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Critique By:
Nitish Kanabar (K:2618)
11/27/2004 9:32:53 AM
Excellent expression on her face. Wonderful image - beautifully composed.
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Critique By:
Nitish Kanabar (K:2618)
11/27/2004 9:31:39 AM
Very interesting image. Your PS work is beautiful, Ken.
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Critique By:
Khaled Mursi Hammoud (K:54005)
11/19/2004 12:42:23 AM
Wonderful portrait Ken,
The soft lighting gives a nice mood to capture.
I like the way the big boy smiles to his mother and the shining eyes of the small one.
Good work Ken, regards,
Khaled.
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Critique By:
Mark Mellen (K:1970)
11/18/2004 5:42:49 AM
nice job... Excellent work....Mark
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Critique By:
Paul Lara (K:88111)
2/2/2004 6:50:08 PM
What a wonderful photo!
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Critique By:
Giancarlo Liguori (K:5281)
1/21/2004 11:53:04 AM
Wonderful expression!
Good job!
Giancarlo Liguori
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Critique By:
Bill Krul (K:5597)
12/9/2003 2:06:59 PM
I wonder what drives us to photograph images of old, decaying objects? Perhaphs it has someting to do with our own mortality. But I am attaracted to such images. This one has a nice composition, color and great detail in the old wood with its cracks & lichens.
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Critique By:
kathleen fonseca (K:11992)
11/28/2003 10:46:30 PM
gorgeous work Ken, the dog's expression is so eloquent it hurts. He seems to be seeking approval for a job well done for his Master and i just want to reach through the screen to give him a pat on his head to reassure him that he did just great! You do a nice job with your effects and yes you are right, there's room for everyone and all perspectives. Keep shooting, keep fiddling with Photoshop, you are already creative in both and will just get better! (one thing though, does "Fuzzy by Design" need to be there??) regards, kat..(thanks for your comment on my image, "No Entrada")
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Critique By:
al shaikh (K:15790)
11/26/2003 12:11:12 PM
Amazing makeover, thanks for sharing.
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Critique By:
Kim Culbert (K:37070)
11/26/2003 7:29:05 AM
You're right! What a change! The catchlights in her eyes really make this image pop and the light in those curls is fabulous. A nice documentation, although I never understood why the before image is always no makeup and no smiling. It would be refreshing to see what they normally look like throughout the day.
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Critique By:
Ken Draper (K:700)
11/26/2003 7:19:35 AM
this version also didnt load properly, perhaps a tad too big yet , becuase a thin red border is missing and my logo is blurred. oftne happens in downloads. sorry. Im also attaching a copy of the pre makeover shot. Can you see why She felt so great about her makeover? Her whole personality changed with the excitement of it, more outgoing. positive and cheerful and when I walked in the the makeover shot , I walked right past her without recognizing her. Kenny
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Critique By:
Ken Draper (K:700)
11/25/2003 5:32:57 PM
thanks to all for the nice comments. FYI this is my only grandchild and I had been hoping to get him in such a setting but hadnt been to the barber shop with him til now. I recalled my own grandfather cutting my hair and how I tried not to move so the recreation in BW was an attempt to recapture that old image from my childhood.
Ive been experimenting with the BW conversions and found that by increasing color in original, before converting to BW, then adding a touch of pencil or charcoal in separate layer and selectively erasing to areas I want it, it increases detail. I also blew it up and used the burn tool on eyelashes and brows since his hair is so light after blowing it up used 15 to 30 percent darken RGB on areas like dark spots in hair hair and shadow under nose. The Hands of the barber were appeared more in focus because I used the darken RFB tool on creases of hands, thumbnail edges and shading on left back of hand to give appearance of sharper focus. all at low opacity. Ive just been experiementing but it does seem to give more depth to the standard conversions. As a tip, Ive found also that by adding a light layer of oil to animals, horses coats, dog fur etc, then converting to bw, it gives a special depth to the overall image and appearance of better contrast also. Ive had little luck with destaturating and had to make do with these methods. I will figure out more as I go hopefully. Its unbelievable how many options there are for processing photos and im still a beginner but love it. If you have any of your own tricks for enhancing color to BW photos, Id love to hear them. Kenny
ps to Sandy, was that last comment for me or a Dave?
