horizon level? love it anyway!
I believe it may be leaning to the right a bit! This is what I love about Bootcamp. So many sets of eyes. I’ve learned so much and sometimes I am concentrating on the colors and dimensions of the photo and forget about the basics such as a straight horizon.
I was going to say you’ve got your right foot in a hole again – with me it’s my left! … lol
Kathy, I like more the second picture. It has those great reddish colour in the sky with those beautiful leading lines of clouds. Very nice to see the reflection of the sky in the water. Well done.
Wow. Great photo.
Hi Kathy. I like both of them. Your patience surely paid off. Great job !
I like both these photos and, I think, for different reasons.
I like the sky and the play of light on the water in No 1
though I don’t think the foreground adds anything and would probably crop so the horizon is about a third from the bottom (no comment on the levelness of the horizon! lol)
I like the colours and how the clouds seem to lead your eye into the sunset point on the horizon in the 2nd.
the red reflection is magic
I was going to suggest that the foreground sand etc could do with a little lightening but full screen view shows it’s good!
I’d play a little with the horizon in this one as I think it’s down a little on the right.
I almost always watch the horizon line on my camera. I just love having people’s perspective because once it is pointed out, I can see the horizon isn’t straight! Something else to add to my checklist. Thanks to everyone for the comments, it makes me grow as a photographer.
Both images are good with the red dramatic sky, but the second one is much more interesting IMO with the shore and pier giving it more depth and the more interesting horizon. Great work.
Only thing to fix is the horizon line as Nick already wrote
Kathy, I like the first shot best. The reflection of the colorful sky in the rough water give a sense of foreboding. Nice work !
My last submission for red, taken in local park after rainfall. used the monorail for leading line which also had some rain
on top for reflection. ISO400, fl27mm, f5.0, 1/125sec
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Love the reflection that you’ve captured on the rail! Have you tried cropping this more tightly with a vertical aspect ratio? That may enhance the leading line and minimize some of the background on the right side. A fun and colorful shot!
Thankyou Brenda, the monorail leading line curves towards the left then curves towards the poi.
Hi John – I like the way you have captured the reflection in the leading line. Very clever. I’m with @rtbp99:disqus and would crop away some of the right hand side. Also, as much as I really like that reflection, I think it competes with the red in the play structure. Maybe making the green less vibrant would help the structure become the dominant element for an assignment with the theme ‘red’.
Thankyou Judy.
Hi John. Nice reflection and good creativity. I might crop from the right a bit. well done.
I would crop to the left of the ’70’ sign. I know it has red on it but it distracts from the subject. I’d also crop the out of focus reflection parts. If the slide was part of the reflection it be better. I enlarged it bigger and I’m not sure it chromatic distortion but there is distortion on the edges of the playground equipment. Brent might know what to call it. The hood over the slide seems to be in focus so it may be that the focal area wasn’t large enough to focus on all it. As a small photo on this page, I don’t see it but when enlarged it is there. Enlarge your focus area so that the whole area is in focus.
I hope you took one just of the tree reflection because for that l would get in closer, put the camera on a tripod, set the timer or use a remote to take the shot.
Place a piece of paper on your computer screen to cover your photo with the right edge just at the end of the slide. That’s what I see. Clone out the sign and the street lights later. I know you went for the red but if the reflection was in focus it would be a great photo. If you crop from the right and bottom, you will actually get a nice photo of the playground with a soft focus of the couple coming up the path. So play with that but next time you go out to shoot, give yourself a wide focus area if you are doing landscape but narrow down what your eyes see.
Hi John, great capture. Nice composition. I like the leading lines and the reflection provides an added element to the image.
I like it, but agree with about the crop on the right. The reflection is a leading line, but not toward your red subject. Even the slide is not leading you toward the red.
Here’s another photo for the RED Challenge … “Cupid’s Arrow, Fletching” shot with Sony a7Rlll – 24-70 GM lens @ 70mm, 1/1250 sec @ f / 2.8, ISO 100. Cupid’s Span by Artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen is a grand scale outdoor art installation on the Embarcadero, San Francisco, Californina.https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c496eef3c8f424550b3f8fbc8d6bf8f2c224b7bbd8af8723ad62288a1f48c8ca.jpg
I love the colors and how the shadows highlight the texture of the piece. This is a really intriguing image, and I’d be interested in seeing something next to it to give some size perspective. Is this just sticking up in the air? A very interesting capture!
Brenda, here is a shot from last year showing context. It is quite a striking example of public art. We often see kids trying their luck at climbing the bow. Some actually make it to the top and tie a little banner on the bracing. I’m glad that you like it. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/49ddfa399c2a3e1d027fab348690c8bb2a5d75826c6d7cb24255507632cc3743.jpg
Wow, that’s quite a slippery climb… I love that the reality is so different from your original shot!
Brenda, It was a bit of challenge to get the shot of the arrow without the buildings in the background. Thanks for you interest in the photo.
Hi Richard, before I read your comment here I was just thinking that if you shot the “feathers” with a telephoto lens with the buildings blurred in the background you would get a great sense of scale, which I feel is missing in the original. You know how big it is because you were there, but we have no reference point. Well, we do now with the help of the wide angle shot, but you know what I mean. It’s definitely striking, and really stands out in the wide angle against the more subdued colours around it. Cheers, Alex
Alex, I appreciate your thoughts on the original post and perhaps I should have submitted another photo to show scale. As I mentioned to Brenda, my goal was to show the red against the blue without any distractions.
Well done Richard. I like the composition.
A great photo Richard, you nailed the composition. What a magnificent sculpture.
Hi Richard – terrific use of colour here with just the blue contrasting with the red. Great abstract image with lots of textural interest in the arrow. My minor suggestion to make it better is to remove that white ‘thread’ in the top 1/3 of the central wing of the arrow’s fletching. Love it just as is 🙂
Judy, I thought about removing the “white thread” near the top of the red fletching but decided against it because I think it gives a bit of reality to the picture. Seagulls often fly over the sculpture … I didn’t want to remove their mark.
Ha! That makes perfect sense, leave the ‘thread’ and keep it real. I never thought about seagulls flying overhead.
great contrast and angle well done
Hi Richard. Nice shot with good contrast. Well done.
Richard, good abstract picture with those reds in contrast with the blue sky.
Great photo. Like the abstract quality.
Nice perspective Richard. The blue background certainly gives the red arrow the prominence it deserves. Well done
Very nice, sharp and clear. The red clearly dominent on the blue colors what gives a great impact on this image. Well done!
Wow, I thought I recognized this from the Embarcadero. It’s so sharp and crisp! Love it.
Thanks to all for your comments. I appreciate knowing what you think about the photo. It helps me be a better photographer.
WOW Richard – WOW!!! This image rocks. Just love it, the textures, subdued colours, tones and the way you’ve composed your image. It’s perfect! Brent
Brent, Thank you for the very kind words of encouragement. Bootcamp has been and continues to provide inspiration and support for my photography. You have created a great forum for sharing and creativity.
Thanks for your kinds words Richard
Ok here goes, my first ever photos for Bootcamp. This flower a type of Zygo Cactus only opens for a short period of time, before it starts to sag and close up again. I was trying to get a tack sharp, close up on this flower bud because of the raindrops. I was fighting a breeze and intermittent showers. I use a Canon 750D I had the 18-55mm kit lens on with a Neewer digital high definition 0.45X super wide angle lens with macro. The Neewer was given to me and as I had never used it before I thought I would give it a try. I have not done a comparison without it. Settings: 1/60 sec, f5.6, 55mm,
ISO 100. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d2d78ea730abcb5a6c912c19247e4ef0c6c7a155c81280b4141ecca24a64b12c.jpg
Great timing to capture such a short-lived flower! The muted colors and DOF are really nice, and the raindrops are a great touch. Great way to start your Boot Camp journey!
Brenda I have been watching this flower for over 2 wks waiting for it to open. Thank you for the comment.
Hi Tracey – Welcome to Bootcamp! The droplets at the tip of the flower are nice and sharp and I like the way the red reflects through the droplets. I would explore a tighter crop with this image and see what you think. Example, crop from the right and bottom, and a bit from the left, but keep enough to keep those shadowy blooms in the background. End result… sharp droplets aren’t right in the middle, and you can lose some of the stem end on the left as it is not critical to the story of this image. These are just suggestions; as the artist, you do what feels right to you 🙂
Thank you for the welcome, will do the cropping and have a look. Thank you for the advice Judy.
Love the colors, details, and the lines – very well composed. Excellent first shot to submit to bootcamp and welcome!
Thank you Point for the welcome and the comments.
Hi Tracey. Welcome to Bootcamp. This is a very nice shot, Good clarity and tones. I particularly like the water droplets. Well done.
Now this is my favorite of your series I would crop just to the right of the flower in the background and above the bottom flower in the background, leaving that little smudge of red. Those water droplets are tack sharp. The red is fabulous.
Here is the photo https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/821eb10eb5ab0fea487946ba34da9bff5c66451ef7f1232d4a6d60e438511f9a.jpg cropped as you suggested Karen
Tracy, I love your photo. The cropped version is the best. I look at it with great anticipation of the water droplets falling from the flower.
