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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
For your interest (I hope) the images below are what I saw: Sleep (Dali) and Guernica (Picasso) |
Jan 20th |
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| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Pretty, I would go for a brighter center.
If I understand it correctly - you use photography to record a starting set of colors and then a software program to use these within a pattern.
So I would say: computer graphics. And a nice (early) example, but I don't think photography in that the photograph plays so little role in the outcome. |
Jan 19th |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I think the image has a very "pop" vibe to it. Love the strong color. |
Jan 19th |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Color, and striations ... I like the almost-symmetry and prefer the fact it is incomplete.
The "strongest" part in the image is for me the white horizontal and I see this as much more dominant that the lower part of the image. So, again for me, the image seems to be off-balance, as though it might topple; I suggest 180 degree rotation to make it stable. |
Jan 19th |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Mariann
Apart from there being color, it reminds me of photography from about 80 years ago: sort of unforced and fresh, and since I do not recognize the Buddhist architecture Itself I thought of Eastern Europe.
I like the pairing of the front columns in the foreground and the tower behind: the so solid vs the ephemeral, fading into the sky.
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Jan 19th |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
I lived in Scotland - and remember the horror on the face of a nice lady visiting from America when she saw the underwear hanging on the many clothes lines through the tenement gardens of my street.
I think we called the rollers a "mangle" - my mother had one - and a clothes line.
Judith, I like the shot - and the way you match the lighting with the available focus. For me the diagonal works well and the border does enhance. I think I would have left a little noise in the background (i.e. not completely black) as the rest if the image is soft.
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Jan 13th |
| 79 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Peter, I think the detail is the strength - and so well extracted. Your color and tones are in my opinion just right for this.
My one suggestion would be to use a curves filter to clip out the noise in the background (make the nearly black, completely black). |
Jan 13th |
7 comments - 0 replies for Group 79
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| 99 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Kathleen
Very inventive - few would have seen the potential in this shot.
I like the shadow of the rib cage and while it does distract me from the feet, I like that too because I then discover them waiting in the landscape. I would even be inclined to add contrast to the right side to make the shadows an equally dominant feature (a sort of reminder that we too are dust ... ). |
Jan 13th |
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| 99 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Linda, while the sun is skillfully captured (I always find that really hard), for me the main strength of this image is in the sequence of distinct layers that fanout across the base; I count seven, all converging drawing the eye to the center. |
Jan 13th |
| 99 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Peter
I would say "delightful" but I think it is stronger than that. For me, the difference is the skin tonality you achieved (particularly on her legs): it makes her seem rugged, a character and moves it from seaside sugar and into, what you do so well, a portrait.
I like the contrast between the subject as a small feature in the open window and the signage in the closed: the imbalance seems to add emphasis to the girl.
My obsession is always in the cutting - so please forgive the nitpicking. I would cut further on the right (half way to her arm) because 1) it centers the the window frame vertical, and 2) it puts her left arm on a strong diagonal from the top left corner to where the window ledge then meets the right. |
Jan 13th |
| 99 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Barbara
A fascinating method for producing an arresting image, and well executed.
It seems to me that your subject was well chosen for this approach.
Was the shading (darkening) your addition or part of the transformation?
I think it works well in general and provides a valuable contrast to the repeated image but (am I allowed a "but" in reviews?) I am sad at the loss of the spiral where the stems meet. The attached is after a radial filter in photoshop's camera raw editor. |
Jan 13th |
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4 comments - 0 replies for Group 99
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