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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Excellent entertaining photograph
I don't have any suggestion for improvement. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Outstanding photograph.
The straight line transition from the black glass to the hand-painted backdrop bothers me, but I don't have any suggestion on what to do about it.
Congratulations on first place in the PSA end-of-year still life competition.
I occasionally try to do product and still life photograph on black seamless paper. The transition in the background from horizontal to vertical (black glass to gray hand painted) usually bothers me. Other than moving my subject away from the vertical backdrop paper and making a smooth curved transition from horizontal to vertical with the backdrop paper, I don't know how to handle this. Perhaps I should research still life photography on the PSA and Royal Photographic Society websites. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
The bright saturated colors were the first thing to catch my eyes. Excellent photograph. This must have been quite a challenge to operates the flashes and camera while scuba diving. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
Well done. I do not have any suggestions that might improve this photograph. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Comment |
This is an interesting photograph that caused me to read a little about King John's Castle in Limerick on Wikipedia.
A crop to show only the castle, clouds, and reflection in the river should improve this photograph. You might consider a crop that makes it fit an 8 by 10 inch, 11 by 14 inch, 13 by 19 inch, etc. print that you can mat and frame. It might help to lighten the overall image.
Were you on the river or on the opposite bank when you made this photograph? |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thank you. I am thinking about printing, matting, and framing this photograph; however, I might not find the time and energy to do so. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
The dead tree doesn't look so good. However, I did not want to crop the coil of hose or cable the probably used with the pumpjack. I might be able to erase it, but that should not be done in documentary photography. I was born in Houston and saw the oil refineries southeast of Houston. I grew up in East Texas and saw the oil derricks and other oil field equipment. One of my father's first cousins worked in positions from roughneck to foreman in the East Texas oil fields during his 44-year career. Therefore, the oil production equipment fascinates me. My wife and I retired to Tyler in East Texas. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
Thank you. I will be watching for other pumpjacks and oil field equipment to photograph. Unfortunately, nearly all of it is too far from public roads, hidden behind trees or bushes, enclosed in chain-link fence, etc. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
I considered a tighter crop, but I wanted to show enough of the surrounding area to document where the pumpjack is located. Also, a tighter crop made the pumpjack look overwhelming to me. If this photograph was for a operation and maintenance manual, I would have cropped extremely tightly on the pumpjack so that leader lines and labels for each part of the pumpjack could be added. I retired from a career as a technical writer in the electronics industry. |
Jul 27th |
| 42 |
Jul 24 |
Reply |
I think the base appears to tilt because of the my vantage point outside of the fence. I elected to make the rod that goes into the well vertical; I try to be careful NOT to trespass. The cylinder is probably an electrical switch box that contains an ON-OFF switch for the electric motor that operates this pumpjack. It looks like a red and blue X on the motor. The dodge & burn tool will probably darken the cylinder (electrical switch box) so that it is not as distracting. |
Jul 27th |
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