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January
Majic Kingdom Castle
How I did it -
Missing
New Year's Eve eventful celebration at the Magic Kingdom, we
visited Disney World 2 days later. This picture of the castle was
taken from the side, with the hope of catching less people and a good
reflection in the water. However, a clean reflection in the water was
prevented by the movements of the ducks at the time. In camera raw, I
removed dust spots, and increased clarity and contrast. In PS, I used
both Fill Content-Aware, and in some spots, cloning, to remove the
people walking on the bridge. The removal was not perfect, but
hopefully sufficient to remove some distracting elements in the image.
I then used Topaz Spring Green to make the final image more vibrant
with spring brightness/colors.
Settings:
Canon 5D II, EF24-105mm @24mm, f/11 @1/80s, ISO 100, around 11:30 am.
COMMENTS:
| Richard Pease |
I
love the look of this. You have, to me, captured the essence of Disney
World - Snow White's Castle. I might have cropped a bit more from the
left as well as tried to capture the entire reflection in the pond, but
I like it.
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| Jessica Manelis |
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| John Beamer |
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| Judy Merson |
lovely
shot of the Magic Kingdom with a beautiful reflection. I think the
oversaturated colors work well to give this a fairy tale feeling.
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| Dorinda Wills |
Lovely
shot of the castle. I like the gradual S-curve of the waterway,
leading us to the castle. It is a shame that the ducks caused a ripple.
Too bad they weren’t white swans to enhance your shot! Color
adjustments are well done. Tiny “knitpick”: tone down the curb,
lower left and maybe crop up just a tiny bit so the curb is not in the
corner of the photo.
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| Fritz Grupe |
I
like this as a travel photo. It could be on a postcard. The castle is
well placed and the color perfect. My only criticism is that it is a
picture of a setting that is designed to be attractive so a picture of
it is really a picture of someone else’s art.
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| Member Bio |
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Tuan Tran -
Biography
I
took up photography some 4 years ago, after retirement. Having no
background in art, I believe that I have to learn both the technical
and artistic sides of photography.
My
joint photographic activities, with my wife, allowed us to learn and do
things together. We joined the free classes given in Vietnamese by the
Vietnamese Photographic Society (VNPS) in Northern Virginia in a 3-year
program. It has been most enjoyable for us to share the strong interest
in photography with others in class, and to join them in field trips
around the DC metropolitan area. A trip organized by the group to
Yellowstone in 2009 was most memorable.
My current concern is with my ability to keep the electronic data in
good shape, as computer hard drives get larger and any hard drive
problem will require a lot of time to recover and fix photo data.
As regards photo gear, I use Canon 5D Mark II and 40D, with Canon
24-105mm f/4, Canon 70-200mm f/4, Canon 180mm macro, Canon 85mm f/1.8,
Tokina 12-24mm, Sigma 170-500mm; I would love to upgrade and acquire
large aperture lenses for shallow depth of field.
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