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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 1 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I love such shots of markets.
For this one, I suggest getting the viewer more into the image with a closer crop, as per my example, but better might have been to have stepped closer to the market and maxed the wide-angle on your phone camera. |
Oct 21st |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 1
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| 7 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is a very successful "Rembrandt" lighting shot. Also very important is that your model is completely relaxed. This reminds me of the portrait work of Yousuf Karsh. |
Oct 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 7
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| 16 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
You got a good shot as you just happened by.
I know the pose was not your direction. This Asian woman is dressed modestly, but her right knee is forward so she stands in a contrapposto pose, which I don't think is consistent with Asian modesty. I may not be right about that, so I will admit I might be just be half-remembering and making it up. |
Oct 21st |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 16
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| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Haha! I am so not able to tell when I have a good shot. Thanks.
I considered cropping a bit from the right, but then I would have sliced off the elbow of the woman in the second row. But mostly I wanted to give the dominant person implied room to swing her left arm, which also holds another huge drumstick. I took dozens of shots, but never got one with both drumsticks in view. |
Oct 15th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Since it suggests an action situation, your new background is better. I think the woman's pose looks more appropriate in this version. |
Oct 14th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
OMG, that was a total cropping mistake I made. Of course I should have left the top of drumstick in. Everyone, please imagine I left it in. |
Oct 13th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Classic shot of a flower that shows that the life of all plants and animals ends in dissolution. Reference the Latin term "memento mori." |
Oct 11th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I like it too. I also agree with your ideas to cut a bit off the right and show more wooden ramp. |
Oct 11th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is very original, however it happened.
The pose is a bit overdone, so it comes off humorous, especially the placement of her hands.
This reminds me of the "Small Trades" series done by Irving Penn. Here are two firefighter shots from his work. |
Oct 11th |
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| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thank you so much.
But,
No large animals! The noise scared them off. |
Oct 9th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Nice going on this one. I have always liked photographs of statues and monuments. The composition and lighting problems are just as complex as shooting people. The sentiments portrayed in this monument are very touching. I like the symbolism of the child and flowers. |
Oct 7th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This looks great with the black background. Including the name plate was perfect.
Questions: Do you remember the year and model of this car, and any other distinctive features of the car, like leather interior touches, wheels. In general, do the owners of these show cars install seatbelts?
About the image work, which sliders did you pull and roughly how much. I want to know how to turn backgrounds dark like this. Thanks. |
Oct 6th |
| 32 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Sorry if I might have shown this image some years ago. I don't remember. |
Oct 2nd |
7 comments - 3 replies for Group 32
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| 33 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Good shot. Too bad about the scaffolding.
About the perspective. Whenever you tilt the camera upwards, the verticals will converge, but both your eye and camera see exactly this. It is not distortion. It is the perspective of converging lines, just as a receding road has converging lines in the horizontal plane.
You may want to alter this effect, but I recommend leaving some of it because you are actually looking at a building that soars upwards and I think it is good to leave some sense of that in your finished image. Here is my suggestion. |
Oct 9th |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 33
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| 36 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Haha! Glad they respected your 30-second time exposure. |
Oct 9th |
| 36 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
The golden tones on the rocks are just fantastic. |
Oct 9th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 36
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| 47 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Robert,
One approach to shooting upwards is to leave *some* of the vertical convergence, to tell the viewer that you are looking at a building that soars upwards. The vertical convergence is natural, just the way it is natural in the horizontal plane, as when looking down a street with converging lines. |
Oct 18th |
| 47 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is a really captivating façade shot.
Is it possible to shoot this again when slanting sun makes diagonal shadows on the front of the building?
Also, I see that the undersides of the upper air conditioners and upper fire escape landings are showing. That means you shot upwards, got converging vertical perspective, and then altered it to make the verticals appear parallel. This makes the viewpoint appear straight-away. So your result is a mild visual contradiction; one element in the image says "from below", and another says "from straight-away." There is no escaping this when shooting in this situation; it is just something to keep in mind. |
Oct 8th |
| 47 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Wow! Totally original, and it really works. |
Oct 8th |
2 comments - 1 reply for Group 47
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| 57 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Compositionally, I would have preferred to also see a mallet in this image.
I looked up Penrose tiling, and found it interesting that the number of possible coverings of the plane was uncountably infinite. |
Oct 17th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 57
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| 61 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Your border is great, and I like your personal initials! |
Oct 17th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 61
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| 63 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Madrone wood is often used for carving bowls and other small tableware. It has an attractive grain.
This image captures the attractive patterns of the bark peeling off. Oddly, I first thought this was an image of paint peeling, which is a very popular photographic subject. |
Oct 16th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 63
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| 67 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Oy vey. |
Oct 7th |
| 67 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Great shot! All your preparation and experience shooting in the wild really worked here.
But my real comment is the following:
I knew it! I knew it! You sacred me off a year or so ago when we chatted, and I said I was afraid to join you on an outing, partly because I an not in condition for hiking, but mostly because you often encounter large animals on your hikes. I am very happy to take hikes with you virtually. |
Oct 2nd |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 67
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| 74 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Nice shot. Thanks for taking us there.
If you Google "Monster Door Rome Italy," you find this is the Zuccari Palace. Here is one of many links to find out more about this place: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zuccari-palace |
Oct 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 74
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| 79 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Instantly recognizable, in spite of your unique angle. Therefore successful. |
Oct 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 79
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| 81 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
So charming! Thanks. |
Oct 7th |
| 81 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
This is impressive, showing the overview of the old city. We remember very well our visit there about a decade ago. I recall a beautiful lake that we drove around in the center of the city.
Do you have any close-up shots of those people and shops down below? |
Oct 7th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 81
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| 88 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Having been there ourselves a decade or so ago, the net rigs in your image were instantly recognizable. Good shot, and nice to see that they are still there. |
Oct 7th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 88
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