thanx dpullum!! i don't have photoshope at home but did recrop and saturated a bit more ... will do it right this week!! but what a difference it made.. thank you again for your suggestions.. i will post three more pics i have taken shortly. your opinions and suggestions are much appreciated!!!
dpullum wrote:
Yes,Lacedghost, it was easy for me... WHY?!... because it was YOUR photo and not mine. The first year I was with the CClub, my photos were fantastic,,, but got low points, because only I thought they were fantastic!
In an attempt to get back at those fool judges, I asked a hard question for them.. why did mine only get 12 points while another got 22? OUCH, they told me.. after that start, they now cartique all photos. The points in the club submissions have risen sharply. AND I made 3rd place last year. Hay, off subject, how do you make a great cake? Correct, you follow a receipt. Oh, not off subject, you do the same with you photos. MAKE A LIST AND SCORE YOUR OWN.
1. What is the story you are telling... in this case a Bee.
2. Is is good enough to work with ... Yep your Bee and flower is. A rule I fail, but need to follow, print the untouched photo in 8x10,, move a crop mask or just use paper to visually crop, once decided, use a marker to circle and comment on areas that need to be cloned out or changed in some way. I waste so much time because I do not do this and just dive in.
3. Is the fuzz sharp, no, sharpen.
4. People like spice and color, so jump the saturation
5. OK got that stuff done, now hold up your hands to limit your vision .. aaaha,,, crop there. follow rule of 1/3 use the PSE grid. The dark spot on the back is dead on 1/3 1/3.
6. Adjust prospective: Better inverted or 90 degrees..
All of these become a lot easier with Topaz Adjust and Re-mask. You get discount on price if you watch a webenar.
Thank You so very much for forcing me to think out how I should be doing my-own work more systematically.
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