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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
I love the composition and anyway, always admire those that can pull off a still life image. Given this is a vintage subject I thought something more traditional might work. Mainly trying to reduce the light on the foreground and background and simulating a shaft of light coming through. Hard to do in post though. I added some blue in my shadows and yellow for the light shaft. Sorry this wrecks your reds!!! |
Sep 10th |
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| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Lol we always have fun with your images, Nick. Thanks for presenting a challenge. And you are saying something important about how our everyday things are contaminating the planet. Maybe the perspective would be more realistic if the sizes of the receding objects were very much smaller. |
Sep 10th |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Such an evocative image. The colour cast works for the image so like the analog look. The imperfections of film do help convey the timelessness of a scene like this so nice to see it preserved. But there is a vast expanse of water that does not earn its place but can that be fixed now!? I don't think the panoramic crops work for this. |
Sep 10th |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Love the image and the presentation in monochrome. He has seen a tough life and seems to be reflecting on it...wistful, deep in thought etc. A crease lined face is always something that has warmth. The human equivalent of the distressed old barn that has so much hidden history.
Does the background tell us anything? You said he is a farrier but the background does not tell us that so be nice to see it minimised. For a moment I though it could have been shot with a wide aperture but your settings suggest you were in incredibly bright light so any modification would have to be done in post. I was distracted by the bright reflections coming off the padlock and anything you can do to reduce the impact of the background would be help emphasise your subject |
Sep 10th |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Agree the original shot was not very interesting and the focus on the shed increases interest. You have captured nice textures in the timber and the roof. Conveys something timeless.
But its challenging to comment when you know the pp back story. It deflected my attention to the technology and how well the sky replacement had been implemented. I noticed that you had done a good job of cutting out the trees but this is a sunset sky and the shadow cast by the shed suggests a high sun so I would suggest faking longer shadows.
Seemed to be an implication the sky was not your shot and if so doesn't that severely limit what you can do with the image. Eg most competitions require that all parts of the image be shot by the photographer. |
Sep 10th |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Comment |
Bit late with comments so I formed my view before checking out the other comments. I love the colour pallete and the hint of fog you captured gives it a very serene look. Given your description of the circumstances I imagine that is what you had in mind. I wouldn't go for more saturation or pop. And I liked the crop. Obviously this was a considered thing to do and the extra foreground creates additional depth you don't get with a conventional crop. Maybe there is just a bit much foreground but I basically like the idea of focal point being elevated in the frame. |
Sep 10th |
| 5 |
Sep 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for all your comments. The idea was to take something that looks like an aerial shot eg from a drone but taken at ground level pointing down. Often shots from 1000 ft or so have an abstract quality to them because we don't recognise the perspective...at least not until we are totally saturated with drone photos!! Oliver yes in my mind the blue you have added is the "river." Well it is actually a trickle of flowing water. Maybe faking something real would involve adding some turbidity to the water...its a bit too clear to be convincing. |
Sep 8th |
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