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Karl

These are absolutley gorgeous especially the lillys, love them.



Jul 05, 2009 at 10:46 PM
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Beautiful Karl, ALL of them.
How does one get to try the Chad action?

Howard.



Jul 06, 2009 at 05:03 AM
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Larry- Well I thought the colors were 'wild' Thanks Larry!

mr.jboy- I appreciate the nice comment, thank you

Howard- Thanks a bunch Howard. I sent you a PM on Chad's action plug-in.

Thanks for the comments!
Karl



Jul 06, 2009 at 09:48 AM
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Karl, these are gorgeous, especially #7 and 9.

Stephanie



Jul 06, 2009 at 04:58 PM
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Stephaniespix wrote:
Karl, these are gorgeous, especially #7 and 9.

Stephanie


Hello Stephanie, I don't think I have seen you over in this forum much so it is a nice visit from you and many thanks for the kind words and your selections. We need to get you posting pictures! Join us

Thanks much
Karl



Jul 06, 2009 at 05:18 PM
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Karl, these are really special. I think I will have to take the 400 out and do some florals with it. I cannot pick a favorite...they are all very nicely done.

hmmmm....... a Chad action........ I may need to get that soon




Jul 06, 2009 at 05:19 PM
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noelle wrote:
Karl, these are really special. I think I will have to take the 400 out and do some florals with it. I cannot pick a favorite...they are all very nicely done.

hmmmm....... a Chad action........ I may need to get that soon



NoellA you will have fun with the 400 but take a tube if you have one I am sure you will have fun and find some beauty. The Chad action, hmmmm, well it's a guy thing but I have a feeling he would share it with you
Thanks for the visit and your pleasant words
KarlA



Jul 06, 2009 at 05:24 PM
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All are beauties Karl. My picks are 2 & 7.

Morris



Jul 06, 2009 at 06:31 PM
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your flower shots are quite impressive


Jul 06, 2009 at 06:33 PM
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Georgeous series Karl
2) I like the soft diagaonal comp here along with the colors too
5) detail and color are wondorful - can almost smell it throught the monitor
7 through 10 are all just plain wonderful to veiw. Lighting and texure are killer on these. I think 7 is my favorite for its sweet micro-contrast and background.

JayT



Jul 06, 2009 at 07:30 PM
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Morris- I thank you for the picks and the nice words Morris

Randy- Glad they caught your eye Randy, thanks for commenting.

JayT- Thanks buddy for telling me what you too see, very intersting because often I am not sure what draws me to a comp or floral shot, seem more instinctive but often without reason if that makes sense Many thanks on the PM too

Thanks much for the kind comments
Karl



Jul 06, 2009 at 10:41 PM
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Superb set, Karl, great color, detail, framing throughout - that can't be easy to pull off with the Big Boy. It sure delivers the BG - fine work -


Jul 07, 2009 at 12:43 AM
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Seems every now and then I dive into a floral outing
There was a time Karl I seem to remember when you only did flora here
But what a beautiful set of pics with the 500. Wonderful and vibrant colors, super comps and bg too. In the first one the back of the flower looks as good as many fronts. One would hardly know its the back the way the leaves are curling around the back there. Super comps on # 2 the way the flower level starts off at the right and fades downwards to the left. In # 4 its from L to R and thats a beautiful rose and comp too. Lilies are not easy but you did a great job on them. I like your choice of F number and I think I read that Chad uses 7.1 a lot and I am trying that out more myself. Speaking of Chad maybe you could fill me in on the Chad Action you refer to?
Cheers buddy,
Martin



Jul 07, 2009 at 12:54 AM
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Who's Chad


Jul 07, 2009 at 01:34 AM
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1. Looks like you've clones something on the bottom left of screen. Very distracting.
If it's not due to cloning than ........... Well something is still distracting

2. Yellow stem of Far right is a bit odd

3. Pedals in the foreground ............ Ruines it for me

4. Strongest image of the post IMHO............ But it's to pink and feminine........... Reminds me of Chad

5. Flower on Bottom Right keeps pulling my eye off of the main subject. And the extra blossoms (Unblossomed blossoms) kind of ruin it for me

6. I like it but the angle of the flower and the yellow saturation leave me having a tough time finding the primary and main focal point. I hope that makes sense. But the center of the flora and stems look over saturated in yellows maybe? My eyes struggle when looking at the center of the flora..............

7. I like this one too. No real nitz but wonder if you could have taken a different angle to hide or give less focus to the extra stem on the top left?

8. Looks over sharpened to me. Darn thing almost looks like it's brittle and about to break

9. Nice but you cropped out one of the pedals ......... Hey is it OK to do that? That's like clipping a bird wing!!

10................. You clipped the wing again ................ Were they moving to fast for you? Darn flora moves pretty quick doesn't it buddy



OK these are nice images. But just my WHIT Nitz buddy!!

Probably the best and most critical critique of all the comments but I thought you might want at least one really good critique

All in all nice job but still some area for improvement.

Now please send a critique fee payable to Anthony Whitmore




Jul 07, 2009 at 03:16 AM
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Karl, this is such a beautiful series. The roses and the lilies all have an artistic free flowing feel to them if that makes sense. Beautiful work. And the first is mesmerizing. I keep going back to it and love the look.




Jul 07, 2009 at 11:10 PM
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A very beautiful flower set Karl. The back-grounds are really perfect also


Jul 07, 2009 at 11:45 PM
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p.3 #18 · Floral Fireworks....(10)


Karl,
The title works great for these images,
what a burst of color and nice back grounds.

Tim



Jul 08, 2009 at 02:41 AM
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Hi Karl,
These are real wonderful shots. The lighting is good w/ nice shadows and details. My top picks are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The comps in 1, 2, and 3 don't work for me but I love everything else.
dan



Jul 08, 2009 at 02:51 AM
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p.3 #20 · Floral Fireworks....(10)


David- Good to hear from you and thanks much for the praise. Take care and get healed up buddy

Martin- Thanks Martin, obviously I enjoy both the flowers and the birds, the birds take a great deal more of my time though. Thanks for telling it as you see it, I too liked #1. Check with 'Chad' on the action

Maggie- I am always smiling when I look at your avatar Thanks for your interpretive artistic view, I was hoping to hear from you on these. The roses were a bit of a comp challenge for me, glad you liked them Thanks on #1 being #1.

Lars- Thanks for the floral visit and the kind comment Lars, appreciate that buddy.

Tim- Glad you saw them this way Tim, thanks for the kind words.

DannO- Thanks for the picks Danno, at least they outnumbered the ones that didn't work Welcome back!

Thanks to everyone.....
Karl



Jul 08, 2009 at 08:39 AM
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