This one is better. Nice job on the crop Tracey.
Wow Tracey, your image is so sharp and clear. Love those water droplets below the flower – I can almost see you in the reflections. Great choice of a darker background to make the reds stand out. Well done. Brent
Tracey welcome to bootcamp. Beautiful first entry. You have done a nice job on both photos. The water droplets and dark red really make this photo for me. Your background almost looks like a reflection. Very well done.
I love this!!! Love the water droplets and the angle the picture was shot at.
This is nice composition Tracey. I love the water droplets on the red flower. Well done.
Tracey, welcome to BootCamp. I really like the mood of this photo and the water droplets. I like the tighter crop below also, but am distracted by the stem in the background. A matter of opinion, I suppose. Overall well done and great creativity.
Here is the flower open, a few days later, again the breeze was really annoying me. Same lenses, Setting 1/6 Sec F6.3 55mm ISO 800and I made sure to zero the line at the bottom of the screen to give me the Shutter speed etc. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e51c1909d5f5c25b0a6b73f0d4f9e76f35a99f7e5c0ec8bf78e57d4a60cbb0c8.jpg
Beautiful colors and composition, Tracey! With a shutter speed of 1/6 in a breeze, you’ll always see movement. It does add a slightly surreal effect!
Thank you, yes, just can not seem to get the elements to align to get the perfect shot, that I had in my head.
Yes, breezes can be super annoying, but I think the sharpness is pretty good. It looks like you used a flash. Is that right? If so, that would help get a crisp image with that slower shutter speed.
Intriguing colors – is that from using a flash or is that the way the flower looks with purple fringes? I like it. 🙂
Point, I am not sure if the flash was on this photo or not now, as when I first took some photos I never realised till it went off I had it on, I then changed it to no flash, as I hardly ever use the flash, it maybe one with the flash. This flower has the purple/mauve tinge to it anyway with the naked eye. I also did some slight clarity adjustments in Lightroom on this photo.
Hi Tracey. Nice shot. I like the variation of reds and colours. nicely taken. Well done.
Tracey, very nice picture. Good composition. Very nice tints of red/oranje/purple. I like it very much. Well done.
Wow, I love this. The colours are so bold, the stamens so crisp it is a really stunning image. The lighting is perfect – what time of day was this taken?
Photo was taken on sunset on a cloudy, showers of rain day, with a breeze.
Beautiful image. Is it really a pinky red or was it enhanced afterwards. It’s a beautiful image.
Beautiful shot Tracey. This version wins. The stamebs are great against the beautiful red petals. Nice composition Tracey.
Really striking image. The stamens are cool the way they are curved. Great job on the background blur. Maybe a tighter crop would make it a stronger image, all depends on your preference.
Following up on additional angles of the same subject, here is the second of three views of our red amaryllis.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cd455c850d46b71a495796ef3b302098edb83004a113913050dcbdd3bc2eb922.jpg
and the third view…
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Hi Brenda. I think this would be my preference. Strong image. Well done.
Brenda, very nice picture. I like very much those enlighted red colours. Good composition. Great contrast between those reds and the blurried green background. Personally I would have given a bit more space at the left. But this a very small detail. Well done.
Nicely done. I’m a big fan of soft light backgrounds.
Hi Brenda. Both photos are nicely composed. Personally, I like the second photo more on the basis of the flowers slightly open and I can see partly what is inside. Beautiful photos.
Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions! I’ll go back into LR and test out some other crops and blurs just to see what nets the best results. Out of the three angles, I still think my favorite is the original shot from the back.
I like the pop of red in this one. I like the crop except it could have a little more room on the left to have the complete petal in the frame. Well done.
Hi Brenda – I like the breathing space around the bloom in this shot, and the bright pop of red in the third view where the light was brighter and the red had more pop. I love amaryllis. They are very elegant.
Brenda, I love amaryllis. I got one as a gift for Christmas and am looking forward to it blooming again. I would maybe bump up the colors a bit.
Settings: f/9; 1/800sec; iso 2000; 86mm
Love the long shadows against the red wall at the blue hour.
If you didn’t notice, the woman in the purple coat also is wearing bright red shoes
San Miguel, Mexico https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ea53825b3d3156bc382fb4451417156306389416608305e44ce06aa9a3464e7e.jpg
This is really a good and interesting photo, the texture of the wall compliments
the couple on there stroll, with the shadows indicating something more. well done.
Thank you.
Hi Wayne. Lovely evening shot. Good mixture of colour in this shot along with the texture of the Red Wall. Pity about the ankles. Well done.
Thank you. There was this short wall in front of the path and I was not able to capture their feet from my vantage point.
Wayne, good picture. Nice to see the added value of the shadows on the red wall. Perhaps going a bit higher to see their feet. Well done.
I love how the shadow of the arm is reaching out to the woman who is holding her friend’s shoulder. Love it. Might crop on the left to the edge of the building or even past the bigger square and down to the top of the roof line.
What a fantastic photo, I love the shadow of the arm reaching to the woman holding the shoulder. This tells a great story. We all need someone to lean on at times. Well done.
Wayne, This is a classic photo … great composition and story. It looks like the shadow is calling the women to linger awhile. I would have this one in my portfolio !
Hi Wayne. I agree with Richard. This is a classic composition. The shadows give added drama. Great capture !
Great story telling with this one! I love the rich red and the elegant hand trailing a shadow on the wall. You might try some other crops, but I really can’t think of any other suggestions.
Awesome photo. Nice and sharp and great composition. The shadows help to bring the picture alive. My only suggestion might be to leave just a little more room at the bottom. Nice job!
Wayne, what a lovely photo. i would crop to the roofline and possibly to the edge of the shorter part of the building. It looks like you took the photo with a fence or barrier between you and the subjects.
Beautiful photo, Wayne. The shadows really add to the image, and the red wall is a strong background.
Great image, especially love the shadow of the hand.
Here’s my only submission on this one. So much going on at the moment. I have been taking many shots of a blueberry plant because at this time of the year it turns red. After many weeks of photographing it at different angles and with different lens, I finally went with one I got with the LensBaby Velvet 56 @ 1/500 sec, f/1.6, ISO 200. At f/1.6 the velvet creates well, a “velvet” effect. I did no special post processing to get this effect. Makes a think a little of the Orton effect. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/51f6dc77d2917c72e28a2727c88eedf561920b15f260871bff2668f95f3103bd.jpg
And here’s the other one that caught my eye. Same settings as before but with aperture at f/2.8. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32edf344b0d95ba622dc44596e5e3453661d7b7873d37b3a0142c080c48960d4.jpg
Hi Point. This is my preference. The subject matter is more to the fore and you still have that dreamy background. I still might crop tighter. Well Done.
I tried cropping the first and did not like it but with this one I do like it cropped. Maybe it has something to do with seeing more detail. Thank you, Denis. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/39d42e4b72e1952405d12408a981aaa6e4f44a2e0622358d9a619120c0968453.jpg
Point, I like this one best. Well done with the water droplets on the horizontal leaf.
Both great shots but I am with denis on this one.
Thank you, Andrew. It was a difficult call for me. I seem to like dreamy effects maybe that is due to having very poor eyesight that very little looks sharp to me. :p
The background is super dreamy! Love all the different tones of red in this image and the simple composition. The only thing I suggest is to crop or clone out the little black triangle at the bottom edge.
Doh! I meant to crop that part. 🙂 Thank you, Judy. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1f35e8e16d503eaf49c13c05d2262916861dcffde0d51252bb46fdc343ecd505.jpg
Point, I’ve never heard of this lens, but I really love what you are achieving with it. So, so smoothe, and to ditto Judy….dreamy! I do like the added sharpness to your subject in the second image at f 2.8, but this one does it for me.
Thank you, Kerrie. The Velvet lens is so much fun to use. It even can close focus to 1:2 macro so it makes it even more fun for flowers and other subjects.
Point, you sure have a dreamy effect with this lens. Great colours with all those red tints.
Thank you, Christian.
Beautiful.
Thank you, Karen.
Simplicity….. beautiful, a great capture. Love that background. Well done.
Thank you, Tracey.
Hi Point. I love the simplicity and abstract feel in this photo. Beautiful composition. Well done!
I really like this a lot! Looks like a painting almost. Very dreamy.
Lovely shot Point. I love the effect you get with this lens. The version below with the black bit removed is great.
Here is my final image. I’m very lucky to have such a great subject in vivid red here in Calgary for this challenge. I took photos at different times of the day, from far away and even under this pedestrian bridge. This shot was my favourite. Settings: 1.0 sec at 17mm and f/8.0 with ISO 100 using a tripod.
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Judy, I find the multitude of converging lines gives this image great depth. This, coupled with the repeating (and also converging) pattern of red and white on the black background makes it just so dynamic! I also like the movement you’ve captured with the people walking, and the subtle reflections on the pathways either side. I can’t suggest any way you could improve this.
Thanks so much for your feedback, Kerrie. I’ve learned that I really have to make sure I’m bang in the centre when taking this kind of image with all those lines and patterns. I was probably about 15cm off centre, and I wasn’t skilled enough at the time in using the ‘transform’ tools in Lightroom to fix the way the image is slightly skewed. I would fix the bottom left corner, and then the top was not perfectly centred. It’s all good learning. I’m now a little more adept using those tools in Lightroom.
