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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 2 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Lance certainly nailed this in his comment, likening it to Picasso. I thought the same, but come in last, with a reference to Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. It is so interesting that your technique gives such a multi-faceted image of your model. |
Nov 13th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 2
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| 4 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Hello Guy,
Very good choice of scene and great taste you had to choose your crop.
I personally prefer scenes empty of people. I agree that one person in this shot would have been better. For me, I would like to have seen it with no people. True, that would remove an element of scale, but then the ambiguity of true scale might have been an interesting mystery. |
Nov 13th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 4
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| 26 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Well done, and a good occupation for a nine-hour wait.
I have been through that airport many times. Next time you are there, try shooting the servers and patrons at the less expensive cafes, where they serve pretty good traditional Turkish light fare. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 26
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| 30 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Yes indeed, it has a Vermeer look. Great job with the lighting, both on your subject and darkening the right side. I see a slight Rembrandt effect on the facial lighting, as well.
Perhaps the wire basket might be removed? I can't decide. |
Nov 1st |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 30
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| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Thanks, everyone, for you kind comments. |
Nov 30th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Welcome to Group 32, Nan. According to my notes, we started in 2009. Diana, Wes, Jennifer, and I were charter members back then, I think.
I think your subject matter is well-chosen for monochrome, better than the color.
I prefer your original crop, and differ from the others who feel it should be closer in on the Barber Shop. I understand their compositional reasoning, but there is also the idea of "place" in street photography, and I think your submitted image shows more "place." This is a trade-off, of course, and neither is correct, just different emphasis.
I think the title might be "No Right Turn" or "Western Pennsylvania, Nov. 9, 2022." This latter title might be interpreted to be a subtle comment on the election. |
Nov 15th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Back to the discussion. I also much prefer the monochrome. I will back that up by quoting the "Monochrome" description for these discussion groups: "A monochrome image often expresses ranges of tones and textures that a color picture finds difficult. It is a most creative medium often able to express subtle emphasis of mood and feeling." |
Nov 14th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Wes. The hardware store is in a little strip mall of about eight stores. It is a very popular neighborhood set of stores. I had in mind to go into each store one by one and shoot things in the store for each one to decorate their walls with. But although the hardware store shoot was very successful, I never got around to going to the other stores. There is a bakery and a party store that I had intended to visit. |
Nov 10th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
The texture of the rocks is fantastic. And the moonbow is quite clear. Just for fun, how about showing us the color? |
Nov 10th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
I have never thought shooting statues was copying. Many of the photographers in the other groups shoot statues. There are all sorts of factors, like angle, lighting, compositional setting that make your work NOT copying. Straight copying of paintings would be a no-no. But shots of curious museum-goers looking at paintings would be permitted. |
Nov 9th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
I like the absolutely perfect symmetry on this shot. It is very satisfying to look at, again and again. |
Nov 8th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
I like the bottom left corner as it is. I tried to imagine it without, and I think that would simplify the composition to a too simple triangle. That little bit on the bottom left says that the composition goes on and on.
Good subject for conversion to monochrome.
Very interesting because triangular compositions are unusual, whereas rectangular and serpentine are very common. |
Nov 8th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
I took this picture in the first place because I thought I was being creative to shoot a close-up of a dish brush, especially since it looked like something else when viewed close-up.
When I looked at all my pre-set monochrome conversion options, only the Infrared Effect separated the colors. Since the light was much the same on every part of the brush head, the other conversion options tended to convert the whole brush to almost the same shade of gray. True, I did not work with the sliders to experiment. I should try more of that. |
Nov 8th |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
Of course, that is better. Thanks. |
Nov 1st |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Looks great. I have never visited a western slot canyon, but certainly enjoy visiting them in people's images. |
Nov 1st |
| 32 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Tom, both the original and the monochrome look great.
By coincidence, I was also dealing this month with converting a (more) colored image to monochrome, and I wanted to separate the equally-lit colors in the monochrome conversion. This is not to suggest that your should do that, but I want your opinion about doing that with your image, like this??? |
Nov 1st |
 |
8 comments - 4 replies for Group 32
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| 49 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
Josh, should you seek to hang your image in a coffee shop, you can also ask for a little sign to be hung nearby with an artist attribution. I had my name and phone number on mine in the hardware store, and I got a call from one customer, who bought two more prints of the images. |
Nov 29th |
| 49 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
Josh, David's suggestion to hang this in a coffee shop should be considered. One of my most successful shoots of my jumbles was for my local hardware store, and they hung five of my shots. By all means, expecting no payment, you might find a coffee shop near you to enjoy hanging your excellent image. |
Nov 28th |
| 49 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
I take a great number of pictures of piles of stuff like this. I call them jumbles. So your shot fascinates me. Welcome to the jumble-shooters club.
A pile of stuff like this can only exist in the presences of the often-forgotten but universal presence of the force of gravity, which is solely responsible for arranging the pile. So a pile of stuff is profound. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 2 replies for Group 49
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| 54 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Oh, you have handled the infinite regress beautifully, with the back-to-front alternations. Congratulations. The mathematician in me is very satisfied. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 54
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| 55 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Great shot. Highly original. Good luck with your competition.
What cookbook is that? Can you shoot the two fascinating recipes that are showing and add them to this discussion? |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 55
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| 58 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
What a fantastic experience! Your pickpocket shot is a gem of a memory. My wife and I have often attended weekly markets like this, and they are greatly enjoyable.
There is no going back to try again, but I would have shot at 1/60 or tried to use fill flash to get some detail of the men at the table on the left.
Excellent that you included the tea kettle service cart. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 58
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| 59 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Kerry, this is a great action photo.
Yes, sheepdog trials are a sport in the USA, but they cover vast areas, involving, as I recall from my reading, a 3/4 mile outrun for the dog to reach five sheep, circle around behind them, and bring them home to a penning situation without them bolting in all directions.
See the wonderful book by Donald McCaig, Nop's Trials, which is both a tutorial on American sheep dog trials, and an excellent human interest novel. |
Nov 28th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 59
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| 63 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Great choice of subject to make the ordinary extraordinary, as you say.
You discussed the exposure, but how about telling us how you lit this, especially how you added the golden tones that everyone is admiring.
I also can see a bit of a reflection near the base of the decanter top, and just want to know what it is. |
Nov 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 63
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| 64 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
I also find this a beautiful scene, and also want to know if you altered the perspective. Thanks. |
Nov 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 64
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| 78 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
This is a charming shot, and you have several good comments about it from your group.
I am a perspective wonk and want to ask about that. Your original shows no need of perspective alteration, and you did not say you altered the perspective, yet two of your colleagues praised your alteration of the perspective? I surmise that is because the finished image is just the top half of the original, and people assume you were so close to the structure that you would have had to tilt your camera upward and introduce vertical convergence. Is that all correct? |
Nov 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 78
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| 87 |
Nov 22 |
Reply |
Oh, if anyone is going to give an image "a sense of place," it will be Lance. Whenever I visit his groups, he is deeply concerned with "place," and models that for all of us. |
Nov 11th |
0 comments - 1 reply for Group 87
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| 88 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Mark, just a little correction, it was almost 2000 years ago that the eruption took place.
I very much like your sky coloring because it makes me think of the eruption experience. |
Nov 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 88
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| 92 |
Nov 22 |
Comment |
Great shot of a familiar scene; all over the Mediterranean you will find roasted corn vendors along the seashore. I think the umbrella man is preparing the corn for his wife or sister or friend to roast, and the tall man in the center is the customer. |
Nov 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 92
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