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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/3/2004 4:21:44 AM
Carol,
Technically brilliant - the emotive value of this image is stupendous layers of meaning available for anyone who wants to contemplate it for awhile...
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| Photo By: Carol Watson
(K:5185)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/3/2004 4:16:02 AM
Sandy,
This is quite a good minimal DOF...the window frame leads into the figurine nicely...
Things to remember about a minimal DOF are that light and shadow are greatly enhanced in the viewer's eye when they can't make out the stuff in the background. I find that it is always good to try to find a dark background (at least for my style) as the light will always show up more than you expect it too (nice thing about light  )...
I agree about Macro lenses and as I love minimal DOF, I use them a lot. I also find that to enhance the vagueness of the background, use the fastest practical shutter speed - you can always lighten the image again (too fast is too grainy).
I am not sure about the red object in this image but I am sure it will work very well for many...I like the tiny bit of debris by the figurine's foot - it is almost the sharpest focus in the image and lends an interesting perspective to the shot...
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
(K:17107)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/3/2004 4:09:07 AM
I kind of like this kitschy rusted thing but then sometimes, I like kitsch...
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| Photo By: Fabio Keiner
(K:81109)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 2:12:02 PM
I like the DOF here and the warm tonal gradation of the sand is wonderful...one could argue for a bit more detail on the foreground area of the poles but otherwise - excellent image...
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| Photo By: Hermen Pen
(K:9168)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 1:47:23 PM
From a journalistic point of view this captures the moment - I find it interesting from a "me" perspective how bright the trees behind the banner are - the seem nearly the same color...
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
(K:185110)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 12:26:21 PM
The image seems to balanced between sky and water imo...still it is lovely...
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
(K:37426)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 12:24:14 PM
Verena,
This image is spectacular - the perspective, the arm, the everything - I can't even articulate it but I love it!!
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Photo By: Verena Rentrop
(K:15233)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 6:02:29 AM
I am not so much into bug shots although it is a good study of technical skill... this one looks like he is walking the cable of a suspension bridge - wide enough to walk on but not sure about reliability...
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| Photo By: Johnny K
(K:12635)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 6:00:38 AM
I like the relaxed pose of the man in the background as opposed to the light tension in the foreground man's back - the girl I find odd and compelling as she seems almost like she isn't in the image and yet she is clearly there - like an overlay or an apparition...
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| Photo By: Peter Burda
(K:4807)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 5:56:03 AM
vivid expression in a classic shot - the setting (when known and understood) lends a particular power to this image.
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| Photo By: Bradley Prue
(K:30678)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 4:13:30 AM
kimonos for the geisha...
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
(K:21290)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 4:11:46 AM
I agree with Fabio
some of this would be great in a small book of haiku - on photo to verse ratio per spread...
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| Photo By: kita mcintosh
(K:18594)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 3:58:20 AM
I love the lead in through her book. She gazes over it and then we see that annoyed stare - very funny. Tonally, this works well too...I have one problem with it and that is the white triangle protruding from the back right-hand side of her head...it is very distracting as it matches the tones of the book and so I tend to move between it and the book. For digital processing you could clone it out...
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| Photo By: Stefan Engström
(K:24473)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/2/2004 3:53:51 AM
Stefan, I have no suggestions as I have not tried an actual panning shot. All I've tried is to let it blur as she moves by using a long exposure. So that the swinger is a blur and the background is stationary. I a like the feel and movement here. In fact, I think I will have to try this myself...funny how the obvious can escape me!
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| Photo By: Stefan Engström
(K:24473)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:32:32 PM
cyclamen? - -
Great detail on the curve of the stalk - love how these beauties drop...
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| Photo By: Steven H
(K:7142)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:31:28 PM
I like very much the movement created here simply by the good use of DOF - great clarity on the focal flower...
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| Photo By: Steven H
(K:7142)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:28:49 PM
The crop here is refreshing and dynamic - I don't mind the softness but I do wish the clarity were in her eyes rather than the rim of the hat...
The thing that I find the most distracting is the yellow - tones - I would go black and white with this - the correct conversion and her skin would smooth out beautifully...
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| Photo By: Isaac Shaw
(K:2563)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:25:21 PM
wonderful perspective with the focus and the toy - these are things we would do well to remember...
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| Photo By: Allison Kuznia
(K:562)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:24:19 PM
a beautiful and tender moment - I would like to see his entire hand in the frame - otherwise, there is little to complain about...
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| Photo By: Allison Kuznia
(K:562)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:12:14 PM
there is something about the angle and the eyes here that is absolutely dynamic -
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| Photo By: lowell whipple girbes
(K:13151)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:09:25 PM
I agree with Trish as far as the little girl goes, this has it all - not sure about the ropes or whatever on the background right but otherwise - this one is wonderful - she is dynamic!!
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| Photo By: lowell whipple girbes
(K:13151)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:03:30 PM
love it...the movement between the two is quite dynamic - like the parallel's between the table legs on the left and the human legs on the right...
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| Photo By: lowell whipple girbes
(K:13151)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 7:00:32 PM
fascinating techinique I can see that there would be lots of possibilities for this...I am not entirely sold on the background - the orange squares are good some of the rest of it seems a tad busy...
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
(K:17107)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 6:58:25 PM
you know, I don't have much to say - he makes me smile and I can't focus on detail because he tickles me so - reminds me of a child of the sixties or seventies trying to peer out from behind a mop of shaggy hair!!
phwet - it lifts up and flops down again!!
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| Photo By: Tim Long
(K:9228)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 6:55:14 PM
This works well and is unusual in this genre...the sepia tones of the trees remind me of a certain style of classic landscape and the the faded orange of the automobile is very complimentary to those tones...and the dark brown rusts echoes them nicely...you were alert and remembered to tone the reflections too...this is an excellent and refreshing shot in this genre
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| Photo By: Tim Long
(K:9228)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 6:49:35 PM
A more dynamic and well-organized composition - the last one teetered on the edge of chaos but still held our attention - this one has a wonderful vertical movement...
I noticed that this one is vertical and the previous (if I remember correctly was horizontal). I find it interesting as typically tryps are displayed in the same format. For some reason, I've never noted how you handle that before. However, both scenes needed the layout they had and the strength of the image should not become subservient to the format imo...
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
(K:185110)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 6:41:13 PM
I like the tones and shadows of this shot - however, I do think that it could benefit from a tad more sharpness on the left-hand side of his face (as in our left, his right)...
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| Photo By: Ursula I Abresch
(K:6515)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 12:13:38 PM
ah, the ever famous Dutch lace!!
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
(K:37426)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 12:11:32 PM
Very bright with a good comp that moves well inspite of the business...I am interested to see the next two and see how this tryp plays out...
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
(K:185110)
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Critique By:
MaryBell (K:32791)
3/1/2004 12:00:53 PM
great light and a wonderful sense of distortion - it sucks us down those stairs...
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| Photo By: Lukasz Gladki
(K:1101)
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