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Critique By:
Nick Karagiaouroglou (K:127263)
10/12/2009 9:57:41 PM
Too bad that the prints are so expensive where you live, Zeyneb, but the images on CDs will do very well too. Still, you receive the developed film, don't you? or do they give you only the CDs?
BTW, scanning is usual step when working with film, not with digital equipment.
Anyway, here the problem is obvious. The original lacked sharpness and it is overexposed too. Actually increasing contrasts will (sometimes) pretend to introduce a "better sharpness" and better exposure balance, but that´s all. It´s pretending which also introduces the usual witnesses of a bad shot: Pixelation after tryinf to "salvage" it. Don't salavage such images at all. Throw them away and try again. And if you can't try again then the only right photographical consequence is... that there is no way to bring back a lost chance. Actually the original of this shot is really unusable, Zeyneb. Wish you a second chance with a good solid light measurement, a wide aperture in case of low light conditions, and a tripod.
Cheers!
Nick
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Critique By:
Nick Karagiaouroglou (K:127263)
10/12/2009 9:49:37 PM
Replying much too late too, Zeyneb. But better late than never.
It was only nice that your aunt didn't pose ata all. best portraits are the straight ones with no pose, no artificial smile, no overdramatizing, or anything similar. Like for example here. Simple and straight.
BTW, another hint for avoiding potential problems when uploading: Make sure to check "None" in the options for sharpening of the upload dialog of UF. Ans also save the copy to be uploaded at some usual resolution - 80-100ppi is enough. Anything higher might be worse at the end. So, an image at a maximum of 850 pixels dimension (height or width) and at about a resolution of 80-100 ppi will usually work very well. At even higher resolutions the image has to be extremelely well taken in order to avoid such potential problems when uploading.
Cheers!
Nick
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
9/9/2009 8:39:58 AM
thanks dear Saad,
I've been missing UF!
zeynep
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Critique By:
Saad Salem (K:89003)
9/7/2009 3:02:59 PM
fit for the project,
welcome back,
Saad.
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
8/29/2009 4:26:10 PM
Dear Nick,
Here I add the original of the photo, it in fact had softer colors as you suggested. I now get to understand that the "patterned" look of many of the photos I upload here are because I play with their lights in microsoft picture manager. I dont like doing heavy postwork but I have a tendency of increasing contrasts-- I recently started to understand that it contrasts doesn't go well with every photo :P
to your question, it is not a scanning of a printed photo. I still use film, I get it developed and then put directly into cds, without getting the prints out (because its too expensive). although I try to work with photography stores which are good and cheap at the same time, I usually dont feel happy with the results, the photos have scratches and spots and often the colorings come out incorrect (when they use in sufficient developers or overdue ones). then I open up the digital programs and often end up with artificial looking results. I will take this comment of yours as a warning to be more careful in that,
best,
zeynep
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
8/29/2009 4:05:51 PM
Thank you so much Ronny,
your comments are precious to me, and sorry for taking so long to reply,
bhalo theko :)
zeynep
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
8/29/2009 4:04:28 PM
teşekkür ederim :)
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
8/29/2009 4:03:52 PM
Dear Nick,
thanks for your precious careful comments as always. And sorry for replying so late, I could only recently return home and got my internet working from my own laptop. You are right, it would look much better with some more of that background. I couldnt do that because there were other people and other walls around there, which I thought I wouldnt be able to include in a nice way.
The women is my aunt and she was not posed at all. This photo is from the graduation of my two cousins and it was a happy and tiring day for the family... but not only tiring, there are many other things here, which I think have reflected on her face, and I dont wish to write these down here :)
And on the patterns you are right again. after your previous comments I have learned to upload pictures as big as I can, just a few kb smaller than 400 kb. I dont know why it still looks so patented in UF, because the original in my computer is not like that.
Thanks again,
cheers :)
zeynep
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Critique By:
mutlu özbay (K:324)
8/20/2009 11:07:06 AM
çok hoş bir portre ifade ve duruş harika
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Critique By:
Dr. Rafael Springmann (K:89517)
8/10/2009 4:05:10 PM
Oh yes, dear Zeynap, the world is watching. You make it watch. I tried the address you sent me but it was rejected & when I tried to give you mine, it was rejected too. I think you might google my name Dr. Rafael Springmann & find my address that way.
Salem,
Rafi
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Critique By:
Arup Bhattacharya (K:3422)
7/30/2009 5:59:58 AM
Hello Zeynep.. How and Where are you ????
Missing you and your mails .. please revive my soul :-))
Mail koro..Bhalo theko.
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Critique By:
jorge carvalho (K:6262)
7/23/2009 2:26:22 PM
Beautifull, Deniz will thank you for the rest of his life :)
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Critique By:
Nick Karagiaouroglou (K:127263)
7/21/2009 3:15:04 PM
very well managed tonal balance for depicting the light and gue transitions that build up the scene and especially the sitting woman in all its plasticity. I don't know if the inclusion of that small stripe of background on the left is good this way. Perhaps more would be better.
The details are good but again I see the typical "patterns" of which I already talked on the other message to you. (Look for example at the forehead of the woman.)
The timing and the subject were OK too. BTW, did you instructed her to sit this way? It looks perfectly natural and not "posing" at all.
