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I think what MBd is suggesting is a good idea, to have the lemon in mid flight would increase the wow. It could be done in a static take with the lemon supported in a way that does not need a high speed exposure. then added on its own layer. Perhaps BB que sticks could be used to impale the lemon with the opposite end of the stick secured to a base, perhaps Styrofoam. Good luck, nice work.

I love this!! Not being trained in geology, I'm going to guess this is an igneous rock sample. I can see different minerals fused together by heat as I can see the typical prism colours of heat effect on some of the mineral surfaces. A very interesting image, please bring us more.

You heard the man, "Don't give up" The best is yet to be. We all have much to learn regardless of age or years of experience. This field of artistic expression is full of people who are at various stages of skill development and there is some very good work as well as poor work, hopefully we can come to learn from each other. Good luck Ed.

Yes! Very creative, I want to see lots more. I hope this forum attracts more members of your ilk.

Such a kind gesture, thanks for sharing. :wub:

I'll be thinking of you Kodiak and toasting with a good scotch even though me muther wus Irish and me Da wus Welsh. Very professional work sir, but how could we expect anything less from a pro.

Hello Tom; I must say this is a wonderful image from a wonderfully architecturally historic city. Prague is on my bucket list, I must visit. It seems from the keystone effect in your lovely image, you have issues with lens aberration. This is a very good photo worthy of some more input by you. Address the lens aberration, then the halo effect. I would firstly check the horizon for level, then try and adjust all vertical lines to remove any angulation, all lines that are supposed to be vertical, actually are. Don't be discouraged by the halos, just don't tolerate them. I use the clone stamp tool on a very small brush size barely bigger than the width of the halo, then clone out the offending artifact. I want to assure you that most people doing this kind of work, have to deal with halos, there are ways to deal with this through settings. A lovely image, I hope you invest more PP in it, it's well deserved. Hodně štěstí vám, společník v umění. Veselé Vánoce.

This is a difficult subject to critique. I see most of the shortfalls in sky replacement in so many works by other photographers, are with the conflicting light in the foreground and the new (replaced) skyscape. Also the mountain tops in this OP photo is left too sharp, it presents a noticeable tiling between mountains and sky. To close on a up beat; the work is a strong effort. The Devil is in the details, I suggest you go to single pixel res. where the mountains meet the sky and do some smudging with a small brush in order to dither the sharp line and blend the landscape to the sky and make you image more believable by removing the tile effect. There is an example on my Flickr site of Waterton National Park of the vista Vimy Ridge (a pano) just follow this link https://www.flickr.com/photos/aeros4/29702498674/in/album-72157627605356989/the sky was replaced and I added about 40 hours of post blending the mountains to sky. I feel this attention to detail is why my gallery rep was able to sell it for a very satisfying price. There are a lot of people doing HDR panos and sky replacement and they are your competition. If you want to impress your audience or sell your work, then its mandatory to combat the Devil with the details. Good luck Ed and keep growing and keep it coming.

Looks like hard cold work.

Wonderful set Kodiak, keep them coming.

A good effort and result.

Glad to hear all is well with you Sharkey, BTW I'm a proud Canadian, I am not a US citizen. I have continued success with Capture One, however, I was very pleased to see that Affinity Photo recognizes my Pentax 645D and its native RAW files in PEF. I have already developed a great respect for Affinity and hold great expectations for their future. Most importantly, have fun and enjoy. AP is a good way to do that. Thanks for your response, it's good to hear from you.

Hi Sharkey, been a long time, are you still using Capture One?

I was overjoyed to discover that Affinity photo can open PEF files and do a very respectable Raw conversion. Now my Pentax 645D is no longer an orphan! Thanks Serif/Affinity.

I was beyond ecstatic to discover AP will open My PEF files and the RAW converter is a very good performer. Finally I can work with a real PEF RAW file instead of a wonnabee DNG. This is important to me as my Pentax 645D is no longer an orphan. Thanks Serif/Affinity Photo.

I like your response. The repartee with Kodiak was revealing of many positives. Cheers, RJ

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I love to read this kind of dialogue between artists. Viva los artistas y los compañeros!

A wonderful specimen, well captured.

Its in my genes thanks to my Liverpool Irish mother.

Well here goes, I just bought AP 1.5 its loaded and I'm ready for some fun. Thanks for all your hard work and the very personal touch you provide your client base. :D

Hi Kodiak, yes it's getting better with my blue feathered friends, so is my experience with the Sigma 150-600 S. I love this lens, best money I ever spent. I'm on a major joy ride after so much mediocre results, practice pays off as my photos are getting to what I expect from my system. The only limitation is me. I have basically had to start again from square one with the digital cameras and new lens's since the majority of my shooting was with a film MF, a Pentax 645, now I have the 645 D. I bought the first one sold in Edmonton, jumped too soon, should have waited for the 645Z. It was less money by a big chunk of change. Oh well there's a price for being forever on the bleeding edge.

The repaint tool alone is worth the price of admission. It has increased my workflow significantly. This image got the same treatment as my earlier posts to remove foreground clutter.

Well I'm noticing a colour drop in the file as it shows here. Don't know if its me or the site. Anyway this was done again with the repaint brush to remove foreground clutter caused by twigs crossing the subject. I didn't include the before shot to save space.

Thank you so much Affinity team. The "Inpaint" tool (although a little quirky) has become a major asset to my toolkit for photo retouching, I'm sure it will develope/evolve as your talented team of genius programmers work their magic. Kudos Affinity!