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64 Jun 17 Comment Well, I am surprised by your comments. My thought was that people would see the bright bottom left as too bright, lacking in detail and distracting. Certainly that's what judges over here would have tended to say, I think. So thank you - I'll see how it does in a club competition next year! Jun 21st
64 Jun 17 Comment Another splendid shot from your UAE trip, Stan.

I've been reading our comments for your March one, and all that was said there is true again I think - super clarity, tone, gradation, interesting composition - great.

I note we discussed converging verticals in March, and correcting them there was an improvement I thought. Here I don't think you've corrected the verticals here, and in this case for me that was very much the right decision - the converging verticals give me a strong impression of the height of the building, and some might say indicative of it pointing up to the heavens from a solid base on Earth.

My only suggestion for improvement would be that a few people walking along the paved area might have given scale and a human element to the picture. However they'd have had to have been "locals" in appropriate dress and not tourists of course, and like policemen, where are they when you want them??

Jun 12th
64 Jun 17 Comment Yes, I really like this effect, it's not one that we normally see on subject like locos. The short focal length and hence viewpoint emphasises the size and grandeur of the loco, and the other remaining details of the other lines and the buildings enhance the flow of the composition I think.

I'd suggest cloning out the "do not climb" notice. It's a pity the chimney has been almost lost - can it be recovered? If so a bit more space at the top and a bit less at the bottom would be good, I think.		 Jun 2nd
64 Jun 17 Comment Another lovely composition, Abhijeet. He doesn't look thrilled carrying the construction on his shoulders; neither would I be especially in bare feet. The whole composition gives him character.

I'd suggest a bit more contrast is needed to give it more punch. Could you lighten his face a little, perhaps up to the level of his chest? Also I feel that cropping the right edge to just exclude the branch/trunk on the right improves the composition a little and removes the distraction of that item.		 Jun 2nd
64 Jun 17 Comment I thought I recognised that - I've been to what I recall was the Huddertwasse toilets, somewhere near the Bay of Islands, which are in this style. They were garishly colourful, maybe this was too. His style is indeed quirky, a bit like Gaudi, but unique and very interesting.

You've chosen a small area which I like. Technically I like it all, great mono. Losing the colour enhances the shapes, the irregular tiles being in sharp contrast with the bricks and the grilles.

My reservations are the black line behind the window grille - what is it? Could a different viewpoint have avoided it? It does spoil the nice shape of the grille for me. Also the large light areas are distracting - pity they aren't the tiling as on the top and left.		 Jun 2nd
64 Jun 17 Comment Nice picture, I'm jealous as I have lots of macro kit and very few decent macro images. I'll spend more time on it and join a macro group in due course!
Taking from above has reduced the depth of field challenge and contributed to an image which is sharp in the important areas, losing only the ends of the legs and antennae. However this means the leaves are also in soft focus which enhances the insect and I like that. The shiny wing highlights and dark areas are well controlled. Composition is pleasing.
Pity the eyes are obscured, maybe that insect has small ones? I'd have cloned out the little bit of wiggly light at the very end of the leaf as it's a bit distracting, and maybe dulled down the light areas on the image bottom and left edges.		 Jun 2nd
64 Jun 17 Comment Oh, I do love owls. I once went to a falconry centre and was holding a barn owl. The handler said "After the feathers and the size of those eyes and the mouth that can swallow a vole whole, how much room do you think there's left for brains?" Who cares, they are lovely, and this image is lovely too.
Nice and sharp, well balanced composition, good range of tones, the background gradation enhances the bird and gives a natural vignette.
My suggestions would be that the "beard" is a bit too light and draws interest away from the eyes, and the eyes don't have a highlight on the iris. If its head were turned a little, then the beak would be clearer. But I still love it!
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