2020 - Image of the Week #46

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11-09-2020, 10:49 AM
Kayaker72

2020 - Image of the Week #46
Welcome to TDP forum's "Image of the Week" competition. Each week photographers may submit their images for the title of "Image of the Week." Weekly winners will then compete on a monthly, quarterly, and in our annual poll for the title of "TDP Forum Image of the Year."
- Week 46 entry period will be from Monday, November 9th through/including Sunday, November 15th.
- Please provide a title for your image.
- This is an open competition for landscape, portrait, architectural, macro, or any other appropriate photographic style.
- Images should have been either recently taken or processed.
- Enter as many times as you would like.
This week will be judged by DavidEccleston.
11-09-2020, 11:14 AM
Joel Eade

Sleepy Mallard

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio...45153805-5.jpg
11-10-2020, 06:57 PM
Joel Eade

Valley in Yellowstone with distant thermal feature (re-processed from last August)

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio...47596474-5.jpg
11-12-2020, 10:34 AM
Kayaker72

"Galactic Core"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a7abe16a_h.jpg 6S0A1055 by kayaker72, on Flickr
11-12-2020, 10:01 PM
Zach

"Forging a new path"
https://i.imgur.com/31OXOEs.jpg
11-13-2020, 07:30 PM
Karsaa

Greenway

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f7d7ab4a_k.jpg Greenway by Kari, on Flickr
11-14-2020, 11:45 AM
Kayaker72

"Mountain Sunset"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1f8581bc_h.jpg 6S0A1010 by kayaker72, on Flickr
11-15-2020, 04:12 AM
Zach

one more this week

"Autum Bloom"
https://i.imgur.com/fE978xY.jpg
11-16-2020, 08:18 PM
DavidEccleston

Joel, it's a very nice duck, but it's a very common duck. I'm curious if the lighting in "Valley in Yellowstone" is natural. It looks overly cross processed to me.

Brant, the "Galactic Core" is nice, but I would have cleaned up the dotted 'airplane line' (or whatever it is). The foreground tree is too well-lit, so it doesn't really fit the rest of the scene. Unsure if that was just a nearby light, or an attempt at light painting. Both issues distracts from an otherwise nice photo.

Zach, nice tone range in "Forging a New Path", but it's just not an image I can see myself coming back to. Perhaps ideal for a metal-worker's workshop. The "Autumn Bloom" looks like the petals and stamen are over-exposed, while the rest of the image is very dark. It's like you did selective color, but selective exposure instead, and blew out any details in the subject. I would have zoomed closer to see if there was any detail in there, but the image isn't clickable. Contrast that to the dark side of the anvil... I don't care that it's pure black. I'm not sure if that's just something I'm willing to accept more readily in B&W, or the the loss of detail there is acceptable since it allows you more tonal range in the rest of the image, that the anvil is secondary, while the hammer is the focal point, or that it's possible for that to appear near pure black in reality too... but somehow the over-darkening is fine, while the overblown lighting on the flower, especially since it's the focal point, just doesn't feel right.

Kari, nice aurora, and lots of visible stars. You must be pretty remote to be able to get this detail. The tree line could be a bit more interesting, but otherwise good. Maybe I've just been spoiled by some other forum member's amazing aurora photos over lakes and mountains.

This week goes to Brant's "Mountain Sunset". The sunset just pops far more than Kari's aurora, and the layers of fogged out hills provide a more interesting ground level.
11-16-2020, 10:55 PM
Joel Eade

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

Joel, it's a very nice duck, but it's a very common duck. I'm curious if the lighting in "Valley in Yellowstone" is natural. It looks overly cross processed to me.

Congrats Brant....beautiful image.

The Yellowstone image is natural light but I added a gradient filter to enhance the blue in the distant hills and bring out the orange/red in the foreground. Maybe it's too much:cool:
11-17-2020, 02:00 AM
Zach

2020 - Image of the Week #46

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

Zach, nice tone range in "Forging a New Path", but it's just not an image I can see myself coming back to Perhaps ideal for a metal-worker's workshop. The "Autumn Bloom" looks like the petals and stamen are over-exposed, while the rest of the image is very dark. It's like you did selective color, but selective exposure instead, and blew out any details in the subject. I would have zoomed closer to see if there was any detail in there, but the image isn't clickable. Contrast that to the dark side of the anvil... I don't care that it's pure black. I'm not sure if that's just something I'm willing to accept more readily in B&W, or the the loss of detail there is acceptable since it allows you more tonal range in the rest of the image, that the anvil is secondary, while the hammer is the focal point, or that it's possible for that to appear near pure black in reality too... but somehow the over-darkening is fine, while the overblown lighting on the flower, especially since it's the focal point, just doesn't feel right.

First congrats Brant!.

Wow David! Never gotten this much feedback before! It means a lot.

Just want to say thanks for the time and thought you put into this, the anvil pic felt lacking something whilst in color so I tried it in b/w and it just seemed better to me is all, I might go back and fiddle with it some more to see what I can do.

As for the flower, well... it was an experiment of sorts, it is indeed lacking a lot of detail in the petals, that’s why I used this to test some color and exposures settings, since I didn’t have the detail I wanted I just decided to go “what the heck” with it and go a little extreme. I’m not the best at PP but I’ll strive to work harder on it.

Thanks again David! :)

Zach~
11-17-2020, 10:32 AM
Kayaker72

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

Brant, the "Galactic Core" is nice, but I would have cleaned up the dotted 'airplane line' (or whatever it is). The foreground tree is too well-lit, so it doesn't really fit the rest of the scene. Unsure if that was just a nearby light, or an attempt at light painting. Both issues distracts from an otherwise nice photo.

Thanks everyone!

Yep...my first attempt at light painting. In the future I'll use a flashlight. This was actually with my iPhone as it was all I had on me. I do have a couple of images without light painting and the tree is completely dark and I wanted the tree to stand out as more than just a silhouette. I did darken up the ground to the bottom left. My main issue with the light on the tree is actually color temp. The more I stared at it after posting, It is just off and doesn't fit the scene. Way too cool and the tint is also a bit off. As for the plane, I do see your point and thought about it, but I did like it as a small detail. Thinking about it more, if I were to print it large on my wall, I would want it gone. If I were to print it smaller, I like it.

Thanks for the feedback/interaction. Glad you liked the sunset image. The fun part is that my sister is getting back into photography and she was standing next to me asking about my settings and composition. We actually went out twice on this trip, driving around the Palouse and then to grab that sunset (which was a mile or so from our camp).