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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 84 |
Feb 21 |
Reply |
Peter,
Wow, I didn't realize that you could pick the playback resolution on YouTube. Yes, I agree, it looks much better in 4K.
Dick |
Jan 24th |
| 84 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Rajani,
We talked about trying to correct the sound on your video. I will wait to critique after you get the sound corrected.
Dick
Rajani,
Now that you have remastered your video, I will offer my critique.
First, let me just say that I loved your verbal narration of this beautiful video. Your beautiful voice and accent lends ideally to the subject of your video.
You have amazing still shots through-out the video. At :23 you had a very nice shot of the sun directly over the head of the gondolier of the boat in the river. At :34 there is a shot of what looks like a two story pontoon boat, beautifully decorated with a lot of birds flying around it. WELL DONE.
At 1:47 your video seemed to stop, all except the birds flying in slow motion. (Amazing) Did you do this with post production or was that done while filming the video? A very impressive effect.
The birds give the opening scenes a very eerie feeling. You must have been on a boat in order to get those shots.
From 3:37 to 4:17 are your beautiful sunset shots, while you are explaining how the sun is honored in three ways. It looks like you used HDR techniques to do some of these shots.
As I watched your video, I see many people worshiping or meditating, but I don't see anyone with cameras taking pictures. Were you one of the few taking pictures and were you welcomed or looked down on for doing so.
A question about the sound that you used through-out the video. It sounds like it could be an ancient chant. What is it? I think it worked very well with your narration.
Your narration tells the story of the City, the culture and the people. Excellently Done !!
Did you consider having your head shaved? :)
In your narration, you talked of the countless paper boats filled with flowers that people placed in the water to carry their prayers. Are these sold by merchants? Could you speak a little about this?
You said that this is part 1 of a three part video. I hope you are going to share the other two parts with us.
The narration was excellent, the still shots were gorgeous, and the video sections left me in awe and wondering how you achieved them.
I feel that you are extremely talented, and I am so glad that you are in our group.
Dick
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Jan 21st |
| 84 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Peter,
Beautiful video of Hawaii.
Starting with the slow motion of foot prints in the sand.
At :17 beautifully done Maui Picture in Text.
At :46 starts very nice slow motion shots of people surfing.
1:07 is the Old Lauaina Town. (It looks like it could be an aerial view, taken at a higher elivation.)
1:10 is the beautiful Old Banyan tree.
1:47 is the beautiful time laps sunrise.
2:50 slow motion jump into the ocean.
Ending with Aloha Picture in Text.
Through-out the video you used a lot of captions to tell the viewer what they were seeing. (nicely done)
Very nice Hawaiian music added to the beauty of the video.
A few things that I think could have been corrected. One was the contrast of the video. To me it seemed a little hazy through-out the whole video. At 1:18 there was a sun glair on the Banyan tree that was a little distracting, that could have been edited out.
All in all, a beautifully done video.
Dick
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Jan 21st |
| 84 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Harry,
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful.
Snowy Oregon, Los Vegas, Zion National Park, Death Valley, Arches National Park, Lake Powell, Bryce Canyon, Mesa Arch. The photography, the videography, done so well. Captions at each location to let the viewer know what they are seeing. Good music to strengthen the viewers enjoyment.
This is your first video that you have shown us, I can't wait for more. WELL, WELL DONE.
A good critique is suppose to point out the good and the bad so that the creator has something to improve on. I am having a very hard time finding anything for you to improve on in this video.
Dick |
Jan 20th |
| 84 |
Feb 21 |
Comment |
Kamal,
I must start out by saying that I love your photography, beautiful in many respects. As for your video, I'm not sure.
I do not know and understand the Hindu religious festival, so I may be missing something because of my lack of understanding.
To an outsider with little understanding and no explanations in the video, I was not impressed. What I am seeing is the same image over and over and over again. I counted at least 28 shots of almost the same thing. If there is a difference and a reason for this, than you should have added text to explain.
I love watching the beautiful religious festival and culture, but I wish there was more of an explanation of what I was seeing.
Another thing that confused me, again with no explanation, was the map in the beginning of the video. Was this supposed to be a map of where the festival was held?
Sorry for all the negative in this one. As I said, the images were beautiful. I just didn't understand what you were doing with the video.
Dick
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Jan 14th |
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