Hi Judy. I like this composition. It is well framed and shot. I like the way the leading lines draw me into the shot. Vert nice clarity and good depth of field. For some the people on the left are a must. I think it might be better without them. Very good shot. Well done.
Thanks so much for you comments, Denis. I did have some sketch shots without people… had to wait a long time to take a shot with no pedestrians, as it is quite popular. I decided to post the image with the young friends walking as it helped tell the story of how the bridge is used. Pedestrians walk on the edges and cyclists use the centre path, which is why the men are walking to one side.
Judy, what a great picture. I like it very much. Did I say that I like it? Great composition with the symmetry, the leading lines (and the white ones, and the red ones in the midle). Great contrast of the reds and whites against the black background. You made a great architectural view. Great to see those repeating forms in the roof. Good use of those people: they are enough blurried to be unrecognizable but adding the value as reference to the function of the bridge. Very well done.
Thanks so much Christian! My apologies for the late reply… too busy with work lately. I had much fun working different angles, etc with this image. I had shots with no people, but the I liked the way the group of young men added to the picture and helped give perspective to it’s size.
Great image, I love the symmetric patterns, depth of field and the inclusion of the people to put the size of the subject in perspective. The many leading lines also make this a wonderful shot. My only minor suggestion would be to have the darker leading line come directly out of the bottom left corner as it does the bottom right corner. If you are using Lightroom, this would be a slight adjustment in the transform section
Wayne, I love your eye for perfection. I use the transform adjustment in almost all of my photos of structures. It’s an amazing tool.
Yup – you are bang on about that getting the perspective correct. Big lesson for me… much easier to make sure it is right in camera, than to fiddle with it in Lightroom. I was too busy with work recently to return for a re-shoot before the challenge expired. Thanks for your comments, Wayne.
Love, love, love! That is a stunning bridge, with a fabulous depth of colour.
Thanks, thanks, and thanks again Julie 🙂 It is stunning and quite popular. The lighting is very bright and it really showed off the red lattice structure.
Well if I ever get to Calgary I’d love to check it out!
I like the hint of motion in the men walking. The design of the roof and vivid red. I was once upon a time a lighting specialist. The dark parts of the tube lights on the left upper corner and a couple on the right are a minor distraction to me only because my first thought was they need to change the tubes. Most people wouldn’t even notice but it’s funny how my past life work suddenly kicked in. If I just look at the red, I don’t notice at those corners so I’m sure no one else will. I’m weird, I know. . I’ve got to get to Calgary to see this. Great photo.
Thanks Karen – I did notice that light, and gave up after trying for 45 minutes to fix it. I thought my edits looked worse than the original. I think I need to take it into Photoshop to do a decent job; Lightroom just wasn’t working well for me on that problem.
Great subject and well done. I like how the slight blur creates motion not only in the people but in the walkway lighting too.
Thank you Valerie. I had to wait quite a while for shots without people, and for this shot with just one group of people using the bridge. I liked the way the young men moving on the bridge helped tell its story.
Judy, I love everything about this photo. It looks like the people are walking into their destiny inside of a giant creature protecting them from the dark night. Your composition is 99 and 44/100 % perfect considering the comment from Wayne about the line on the bottom left corner and Karen’s comment about the defects in the lighting. Perhaps you left the lighting “as shot” for reality sake as I did the white thread in my red arrow shot … just kidding ! This is a great photo. Nice work.
Richard and @waynezussman:disqus I’ve learned that this subject is quite unforgiving if you aren’t dead centre and perfectly horizontal… thought I had nailed them both until I uploaded the image :). I did play with the transform sliders in Lightroom, but struggled with getting the left corner to be correct, while still having the centre of the ceiling correct; fixing one pulled the other out of whack. I also tried to fix the bad light that @disqus_W9X9AYgvoB:disqus also spotted in Lightroom, but thought my fixes looked worse than the original bad light, so I ended up leaving it as is. I’ve been swamped with work, so replying really late to everyone on this image. I had a chance to revisit this image over the last few days, and my efforts to fix these items are better. Thanks for your critical eyes!
Only a 14 hour road trip to get to Calgary. Have the family quarter of the way in the shot. Doubt they would go for the road trip.
Excellent shot, Judy. I like the lines and it ready did make me think about a possible family portrait location. 🙂
Maybe you could sell them on a road trip to Banff – Calgary is just an 1.5 hours from there. The bridge is a popular spot for portraits at all times of the year.
Hi Judy, I live this photo. Beautiful repeating patterns most importantly in RED ! Great leading lines and composition. Awesome !
Thanks Romy 🙂
The red is really brilliant, and the design is very interesting.
Classic vanishing point photo, and the 1 sec exposure has put a great blur on the people. It’s a very interesting futuristic design and you’ve reminded me of a photo I took a while ago which I might have to post now!
Thank you for your comments, Alex.
Wow, great image Judy!! So futuristic! Great lines and coIor too.
Thanks Chris 🙂 I’m pretty happy with this image.
Superb leadig line and the prspective. The dominant red mixed with the black and white gives a grat impact on this omage. Also realy love the blur in the motion of the people (my english is not so good so…) Fantastic shot!
Thank you Jackie! Your English is just fine 🙂
I was also very happy with the blur from the young men crossing the bridge. They help the viewer imagine the size of the bridge.
I love this Judy. The composition is great, with the leading lines and the motion blur from the people positioned to one side. I like the contrast between the light inside the walkway and the darkness outside.
Thanks very much for your comments, Tessa. I also liked the leading lines and contrast of the light and colour with the night. The bridge has a very different feel in the day when those lighter panels at the top are not lit up. They are almost clear and the blue sky is visible.
What a stunner Judy…..almost feels like a Star Trek movie…..beam me up Scottie!!Great DoF….awesome leading lines, and te red converging lines work so well here. having the people walking into the tunnel a perfect addition to strengthen the image even more! A winner!
Thanks so much, Christine. It was the first time I had looked at the bridge with a photographer’s eye as my travels usually don’t go near it. My apologies for the late reply.. swamped with work for the last couple of months, and social media time has been a lower priority.
Judy this is stunning! I love the lines, the red really pops. I can’t decide whether I like the people or not in the photo. I go from thinking they throw the balance off to thinking they are great where they stand. Great job.
Thanks for your comments, Sara. I did have shots without people, which gave the bridge a very stark look. The people are walking on the side because bicycles use the centre ‘lane’. I think if people where walking up the middle, it may have had better balance, but as pedestrians walk on the sides, I decided that helped tell the story.
Wow, This is an Awesome shot Judy! The composition is spot on.
Thank you Rachel!
Judy, I had wanted to comment on this photo, but had lost track of where it was. I love symmetrical images and this one is superb! What I especially like about this shot is that you have subtly broken the symmetry with the group of pedestrians. Great job!
Thanks, Sig! I had a shot with no people, but it seemed clinical & cold, whereas there were a lot of friendly people using on all the times I visited to take my sketch shots. I missed commenting on your portrait, too, so I’m going hunting for it now.
My last image is an over the top shot of my native flower in Tunks Park Sydney.
1/30sec F/11 85mm ISO 100 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a60ec6e025fdac84eac7fae1eff78aea5f3a1a0b9dd1e2b3b3b21a3c1075de5b.jpg
Cheers.
Gorgeous shot, Andrew. Love the variations of light and dark, and the detail is just beautiful. Well shot.
Hi Andrew. Nice close up. Good variation of light, shadow and colour. Well done
Andrew, very nice picture with beautiful tints of oranje/red. Personally I find it a bit crowded with all those points heading up. Well done.
Wow, when I enlarged it, I sat back a little because it just jumps right out. The colors are wonderful. The close-up makes all the parts look like separate little creatures.
Me two on what Karen said. Wow!
Love it, Love it, Love it. Fantastic job. You have inspired me to get out there and do some more, this is what I have had a picture of in my head for ages now. Thank you.
Beautiful repeating patterns. I like it that you filled the frame with the flower. Great job !
Beautiful! So crisp and sharp!
A stunning image Andrew! Beautifully sharp with great detail.
Fabulous image, Andrew. I like the tight crop. I am not sure how to make this image stronger,
Wow great detail. Very nice.
And it rocks – just love this version Andrew. Super sharp using the f/11 aperture – but what draws me into your image are the tones. Lighter (more highlights) towards the right/top and darker on the left/bottom which balances your image nicely. I also like the hint of green deeper into the flower. Well done. Brent
My last Red image is a re shoot on my first one, In this I have tried to address all of the suggestions/comments from that first shot. Nick wanted to see bottom flower facing outwards, Sheree, Sarah and Amber wanted a blacker background, and Judy and Christian wanted to see more room to the right. I couldn’t use the same light centred flowers, as they were finished, so had to go with some with darker centres.
1/8 sec f7.1 ISO 100 @ 66mm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5920602c21558d9ebb2f8474691985db6da56e81a514118d5a46c9ce582bf975.jpg
Kerrie, I find this a great picture. Great contrast between your flowers and the (black) background. Good composition. Very nice colours too with those reds and the green stems. You have also very much detail in the middle of the flower. It is a beauty. Well done.
