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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Another of your excellent portraits Ian. It's a great portayal of this young lady, well lit and very sharp. I am in awe of your ability to arrange your lighting with just the right amount of fill flash. I think Bill's background is too dark and wonder if something between his and yours would be better. The RAF roundel on her T-shirt with the WW2 leather flying helmet and Mk 8 goggles gave me the impression she was posing as an aviator, although she'd get rather cold in that outfit at 10,000 feet! As for the face piercings and tattoos, I will join Bill in the Grumpy Old Farts corner! But, that's the way of life - the old folks never approve of what the young get up to!
Back to the picture, great portrait and well up to your high standard. Keep 'em coming. |
May 12th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Super shot Erik, taken at 'the decisive moment.' The image is sharp and you have got detail in both blacks and whites. Simple composition with plain, natural backgtound. All this under adverse conditions (10 deg to -40 deg). |
May 12th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hi Vella. I am not a nature photorapher so my comments are based purely on the image as pictorial. I think you have done a great job picking out this owl from a very small part of the original image. Your adjustments have brought it out from the background and the warm colour makes it feel like the end of a beautiful sunny day. Sharpness is just right. Bill's crop is good, but I also like yours too. |
May 12th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Ian. Thanks for your good wishes - recovery is very slow so photography helps to keep me cheerful. The gas lamp you refer to is electric now, but the lamp has to be in the same style as it would have been in the gas lamp era. Glad you like my crop. |
May 12th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Bill, I had a problem getting my head around the scale of this image until I saw first your shadow and then the hiker on the base of the opening. What can I say but that the exposure and focus are first class, and the composition is well thought out. Your shadow at the bottom right creates a good balance with the 'eye' opening in the rock face and the distant rock formation. My preference, though, would be to tighten the crop a little to make the balance triangular from bottom right to the 'eye' and down to the bottom left. I would also trim off that small bit of shadow on the RH edge and take some off the bottom. |
May 11th |
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| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hi Vella. The town is called Stokesley and was granted its charter as a town by King Henry III in the year 1223, although people were living here for many years before that. The Domesday Book records a watermill here in the year 1086. The current buildings in the town vary in age although none go back that far. The town centre is now a protected area so any building and repair work is very strictly controlled. The metal structures on the roofs are TV aerials which were permitted because originally the signal was quite weak and indoor aerials simply did not work. |
May 11th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Gary, my first thought was to do something similar to your crop, but mine was even tighter on the bottom edge and I left in more sky. After a second look, I was not very happy with the crop so reverted to the one I showed. I like your crop better although I think I would include just a little more sky. |
May 11th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Isaac, I'm glad you survived both the traffic and you wife's scolding! You have got the colour exactly right. The bridge just HAS to be photographed and you have found a view that I missed when I was there. I do like the bold statement of the strong red bridge against the strong blue sky. I think that colour combination works really well. Also, I see the power pylon well framed under the bridge as an asset to the image rather than a distraction. It is part of the urban clutter that is almost inevitable. Framing it under the bridge fits with my dictum of, "If you can't fight it, feature it."
Thanks for a reminder of a visit to a most photogenic city. |
May 9th |
| 4 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Gary, like Ian I am not a nature photographer so cannot offer any useful advice. I agree that the two spots at the LH edge could be cropped out, and it is a pity that you cannot clone out the stick in the background. However, to me the image tells the story very nicely with the two chicks struggling to get fed. Momma can only feed one at a time and the both want to be first. That comes over very clearly. I am amazed that you got the shot with only 1/200 second. |
May 9th |
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