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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 3 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Hello LuAnn, I am in monochrome group 32, so always looking out for images that will work will in monochrome. This is a perfect shot as is. I just converted it to monochrome for discussion--desaturated, brightened, sharpened. |
May 8th |
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| 3 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Merhaba, Fatih.
I see from your original how you have used the diffuse light from a door or window--I love that technique for portraits.
You image is so full of symbols and suggestions, I am very impressed. The use of the color red throughout suggests passion, or blood: lips, fruit, juice on hands, and her dress. Of course the pomegranates are symbols of fertility, and the woman holds them in front of her chest, like the ancient statues of Artemis. In contrast to those ancient statues, you have posed her in a very modern contrapposto posture. The closed eyes, as you indicate, suggest inner thought--perhaps she is dreaming of one day being a mother.
Perhaps you would be willing to show here some of the other shots from this portfolio. |
May 4th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 3
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| 5 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Pete, you were very fortunate to get this without people in the scene--I love shots like this minus the people. You also got a great curved line, going on almost forever. Of course the crop is just right.
Just a bit oversharpened to my taste. |
May 2nd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 5
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| 7 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Hi Tom, you did a great job with the exposure of this. It is a classic name-tracing shot from the Vietnam Memorial. We have been there so many times over the years.
I noticed a fascinating nuance in your finished image. The man's reflection does not show his white hair and his skin looks smoother because the effect of direct sun is reduced in the reflection. Consequently, the reflected man looks a LOT younger. This could be the same man remembering how it was when he was there. You have captured an actual image of an imagined past. Many photographers have done composites of the same concept, but photoshopped together multiple images to get a mix of real people at the Memorial and their memories emerging through the wall. Your title could be "I was young when I was there." If you took out the paper and pencil, then the man would be staring at his past self. |
May 2nd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 7
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| 11 |
May 20 |
Comment |
You were so right to change this to monochrome, since it is all about those great shadows. I really enjoyed seeing this. |
May 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 11
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| 14 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I also like your original framing, either in color or monochrome, because it shows the place name over the door to the left. I don't know anything about "content aware" post-processing--can the pylon be removed with that? Or just leave it and accept the scene.
See Group 74, where Ata Kemal Sahin has been frequently shooting this same neighborhood of Istanbul for several months since he joined the Digital Dialogues. |
May 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 14
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| 20 |
May 20 |
Reply |
You can look up paper marbling explanations and supplies with an internet query. You not only get something to photograph, but you also get the paper artwork. |
May 20th |
| 20 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is a very interesting technique and a good result. Have you ever tried doing or shooting paper marbling, in which the oil drops are directly color-infused. |
May 20th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 20
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| 23 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Here is my shot at it. I rotated right 1.5 degrees and backed off the brightness a bit. As for the problem of the posts vs. the barrel tops, I do not find the off-vertical posts a bother, but am disturbed if the barrel tops are not level. But everyone has their preference on this. |
May 10th |
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| 23 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Very nice composition and sharpness. Ropes and barrels are very interesting to follow their curves.
Perhaps not quite level and a bit too bright? |
May 10th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 23
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| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Very clear explanation. Thanks. |
May 20th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Tom, that is an interesting distinction about titles, which I have not learned before. Thanks for the clarification. I often feel that titles are important to pair with images, but I can see that a pictorial image is, well, pictorial. |
May 20th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
OK, thanks, yes, your demo is very good. |
May 20th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Thanks, Jennifer, that is a great alternative view of my shot. It's great the way different people see different stories in an image. |
May 19th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
I have all these lesson in my head that I am trying to remember. That's what this group is for. Thanks. |
May 18th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Diana, again thanks for the demonstrations. Those are both very interesting. Is it possible to part-way on the first one, without going to a totally black sky? |
May 18th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Right, thanks for giving it a try, Diana. I agree that separating the yellow does not work. Gloria's original b/w and your earlier suggestion really work. |
May 18th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Sigh. Why is is so hard to remember to always consider flipping an image? Good idea, Tom. |
May 8th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
...and with a lightweight bamboo ladder for escaping to the loft, I would be all set. ;-) |
May 7th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is very clever to get the reflection of the sculptor's work in his sunglasses. Looks good to me. For the third time this month (big coincidence), I am wondering if a post-processing color filter can be applied to darken the sky. I don't know much about this. |
May 5th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Nicely done. I see a single drop of water that shows up better in the monochrome that in the color.
On the other hand, that pale yellow in the color version is very beautifully delicate. I asked this about Jennifer's image this month: is it possible to apply a color filter in post-processing that brings that yellow across as a bit darker? |
May 5th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is such an interesting contrast to the last one--first an all white background and now an all black background--they both work very well, considering the life-stages of the plant.