Thanks so much for the feedback, Christian 🙂
Hi Kerrie. I like this shot as well as your first. It is well composed and shot. Very good light balance throughout. Based on your comments above – Which one do you like?. Well done
Hi Denis, thanks for your feedback. I think I like this one better, because of the little bit of extra space on the right, and the black background. However I do prefer the flowers that were in the first shot. I think the stems were sharper than in this one.
Wow! Your image is so sharp – the flower centres are stunning, they really pop.
Thank you Julie 🙂
Kerrie, this is a great composition! It is so well balanced by the way you have cropped the image. The black background creates a wonderful contrast. Also, the focus is dead on. Great job!
Thanks so much for that feedback, Sig 🙂
Red on black is beautiful. Love the composition of the 3 flowers. Nicely done.
Thanks Karen 🙂
Great contrast of red and green on black. The leading lines from bottom to top and left to right really create a well composed photo. Very nice.
Thank you Valerie 🙂
Great job Kerrie! Love how the green and red pop against the black background!
Thanks Angie 🙂
Lovely image Kerrie just like the first one. I like them both. Worth framing. Great job !
Thanks so much, Romy!
Very nice shot, what more can I say
Thank you, Alex 🙂
Beautiful shot Kerrie! I hope you’ve printed this and it’s hanging somewhere so that you can admire it.
Thanks so much, Chris! No, I still haven’t printed any of my images…must get around to it sometime soon!
So nice! The composition is really excellent. Love how the flowers look in three different direction. Very nice job.
Thank you Jackie 🙂
Lovely shot Kerrie. The flowers are beautifully positioned. I love the simple, clean composition and the way the flowers stand out against the black background.
Thank you Tessa:)
Well done Kerrie! I think this image rocks! The darker red centers work as they have just enough green in them to help the red pop. Very creative. I love it.
Thanks so much, Sarah!
Love the image and agree with everyone’s comments. My only thought would be (and this is just my personal opinion), since my eyes started at the bottom flower and traveled upward, my preference would have been to have the bottom flower turned and the top image end on the open flower, therefore I would have switched the top and bottom flowers to get a more positive ending result when. Again, great work, and this is just my person opinion.
Hi Wayne, now that you mention it, that may have been an interesting or better way to have composed this. I put it together this way in response to comments on my first post for this challenge, and the suggestion was to have the bottom flower facing the camera, more space on the left, and a “black” background. Thanks for your thoughts 🙂
This is my second submission on the topic “Red”
120mm @ 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 320.
Titled ” Searching for My Keys” Taken in Trinidad Cuba
I’m including two versions. The original includes a white wall on the right side. The cropped version does not. Does including the white wall help balance the photo having alternating columns of blue and white or does the white wall distract from the main image of the man in red? I welcome and appreciate your thoughts.
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Hi Wayne. My preference is the cropped version. In face I might crop up the step from the bottom. Well done.
I love the effect that the gentleman in the red shirt is actually high above the ground precariously standing on a very thin ledge! I prefer the cropped version it really creates this illusion for me. The stark contrast of colours is also stunning. Great image!
Wayne, This photo has a nice old world feel to it and I like the overall message and the colours very much. When it comes to the cropping, I do find the light coloured wall to be distracting. In the other version the main subject is pretty much dead centre. That would have been fine if there was also a window on the RHS, i.e. creating symmetry. I would try cropping a bit to the right of the door frame to see what that would look like. I think that might make a difference – just my opinion. Great effort in capturing this!
I like it cropped. It makes the red pop more and the gentleman stand out. There’s no doubt that he’s the subject of the photo.
Wayne, verey nice picture. I find the cropped version much stronger with the vertical and horizontal lines and the main colours red and blue. Very nice accent with the red shirt and cap of the man. Well done.
I think the cropper version wins! What a beautiful show, I love the vibrant colors but also the detail in the door. This picture tells a story. Great job.
The cropped version is a lot better, great job well done.
(would love to see this in B/W)
John, here is the picture in b&w, let me know what you think
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Wow, this for me has jumped another level, no more colour distractions, nice tonal
contrast and great textures,having the window only one side gives it a dynamic feel.
great job. thanks for sharing.
John, I have to agree with you, the B&W version is powerful, I love it. That’s for suggesting it.
I agree with the group. The tighter crop is much better. Very vibrant colors and the red is eye catching. Nice detail. Well done.
Wayne, i love this photo … the cropped version of the photo is much better although I might have tired to eliminate the shadow at the top. I have started to accumulate collection of photos of doors and windows and would be over the top with joy to have shot this one with a person and such vivid colors like this in the shot. Excellent … Well done !!!
Richard, thank you!
Wayne, this is a superb image! I love the cropped one much better. It keeps your eyes focused on the main points of the photo.
Hi Wayne, great shot! Awesome capture of life in the street. Colors are great, creating good contrasts with the lighter color behind the red shirt on the man. I like the second version better, but feel that cropping could be enhance a bit more, by moving the man in the door more to the right so that he is not right in the center. Removing the shadow above or at least burning it in a bit (old darkroom terminology) to lighten it up so that it’s not as noticeabe. But love the whole scene!
I love this. Beautiful composition, Wayne. The cropped version is stronger. The man wearing the red shirt is nicely framed by the door. You nailed it.
Appreciate it, thanks.
Thanks Romy
Wow! Love the lines here! Great shot and of course I’m envious as I want to go to Cuba.
Chris, thank you. I am putting together a group to go again next year, let me know if you are interested and I’ll get you the details. Dates are flexible.
Nice Nice Nice ! Nice framed, nice contrast, nice lines. Very good shot
Thank you
Well captured Wayne. The cropped version is great. I agree with Richard that the shadow at the top could go.
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Hi Wayne, I like this one the most. No distractions. Well done
Well done removing the shadow above the door. I like this one best. I like how the gentleman’s clothes are opposite the colors of the building. The red really pops. I can’t decide if I would crop so the man is not in the center of the frame, or not. Personal preference I guess. Great detail and texture. Great job.
Sara, It never occurred to me that the man’s clothes are the same, but the reversed colors to the building. Thanks for pointing that out.
Love this crop, Wayne. Beautiful lines,colours and textures.
Thanks Kerrie
Hi all. Apologies for the repetition. Another shot of a Fuchsia. Trying to take all the suggestions from my first effort and put them into practice here. Shot details: ISO 400, FL 50mm Prime Lens, F4.5, SS 1/160 sec. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/21629c09316ca10b2f518036a1c1d090439941c76657edc19a4ebb0a26b1625d.jpg
Never apologise for a gorgeous image of a Fuchsia! I love these flowers. Your image is delightful, with a well balanced composition and colours beautifully rich and natural. Lovely and sharp, great depth-of-field makes the image pop.
Hi Julie. many thanks for your feedback.
Great shot. The flower is well-focused and the background nicely soft. I like it. Good job.
Hi Karen. many thanks for your feedback.
Denis, nice picture with great colours. Personally I would have used a lower aperture to have the background more blurried. I wonder where your focus was as I think to see the leaves just above and the bud on the left are in focus?
Hi Christian. Many thanks for your feedback. More ideas to work on.
Hi Denis I think it is a great picture of a fuchsia. I’m sure you’ve learnt a lot from previous suggestions. Well done!
Hi Dianne. Many thanks for your feedback.
Denis nice image. I love fuchsias personally. I wonder what the image would look like if the open flower were at the top of the image and more space was shown below. I also agree that it would be nice to have the background blurred.
Hi Angie. Many thanks for the feedback. More things to work on.
Very nice image Denis. Great composition with only one flower completely open. The leading line provided by the stem makes the picture more appealing.
Hi Romy. Many thanks for the feedback.
Very beautiful composition. Really love it. Charp, clear and nice bokeh. But when I zoom in, I notice really a lot of noise. Maybe a little to far with clarity and sharpening. I had same problem on many of my images and had to learn to work more with local adjustments. It took me a lot of time and still feel like a beginner :)) (my english is not so good…)
Hi Jackie. First off your English is perfect and many thanks for that constructive feedback.
Beautiful shot, Denis. I like seeing the branch coming in at an angle and the juxtaposition of the closed and open flowers. I like that the stamens stand out against the background, but at the same time, I’m getting a little distracted by the white curve that it’s standing out against. Maybe you could darken that just a touch? Either way, great capture.
Hi Brenda. Many thanks for your feedback.
Great shot Denis,Maybe you could have gone to a smaller f stop for a little more Bokeh to blur out the white behind the flower.
Hi Peter. Many thanks for your feedback.
Love the flowers. I agree about the smaller f stop for a better blur of the back ground. I like the composition. Well done.
Hi Sara. Many thanks for your feedback.
