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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Bah! you think that is brave? You should see me in the shower!
http://gerardthegood.com/portraits/ |
Nov 16th |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Thanks for the idea: I think I will retitle this in future as: The Wail
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Nov 11th |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
John,
I see nicely captured tones, and crisp focus (surprising considering one of the women is in flight!). I am interested in the way clarity is maintained even at such high ISO setting: clearly it enables the high shutter speed in what I assume is poor lighting conditions, but I am surprised not to see more noise. (?)
The composition seems to me to lack a subject. My eye is actually drawn to the men's white chests and thus is swept, left to right, out of the image. My preference would be to crop so as to designate the floating woman as the subject (I think her expression and posture support this choice), thus: |
Nov 11th |
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| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Gary
The subdued lighting seems key to me in this image, conveying the moodiness of the morning fog. I tried several approaches with lightening and could not retain your quiescence.
I was interested that you have placed the horizon according to the golden ratio (which I see in photoshop) and to my eyes this works far better than the rule-of-thirds with which I normally start. Was this a deliberate strategy or simply the result of a good eye? |
Nov 3rd |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Kathleen
I do enjoy it: the symmetry is delightful both in the columns and the placement of the confessional. I've never understood these double seaters - surely the person in one can hear the confession being spoken in the other?
The lighting around the confessional seems to isolate it from the rest of the space.
For my taste, I would enjoy a little more contrast in the stonework. The attached is passed through perspective warping and NIK Silver software just to illustrate (although I think the confessional now looks like Dr Who's Tardis ) |
Nov 2nd |
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| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Robin
A truly delightful composition - I enjoy the lens distortion especially as the height and overlook of the two men probably corresponds to the point of view of the little girl. The reflection on the side of the cab works well for me, bringing the attention into the left side.
The crop at the top close to the corner of the cab distracted me, and I might suggest taking a sliver off the top to make it less so - also making the driver seem even taller. |
Nov 2nd |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Peter
I think the shirt is great. It avoids blow-outs, it has fine texture visible in the cloth, the creases and shadows are well defined, even interesting. So no problems there :-)
I do not think, however, that the face/skin is nearly as interesting: a little pallid; perhaps the lighting is not kind - and the picture behind the model's right side is for me a little distracting. I love your portraits but not this one.
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Nov 2nd |
| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Barbara,
I applaud the care in taking this image (tripod, background and lighting) which has in my opinion resulted in a clear, focused image : a sufficient depth of field. I like the myriad of lines but more the contrast between the broad leaves and the tubular stamen (?). For me the tonality is well chosen giving a softness to the subject.
The only aspect I would possibly modify is the orientation because I would like to emphasize the diagonal provided by the leaves. [ I cheated using generative fill for my first time :-) ] |
Nov 2nd |
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