|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/5/2006 1:31:15 AM
thanks alison. it never occurred to me to get rid of the white material in the photo. i honestly didnt think this one was going to turn out and i was more worried about that item the girl was holding in her hand. unlike a lot of photos people pose for in various parts of china (and other places), this one doesnt include anyone doing anything unnatural (flashing fingers in a "v" sign, unusual faces and so on).
i only wish i had taken more photos of these two young ladies but i was running short on time and they were actually busy inside the tent preparing some interesting dishes for our small group previously. my short experience inside the nomads tent is one i wont soon forget.
james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Alison DuFlon (K:36566)
8/4/2006 7:47:23 PM
I love this one and the way the small boy is looking back, with an expression that seems to say, follow me. Alison
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Alison DuFlon (K:36566)
8/4/2006 7:45:38 PM
Very cute shot, you have really captured his sense of humor in this half tough half commical pose and expression. Thank you for your recent comments. Alison
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Alison DuFlon (K:36566)
8/4/2006 7:43:01 PM
What a beautiful doble portrait, i love their pose and how you have isolated them from the background and I like her with the object in the hand. to make it a bit more formal you could clone out the white sack in the background. Alison
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia (K:96391)
8/3/2006 9:07:38 PM
great capture. marvelous composition. very cool.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Karina Brys (K:16541)
8/3/2006 5:15:21 PM
Fantastic with the little one looking back :-)
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Karina Brys (K:16541)
8/3/2006 5:14:22 PM
Maybe because it was such a spontaneous shot, there expressions are so wonderful. I like it a lot.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
snobista .eu (K:-67)
8/3/2006 8:47:54 AM
very interesting...
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Branimir Fagarazzi (K:38367)
8/3/2006 5:48:51 AM
Excellent shot
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia (K:96391)
8/3/2006 5:39:30 AM
great details. magnificent.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia (K:96391)
8/3/2006 4:53:22 AM
womderful tones. marvelous portafolio.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Phillip Minnis (K:13131)
8/2/2006 2:20:38 PM
A wonderful image, James! Absolutely lovely! What a wonderful place to visit! I look forward to seeing many more of your great shots!
Cheers
Phil
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Pablo Dylan (K:63918)
8/2/2006 8:28:36 AM
Lovely the expression and colors!!
Very nice shot.
Pablo
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/2/2006 7:41:41 AM
philip, one thing that would have improved this photo now that i look back on it is if the two people directly behind the horse werent there. the legs of the horse would be more clearly defined, but those are decisions i need to make earlier and faster. as for shutter speed and so on, its just something i have to work on. may go out and shoot photos of moving taxis here in chengdu later today.
james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* * (K:9196)
8/2/2006 7:33:12 AM
I always quote Shakespeare to these people...
"There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/2/2006 7:28:59 AM
terry, canada certainly does have advantages that most other countries dont have. but that doesnt mean one cant live comfortably in another place or society. china is a developing country and has many problems still but its possible to have a life similar to that back home, its just that most people who've not been to china dont realize thats possible. but many people are afraid of the unknown, and china and other faraway countries are still the unknown to many out there. as far as photography is concerned, china is like a gold mine that one might have stumbled upon.
so in essence, i agree with you.
james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* * (K:9196)
8/2/2006 7:15:50 AM
Keep enjoying life.  Most people don't get to enjoy things like that. Many Canadians I know have never even been outside of Canada. Nor do they want to be.
It irks me to no end when they run around telling everybody that Canada is the best Country on Earth to live in.