Great capture Denis – really does pop with the greens in the background. Your flowers are super sharp and I don’t mind the “texture” in your image when I click on it to see it large – how did you do that? Something to think about is moving a little more to your right so that the main flower with the purple moves to the left away from that lighter background and has more greens behind it. For me that is your main point of interest and should be featured a little more. Well done. Brent
Hi Brent. Many thanks for your feedback. Good point re my position for the shot. I am not sure of your question re – how did you that?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/66ca05bb2fab05b7111a7487e335834d8c9b2ed1fbad3d38b7472a943f13a8ff.jpg This is my first ever post on BootCamp. Red is my absolute favourite colour, so I usually see it everywhere – often in the mirror as I wear a lot of red hehe. Anyway, this is a lipstick hibiscus and has been in my backyard for at least 20 years. It gives a beautiful splash of colour amongst all of the complementary green coloured foliage in that section of my garden. I’ve processed the image through Adobe Bridge, I’ve tried not to do too much – predominantly crop, contrast and saturation.
Julie, I don’t kknown this flower but I think it is a faded one. That’s not the usual image I have of a flower. That said, your picture has nice contrasting colours between the red flower and the (dark) green background. Personally I find the drawing in the background a bit distracting. I don’t use Bridge for adjustment, but in LR you could darken the background.
Hi Julie. I love Hibiscus. I have several in my garden. Love the composition here. That lipstick red really pops against the complementary green background. Lovely picture.
Very nice shot Julie! Welcome to Bootcamp. I really like the simplicity with this picture.
Hi Julie. Welcome to bootcamp. Simple image well taken. Works well against the background. Well done.
Welcome, Julie! Lovely complementary colors and DOF. Have you tried adjusting the crop so that it’s angled in the frame a bit? Great post!
Julie, well done. It is nice to see a photo of a not so perfect flower. We all have the various stages we go through, and this flower is past it’s peak, but is still attractive. Maybe as previously expressed, angle the flower slightly.
Red is a sign of danger as well as beauty. Along any fast flowing river or large lake you may see “No Swimming” signs. Along life travels and ordinary lives you may see a lot of red circles with lines through it. It means stop and think about the consequences of what you choose to do next because No means No. There can be serious consequences to ignoring the red No signs.
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Karen, you regsiter a simple but effective signage board. It is a creative approach.
Well thought out and executed Karen!
Hi Karen. Simple image but very effective. I am in complete agreement with Christian. Good choice of a subject. I think the image can be improved further by leaving some space between the red and the edge of the photo.
Hi Karen. well taken shot, simple and effective. As has been said I think more space around the sign would be of help. Well done.
Nice! Very informative. There seems to be just a hair more taken off the right side than the left. Great capture of the fly in the lower left.
I’m again behind on the challenge so I am posting more than 1 today. Perhaps that’s my biggest challenge, to find time to take get out and take the photos and get time to process them. In the “red” has a lot of meanings. I frequently feel I’m in the “red” when it comes to time. Lots of balls in the air. Some times I just want to close the door and not let anything more into my time. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5078f149f4606955fee914119eab9da470cba019d83ecfd3e8f6058f6171081e.jpg
Karen, I love the simplicity in your picture. Lovely to see the vertical lines in the red door. Well done.
Karen, I agree the simplicity of this image clearly focuses on the topic for this month. It is difficult to find spare time, but you’ve done it here. Keep perservering!
Hi Karen. I like this red door and the texture. The repeating vertical lines make the photo more interesting. Nice one Karen !
Very nice shot. What’s the story behind this door?
Hi Karen. Nice shot as is with good vertical lines. I would like to see a full shot of the door. This looks like a partial shot. Well done.
Karen, great texture and lines in the door. As previously noted, it seems what we see is only part of the door. A full shot of the door seems like it would make the photo stronger.
I feel the same – especially this month with all the moving, cleaning, fixing, installing etc. Exhausted. I’d like to crawl behind that door too – na just joking. Lovely image for this months challenge, well done. I like the textures and the door “bolt” is where my eye settles. Something I would try is to make sure the edges are perfectly “framed” to the edge of you image – you can distort in photoshop. Just a little tweak. Well done. Brent
My final Red Image is a portrait. Settings: 135 mm, f6.3, ss 1/160 and ISO 250. I was struggling a bit with the cropping because of the long feather – did not want to crop too much of it. Yet, I wanted to leave sufficient space in the front (LHS), since the subject is looking mostly in that direction. Then there is the vignette that I am also uncertain about, as I have never used something as dark as this before. Comments would be much appreciated!
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Very nice portrait Sig, and a great connection with your subject…it does seem a bit soft, and yes the vignette is too overpowering. The idea of a vignette is to darken the edges (just enough that you don’t realise there is a vignette)…in this case it to very pronounced
Hi Rerro, thanks very much for your comments and advice! I have re-posted the image with a reduced vignette effect. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/760a93f15bec771d74f4a30eea9f8fd32b05f72d96775590421d55752449ba1e.jpg
Sig, I like this one better. The only improvement, in my opinion, would be to have the model angle his head so you could get the complete feather in the frame.
Hi Sig. Much stronger image. Well done.
Hi Sig. This version is much better ! Nice editing job.
Sig, I think this is so much better without the strong vignette. Great street shot of an interesting looking character!
Yes, I like this better, and my suggestion is to vignette top left and bottom right and see what you think i.e. use an irregular vignette. You’ve done a good job managing the reflections on the glasses so the subject’s eyes are clear.
Hi Sig. Love this portrait. That red already stands out against the light background. Suggest to lessen that vignette. Nice shot Sig.
Thanks Romy for your comments! I have re-posted the image below with a reduced vignette effect.
Hi Sig, you’ve achieved the point of the exercise, which is all about red, after all. I don’t think it matters that the end of the feather is out of shot, it’s the splash of red on the hat that counts – although it could possibly do with a little saturation to make it pop a bit more. I agree with Rerro that the vignette is a bit extreme, and yes it’s a bit soft, but these are things we can work on aren’t they. Another thing when taking portraits of people wearing glasses is to try to position the eyes well within the lens, to give them greater emphasis, otherwise what often happens – and I’m guilty of this myself – is the top frame partially obscures the eyes, which can be distracting, and we’re starting to see that here. Cheers, Alex
Hi Alex, thanks for your comments and advice! I see from the comments that everyone else thinks a more faint vignette is better, and I have re-posted the image below with a reduced vignette effect. Actually, my intent with the heavy vignette was to create a “frame” rather than just a “vignette”, as I was aware that this was a bit extreme. In my mind it enhances the masculinity of the man, but that’s just my opinion. I guess I like to push the envelope sometimes and try something a bit unconventional. I agree with your comment about the glasses and the eyes, and will pay more attention to that in the future. Actually, this is not a posed portrait, but a street shot, so it was a question of “shot it or lose it”. Thanks again for your advice!
Hi Sig, I didn’t realise it was an “on the fly” shot – always more difficult so you’ve done well with it. The modified image is definitely better though – cheers
Hi Sig. I like this shot with the exception of the vignette. A bit must as has already been suggested. Well done.
Thanks Denis for your comments! I have re-posted the image below with a reduced vignette effect.
Great image Sig. I barely noticed the vignette because the face is so clear and I love how the red pops.
I went back to the location of my first red entry and tried to capture the colors and include more of the river. While I accomplished what I set out to do I wasn’t overly excited about the results so for my final entry I took this photo at my husband’s hunting camp. Settings: 1sec, F6.3, ISO 100 at 70mm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32f80fda92459a0cd75706f0de28e76d5855655ca0c19d5204f48ccaf6e1d5be.jpg
I love this shot Valerie. I could “feel” the heat from that fire. The dark background enhances the fire.
Great composition.
Thank you Romy. Appreciate your feedback.
I agree with Romy, I can feel the heat too! Great shot, having all that background relatively dark and cold-looking makes you want to draw in close and warm your bones. I don’t know what you could do to improve this, cheers.
Thanks Alex.
Very nice composition.The backroud is perfect for this image. I can feel the hot of this fire. very good shot
Thank you Jackie.
Hi Valerie. Great shot and you have captured the atmosphere very well. Well done.
Thanks Denis.
This is so good, Valerie! I really love the thin wisps of red light shooting out from the fire, and the glow of light on the rocks. The DoF is just beautiful, I love the background. I really loved your first image of the river, and felt that it did not need more of the water visible, so I’m so glad you shared this one.
Yes – excellent capture of fire using that longer 1 second exposure. Wow @valerieworthen:disqus your photography is really improving and I’m super impressed. Brent
Brent thank you for the compliment. I have been enjoying Bootcamp and all that I am learning from you and everyone in the group!
Thank you Kerrie I really appreciate your comments and feedback.
Valerie, great picture. I like camp fire. Great to see those sparkles around the fire. Very good balance between the fire and the background. Well done.
Thank you.
I love the long exposure here! The ashes flying out of the fire look like hairs or string trying to escape. A well balanced image.
Thanks Sara.
Wow, great capture Valerie! I can feel the warmth coning off this picture. The more I zoom in, the better it gets.
Thanks Chris for your comments!
Valerie, Great photo … I love the intensity of the fire and the thin streaks of smoke against the river and sky in the background.
Thank you Richard.
FINALLY – I’ve got internet at home. YES!!! Now I’ll be playing a little catchup giving you all feedback. Wow all your images look amazing – well done everyone! Feeling grateful 🙂 Brent
Glad to see you all up and running!!!!!
