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Comment from Mara del Mar
Very nice shot. Good clarity and sharpness, nice color, contrast, and excellent camera techniques. Well done.
Mara
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Very nice shot. Good clarity and sharpness, nice color, contrast, and excellent camera techniques. Well done.
Mara
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Thanks so much I appreciate your positive feedback :) Mary
Comment from WendyG
Great capture Mary, they do look like they about to kiss! Excellent sharp focus, exposure, dof and framing. Good thing you changed lenses!;)
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Great capture Mary, they do look like they about to kiss! Excellent sharp focus, exposure, dof and framing. Good thing you changed lenses!;)
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Thanks Wendy - yes was little disappointed they stayed in the shadows of the murky water but pleased with it overall :) Mary
Comment from BirdsEyeView
nice contrast of color and detail. the frogs and leafs present a nice shot. good composition. definition and focus good. BEV
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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nice contrast of color and detail. the frogs and leafs present a nice shot. good composition. definition and focus good. BEV
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Thanks so much, I appreciate your postive comments.
Comment from susanlen
Oh how sweet. Never seen anything like this before. Well captured. You were obviously in the right place at the right time. Your focus is very good but I do feel the image is a tad on the dark side. The lily pad is fine but the darkness of the turtles makes is a little difficult to see all the detail.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Oh how sweet. Never seen anything like this before. Well captured. You were obviously in the right place at the right time. Your focus is very good but I do feel the image is a tad on the dark side. The lily pad is fine but the darkness of the turtles makes is a little difficult to see all the detail.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2013
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Thanks Susan, yes tried to get the turtles a little bit lighter, the leaf went lighter not the turtles then after some frustrating time with software decided to just leave it alone - the water was pretty murky and that section was in shadow. :) Mary
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Hi again. Yes it can be frustrating when everything changes. That why you need to use layers or similar!
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Trying to learn the software but did have a play and tried lightening it and reloaded - hopefully has bought out the detail more. Cheers Mary
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Hi again. Yes, it is easier to see now. Keep practising!
Comment from drmerlin
Although the subject matter for this photograph is interesting I have to admit that I struggled to make out what was going on until I read your artist notes. Although the lily pad is perfectly exposed, the rest f the image is underexposed to the point where the turtles all but disappear. For this image to work, considerable post-production work will be needed to bring the turtles out. Sorry...
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Although the subject matter for this photograph is interesting I have to admit that I struggled to make out what was going on until I read your artist notes. Although the lily pad is perfectly exposed, the rest f the image is underexposed to the point where the turtles all but disappear. For this image to work, considerable post-production work will be needed to bring the turtles out. Sorry...
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Thanks for your comments, personally I do not have an issue distinguishing the turtles and prefer not to use post production excessively. None of the others that have reviewed so far seem to have a problem seeing the subject. :) Mary
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My apologies. Clearly you regard my review as unhelpful. This was not my intention.
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Sorry no your review was helpful I think I was offended by the 3.5 stars according to the way the ranking works 3.5 is means it was really really bad photo and I just didn't think it was that bad. I have been told to read my emails before I send them and I would probably change my mind :) Mary
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Please don't regard 3.5 stars as really bad... I think that they would be if nothing could be done about the image. I really appreciate that your shot was a really challenging one. Often, when I give a lower rating, people have gone away and made changes. I then happily increase the rating to reflect this.
I am really strict in my marking (and expect others to be the same with me), because I think that high ratings should be reserved for really excellent work. I rate all of my own work in Lightroom on a scale of 1 to 5. The highest I have ever awarded myself is a 3! I keep hoping that one day I will do something worthy of a 4 or 5 :) Kind regards, Brian
Comment from supergold
a nice capture in very difficult conditions with just a spot light on the head; you shoul keep this pic for Valentine day
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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a nice capture in very difficult conditions with just a spot light on the head; you shoul keep this pic for Valentine day
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Thanks so much, glad you liked it :)
Comment from Shari_K
Cute turtles. I think you caught it perfectly and got close up enough to see them kissing ;) Clear and beautiful photo!
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Cute turtles. I think you caught it perfectly and got close up enough to see them kissing ;) Clear and beautiful photo!
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Thanks so much, appreciate your feedback :) Mary
Comment from sandysartstudio
I can see your kissing turtles or is he whisping sweet nothings in her ear.
What ever was the case I am certain that changing lens was worth the effort.
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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I can see your kissing turtles or is he whisping sweet nothings in her ear.
What ever was the case I am certain that changing lens was worth the effort.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Thanks Sandy I appreciate your comments and rating :) Mary
Comment from SirPurr
Depending on the crop you made, I think this would have been better including the fore turtles whole shell, maybe a vertical crop instead of horizontal. Colors and contrast are well done.
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Depending on the crop you made, I think this would have been better including the fore turtles whole shell, maybe a vertical crop instead of horizontal. Colors and contrast are well done.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2013
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Thanks for your comments, just went back to the original to check but then realised this was not the one I cropped - in reality I made no change to this photograph and have updated comment accordingly.