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| Group |
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C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 33 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This is a JOY, it makes me want to be there and just sit in peace and listen to the silence of nature and breath the air. Very hard to do nowadays.
Your control of the light and DOF is so good, the best comment I can give is, I wish it was my image then I would have been there.
Wonderful. |
Oct 19th |
| 33 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
The first thought when looking at this was, "nice place to live" I could quite happily sit there and watch the world float by.
I must admit till I read your description I never noticed the lady. I do agree you could pull the highlights back a touch. I do look at this and wish you had the rest of the garden on the right as I do get the feeling of cropped off, I would then move that sail boat over a cm to give a touch more separation from the house.
Lovely postcard picture. |
Oct 19th |
| 33 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Another great image depicting the decay of the countryside and the working life. Tonally I would like just a touch more contrast in the building at least, but the tones does fit the image. The image is very well taken as it is pin sharp. I would have liked at least one step to the left so we had a touch of separation from the posts and buildings.
The problem in the UK, if there is a building like this, someone would have bought it and turned it into a 5 bed house and sold it at a profit. But most of the UK old barns are built of brick.
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Oct 19th |
| 33 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
This must have been wonderful to see live, the open space and the feeling of freedom must have been amazing.
Technically a couple of little mistakes, the way you have composed the image and placed the track has made the right hand side feel very blank and empty, the large shadow in the foreground does not add anything to the image. Moving slightly so the track goes from bottom corner to just off center right would have balanced the image much better.
As for your tonal work, if you are going to do landscapes, specially like this, learn about luminosity mask and if it was me look at Tony Kypers TKV7 panel and how it works, it will change your photographic life.
But this is a wonderful place, please show more. |
Oct 19th |
4 comments - 0 replies for Group 33
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| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I must say this is a very strong monochrome image from that colour image. Your DOF and focus is spot on and your tonal work is really great. You see images like this and does hit home the differences there are in the lives of humans on this planet, but if you are in the right place at the right time you can end up with some wonderful images.
Do love that his head is turned towards you. Great image. |
Oct 19th |
| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I am not sure what I am looking at here, is this one building or house on top of house on top of house which is the effect that I get. The effect is very strong and does give you the feeling of crowding and people on top of people. We used to have something over here called back to back, where you had blocks of 12 houses in a tight block with multiple families in each house, I get the same feeling here.
The texture and lighting is handled very well and can see why this would be one of your favorite places to visit. |
Oct 19th |
| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
The idea of doing a half and half set-up for a pay a show set-up is very brave, it is a hard set-up to do and get right. To be honest, he has not as the model has not been lit well. Also if you are doing a paid shot, some effort on the model part would have been nice, when ever I did a paid shoot in a studio, I would always have model in full make-up and in costume and each member of the group would get 10mins with each model in each set-up.
Because of the bad balance of lighting on the models face, not your fault your softening and work is losing most of the definition on the right side and the face and hand are very harsh with the lack of the right lighting contrast, again not your fault.
One thing you should have done as you were primary photographer was to move all the hair off her should and hand. Would make a great difference.
The image has faults but are not of your doing, this is the main problem of going to these training days. Not all are as good as they say. But you have learnt a new technique. |
Oct 19th |
| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
Did the people who wanted a building throw a blank cheque at the architect and say make us something and he said "I know I will make something for photographers to come and play with". Well he did. Look at all those shapes and lines that you can have fun with. Go on tell me that its like a lot of the UK, if you get to close with a camera a man in black clothing comes out a tries to take your camera.
I do think you have taken a nice record shot to shows us what the building looks like and now you are going to shows us what you can get if you get close. Great building. |
Oct 19th |
| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Comment |
I like your low angle composition, the angle gives the feeling that the trees are cradling and protecting the chapel. Your detail and lighting is spot on, your second version is a good improvement for separation. But once your eye had settled you see the great image. This is not going to do great in a judged competition where they push buttons as the instant impact will be the verdict, but if you have time to enjoy the image becomes it own. |
Oct 19th |
| 39 |
Oct 20 |
Reply |
How Old? As the history goes, there has been a mill on this position before 1086 where it was recorded in the Doomsday Book. This full mill was first put in place 16th Century by order of the High Sheriff of Gloucester. What you see hear was put into place around 1830. It now operates as a small museum, tea room and cake shop. The mill runs on most days and the water flows has to run every day to control the water levels. The mill stopped producing flour in 1958 when the last miller died. The current owners then took it on and turned it into what you see today.
The layout around the mill has not changed for 100 of years, I will put in a full picture in another round so you can understand. But in front of me is about 15 feet of water that is the shallow basin that also acts as a ford from one side of the village to the other. Behind me is the side wall of the end terraced house and I am standing on a three foot path that goes down the side of the house to the front of the mill. Hence it is better to get there early so you are not disturbed by tourist. Hope that all makes sense. |
Oct 4th |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 39
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9 comments - 1 reply Total
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