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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 99 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Barbara
I was surprised by how well focused this was considering the close foreground, nicely done. The image seems chaotic, but the wood provides an order when the viewer waits to watch.
I agree with Robin as to the color. The wood grain is rich with detail (especially the bottom right) and I think deserves to be highlighted with contrast. To illustrate this thinking, below is reconverted in Nik Silver and then molded by dodging and burning in photoshop. See what you think. |
Sep 20th |
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| 99 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Peter, nicely selected pairing - though I think they look more like criminals than M'lord (The smart apprentice? Raising the villain?).
Framing in the ... door-frame works well.
One quibble (a small one) if I may: I see a dark edge on the young man's face, perhaps remaining from the previous location. |
Sep 20th |
| 99 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Robin, I think that the vignetting is essential to this image and very well done: particularly the extensive darkening of the bottom right corner which seem to me to define a diagonal corridor for the eyes leading to the man (so nicely caught in mid-step). The cherry on this cake for me is his shadow that plays on the floor along that corridor, pulling my focus along.
A nice piece of post-processing in my opinion. |
Sep 20th |
| 99 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
John
For me the key interest is in the perspective of the buildings as they "shrink" in a triangle towards the right: it gives a sweeping feeling broken only by the hills that seem to form a ramp upwards at the end.
And to focus that I would crop off half the sea.
In terms of your process, I wonder if you might use the Nik Silver (I assume it is part of your package?) for your conversion which could also extract a little more drama from clouds. I have seen a lot of 17th Century Dutch landscape painting recently and they thrive on nebulous excitement.
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Sep 20th |
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| 99 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Kathleen
I see an narrative of disorder, yes lines and corners (especially his arms and knees which seem to focus one to the cigarettes) but the creases and the ropes and the impression that he is driving "into" the pier seem to me to generate a narrative of emotional dishevelment.
One suggestion might be to drop the highlights (e.g. with the slider in camera raw) since I am distracted by the back of the boat.
As an aside - I was fascinated by the change that occurred when I did a horizontal flip. Obviously something to do with the "left-to-right" reading, it made the image seem to me to be more aggressive, and to reinforce the man as the subject. Not suggesting that it made the image better, but just surprised at how it changed.
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Sep 20th |
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