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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Michael
I agree: toning down the pipe would be improve. Thank you |
Jan 27th |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
I do prefer your first to your second , but I still prefer your first if I turn the computer clockwise resulting in a descending edge. - thus the large edge punches me immediately which echos the aggression of the thorns |
Jan 17th |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Well, thank you all for your comments, and I read unanimity in your preference for the closer cropping around the spinning wheel, loom and window. I wanted to write explaining the reasons why I still prefer the original ( just for interest sake, not to argue ).
For me, there is a benefit from including the door frame, and the pipe adds emphasis to that, and I felt the wood above the pipe was needed to soften the pipe which was too abrupt on its own ( I could had removed it. But I do like it ).
The door frame for me has two purposes 1) it is a frame and I simply like framing a scene in the picture itself, and 2) it is a doorway, and as such it is a metaphor for the distance between us as viewers and the scene as history, as another life. Thus I see it as part of the narrative, and part of the picture. |
Jan 15th |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Randy - I love the subject and congratulations on being there at the right moment. It is a lovely piece of street theatre. I am guessing this shot is taken in low light, I would be curious to know what settings you used.
Since everyone is talking about edits - I did one too. For the record, I followed Linda's use of the radial filter - but to brighten the central subject - and then used curves to darken the whole plus a vignette and a little dodging. I also clipped the sides a little - all to bring emphasis the excellent subject in the center. Of course this changes the character of the image - from what I see as an unusual street scene into (I think) drama - and I do not claim it is better, just different. Hope you enjoy. |
Jan 12th |
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| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Reply |
Michael - before reading the comments I had already been playing with rotations and had decided to suggest 90 degrees clockwise. To my eyes it gives a more abrupt, dramatic start and with that I hardy notice the negative space as such (by which I mean if acts now as emphasis rather than as feature). |
Jan 12th |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Linda, the subject is well chosen with lots of stark, interesting lines. I agree that the top of the trees held less interest and so when playing myself from your color image I arrived at almost the same crop (just a little off both sides).
The one difference (and this is probably personal taste) is that I ended with brighter tree trunks - see if you like it. |
Jan 12th |
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| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
yes, nice shadows. I like the contrast between the hard edges of the carpentry and the hazy projections of trees on the wall and the delicate leaves in the corner.
There are two facets I might have played with: dodging darker the under-edges of the siding to make them as sharp as the shadow in the floor, and placing the leaves more deliberately. Not sure how exactly (perhaps two together in the same white stripe and one isolated, alone in a dark stripe) - but it is just one element that you could control if you desired. |
Jan 12th |
| 99 |
Jan 22 |
Comment |
Peter, striking image. I particularly like the sharpness of the denim and the way I think you have manipulated the brightness on the face to make his skin look to me to be almost polished-stone smooth. I also note how well the strains on the top of the sphere of his hair are perfectly defined against an almost matching arc of concrete breaking up the brick wall.
For perfection, I would prefer to see less white of the eyes by which I mean the angle rather than dodging. |
Jan 1st |
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