Few more problems – so I’m back a coffee shop. Murphy’s law right? Brent
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/91cb6615b79eb2a06554e2131e0f196316aa98538c0dfd2b0ec385cf6710dacf.jpg Good evening fellow Boot Campers. I’ve been on the road with work and extremely busy, but finally had a few hours to get a photo posted for this months “Red” challenge. While this photo was taken at a public outdoor function, I utilized the same type of approach Brent wanted, I spent time looking for things/opportunities of photos to take. I took a number of sketch photos of the area and different scenes, then waited until I had subjects in the desired position. Photo is from the “Red Dress Run” in New Orleans, LA. This is a charity event that is in its 24th year where all participants wear a “red dress.” All proceeds from the event go directly to charity. The selected photo is after the “Run” and some of the participants enjoying the view from the balcony of the fun and festivities on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. Photographed with a Sony a6000, 36mm lens at f/5.6, 1/1250 sec and ISO 100.
Lovely shot against the skies. That red umbrella really stands out against the background. Great capture and nice composition, Eugene.
Wow, great shot! I’ve heard about this run, it looks like fun. What a beautiful blue sky in the background. Love it!
Hi Eugene. Nice shot and good capture against the blu of the sky. I might just crop to the edge of the pillar on the right. Well done
Eugene, nice picture. Nice to see the red against that beautiful blue sky with those clouds. Personally I would crop the facade of the building away. I just did it using my hand and it gives me then a more spacious feeling. Well done.
I tried this too with my hand and it does change your image @eugenebrannan:disqus – but I’m not sure about cropping it. Would be interesting to see anyway. So glad you followed my instructions and shot with intent here Eugene, and I think is shows by making your image stronger. Like that red umbrella against the blue sky and that we can see the main dude’s face too. I’m thinking a little more breathing room on the left might make this a stronger image? Brent
Great shot, Eugene… vivid complementary colors and love the details in the ironwork. I’d agree that you could crop just a bit off the right, but I wouldn’t crop off all of the wall, as it lends some stability to the image. Nicely done!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/00ab05e34f41ad979b85f2c29b3dd74bc60d2738817cc5e1c5514ee4dd4ebaee.jpg Here is the adjusted cropping on the image. I cropped the building out on the right, made the photo more of a vertical format. It does create a different feeling around the image, but still for me its a toss up between the two images. Would love to hear what others have to say.
This is a better crop Eugene. Awesome.
Eugene, personally I like this cropped image better. The building was a distraction for me. Well done.
Hi Eugene. Prefer this one. Well done.
Eugene, I like this one without the building which was a bit of a distraction. The red against the blue sky is great.
If there’s two things most Tongans love it’s their national sports teams and their church. This church is not far from my home and is bedecked with the Tongan flag in support of their rugby league team, who were playing an international match against Australia, here in Auckland, NZ, last weekend. They were always the underdogs and, yes, the Aussies beat them, but by all accounts they had a good party. With all that red on display they also gave me a great photo opportunity for this challenge. I confess it was a hurried shoot but I got the weather right and the light was pretty good, and there was a nice breeze so I captured the flags snapping in the wind. It wouldn’t be as good on a windless day. I know the power lines are a major distraction and could be removed in Photoshop, but right now I’m just too lazy. Maybe later. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e62c9fda3b273f9f38166042317f67efe11b05f31a51ae566a9138c6e26a69d2.jpg
Very nice photo. The red looks nice against the beautiful blue sky
Thanks for that Chris
Hi Alex. Very nice shot of a local celebration. It contrasts very nicely against the Blue Sky. I wonder if you could remove the overhead wires it might improve the shot. Well done.
Hi Denis, thanks, it was a celebration alright – that’s another thing the Tongans do well!
Alex, nice view on the buildings with all those red ribbons and the red in the flags. Nice to see the interaction of red with the blue sky. Well done.
Thanks Christian, I couldn’t help but notice it when I was driving around for work and went back the next day to photograph it
Hi Alex, I watched that game and I was going for the underdogs, even though I’m an Aussie, the support for the Tongans was massive – 25,000 people pretty much all dressed in red! What a sight to behold and what a perfect place to get a great image to meet this month’s Bootcamp Challenge! It’s a shame that I was only watching from my lounge room:) The flags, with a cross in the corner outside a church – excellent symbolism and an interesting juxtapositioning of the old and the new. Love it!
Love it too @disqus_gaqxeQxtLL:disqus – maybe it’s because I’ve just spent time in Tonga and really enjoy their culture. Yes those reds dominate your image near the bottom but are balanced a little by that deep blue sky. Yes, the powerlines are a distraction but if they were there, then leave them in. Would have loved you to shoot this on a tripod at a 1/2 sec or 1 sec shutter speed to show movement in the flags. Excellent image and love the back story. Brent
Thanks Brent, I hadn’t thought of a slow shutter speed actually but yes, that would have worked really well here. I’ll keep that in mind… I’ve never been to Tonga, another one for the bucket list. Cheers
Thanks Julie – I would have liked to have gone to the match but it sold out in record time! I saw it on tv though and yes that sea of red flags was something to see – not too many Aussie flags there!
Hi Alex. Awesome capture. The flags flying magnificently announce the pride of the Tongans and their full support to their team. I dont mind the power lines. My eyes are not drawn to them. Nice composition.
Thanks Romy, everyone sees, or doesn’t see, something different in a photo. For me the power lines really stick out, but I still like it. cheers
Alex, sometimes the photo is what it is. The power liens are there, a bit of leading lines towards some of the red. Well done.
Thank you Sara, glad you like it
I’ve been down with the flu for a few weeks so am behind on this challenge. Also I am posting another bee. I suppose everyone expects that from me now. At lease this one was on a red background. There is a bottle brush tree near where I work and I tried taking pics of it at different angles, etc. In the end, I felt this was the best crop. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c3d74b6bb087d8b23e362c417a06836f84b8c112c1daf9e3655be5df1c9cd46e.jpg
Hi Chris. I hope you have fully recovered. Interesting shot. The bee looks as if it is caught up in the flower. Lovely vibrant red. Well done.
Hi Denis, Thank you!
Hi Chris. I always love your bee images! I feel that the bee is the star here, and that you don’t need all of that flower and leaf distracting from it. . The red is there . I might crop rather heavily from the left, and the top…so that the bee’s top eye is close to the top right 1/3 intersection. Just my thoughts, Well done.
Beautiful and sharp! I would also try cropping as a vertical shot… some of the green leaf gives a bit of contrast. Amazing close-up.
Thank you Brenda!
Thank you Kerrie. Bad habits die hard for me. I took a class or two in photography and both instructors were adamant we don’t over crop. That’s why I cropped it as it is.
Chris, I like very much this picture with the bee. The red (and green) are framing and filling in a nice way. Well done.
Thank you Christian!
Stunner! Super sharp bee – like the reds and greens too. Brilliant! Brent
Wow, thanks Brent!!
Hi Chris, I hope you have fully recovered. This is an awesome capture. The bee is a nice addition to the red flower. Tack sharp and nicely composed. Well done.
Hi Romy, thank you, I am almost back to normal. Thanks for your comments!
Chris, I am glad you are feeling better. Very cool capture. Great detail and colors. The only improvement I can think of would to have captured the bee more on the left side-so he would have room to move into. They don’t always cooperate. I still really like this image. Well done.
Another great bee shot! I also like the contrast of the colors. Well done and glad you are feeling better.
Thank you Valerie, bees are my thing!
Love this shot Chris. Brilliant colors and good composition.
Thank you Rachel!
My last photo for the Red series – I was trying for a bee but the rotten things weren’t in focus, vis a vis the bottlebrush
so we get a wet and weary bottlebrush – we’ve had some rain recently which is good
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Hi Nick. Lovely shot. Nicely framed and composed. Well done.
Yes I like the framing and composition in your image @Sillen55:disqus too – and the water droplets at the ends of the leaves adds a nice touch to your image. The shallow depth of field using the 400mm lens separates your subject from the background is very nicely. How to improve this image? Maybe tilt your bottlebrush a little so that the stem enters your frame off-centre. Brent
re the tilt, I knew you’d say that!
I tried it and wasn’t happy so went back to how it looked in the tree. It didn’t look natural to my eye …
Nick, nice picture. Good composition. Very nice blurried background.
Nice shot Nick. Lovely sharp flower, leaves and raindrops and soft background.
Nice framing Nick. The blurred background makes the flower pop. The water droplets are a nice addition to the point of interest. Great composition.
Nick great job with the water droplets and the blurred background. If it wouldn’t defy gravity, you could always flip the image on it’s side. 😉
Really nice image Nick. The wetness seems to make all the colors richer.
Really nice image Nick. Love the water and blurred background.
Hi Nick, great shot…The water on the flower looks so good. Nice composition, and the background is amazing! I really thought that I’d commented on this on the day you posted it!
I agree about maintaining your angle of the flower.