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Critique By:
sandy c. hopkins (K:17107)
11/25/2003 2:13:54 PM
lol...this is great!
you are good dave..wow..
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Critique By:
Mike Ombrello (K:4878)
11/25/2003 9:47:38 AM
Ken, nice image. Good composition, overall tome and contrast. Regards, Mike
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Critique By:
Pat Fruen (K:12076)
11/25/2003 8:49:58 AM
Really nice kid in a barber chair photo...nice tones. The crop with just the barber's hands really makes the composition. Nice work.
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Critique By:
Rawabi Al-Nuaimi (K:15659)
11/25/2003 3:20:14 AM
i like the tones and idea.. great DOF 
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Critique By:
dodo simko (K:217)
11/25/2003 1:58:56 AM
fine ... i was same
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Critique By:
sandy c. hopkins (K:17107)
11/24/2003 3:29:37 PM
awwww....
what a lovely pooch!! great dop...but nothing beats the look in the eye!! love also how his little paws are through the fence..
lol
i really appreciate your comment over on the conversation..
i left you a a short explanation behind the hazy quality of the photo..
thank you kindly your imput means a great deal...
i have already been sorting through some photos and may be doing some more work with her soon...
thanks
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Critique By:
Mike Ombrello (K:4878)
11/20/2003 4:38:35 PM
Ken, Nice image. Regards, Mike
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Critique By:
Giovanni Allievi (K:1052)
11/20/2003 2:01:57 AM
Great toning and composition.
Regards,
Giovanni.
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Critique By:
Mike Ombrello (K:4878)
11/17/2003 3:28:07 PM
Nice image. Composition is great. Regards, Mike
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Critique By:
Ken Draper (K:700)
11/17/2003 10:21:33 AM
thanks Ricardo, in regards to soft, its a problem I have converting poster sized hi res images down to the limitations of this site for submission. so much data in such a tiny space. usually it appears ok down to 98x10 but in this small format they appear soft, especially landscapes. you can tell the compression effect by looking at my logo and seeing how much it blurs when reduced. I usually shoot in tiff format and to even get the logs to show clearly after reduction have to add many at the end of the process. I have found that the same photos also look wonderful as oil or water color conversions and do a lot of that for friends and for my personal taste, but those would appear even softer here and lost way too much detail. If you know how to make them appear sharper in here let me know. its kinda like getting 10 lbs of crud in a 1 lb sack if you know what I mean lol kenny
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Critique By:
Ken Draper (K:700)
11/17/2003 10:11:14 AM
thanks Ricardo, you hit it right on the head. So much beauty in the world to enjoy and share outside the dark side i dealt with everyday. It made me appreciate life and gives me a special peace finding and capturing, even enhancing scenes. regards kenny
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Critique By:
Ricardo Villagran (K:1901)
11/17/2003 10:10:48 AM
Kenny, Very, very lovely... I can see that your images look a little soft, is that something you are doing on purpose? because goes just perfect with the mood. PD. indeed my exhibition has been doing ok... nothing big, but means a lot to me. regards, Thanks! Ricardo
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Critique By:
Ricardo Villagran (K:1901)
11/17/2003 10:04:46 AM
After so many years documenting crime scenes, I understand why now you are capturing the beauty that life gave us... regards, and keep shooting! Ricardo r_villagran@yahoo.com
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Critique By:
Ricardo Villagran (K:1901)
11/17/2003 8:54:14 AM
Ken, very nice expression...!
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Critique By:
Paul's Photos (K:35235)
11/17/2003 2:36:13 AM
nice.. almost looks like a painting
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Critique By:
Andrius Maciunas (K:2047)
11/17/2003 1:18:35 AM
Excelent background and DOF!
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Critique By:
Ashok Chaudhary (K:1728)
11/17/2003 12:51:28 AM
The resizing does reduce the clarity and sharpness a bit - but over all a very good image - well composed and excellent lighting
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Critique By:
Raymund Macaalay (K:7218)
11/17/2003 12:20:28 AM
Ken this is a great photo, Excellent Shot, It looks like a dream
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