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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
7/18/2004 4:26:54 PM
It's not too flat; it's just right. I'm out of touch by email, but I found web access. This seemed like a good way to stay, at least provisionally, in touch.
D
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
4/4/2004 7:06:35 AM
Deb ?
This is a wondeful image; a cool interpretation of what id likely a very warm place. The order is rewarding.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
3/31/2004 7:02:51 PM
Deb ?
It's a lovely image ? classic, discuplined. I'm interested: where is the doorway; what building?
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
3/29/2004 4:09:16 PM
Deb ?
Much better. Thanks.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
3/28/2004 8:23:47 AM
Deb ?
This one is, I think, my favorite. The black-and-white with the shallow depth of field and the cropping all make it a very effective picture. Thanks.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
2/26/2004 8:03:47 PM
Triptychs are inherently for serious content; the overtones of relegious art are everywhere here, and they are quite successful. I hope you can print it in a large format; that would do it the most good. Thanks for the work.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
2/26/2004 7:58:12 PM
Deb ?
Don't crop anything. It is what it is. The straighter the picture, the more it will do for us in the long run, but you knew I'd say that. Thanks for posting the work.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
2/20/2004 6:10:26 AM
I think it is an excellent photograph, as are many of your 35mm pans. They are strong and the format often seems appropriate to the subject, perhaps in some instances too appropriate. This photograph enjoys depth of field as well as the panorama, which makes it especially good. If I were you I wouldn't be disappointed by weak response to such work on this site. Here, and on similar sites, the audience is most likely to respond to the immediate impact of a hot little thumbnail, most likely featuring a pretty woman (my contention is that plenty of guys got into photography because they thought it was a way to meet pretty women) or a simplistic image. There are obvious exceptions, but it is hard to expect more in a situation where the image resolution is 72 ppi and the thumbnail is, well, a thumbnail. Your b+w also seems good. How do you find the Fuji TX1, which I presume is also the Hasselblad X Pan? If you have time, I'd very much like to know. ddmckay@sympatico.ca. In any case, good luck; I also think the picture is very good, and I appreciate the posting.
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Photo By: Roger Williams
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
2/8/2004 9:25:22 PM
Of all the work you've posted, I think this is my first choice, the most effective and accomplished, so much the most likely to last. It is unstudied and technically in control (although I think all your work has that), really beautiful without obvious staging or apparent tweeking. Mostly, I appreciate it because, while there are no overt references to the work, it is like the photographs of a very young Richard Avedon, who found photography so easy in the fifties, and did not yet have a formula. Thank you for the great work. Obviously, people appreciate it.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
2/3/2004 4:07:41 AM
Dennis ?
Left-hand corner... I'm not sure myself. Might be depth of field, but I can't see how. I was using the telephoto to compose this; I've looked at the exposures around it and none includes exactly the same field. Perhaps my notes are wrong about the F-stop, but I'm reasonably fastidious, so I'm not sure that's it either. Could be some strange rotational camera shake, but I've never heard of that, or seen it. I think it is just local atmosphere, and that's what I put it down to when I looked at the negative.
Thanks for checking these out. In the fall I was west ? Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming ? photographing with a larger-format camera. I'm not prepared to post those for a while, so I thought I'd add a few from Venice in the meantime. I'll put up two or three more in a couple of days. I appreciate your comments.
Donald
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
1/27/2004 7:18:06 PM
I like the composition. The slice of space quality suits the subject. a omr studied composition would trivialize what is going on here. Thanks for the good work.
Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
1/27/2004 7:33:47 AM
This is a wonderfull and modest image. I admire its discipline. Thank you for the work.
Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
12/9/2003 4:39:52 AM
I think these social portriats of yours are very strong. I'm glad you are posting them here. Thanks for the work. DM
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| Photo By: Dennis Komis
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
12/6/2003 9:47:51 PM
This is a wonderful, very straight image. Thank you for the terrific work.
DM
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| Photo By: Steve Kompier
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
12/6/2003 9:45:51 PM
This is a terrific, very nasy image; maybe the best thing of your i've seen. Please, keep it up. Thanks.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/30/2003 5:54:07 AM
This is a terrific image. I'm really impressed with its intensity. Thank you for the work.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/17/2003 6:32:19 PM
I think this is a terrific document. I enjoy the play between the fore- and the background. Thanks for the work.
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| Photo By: Robson Zumkeller Campos
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/17/2003 2:16:39 PM
Good for you Dennis.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/15/2003 4:32:12 PM
I think I'm seeing a theme emerge.
D
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/14/2003 8:35:07 PM
It's not that I like the emptiness; I respect it. It doesn't know or care if we are here or not, it doesn't ask anything of us, and we can't expect anything of it. It's no great mystery that the people who live in such places think in terms of one god, while the people who live in the forested places of the world generally have many. Deserts are natural hermitages; alone is the appropriate state there.
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| Photo By: Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/13/2003 9:26:20 PM
Your architectural photography is remarkable, classical, technically austere and beautifully conceived, almost too much so. looking at your work, I'm constantly reminded of the pioneering masters of photography, which is a compliment. I would love to see more. Thank you for the work. Please keep it up.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/13/2003 9:20:18 PM
I really appreciate the rigour and restraint of this work. It's very impressive, and I enjoy the resonance it has with thearchitectural documents of Frederick Evans, and generally with Nineteenth Century Architectural photography. Thank you for the work.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/12/2003 6:14:01 PM
Smart move. It's good to see Blaze out there. Keep posting.
D
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/12/2003 5:57:55 PM
I think this is excellent work. Welcome to Usefilm. I hope to see more of your material in the future. Thank you for posting.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/10/2003 8:23:07 AM
Charlie: I had to double-check and, not to be defensive, but the horizon is level; it's the land that's crooked. And I know it all looks like the movies, but if you looked at the movies and knew the land and the history, you would realize that the producers and directors don't know one piece of it from another, and are always mixing it up. It's the movies, as much as anything, that have made it impossible to see the real relationships that exist between Americans and their land; that's alienation at its best. None-the-less, thanks for the comment.
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| Photo By: Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/10/2003 7:56:17 AM
Everyone lost. This is a desertified environment. There isn't water enough left in the western states to keep irrigating places like this one. Cattle grazed the land into oblivion, like they do in all semi-arid places where people are still desperate enough keep them. That having been said, I like deserts. They're empty.
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| Photo By: Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/10/2003 7:50:48 AM
Keep the sand!! It's so boring it's great. It makes a great field against which to see the houses. Don't change a thing!
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/10/2003 7:46:24 AM
I'm glad to see that Dennis has already found your work. This one is a terrific composition. Great use of color. Bring it on.
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/9/2003 12:37:11 PM
The reflections are lense flare. The camera is pointed virtually into the late-afternoon sun ? upper right-hand corner ? and it is, in the end, part of the picture. Personally, I like the motif of sunset as it consumes the image, but that's a personal call; what ever the case, printing this picture has been a nightmare.
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| Photo By: Donald McKay
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Critique By:
Donald McKay (K:340)
11/8/2003 7:13:42 PM
That's a very solid document Dennis. I'm impressed, especially because it seems to be studied more than your snapshot-style photos. You bring a thoughtful reserve to color that keeps it from being sentimental, or cheesy. Thank you for the work.
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