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Almost to the end of the Red Challenge – although I did start near the end – haha. Anyway, I went out to take another photo of the same flower I posted here yesterday only to discover the strong winds had blown it away! Anyway I found another this time at a slightly different angle and at a different stage of the life cycle – this one was not as old as yesterday’s flower, but so bright and bold in colour with the stamens peeking out. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dfb9c80ea627378cccaa6f713d9eb161181ca4661514d40b6be9488aac865de5.jpg
Welcome to the BootCamp Julie – I’m so glad you’ve taken part in this challenge. Love the vibrant reds in your image, plus the greens and lighter background too. I also liked that you’ve got darker leaves surrounding your image – kind of like a natural vignette. Something to keep in mind when shooting flowers like this is to try to lower your ISO a little more (I’m seeing noise at 800 ISO) which means a slower shutter speed which means you need a tripod or faster lens (one that has an aperture of f2.8 – which can be costly). Also something you can do is to increase the lightness in the shadows all little more in Lightroom. Try it. Brent
Lovely composition Julie. Well done.
Love the light background with this. As Brent said, the dark leaves are a natural vignette. The angle helps make this image. Well done.
Julie, I didn’t see your first post, but this one is great … composition is perfect. I like the vibrant red showing nice detail against the blurred background.
Thanks for the comments on my earlier post of the red door – in response to those, here is a different version. Several people said that they preferred the shot of the whole house and Judy suggested a crop including the door and window. I’d only done a quick fix on the house shot, as this was really just one of my sketch shots that I’d included for context, so I went back to it, cropped and lightened it, and enhanced the red door. 1/125 sec f/3.5 ISO 100 at 22mm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8bb70196c303057b11ae99e741c37d92bc8bd6d0ac621d7bdb0c64350cc184d2.jpg
Nicely cropped, Tessa. I love the composition here.
I like it! The window addition gives the image a bit of context. Well done. I am not sure what I would do to make it stronger.
Hi Tessa. Prefer this one. Well done.
Love this shot Tessa. Good composition. Love the muted colors.
Thank you Jim
Apologies for posting twice in a row, but, like quite a few people this month, I don’t seem to have been in one place long enough to focus on a subject properly for this challenge and am catching up at the last minute. This is what I’d been intending to work on – a leaf from a small acer in our garden that obligingly turned red while we were away. I played around with some shots in situ, but then decided to bring some leaves indoors to experiment with. This is the shot I liked best. 1/100 sec f/11 ISO 100 90mm, shot with off-camera flash positioned just below the camera.
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I’d say this was a successful and intriguing experiment… well done! It’s interesting that the shadowed image only slightly resembles the real thing. Very cool.
Thanks Brenda
Out of your 2 image submissions I think this is the one that caught my eye than most. When I click on the image to see it large I can really appreciate the textures and sharpness in your leaf. Choosing a white background really does make this image pop from the page, I’m just not sure about the shadow in the background – Maybe upping the blacks in the shadow and making the shadow more grey might help your image. Try it. Brent
Thanks Brent. I re-shot it today with the leaf closer to the background to get a clearer shadow – posted above. Not sure how to change the shadow without affecting the leaf.
Hi Tessa. I see two images here. The shadow provides an abstract representation of the tack sharp red leaf. Interesting composition.
Great job Tessa.
Thanks Romy
Tessa, I really like the leaf, but I am not so sure about the shadow, as it only slightly resembles the leaf. It almost looks like Aladdin’s lamp. Personally, I would put the leaf on the white background with no shadow, as I see the shadow as a distraction. Could be the start to an interesting abstract image?
Thanks Sara. I did do some shots of just the leaf, but I thought this was a bit easy! I’ve posted a new version with a clearer shadow – see what you think.
I’m in the same boat as you Tessa. I really like this. Great color and clarity. I feel like the shadow represents the fact that in days this leaf will be darker and then it will be winter. It’s a very nice shot.
Thanks Chris
Hi Tessa. I like the thought process behind this shot. The downside for me is the shadow. Well done.
Thanks Denis. I’ve posted a new version, which you might like better.
This is the re-shoot, with a clearer shadow. Unfortunately, there are hardly any leaves left on the tree now and I’ve tried to preserve the ones I had by keeping them in water, but they’re starting to lose their colour. 1/125 sec f/11 ISO 100. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4df088d337751db3f8dd20cb79b83d7e96377dd114d2db0636f721ab7b203108.jpg
Tessa, I like this one better. But I think if the previous leaf was more abstract like the shadow, it would have appealed to me more-personal taste and all that. It is less abstract. Well done.
Tessa, I really like this version of the two. Well done. I love the shadow effect.
Thanks Jim
Hey everyone, it has been a crazy three weeks for me working full time for my old employer even though I am supposed to be retired! Here is my second post for this challenge. This is a shot of the apple tree in our front yard. They https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c1cc77c7ce71ca1b7383d3c08727bb10823b644ba5b2a242ade7aaa51feca05c.jpg aren’t the prettiest apples you have ever seen and they are sour as all get out, but my wife’s horses love them. My settings were hand held at ISO 400, 300mm, F5.6 and 1/800 sec. I did not have to touch the red slider on this one as my usual LR work flow brought out the red pretty well.
Jim, I really like the composition… the other apples are all leading the eye to the main POI. I like seeing bits of blue sky through the branches, but you might try doing a more panoramic crop from the top. Could be interesting. Lovely colors!
Thanks Brenda. Are you talking doing a vertical crop? Not sure what you are suggesting but I am more than willing to give it a try.
Thanks Brenda
Jim, as long as the apples don’t go to waste, right? Horses need a treat too. 😉 I agree with Brenda about taking some off the top, there seems to be more red on the bottom of the image. The blue helps to make the red apples stand out. Well done.
I think they are quite pretty. The sun is hitting them just right There’s some nice blue sky and lovely green. It’s a very nice image Jim!
Thanks Chris
Hi Jim. Nice shot and apples. I wonder if you concentrated on one apple would you get a better result. Well done
Thanks Denis
This is my third submission for this challenge. I really got lazy on this one. So much so that I did not even walk outside to get this shot. I captured this image shooting through the window of our family room by placing the lens right up against the glass, which pretty much makes the glass invisible. This is our neighbor’s “twin” red barns. Kind of unique. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a5b2022add61c7d1d7f602c2105b4a6c94340efba6707a35949071120582de7b.jpg Sorry about the trees obscuring partially the one on the left. Short of getting out the chain saw, this is the best I could do. I shot this at ISO 200, 230mm, F8, 1/320 sec, probably should have been a little faster. I did tweak the red slider in post to make the red pop as they are pretty weathered and faded to a really dull red that was not very appealing. This was taken in the early evening as the sun was going down behind me so I did get a little golden hour light that I think comes through in the image a bit.
Sometimes the best shots are right in your backyard Jim – no need to step outside your door. Reminds me of the previous place were we lived close to the beach, where all I have to do was climb up onto the roof to get the best sunset shots. Great capture of the twin red barns and I don’t mind that one of them is obscured by the bush. Nature is nature and we have to work with her. I think your shutter speed is fast enough because your image is sharp. In my opinion the only thing needed is to up the shadows a little more in Lightroom. Well done. Brent
Thanks Brent
Great job Jim. I do like the look of the twin barns. Maybe crop the small line of green off the bottom of the photo.
Thanks Sara
Hi Jim. I like the shot of the barns and the background. Pity about the tree in the left. Well done.
Jim, I love barns and this is a great shot with the lighting perfect. I think I would have cropped out the barn on the right to get rid of the trees. Nice work.
Thanks Richard
Thanks for the earlier comments regarding removing the shadow above the door. I’m not sure how to add an additional photo to my original post (sorry, I’m new at this) so I’m including it here.
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Hi Wayne – simply reply to your original post and then add a new image. Your image is excellent love all the colours and your main point of interest – the guy with the red shirt and red and blue hat really does jump out of this image. I also like the grungy to this image, the distressed pavement and side of building – plus your main subjects body language speaks volumes. The only improvement I can see is when I click on the image to see you large it seems a little blurry – not sure if this is your export settings or not? Well done. Brent
Thank you. I’m traveling and was working off a jpg file and not the original raw file. I’ll try to swap out a clearer version when I return tomorrow.
This is a great image. I agree that removing the shadow makes it a better picture. This is nice and sharp with contrasting colors that help the guy in the red shirt to pop out of the picture. Great work!
I love this. Really cool photo; colors, subject and mood.
Wayne, I think that I commented on this before but don’t see it now … so once again, I love this photo ! The composition and colors are superb. This would definitely be in my portfolio. Very nice work.
Richard, thank you, your comments are much appreciated.
Really nice Wayne, and welcome to the group! I love the three different shades of red contrasted with the blue.
My final photo for the month is of a red necklace and earrings I purchased on a recent holiday in Italy. The setting are Aperture F16, Shutter Speed 1/8 and ISO 200. I always have a problem with this type of shot and would appreciate your suggestions. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/38549a1ea765ce9187546f39eddf72da7d58e6057c07b184012d4e41f2ec94eb.jpg
This is a nice little set up. Very creative with just the right pop of red. Did you try to place the bracelet up on the higher vase on the left with the earrings on the cup which is lower to bring more of a balanced look? Or, perhaps just adding height to the short cup (on the right) by placing something small underneath it to fill in the empty space towards the middle of the photo? I hope this makes sense as my writing skills leave a lot to be desired. Lovely jewelry, lighting and idea you have here Dianne.