Cheers!
Nick
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Critique By:
Nick Karagiaouroglou (K:127263)
7/21/2009 1:48:20 PM
The image has many strenghts as a portrait and also as a "snapshot", Zeyneb. Surely a very original shot of a face, whic in some ways reminds me of journalism and of documentary work. Much like a professor in some good interview, elaborating on thoughts, ideas, theories, and views. The timing seems to have been perfect for that, despite the small reflections that cover his right eye. The coloring is again unusualy "hard" and strong for a portrait, and this fits well the already mentioned work of a photographer in joirnalistic fields, when there is not as much time to really adjust everything perfectly.
There are some problems too. You got the effects of hard pixelation here and there, and it seems that this was the result of the typical way that JPEG compresses the image, or perhaps scanning problems. These artefacts are visible as "hardness" for example in transitions of light/hue, or as "patterns" in other places. Look for example at his right ear. It is not only out of focus but also exhibits a "pattern-like" behavior. BTW, was that scanned from a print at a relatively big magnification?
Anyway, another problem is the too quickly diminishing sharpness toward the contours of the face. A bit more DoF (narrower aperture) might help make it better.
Cheers!
Nick
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Critique By:
Captain Demu Potleg (K:1594)
7/14/2009 5:39:21 PM
Loved your works zeynep !
khub khub bhalo... :)
my best
Ronny
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
7/14/2009 5:28:21 PM
I am so happy to hear from you dear Arup! Very glad you liked this one :) And looking forward to see your wildlife shots!
As for the mail, I'll do something for that right now!
Sevgiler,
z.
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
7/14/2009 5:20:07 PM
tabii, danende@gmail.com'a yazabilirsin. Görüşmek üzere,
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
7/14/2009 5:18:56 PM
Muchas gracias Gustavo,
Saludos,
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Critique By:
Arup Bhattacharya (K:3422)
7/13/2009 5:56:06 AM
Merhaba .. Excellent composition Zeynep. Especially , the bird on the statue's finger is just awesome and adds tremendous value to the word FREEDOM. The moment you freezed I will remember forever.
And by the way, I was passing through a state of inspirational recession .. I did not take a single snap in the last 3 weeks and did not visit UF in the last two weeks. I consciously kept myself away from photography, even if I knew I would miss all my friends at UF and specially you. This worked well.. in the last weekend [ 11 & 12 july ] I took some wildlife shots and it ignited the inspiration again.
And seriously Zeynep .. I am missing your mails .. do something for that :-))
Sevgiler,
Allah razı olsun,
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Critique By:
serhat ÖNCÜ (K:522)
7/12/2009 10:09:31 PM
peki:) yarin sirket ile görüstükten sonra sana sorumu sormak istiyorum bir email alabilirmiyim soru icin?
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Critique By:
Ania Zielińska-Hoşaf (K:61374)
7/11/2009 1:08:41 PM
Beautiful old picture, with such atmosphere...
Best wishes,
Ania
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Critique By:
safak tortu (K:2724)
7/11/2009 9:41:50 AM
Çook eskideennnn...
Güzeldi evet.....
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Critique By:
Armen Haroutunyan (K:4787)
7/11/2009 7:09:58 AM
great old picture,we really can see the emotion in this picture.
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Critique By:
Gustavo Scheverin (K:164501)
7/10/2009 10:05:24 PM
Bonito retrato, bien en B&W, tal vez un poco oscuro sobre la mujer.
Un abrazo!
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Critique By:
Sinem . (K:9180)
7/10/2009 9:29:50 PM
Naftalin kokuları geldi burnuma,ne kadar eski ve ne kadar güzel..şimdi o karedekiler kimbilir neredeler? tebrikler zeynep.nenenize sağlık ve hürmetler dilerim.sinem 7/7
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Critique By:
Saad Salem (K:89003)
7/10/2009 8:35:26 PM
thank you too much Zeynep,
and I would be so glad to meet any of my dear Turkish friends,in fact I would so much love that.
after all my trip is for photography,have to collect as much as I could as always,say with me Inshaallh,
my best regards,
Saad.
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Critique By:
Gustavo Scheverin (K:164501)
7/10/2009 6:35:15 PM
Logrado retrato, el B&W es muy adecuado.
Felicitaciones!
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
7/10/2009 5:52:00 PM
teşekkür ederim Serhat.
Yok şimdi İspanyada değilim, ama bu sene birkaç sene orada yaşadım. Dolayısıyla soracağın birçok şeye cevap verebilirim sanırım.
selamlar,
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Critique By:
zeynep b. (K:1744)
7/10/2009 5:49:28 PM
you are right Saad, in some senses it was a hard day. Thanks for commenting.
And, I think I might be in istanbul towards the end of july. I hope I can see you there, if you wish,
zeynep
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Critique By:
serhat ÖNCÜ (K:522)
7/9/2009 9:39:31 PM
siyah beyaz film ozellikle belgesel fotografciliga ayri bir anlam katiyor.konuyu güclendiyor bence o yüzden seviyorum siyah beyazi.
zeynep ispanyada mi yasiyorsun eger evetse ispanya hakkinda senden bilgi almak isterim.
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