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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 10 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I went back into PS Skew and took out the uneven grassy area. You might choose a little more skew on the left, or crop out the tower on the right. I do like tall structures to retain a little vertical convergence so you feel that they soar upwards. |
Dec 14th |
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| 10 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Good shot of an impressive building.
PS Skew does not affect the cross on the dome, but does lose a bit from the right side. |
Dec 3rd |
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2 comments - 0 replies for Group 10
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| 11 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
You did an excellent job on purifying your image to its essential elements. Great job. I personally like street and architectural images empty of people, and if I had shot this, I would have removed both people. But this is also a fine option. |
Dec 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 11
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| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
And neither tasteful nor harmonious. |
Dec 29th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
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Dec 29th |
 |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
You are quite right. This view is utilitarian and inoffensive, but the upstairs main hall of the Mosque and the towering exterior struck us as ostentatious. Here are a couple of unedited pics. |
Dec 29th |
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| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Thanks to everyone for their comments. We are off on travel for the next two weeks, and I may not participate more this month. |
Dec 16th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds good.
This quite new mosque was particularly tastelessly ostentatious. We did not find it beautiful. |
Dec 16th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Quite a profound image, especially with your heart-felt story. Your mom's grip on her cup reminds me of the hands of a potter who might have shaped a similar object from clay. |
Dec 10th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Such a cute capture. Is this YOUR harvest mouse? Is it in a terrarium? I looked it up. They have prehensile tails. Did you get any shots of them gripping anything with their tails. |
Dec 9th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Yes, the browsing woman tells a good story. But the composition, absent any human, would also look good to me. Remember, I am very fond of scenes empty of people. I am not alone in this, as many famous past photographers have chosen street scenes empty of humans. |
Dec 9th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Alternatively, you can crop about the same amount from the bottom, so that the composition ends with the lowest cascade. I personally find the trees at the top more interesting than the leaf-covered rock at the bottom. Everyone should have their own taste on this. I think the the top cropping is fine, too. |
Dec 9th |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
It isn't clear to me who the director is. The tall booted guy, or the guy with the white cap a little further away?
In any event, that tall booted guy is dramatically posed and make this image interesting. I feel like he is a force in opposition to the engine. I would not have expected it, but the rough, dark shadows have a good compositional mood. |
Dec 2nd |
| 32 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
With the color gone, the textures take over, and they are very interesting. Did you do anything else? It looks like the leafy shadows on the roof have been lightened a bit, and that looks very good. I like this subject matter, alone and without any other objects, which I would have found distracting, with my preference for empty scenes. |
Dec 2nd |
7 comments - 4 replies for Group 32
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| 36 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Both the color and b/w are charming images. I like it when we are taken traveling in these DD groups. I find it interesting that the foundations are stacked stones with no mortar. |
Dec 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 36
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| 48 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I like this very much. You have a good eye.
You might consider cropping the top a bit to JUST BARELY eliminate the yellow building. |
Dec 3rd |
| 48 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
This is a very creative and captivating image. I think the moon size is fine, should not be larger. How about showing us the two original images? |
Dec 3rd |
2 comments - 0 replies for Group 48
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| 60 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
I think you have a great view here. I just suggest eliminating your concerns with a closer crop. |
Dec 2nd |
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1 comment - 0 replies for Group 60
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| 82 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
There are three things that make our PSA Digital Dialogs so great: the photos themselves, the stories of the experience of taking them, and the stories of the places shown. Thank you for telling us the story of this festival and your personal impressions of it. Can you tell us some more? What are the tokens in the God's hands, the dancing position, the significance of standing on an eagle? |
Dec 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 82
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| 83 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Michael, thanks for showing this. I am happy to participate in the conversation. |
Dec 4th |
| 83 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Talk about telling a story in a photo! This is a great capture and a great story image.
You might experiment with cutting off a bit from the top or even the bottom to simplify the composition. I am not sure. Might be worth trying. |
Dec 2nd |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 83
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| 87 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Too bad that your plans had to change, but you wound up at Ephesus, a great visit. My wife is Turkish and we have a summer home outside of Izmir, less that two hours drive from Ephesus. We have been there a dozen time or more, and we know well the Terrace Houses. You must have been on the visitor walkways. You got a great shot. I tried rotating it so the portrait faces on the mosaic floors were right side up, but that resulted in a confusing perspective. |
Dec 2nd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 87
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| 99 |
Dec 23 |
Reply |
Such modesty. You took a very good shot with a novel angle. |
Dec 2nd |
| 99 |
Dec 23 |
Comment |
Your color work is interesting, but I want to comment on the original image, and compare it with the attached famous Alfred Eisenstaedt shot of an Ethiopian soldier, shot in 1935. |
Dec 2nd |
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1 comment - 1 reply for Group 99
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18 comments - 6 replies Total
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