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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I am surprised by the patterns you achieved in the stream coming down and in the wine in the glass, but it makes the image very interesting. I like the patterns in the background, instead of a plain wall, and I think any background that contrasts well with the glass and the wine works and this one does that. |
Oct 24th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I think the angle of rotation you picked is exceellent and makes the image strong. I like the lines in the pattern in the blue of the sky through the skylight. I am not sure why they are there, but I like them. I think it would be too much boring blue without them. |
Oct 24th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I see this image as being about the wranglers and it does not bother me that the legs of the horses are cut off. Yes having them in the frame would be another image and it might be a better one, but this is a good image. I might also suggest giving the horse they are briniging into the corral a little more room in front of his nose, but that is not serious either if the picture is really of the wranglers. |
Oct 24th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I like the shadow patterns on the wall from the window. I think this adds a lot of interest. The petals on the table add to the story of the spent flowers. I am glad you did not remove them. |
Oct 24th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I think others have given good suggestions. There really isn't a horizon in this image, but I think I would make the roof line of the building level. We can never know the options that were available when the image was taken, but if possible I think if this was taken from just a little to the right, the building would move to the right and away from the left side a bit for I think better balance. I had very early in looking wished that plastic bucket was not there. Probably none of these are serious, but they might all be improvements. |
Oct 24th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Yes, I was concerned about the eye also and in wildlife photography the eye is very important but this isn't really wildlife photography. I looked for another version that had a good eye but did not find one with as good a display. That bird was concentrating on making this display which was best photographed from head on and his eyes are in the sides of his head. I thought the display of feathers and capturing good focus from his head and body to feathers were the most important thing in this case. By the way the picture did not have a lot of light, but seems to have adequate depth of field despite the f/4 at 100mm. |
Oct 17th |
| 19 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Great shot. I would suggest printing and hanging it as a family treasure for a couple generations. The rim light, the expresion of the mother, the background in the sunlight it all works together. I was surprised to hear you added the sunlight glow, but it was well done. I was thinking of pointing out that while we have been told so many times that the eye is drawn to the lightes area of the photo, it is often not true. Yes we notice this area, but we are not drawn to it, the higher contrast and action of the subject is where are eye and interest is concentrated. |
Oct 6th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
Yes, I think it could use some more contrast. There is some near white, and some small areas of true black, but the mid-tones seem to be a little flat. I enjoyed trying to figure out the pricing and currency, but the variety of old radios is delightful. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
There is no way this could be a Nature image in a PSA exhibition because that bridge is what is refered to as "Hand of Man" which is not allowed in a Nature section, but I don't see it as a particularly distracting background. I like the near syymetry of the two arched necks. While it might be a little soft, since this is really an artistic treatment, not a nature image I don't consider that very serious. I also suspect that modern software could sharpen it up a bit, but you would want it to be selective on the two birds. Nice iamge. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
The child makes the shot and you have him perfectly located in the frame, Roughly 1/3 in from the left and 1/3 up from the bottom. Zooming in, the sky is a bit noisy. I think I would try to take that out. The rest seems ok to me. There seems to be some dark spots, one down the beach that I think is ok, but another out just under the large wave that to me is a bit of a distraction because I don't know what it is, but I am being picky. I like the image. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I like the position you managed to shoot this from. you put the steeple against the sky and the stone church against the landscape background and that seemed to work well. While the contrast is high, I like it for the church. Somehow the clouds seem a little much to me. Perhaps you could selectivly reduce the contrast or something for the clouds, but I think I would leave the church the way you have it. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I think the B&W version is much improved over the color and I like it. Interesting, I spent an hour or two today with an old B&W film photographer and his portfolio and I mentioned that I thought guys like him enjoyed the grain effects in their work. His images were pure, no grain. He said with the later technologies he managed to keep the grain out of his work and that is the way he liked it. I guess they didn't all like grain in their work. the pose you captured and the crop you used created a very dramatic shot. Well done. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
It is a fog scene, so I think that the original presentation is appropriate, but at the same time it lacks something for me. I very quickly took the tree as the main subject as Jerry intended we do. I might add emphasis to that tree a bit more however by darkening it a bit but I recofnize that is not really natural. I guess I am just not really buying into the image that well. |
Oct 24th |
| 64 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Interesting, I had a comment that it should be brought out more by perhaps lightening it and raising textures or contrast which I did, but you are giving basically the opposite comment. Perhaps it will be interesting to see what some others say about this image. I have struggled a little with getting the verticle lines verticle and the horizontal lines horizontal where the perspective would expect it. |
Oct 12th |
6 comments - 1 reply for Group 64
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12 comments - 2 replies Total
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