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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
The careful arrangements of all the elements has skilfully created an excellent composition that tells a story. The tonality hints a little at something sinister and yet the main character smiles. Does she have a power? And so one's imagination is off, finding many narratives as the eye travels around this picture. Well done. |
Dec 25th |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
I very much like the composition of this. Cropping the bird as you have increases the drama and draws the eye to the head of the seagull and that starburst. Is it a holy bird, a magic bird, an alien bird? Those rays from its head raise questions and it ignites the imagination - as a good photograph should. |
Dec 25th |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
You have turned a simple creature into a gemstone in a brightly coloured universe of its own. This is another picture that draws you in towards its centre, just as a spider would. I wouldn't change it. It's great. |
Dec 25th |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
A stunning and dramatic graphic image. I love the colours and the way the more you look at it the more it draws you in to . . . |
Dec 25th |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
I like the way you have used multiple blended pictures to explore concepts of history and time. The colurs are well blended. I think I might prefer less of the background overlapping with the figures, especially the abbot, but it still works well as it is. I have never been to this abbey (must change that) but have driven past on my way to visit my daughter in Peterchurch. |
Dec 25th |
| 41 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
I too like surrealism and this certainly fits the bill. I love the idea of using mannequins as metaphors of people and putting 'ideas and dreams' in their heads. The only suggeastion I would make is to move all of the camel train inside the figures head. I feel an uneasiness with it being partly in. Of course, this could be what you were aiming at, but it seems a little untidy, even for surrealism.
As for generative fill, I don't use PS any more, I use Affinity and Pixelmator and find them quite adequate. It strikes me as more satisfying to use blending and masking to achieve results. It seems to me that generative fill only does that, but much quicker, of course. However, I don't want to start a discussion so back to your picture which I think is most imaginative. |
Dec 25th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 41
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| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
I think this is great. I actually don't mind the missing hand or the top of the instrument. You have caught the essence of his absorption in what he is playing. I can live with the two bright spots because there are two and they balance each other. There is humanity in this picture that worrying too much about perfect composition (who's rules are they anyway?) can distract from. |
Dec 25th |
| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
The framing of this picture is just right. The figures are in a perfect place in the composition and the quality is excellent. The lines on the floor, leading us into the picture, are so important. Probably serendipitous, but luck favours those with a good eye. |
Dec 25th |
| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Reply |
re-reading my comment I forgot to mention the excellent flowing of the figures. I may not like cricket, but I do like this picture. |
Dec 25th |
| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
Perfect timing; perfect flying bails; perfect ball frozen on its way to the keeper's gloves; perfect photograph. But (sorry) leaves me cold - I'm not interested in sport although, for me, this picture captures one of the only exciting moments in cricket. |
Dec 25th |
| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
Dance takes place in three dimensions and also the fourth, time. Too many photographs of dancers make them look like one dimensional squashed flies. You have avoided this by capturing movement - and more - the element of time through the technique of multple exposure. The result is artistic and interpretive. |
Dec 25th |
| 99 |
Dec 25 |
Comment |
Lovely dramatic sky. The dark tones and perfect gradation work well. For me it is more than a documentary picture of farm buildings - it has SciFi qualities. This could be three ships waiting at the spaceport on Deneb V. |
Dec 25th |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 99
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11 comments - 1 reply Total
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