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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Dear Gloria, thank you for your comments. I appreciate what you say.
I am often caught between recording a scene exactly as it is, and improving it by editing. This is a problem I have yet to resolve. However, Bob Wills gave me some good advice on creating a picture that improves the camera's image.
Good wishes,
Brian |
Mar 28th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Hi Bob, I also wondered about the red colour. Not having been to the site, I wondered if the colour was real, but I see now that you saturated it a bit. Sometimes we can improve on nature, as you seem to have done. |
Mar 16th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Sorry Cheryl, I should have read your entry more carefully. |
Mar 16th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Dear Gloria,
I loved this photo immediately I saw it. It has a dream-like quality that reminded me of a summer day on the French Mediterranean coast.
The blurred background is similar in style to an Impressionist painting. On the one hand it compels the viewer's eyes to the array of shells in the foreground; on the other it possesses an air of mystery precisely because it is blurred.
I understand and appreciate Bob's comments but by cropping the image, it tells a very different story.
Maybe I am too romantically attached to the south of France. |
Mar 15th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Hi Cheryl,
Spectacular scenery like this is perfect for black and white photography. The original looks good, but monochrome is more startling
I can't add much to comments already made except that I agree with Bob's suggestion. When I first looked at the photo I was also a bit confused. Cropping a la Bob solves this problem, but at the expense of some reflections.
You use film and I presume you do your own processing. |
Mar 15th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Hello Haru.
By discarding the rule of three, this image works well.
Perhaps you could have enhanced the colours of the icicles a little more, but with any photograph there is the choice of retaining the authenticity of the original image, or emphasising its most salient features using Photoshop or a similar programme.
I also wondered about converting the image to monochrome, but if you did, the subtle colours would be lost. Those colours appeal to the eye.
When I first looked at the photo I did not realise the trees on the left side were fully grown. Other viewers might feel the same. If so, I think the photo could be improved by cropping.
However, even if you make no changes, the photo is still a delightful example of natural beauty.
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Mar 15th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Hi Cheryl, thank you for your comments. You would enjoy the wonderland of Israel.
I am new to landscape/streetscape photography, having spent the last decade focussing on artistic nude photography where the focal point of the image was obvious.
However, I wonder whether landscapes and street photographs always need a focal point or whether the entire image is all that is needed. In saying this I am thinking of great artists of the past such as Constable and Pizzaro. I doubt whether anyone would have asked for the focal point.
It is good to be in touch with you. |
Mar 13th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Hi Robert, thanks for your comments. My intention was to record a historical site that was appealing to me. When I take a photo, rarely do I have any goal except to capture a significant moment in my life.
I am quite new to landscape/streetscape photography. For the past decade I specialised in fine art nudes, solely to reproduce images of human beauty, but Covid put an end to that.
So now my photography is back to the drawing board. |
Mar 13th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Hi, I took this photograph with the intention of recording a historical site. Photographers have definite intentions of what message they wish to convey, others have none except to capture a moment in their lives. I fall into the second category. |
Mar 13th |
| 96 |
Mar 22 |
Reply |
Dear Dan, thank you for your comments and advice. Both are appreciated. It is always of benefit to hear what people think of a photograph. No photograph is ever perfect but improvements are always possible. |
Mar 5th |
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