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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
12/26/2005 6:58:41 PM
Beautiful. The wide angle includes all that background and gives context to their costumes, a perfect instance when wider is better.
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| Photo By: Larissa Nazarova
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
12/26/2005 6:50:04 PM
A great photo, but I think alittle bit of a crop could give it just that little bit more "pop". I've attached what I mean. With the crop somewhere around where I have placed it, the shoulders look more centered and the lines of the arms provide a base for the photo. Her eyes end up more towards the top third. Those things plus the white in the shirt bring the viewer right to the eyes where you want them, because you have after all captured a fantastic expresion on this model.
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| Photo By: Pat Fruen
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
12/26/2005 6:43:02 PM
The photo is really great but I think it is lens flare that you added in the lowwer right, that actually takes away from the focal point of the flower. If you really like it there try shifting the colors to match the flower more and see is that might bring the photo together a little more.
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| Photo By: Chris Boivin
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
4/15/2005 11:27:30 PM
One of my very first attempts at using frames. Your comments are spot on, I hadn't thought about doing those things but when you mention them I can see where they would be s definate improvement. The faded area of the frame should "match" the rest of the photo instead of being a complete different color.
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| Photo By: Andrew O'Rourke
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
4/12/2005 8:33:48 PM
My take on the focus would have been to blur the photo that was used as the desktop. It would help the blend the two, create some depth and really reinforce the illusion. If the background of the whole photo were sharp the whole thing would appear flat. As far as the crop goes I think if you blurred the desktop photo as suggested you would need to keep that portion of the open "window" on the screen to maintain the idea of the computer screen, otherwise it might look like just a frame.
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| Photo By: Ken Tinley
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
4/12/2005 8:13:22 PM
On my first quick glance at the thumbnail, the colors and textures of the table covering made me think of the beach. Treasure chests sitting in the sand with the water lapping up next to them. Maybe in an abstract version of the photo. As is though, it is very nicely lit, making for great color rendition and contrast. The framing seems a little off maybe the one in the upper left should be completely in the frame.
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| Photo By: Sergio Gomez
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/27/2005 3:58:00 PM
You could also fix the color problem in the future by using a gel over your lighting, use the complementary color to your background color, here you would use a yellowish green, when the gelled light mixes with the reflected light you get a nice neutral.
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| Photo By: Oscar Pinto
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/19/2005 8:59:23 PM
Another cool idea you might try, a photo of the Abosolut imposed over a photo of the lava portion of the lamp, so that it looks like the lava is inside the bottle, Absolut '70's
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| Photo By: Kemal Kekeva
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/19/2005 8:49:05 PM
I'm not sure what is around the corner, but if you were to try maybe gettinh on the wall that is on the right there, you could get a higher angle on the scene. That would let the curve in the street draw the viewer through the photo.
A change of tone might be called for, either B&W or possibly sepia. If you leave it in color you may want to look at changing the tones of the sky. It appears to have a little too much red in it. Some how the blue just seems off. It looks like you have found a village full of possibilities.
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| Photo By: bill worthington
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 8:35:11 PM
Th eonly thing I think this image needs is straightened out. The line formed by the snow caps should be straight so that your viewer doesn't feel off balance.
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| Photo By: cen
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 8:30:44 PM
I really like the depth of field in this photograph. It works very well, placing the focal point right where you want it. Great job.
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| Photo By: Thomas Loup
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 8:14:16 PM
Beautiful scene with good contrast between the cold colors of the sky / mountains and the warmth of the vegetation in the fore ground. You might however try a good crop to get rid of the road surface and bring the attention to where it needs to be, those lovely mountains and blue sky. I think it makes a great panoramic. I would put the mountains near the middle to keep a nice balance between the warm and cool colors I mentioned. Great shot overall ! !
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| Photo By: Chandru Shahani
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 8:04:40 PM
I think you have a very beautiful shot here, it just needs a good crop, I would put the subject right in the middle, since your focal point is not distinctly above or below the horizon line. You still get the contrasting darkness in the corner but it doesn't take away from the mountains in the distance.
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| Photo By: Robert Stokes
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 4:10:50 PM
The tones are great in this one, and the highlight in her eyes combined with the hard focus is mesmerizing. The male being in soft focus really shifts the focal point to the female. The backlight creates a nice definition between the two different shirts.
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| Photo By: Martin Ziaja
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 4:03:42 PM
Good composition and good tones. The highlight in the persons hair helps bring attention to him. The only thing that could be improved is turning the subject toward the sunset. As the other focus of the picture, there should be some interaction between the two. And possibly bring the sun down to the top third line.