Canada may be nice. But, in my experience, so is almost everywhere else that I've visited. And there are things out there that people will never see in Canada.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/2/2006 7:08:10 AM
terry.... i live and work in china. i'm free for the summer and various other parts of the year as well. so i have plenty of opportunit to travel, and do most of it here in china, altho i do go to other places when i have the time and money.
regarding breathing at higher altitudes, you can always feel that you're high up, climbing stairs, or some other routine task reminds you of it constantly. altitude sickness took over me for a couple of days two weeks ago, headache, body aches, nausea, but after that (and some medication) i felt ok.
the views and the simplicity of life up there makes it all worthwhile in my opinion. no crowds, no pollution and lots of freedom to go wherever you want to do whatever you want.
i lived in alberta for a few years as a teenager but i've only been to the rockies once and even then it was just driving thru. so i'm making up for it now.
james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* * (K:9196)
8/2/2006 6:59:15 AM
Thanks for the explanation James. I've never been in places like that. I envy you for being there. Your Pics are great. Why are you there?
I know that when Pilots fly over 10,000 feet, the law requires oxygen. But I guess that's just for Pilots because they're flying a plane. Still, that tells you that Hypoxia can be a problem at any height over 10,000 feet.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/2/2006 6:45:48 AM
hi terry. breathing up here isnt too hard, altho you do need to pace yourself when you first arrive. at times, you can even find yourself gasping for breath while sleeping at night. altitude sickness does hit some however, including me at one point earlier in my trip.
i should mention that there are lots of cyclists who ride from chengdu and places further and arrive in western sichuan in that way. riding up from sea level to almost 5000m cant be easy but its something i want to try next year. travelling by bicycle also allows one to stop at any time to do some photography, an opportunity i didnt have this year as i was travelling by bus.
james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/2/2006 4:48:10 AM
thank you for your splendid comment wez. i wasnt aware of the rule of thumb you mentioned above, was just going by some information i received on a post i made in one of the forums awhile back. it seems that i need more focus indeed. and more practice.
you can be foreigner number 2 on the next trip if you wish, one that could be made via bicycle in 2007.
best wishes. james
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Wez (K:14339)
8/2/2006 4:42:35 AM
Wonderful feeling of motion in this one James, youve panned wonderfully.
With regard to freezing the object that you are shooting, dont forget the rule that evry 1mm of focal length should equal /1 of a second, so for example, if you were shooting at a focal length of 150mm, your slowest shutter speed available should be around 1/150 sec to keep the object nice and sharp. This is only a guideline obviously.
The panning action itself will create the blurred background, it just takes some practice to be able to anticipate where your object is gonna be in the frame at the time you press the shutter. Many people switch to manual focus, and prefocus onto a spot where they know the object is going to pass. Easy is something like a circuit race where the objects are going round and round, not so easy to judge is something like a horse show i would guess, where the movement is much more random.
Anyway, great image eiither way. Wish i had been foerigner number 4!!!
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
* * (K:9196)
8/1/2006 7:00:45 PM
How on Earth do you breathe up there? Nice shot. The buildings in the background look fantasticly beautiful.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Aliihsan Pinçe (K:5485)
8/1/2006 6:22:26 PM
lik the focus , great photograph
congratulations
best regards
Aliihsan
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Judi Liosatos (K:34047)
8/1/2006 1:22:54 PM
I really love the colours in this image. The pose and the backdrop are spot on.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Philip Wilmeth (K:612)
7/31/2006 7:55:41 PM
I should have added that maybe a wider aperture would help by giving more defocus to the background.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Philip Wilmeth (K:612)
7/31/2006 7:54:05 PM
Looks to me like it came out very well, great sense of motion. There is probably a limit to what you can do since you would need a faster shutter speed to stop the motion in the horse's legs but that would also clarify the background. A slower speed to blur the background more would blur any part of the subject which was in relative motion to another part.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Marija Ristic (K:4136)
7/31/2006 2:02:22 PM
Wonderful!! I really love the spontaneity of this image. Compliments!
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
özcan çeltikli (K:3575)
7/31/2006 12:29:43 PM
aha...very good.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Luke Luther (K:14693)
7/25/2006 4:42:17 AM
nice color capture. thanks for sharing.
|
| Photo By: * James *
(K:20200)
|
|
