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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 7 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Very cool shot with that upward shadow cast on the bottom of the clouds. I have only seen that once before. |
May 5th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 7
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| 32 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thanks, Tom. At first I thought cropping out that curved post was taking out too much, but looking at it for a while let me get used to your idea, and I now agree that would work. |
May 16th |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Diana, thank you. No, not for competition. I did competition for a while a few years ago, and I did not enjoy it. I just shoot for myself. I do like sharing in this environment a lot. |
May 16th |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thank you Som. Seems like everyone agrees this might improve with some center of attention in the pool of light. I have shot other such subjects, and if you wait long enough, someone is likely to walk through the scene. But not in this case. Perhaps I could have asked my wife or someone in our tour group to walk into the scene. I agree that would have been more interesting. But, but, but this shot expresses a personal preference I have for dark, still scenes empty of people or animals. They appeal to me. |
May 12th |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Comment |
It's great subject matter, but there are problems as you say with the missed focus.
I think the angle is a problem. It might have been taken from the side so that the main machine does not overlap with the background machine. Also, the glass object in front (perhaps a candle lantern on a table) juts into the composition, and is a distraction. |
May 12th |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Ditto on what Diana said. I really like the the wind-blurred water texture. It is so interesting, it is worth seeking out. I remember your prior image. |
May 12th |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Oh, I would have very much liked your model in this shot, although I don't want an added animal as a focal point. |
May 2nd |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Comment |
I like the composition very much, the arrangement of the buildings and the diagonally receding tracks. I noticed you had the dome top exactly meet the top of the frame, with your slight cropping. I am equally divided on the cropping. The original had a more emphatic line of the tracks, but the closer cropping is a tighter composition.
I am not a fan of filter effects, but this is quite effective, not overdone. |
May 2nd |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Yes, that slight tilt on the left side can easily be altered.
About the overall composition, I am in favor of keeping in those two layers of buttresses on either side of the door. In fact, I would have preferred a slightly wider view to show their entirety to the ground. Why? Buttresses are a story unto themselves, telling us how a building stands up and resists gravity. Their story starts at the top of the building and travels all the way to the roots of the building as it meets the ground. I don't think the charm of the door would be lost to show a bit more of the buttresses. |
May 2nd |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Looks like Jane Noir instead of Jane Eyre. All three images look pretty good to me. Perhaps you as the photographer are overthinking it. It does not look like an obvious backdrop to me.
I prefer the slightly brighter background in the original, although your finished image has a fine gloomy overall effect.
I have never shot a model, and certainly not a professional one. Some such shots, including this one, are very impressive. |
May 1st |
| 32 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Thank you, Wes. Of course I should have thought I needed a border to define the edges of a nearly black image. How is this? |
May 1st |
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5 comments - 5 replies for Group 32
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| 78 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Robert is right, this immediately calls to mind the Hopper lighting. You might play around with more drastic cropping, to keep only the Hopper-lit buildings. |
May 2nd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 78
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| 87 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hello Lance,
The Japanese style is very recognizable with the choice of the pine trees. Peering deeper, as you ask, one sees an interplay between what is seen and half seen through the branches. Perhaps this is a metaphor for understanding life and nature and inner being.
Photographically, I would consider cropping 10% from the left and 20% from the right to make this almost a square composition. Not that I prefer a square, but I just prefer the subject matter in that area of this image. |
May 2nd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 87
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8 comments - 5 replies Total
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