Lots of great suggestions to try from you Derby, thanks so much!
Dianne, I like the composition. It has an advertisement in a magazine feel to it. I might try a different back ground color, to see how the jewelry might pop more.
Thanks Sarah, I’m sure several other colours would be an idea to try.
Hi Dianne. Wow, this looks like a product shot. Looks expensive too. Nice composition you have here. I like it that you used a light background. Makes the red pop. Well done.
Hi Dianne. This is a nice shot well laid out and presented. I think the totality of the white background is a bit much for me. As I said a very well presented shot. Well done
Hi Denis I do like the high key look which is why I chose the white background. I always appreciate your comment and suggestions.
I think you’ve done a good job here Dianne, with the beads lovely and sharp. I agree that a darker background colour could be better as the vase tends to blend into the white background.
I will investigate using a black background to see if that makes the vase stand out. Thanks for your comments!
I like the white on white, Dianne, I think it’s really classy. I really like the reflections in the red beads. Nice work.
Thanks Kerrie, It was difficult to get an even back ground which I will continue to work at. A change from flowers which I enjoy photographing!
The apple got eaten, so for my last entry I have a jelly fish. It was stuck in a rock pool, which gave me ample time to take shots of it. At this point it was close to the surface and was the shot I liked the best. The actual colors were a bit muted, almost pastel, so I did a bit of work to make the colors pop a bit more. The water was crystal clear, so the background is the rocks on the bottom of the pool. 15-85mm lens set at f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, 85mm.
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Wow! How cool! Where is this? The ones I have taken before are all a milky opaque color so this is very interesting to see it in red. Great capture.
Thanks, Chris. You have to come down to Australia to see them like this! :o)
Starp prepping your guest room for me Rachel!! 🙂
Just tell me when and it will be ready!! :o)
Hi Rachel, Nice picture of a mean looking jellyfish. Really bloody looking. The best thing about it is that you have both complementary colors in one specimen. Awesome capture.
Thank you Romy.
Hi Rachel. Great shot. I do not think I would like to tangle with this chap. Well done.
Thanks, Denis.
Love the colours in this, Rachel. Nice editing.
Thank you Kerrie.
Rachel, This is very cool! The colors are spectacular. Well done!
Thank you, Sara!
Sorry for posting two days in a row. Needed to post something other than a bee though and saw this rooster on a hike recently. Loved all this colors on him but especially loved his red head and face. It was full sun so he’s a bit shiny in some places but I think you get the general idea. He was quite handsome. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7be13986c88b0b0535922befbbeaa23d61085af93cebacf21daea08c32aa82a4.jpg
Hi Chris. A nice photo of a very handsome rooster you have here. Another version of this is to do a portrait crop showing only the head and the neck with the cockscomb in the upper third line. I am sure you have thought about it too. I just tried it by zooming in and it looks great and sharp too. Just a suggestion.
Great capture.
Hi Chris. Great shot of the Rooster.. Well framed and composed. Well done.
Thanks you Denis!
He definitely is a handsome bird Chris! I agree with Romy that a crop to just the head and neck would emphasize the red even more.
Chris, great job. I agree about a tight crop of his head and neck. Well done.
Great detail when you zoom in. As the group suggests I think a tight crop is worth a look. Great job.
Chris, I now know how you feel about tight crops, but I feel you have so much beautiful detail in this shot, you could afford to try it. hopefully it’s a raw file…anyway, its an awesome shot. I think a little more space on the left might improve this.
Very handsome rooster, Chris. I do agree with other comments in cropping to his head and neck to improve to the theme….but this is a really nicely composed shot, I like the grass in front of him, gives it more depth.
Nice image Chris. Maybe a little tweak of the red slider in LR would make the red pop a little more. I really love all the colors on the chicken that really seem to compliment and contrast with all the grass. Well done!
I was looking for something other than flowers (I had a nice shot of some red tulips from a wonderful tulip garden/display) and took this shot at a night soccer game I was at. To emphasise the goalie a little more I made some LR adjustments in HSL/Color; increased the saturation of red & orange and reduced the saturation of all the other colours, but a little less reduction on the green to keep the grass from looking too grey.
Settings: 1/1000 sec @ f/5.7 ISO-2500, lens MZ.75-300 @156mm
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Rodney, I like the concept. Without knowing what was happening at the time this picture was taken, the two players on the right are distracting, maybe crop them out. Looks like the goalie just kicked the ball.
Thanks Sara. I must admit I am not sure where the ball is, but yes it was likely the goalie kicked it. I did crop the top half of the photo (and a little from the left), and the ball wasn’t in the original photo. It was probably a little higher again and maybe even a little further to the right. I actually like the 2 players one the right, just in terms of everyone seems to be looking in different directions for the ball and those 2 add to the confusion of where the ball may be. I see what you mean given they are not part of the action around the goalie, so might look at a version with those 2 cropped out.
Very nice shot Rodney, I don’t follow soccer but the red uniform is placed perfectly in this photo.
Thanks Chris
Hi Rodney. Penalty Ref!!!. Nice shot and capture of the action. I would crop out the two players on the extreme right. Ball watching. Well done.
Thanks Dennis. As both you and @disqus_cdh6bhNTbb:disqus suggested cropping the 2 players on the right, here it is. I did adjust the aspect ratio back from 16:9 to 4:3 as the cropped version needed more height to keep the remaining players heads in. I think this version looks a little cramped on the right now. What do you think?
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Nice capture Rodney! The red certainly did pop.
Nice capture Rodney!
Thanks Jim.
Thanks Sheree
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ce5dbba2c05b6162a4e3629b997686939723463a7f783ff2955d8e0978795c13.jpg keeping with the same model. I shot this with my Sony a 7 III with the 24-70mm, 1/640sec, f/2.8, ISO-100, 37mm
Hi Juan. Nice shot. I wonder if you lifted the shadows a tad would that help. Well done.
Thanks Denis. How is this? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/606a1dabaf8f466f606f264e4155d9f54241aa06284376cf112d11e5327fd8b7.jpg
Hi Juan. I think this is big improvement. Well done.
This challenge in now closed – well done everyone! Early next month (around 7th – 10th) we’ll publish the BootCamp magazine with the top 40 images and comments from this challenge. Good luck. Brent
Hello – I know I’m late posting my photo but thought i’d still get your feedback. Thanks so much!
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Hi Angie. Welcome to bootcamp. A nicely taken shot. What were your settings when taking this frame. Well done.
Angie, I like it. The colors are lovely. I would suggest that you crop a bit off the right hand side. Well done.
One more for your feedback!
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Hi Angie. I prefer this shot. I think I would crop out a lot of the foreground . Again knowing your settings would help in the feedback. Well done and keep them coming.
Thank you Denis for your feedback. The original settings were EF 70-200 / ISO 200 / 200mm /F13
Angie, I love this scene and the one below. The red stands out nicely. The photos could be improved by cropping out everything except the lighthouse with some foreground and sky, and converting to portrait format.
Ditto Richard’s comments. All that water in the bottom of the frame does not add much to the image so I would crop it out.
Thank you Jim for your feedback.
Richard, thank you for your feedback. I’d love your feedback now that I have made the two changes your recommended.
Angie, the cropped version is much better …. it’s a great image !
Angie, I agree with below comments about cropping the foreground. Maybe try to adjust the sky a little, the whole photo seems a little bright. Welcome to Bootcamp.
Thank you Sara! Do you still think it is too bright?
Hi Angie. I agree with the others about cropping some of the water at the bottom – that would bring the building that is your point of interest to around the lower third level and make the picture better balanced to the eye. Other than that, a lovely composition and the red on the buildings really stands out, complemented by the blue background and the touches of green. Great shot!
Thank you so much for your feedback Tessa.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5e09227a19e06c3d23e86c66e8058c25d703f04406679bb1d1cc6edd25eaf9cb.jpg Thank you all so much for your very valuable feedback. I have made some changes based on your recommendations. My original settings were EF 70-200 / ISO 200 / 200mm /F13
Hi Angie. This is a much stringer image. Well done on the adjustments.
Thank you so much for your help Denis.
Stunning capture Angie – that house does pop from the blue background. Well done. Brent
Thank you Brent!
No photo but just wanted to say a big thank you for all the feedback. I think having the same model and needing to use different aspects, light, shutter speed has helped everyone to have a good crack at this months challenge. What was also evident was personal preferences. What worked for some didnt work for others and vice versa. And that means we all do different things and those differences speak to us in different ways. What was also evident was the amazing encouragement and feedback. I think I am growing and I owe it to what I learn here. You are all terrific. Thanks Keri.
I’ll ditto that one, Keri. Shooting with intention forces us to think so much more about what we are doing. Cheers.
Keri, I agree. I know I have learned so much. I really love the support we show each other. Everyone of us is different, as it should be, and has different perspectives and we can all learn from each other. What a boring world it would be without art in any form. I will have to remember shooting with intention more often-I think my photos will be much better when I do.
So glad you’re pushing yourself Keri – and learning. That’s what it’s all about. Brent