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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
This is an interesting image. It makes me think of another mapping. Do you know George Gamow's book, One Two Three ... Infinity? In it, he has drawn an image of a one-to-one mapping of the entire universe with a single human in the picture, but the stars and planets are interior to the human and the human's guts are outside extending to the outer limits of space. |
Nov 5th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 19
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| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Jennifer, thank you for noticing that person's head on the left lower side. No matter how hard I look at an image, it is always helpful for others to have a look. |
Nov 30th |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Wes has a good point about the model's tan. Serious nude models have to cultivate an even skin tone. But I don't find it too much of a problem in this case. I agree with Wes's suggestion that the ankle bracelet does not fit.
I think the pose is good, and the contrast between the model's smooth skin and the rocky setting interesting. Also her hair in disarray fits the scene.
I have not shot nudes, so I do not know the solution to this problem, how to show nipples and pubic region but still arrive at a quality photograph. Perhaps have a look at how Stieglitz and Weston did it. |
Nov 19th |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Thank you, Tom. Yes, the extra image with the squatty tower is showing that verticals should NOT always be altered, a personal bug-a-boo for me. |
Nov 15th |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Tom, have a look at the mill and the story about it in Group 71 this month. |
Nov 12th |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Yes, I think Manel is right to suggest a left/right flip. |
Nov 6th |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Manel,
Thanks for confirming my questions about the flag and cropping.
About the perspective, I did do a small amount of alteration of the vertical perspective, but if you compare the original color shot to the monochrome, the perspective change tends to fatten the tower, and it loses a little its vertical soaring. If I did more perspective alteration, to make all the vertical lines parallel, it would considerably fatten the tower. See below the example, that I definitely do not like.
Therefore, I generally do not do much adjustment of vertical parallels, so as to retain the sense of soaring upwards. Of course, some situations might work well to do this. Commercial architectural photographers almost always adjust their vertical parallels.
Note that we photographers never adjust parallel lines that are in the horizontal plane, like roads or railroad tracks. We all like that those parallels converge. So I do not think it should be automatic to adjust vertical parallel lines. |
Nov 5th |
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| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Very interesting to see this. Where were you? In Amish country in PA? We were there some years back, stopping at a country inn for a local family-style meal. Right outside the window, we saw this same thing, but it was a young woman with the same size team. She was on a small standing platform. As she made her turn at the end of the field near us, she smiled and waved to us.
My only thought about the image is that the far horse has a lot of very bright white patches. |
Nov 3rd |
| 32 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
So tack sharp. I can't suggest a single thing to change in this lovely photo. The mill race is great.
I see there is water overflowing from the race onto the ground. That is interesting. Is the mill machinery still being driven by the water flow? |
Nov 3rd |
6 comments - 2 replies for Group 32
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| 33 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
It is nice to travel around the world with people like you in the Digital Dialogue groups. Especially to places I have once visited. This is a great shot, and I remember being there, seeing this scene, many years ago when I took my family to live in Taiwan for a couple of years. We visited Indonesia over a school vacation and saw sights on Java and Bali. |
Nov 13th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 33
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| 37 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
It was a beautiful place you visited, and a great scene to shoot. Focus is good and the combination shot of near and far is successful.
But I don't care for so many large leaves framing the scene. I would prefer none on top, and not so close to the ones on the bottom. This is a personal preference, how I would have shot it, not an absolute criticism. |
Nov 13th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 37
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| 41 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Looks great, but the title should be "Ghost descending a staircase." |
Nov 5th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 41
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| 71 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Unique view of Florence, and very interesting at this time of day.
Compositionally, I only suggest taking out the crane at the top center and the three cranes at the right. I think the bridge on the left can stay. On the other hand, you can let it stand as is as a record shot of how the city looks now. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 71
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| 73 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
It was a beautiful place you visited, and a great scene to shoot. Focus is good and the combination shot of near and far is successful.
But I don't care for so many large leaves framing the scene. I would prefer none on top, and not so close to the ones on the bottom. This is a personal preference, how I would have shot it, not an absolute criticism. |
Nov 12th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 73
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| 78 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
I think it's just perfect. Great work on the cropping process. Great that you stuck with it until you were satisfied.
One thought to drive you crazy, as it has me already. Consider a left-right reflection. |
Nov 11th |
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| 78 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
You are so very kind. Thank you. We are old now, and I am not sure we will travel again to Taiwan, but our thoughts are with you and your fellow citizens, and our hearts as well. |
Nov 4th |
| 78 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Such a unique subject you captured. Thanks for telling the story.
I can see that the dancer's garments are printed with reproductions of old calligraphy, complete with red signature chop prints.
I spent a year and half in Taipei in 1988-89 and will always remember seeing and visiting so many things there. It is nice to continue to visit Taiwan with your image. My wife and I and our three children rented a house just past the National Palace Museum. |
Nov 4th |
2 comments - 1 reply for Group 78
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| 82 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
What great contrast between the temple and the surrounding city. I see how you brought out the apartment building to the right. You might consider doing a little of the same with the entire blue-lit area. Do you think that would be a good balance to the yellow-orange brightness of the temple? Or not? |
Nov 11th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 82
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| 87 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
A touch of Magritte, perhaps? |
Nov 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 87
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| 92 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Great shot no matter how you crop it, or which emphasis you choose. The cropping might depend, for a photo show, on what images you surround this one with. |
Nov 10th |
| 92 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
This is so good, I have a lot to say about it.
1. You shot from behind the bar and got a very informal and realistic picture of the people as they actually were.
2. Please shoot a whole series of such shots and gift them to the bar and offer to put them up at your expense, and just ask them to also display your name for credit.
3. Take more images like these and do a show at a local community arts gallery or public library.
4. If you have not been influenced by photographers like Robert Frank and Stephen Shore, it sure looks like it.
5. Keep taking photographs like this! |
Nov 3rd |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 92
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| 93 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Jay, your photos are stunning, this month and last month. The concept of dividing a frame along a horizontal line is impressive and works dramatically well.
This month, I find there are several possible metaphors for your image. Some are positive, like your lovely metaphors. Some might be highlighting conflicting or at least contrasting concepts. In this image, I see a tranquil and everlasting cosmic space, populated by stars, and underneath a turbulent underworld of human construction, unable to penetrate into the infinity above. Since it is recognizably Hong Kong, we all know its turbulent history in the last nearly 40 years. |
Nov 10th |
| 93 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
This is a great shot of a surprising lighting situation. Looks like all the light is coming from the city below. It might be Hong Kong from one of the mountains above.
The metaphor in your text is a bit elaborate. |
Nov 10th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 93
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| 94 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
You caught a perfect time of day for this. Good shot of a tree in the foreground, but if there were any other trees around, it might have been better to have chosen one without a saw-cut limb. |
Nov 10th |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 94
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| 99 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Good portrait of this man, good work on the white shirt, but I think this would have more impact if he were holding an instrument of his trade? |
Nov 3rd |
1 comment - 0 replies for Group 99
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