I could not make out the framing against the black background of the website, without a stroke around the frame, but once I saved it to my computer and viewed it, I can see how carefully you planned the framing. I like the quiet elegance of this very much. You are building a body of work around this single plant. Just keep on and keep sharing it with us. |
May 5th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I take note of your discussion about the cropping you have chosen. I think both your crop and your original framing have reasons to be, and I like them equally. I like your crop for the reasons you have given, but I also like the original for its extended S curve in the fields.
However, I find all those tire tracks across the fields disturbing. I guess they would not appear in fields that had crops grown up. |
May 4th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
To be sure, this is the right crop, given what I shot. How hard it is to be self-critical and control the final image creation. Thanks for the suggestion. |
May 4th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Yes, it is a very successful color shot.
Can you make the sky very dark--I think Diana does that in some of her shots. I don't do advanced PS work, but can you select the color blue and darken it--I seem to remember one can apply the effect of a colored lens filter in post-processing. Not my strength. |
May 4th |
| 32 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Hello Ata. Yes, you are quite right that I did not include the feet of the people in the shot. No matter how many times I get reminders to include hands and feet, I still don't always remember.
I had thought to emphasize the height of the bamboo, but I think you have a good point about cutting off some of the top.
We won't make it to ÇeÅŸme/Alaçata this summer due to the pandemic. Perhaps we will make it next year if it is safe. |
May 3rd |
8 comments - 8 replies for Group 32
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| 34 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is a fine composition, with a good story. I also immediately thought of the Wyeth painting. Here it is. |
May 6th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 34
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| 36 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Larry, this is a truly fantastic shot, and I love this story more than any of your other stories. I know you will keep up the stories.
But, if we ever meet in person, I am NEVER going out on a photo shoot with you. |
May 6th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 36
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| 38 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is a clever shot, Art, through a window, looking through the past into the current time.
We have been there many times over the years, as my wife is Turkish and we have a summer home outside of Izmir. But where exactly were you standing for this shot? Is this a view of the Agora? |
May 6th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 38
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| 51 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is a charming shot. Your phone lens is obviously wide-angle. I see both an advantage and a disadvantage to that. On the plus side, the pegs are not all viewed end-on. A slight negative for me is that the door plate on the upper right is skewed by the perspective. |
May 19th |
| 51 |
May 20 |
Comment |
You caught something here that I have never seen in a sky shot--a serpentine curve throughout the illumination of the clouds. Well done. |
May 19th |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 51
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| 54 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Hello Alan,
I like your composite. I think the variety of cultural and historical ideas is very clever. I also noticed that you added shadows for everything except the sphere, which makes sense since it is sort of magical. The shadows of the monuments in the background are too long compared to the shadows in the foreground, but look good compositionally.
One question, where is the original greco-roman monument? Thanks. |
May 6th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 54
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| 57 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I understand you shot "for low depth of field," but I think it might have been nice to have the word, "argus," also in sharp focus.
On another note, I really liked those old lenses marked with depth of field indicators. |
May 9th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 57
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| 58 |
May 20 |
Comment |
This is a very charming shot for me because my wife is Turkish, and although I don't speak Turkish, I can read the basic turkic words on the signs. |
May 6th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 58
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| 74 |
May 20 |
Reply |
See also Group 14 this month, where Arun Bagga also has a nice shot in Eminonu. |
May 11th |
| 74 |
May 20 |
Reply |
Yes, we have been there, to the city ferry, the Egyptian Spice Market, and Güvenç Konyalı restaurant. What memories! How I hope we can go back in a couple of years. |
May 10th |
| 74 |
May 20 |
Comment |
You did a great job of getting this shot, with the woman's face and hands in clear view. Workers like this are common, surrounded by their craft materials and shipping/packing materials. So this is a very good capture of this woman's circumstances. It is probably someone just like this who knitted so many of the wool socks we have purchased at the markets over the years. |
May 9th |
1 comment - 2 replies for Group 74
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| 80 |
May 20 |
Comment |
Hi Beverly, this is really interesting. It reminds me of the colors in Paul Gauguin's palette, using color (and texture in your case) to express feelings. |
May 5th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 80
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| 96 |
May 20 |
Comment |
I also like your lighting and capture of the mists.
And I also like your original, but it would be fine with me to just slice out the outward leaning tree. It does not bother me for the frame to be a bit tall and the main tree off center. |
May 8th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 96
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28 comments - 11 replies Total
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