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| Photo By: michele del becaro
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 3:26:14 PM
I like the tones and the sharpness. But I think there should be more space in front of her, you have titled it as a ride to work, we should see where she is going. If it had been a ride from work then we would want to see where she was leaving, putting more sapce behind her in the photo.
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| Photo By: Kip Cole
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 3:21:33 PM
I agree with Alejandro, the upper portion says seductive and confident, while the legs say frustrated and unstable. The over all look ends up being sort of as Peta said, a model who has to pee trying to lok sultry. The 'set' that you have found looks like a very versitile place. I wonder what other images came from this shoot.
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| Photo By: larry white
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/2/2005 3:17:38 PM
You've created a very interesting mood here. I like the darkness and the bit of mystery that the crop invokes.
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| Photo By: ed leveckis
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/1/2005 12:36:27 AM
A lot of views but no comments, I think people are trying to see exactly what the picture is. i still can't tell. From the thumbnail, not knowing is ok, but once you have the full image loaded there should be some form to it. Maybe a little more explanation would help.
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| Photo By: David Mongeau-Petitpas
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/1/2005 12:31:03 AM
A nice image, I always like a little vignetting. I think the curves need a little adjusting to get some 0 and some 255 in there.
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| Photo By: mark griswold
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/1/2005 12:11:19 AM
Very beautiful setting. The only thing you might try, is moving the horizon along a third. Since the emphasis seems to be the people on the beach, moving the horizon to the top third would put more focus on those people. It might also make a good pano, crop of the beach in the foreground, and suddenly you discover the couple on the far beach.
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| Photo By: Gary Flynn
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/1/2005 12:05:19 AM
Not sure exactly what you were going for here. I think this one comes off a bit plain, possibly a change of angle would help it feel less like a random picture snapped at a cross walk.
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| Photo By: D W
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
2/1/2005 12:02:49 AM
Not sure what happened here, but there seems to be a lot of artifacts left over from the scanning/developing process. Sometimes film grain can be used to accentuate the mood, but this appears overly grainy not matter what mood you are going for.
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| Photo By: BRUNELLA FRATINI
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/30/2005 3:32:45 PM
This is my favorite of the three. I think that has to do with the interaction, with two focal points (model and candle) there should be some interaction between the two. The other two you have in this series seem to be lacking that interaction. The only sugestion on this one is to move the candle more in line with the left third, that might also include the elbow that is missing on the left. But I do love the tones.
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| Photo By: John Fiore
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/30/2005 3:27:21 PM
You've done well placing the subject on the right side, but I would like to see the whole shadow, even if that means more negative space to the left and bottom to keep the same relative placement of the subject.
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| Photo By: Edison de Paula
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/30/2005 3:25:08 PM
You've good a great image here, the balance is good and I like the way the stem isn't fully visible.
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| Photo By: Dan Scenna
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/30/2005 3:22:34 PM
It's a good model in a great pose, I would prefer to see more of the arm, her faces feels like it's too close to the edge. Depending on what is out to thr right it might feel better in more of a landscape format, that would let us know what she is turned towards.
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| Photo By: Luis Alvarez
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/30/2005 1:24:11 AM
I like the idea of the photo, but I think you could better emphasize the subject that is sugested by the title. The "lovers" were one of the last things I noticed. I think it has to do with the long sloping line of the land mass in the background. I think that a crop would do wonders for changing the emphasis. I included an example of what I mean. I think that allows the right side of the hill to take over and lead your eye to the couple. I'm sure others will have different ideas and they are probably even better than mine.
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| Photo By: Giuseppe Ronchetti
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/25/2005 7:55:22 AM
I really like the mood created by the soft focus, and the frame is a good choice. You might try cropping more off the right, maybe centering your subject, or putting her off to the right. A crop would make the photos proportions closer to the subjects proportions, and possibly get rid of some of the negative space on the right side, there is a lot of white up there right now.
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| Photo By: Devin Manky
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Critique By:
Andrew O'Rourke (K:1602)
1/24/2005 5:54:54 AM
Right or left makes no difference, what does make a diference is the amount of "empty" space in front or behind the main subject. The technique used most often is to leave space in front of the subject so they have room to move into the picture. In this case with it being a sunset, having space behind the subject adds to the feeling of finality. The only other thing I would add is that the horizon should feel more level even if the subject is not.
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| Photo By: Kyle Turgeon
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