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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Brad,
Many thanks for your comment. |
Jan 26th |
| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Melissa, Thank you for your kind words and suggestions which are much appreciated. It seemed an appropriate treatment to use given the Festive time of year. I like your idea of adding a splash of colour as a foil against the infrared monochrome. |
Jan 17th |
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| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Lisa, This is a very creative idea that has been well pre-visualised and well executed. Given the storyline you are trying to create, I prefer your Original 2 image which makes it abundantly clear what the frogs are doing. To enhance the storyline, it would have been good to see five of the frogs with hands overlapped and in a horse-shoe formation with the sixth one flying in to join and make the circle complete. Perhaps you could add some Motion Blur to that frog to add gravitas to the composition. |
Jan 11th |
| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Tom, My first impression of your image was one of empty space, isolation and loneliness. I like your pre-visualisation of the story you wanted to tell and the competence of your technical skills required to achieve it. Your removal of the fence around the church is an exemplar to us all. Compositionally, I like the way you have three main elements (fence on left, yourself, church) which together creates a good visual triangle of interest. The essence of your image is in the lower half of the frame. Therefore, I wondered what you would think about cropping the image into a letterbox format and indeed flipping the image horizontally to make better use of the left-to-right lead-in along the road you have introduced. See below. |
Jan 11th |
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| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Reply |
Tom, Many thanks for your kind words and suggestions which are much appreciated. As a matter of interest, I was born in England, grew up in Scotland and am quarter Welsh. I am full of admiration for anyone who is proud of their Nationality and is not afraid to show it, particularly demonstrated when the English take on the Welsh, Scots and Irish at Rugby Union. It is interesting how we all have slightly different perspectives when viewing images; eg I saw the brown door and/or the seed feeder as creating the focal interest at the end of the lane whereas you wanted to see a person/car/buggy/animal fulfill that function. I take your point about the grass in the middle of the road and I don't quite know what possessed me to place it there. |
Jan 11th |
| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Melissa, You have captured well the melancholy of the girl's expression and the total relaxation of the pig snuggled up in the girl's arms. The subject has been placed centrally in the frame which makes for a visually static picture and in order to increase the overall visual dynamic, an off-centre placement is preferable. I quite like the soft-focus cloud patterns in the sky and wondered whether there would be merit in making it a square format (to concentrate on the girl as a portrait study) and flipping the image horizontally. I would be interested in your reaction to the attached version. |
Jan 11th |
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| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Hazel, I like as backdrop for your composite, your choice of snowy woodland with overhanging branch and recession of the path into the background. Your creation and use of the different brushes for the snow effect works well; I warm to your use of icing sugar and flour on black card for different effects. The main issue I have with the composite is the size of the fox and its central position in the frame. I agree with Tom that a smaller version of the fox placed slightly further back and more to the left as we look at it would increase the overall dynamic of the image. |
Jan 11th |
| 41 |
Jan 25 |
Comment |
Brad, There is a powerful story behind this image which I like very much. I am drawn particularly to the way that the smaller scale of the couple under their umbrella 'walking the plank' towards the large 'white' window contrasts well with the larger scale surrounding darker internal environment. It is good that we can get an impression of the environment outside to which we are drawn as it is the brightest part of the image. The contrast between the colours of the couple and the monochrome background works perfectly and adds gravitas to the image. I support the suggestions from others about flipping the image horizontally to maximize the left-to-right visual flow. Lisa's version illustrates this perfectly. Congratulations and well done. |
Jan 10th |
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