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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
11/9/2006 1:20:53 PM
Thanks Peter - you have a wonderful collection of photos. The light in your part of the world is so different from here in Australia! So much gentler.
Ed
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
11/9/2006 1:02:31 PM
Wow! That is just stunningly beautiful. Great atmosphere. Thanks for getting up early!
Ed
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| Photo By: Peter Wintergren
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
11/8/2006 1:20:44 PM
Thanks Alan, it was a balmy evening, just enough breeze to keep us moving along without any drama... ideal really! It's about 5 hours flight from where I am right now...
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
11/3/2006 10:00:01 PM
Thank you Jacques, you have a very interesting set of photos yourself. I will check in on them more carefully later tonight. These - jellyfish - are such beautiful creatures.
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| Photo By: Ed Francis
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/28/2006 1:21:56 PM
Stillness. Balance. Being. Grace.
Thankyou.
Ed
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| Photo By: Paulo Santos
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/28/2006 12:23:07 AM
Thank you violetta. You have many beautiful images on your corner of Usefilm. If our images tell anything of the person behind the lens you must see the world through caring eyes.
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/28/2006 12:17:50 AM
Oh, Violetta, this is the, no, THE best photo of a swan I have ever seen! Just perfect. Thank you for sharing it.
Ed
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| Photo By: Violetta Tarnowska
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/28/2006 12:13:04 AM
Thanks Stephen, the light is just a "gift from above" - all we have to do is get up early enough to get out there and enjoy it! ;-) It was a fabulous morning.
Ed
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/28/2006 12:01:39 AM
Thanks Davide, it was just a cold morning mist which cleared into the most beautiful sunny day. Theproperty is about 60 kilometres away from the city. Beautiful air!
Ed
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| Photo By: Ed Francis
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 3:28:44 PM
What a fantastic portrait! Brilliant! Love the composition, lighting and the use of low contrast.
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Photo By: Tony Smallman
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 3:21:41 PM
Thanks Tony. I'm working on some very late afternoon shots now... the fields are quite spectacular in the late afternoon light - the grasses should be green (it's spring here) but we're in our 10th year of drought and everything is yellow already. Good for photos, terrible for the land. Sheep are being sold for as little as 30 cents as they cannot be fed.
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Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 2:47:26 PM
Classic composition, excellent use of DoF, dramatic lighting and a strong subject. Great shot!
Ed
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| Photo By: lobhesh l
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 2:44:58 PM
Clever. There are lost of portraits using mirrors, but I cannot remember seeing one where the subject is touching the mirror. Here it's like there's another "side" of you looking back at you. I hope it's satisfied with what it sees. Was this taken in a lift?
Ed
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| Photo By: lobhesh l
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 2:37:56 PM
Beautiful light and compostition. The stones are almost luminous. I want to walk around the corner to see what's there.
Ed
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| Photo By: lobhesh l
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 2:35:29 PM
thank you for your kind words
Ed
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/27/2006 2:22:49 PM
Thank you Ali... that was a fast comment! It was there before I reloaded the page! It's wonderful what you can find if you get up before the sun really comes up... I should try to do it more often, but I'm a real night owl.
Cheers,
Ed
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| Photo By: Ed Francis
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/23/2006 12:42:12 PM
Ahhh... rememeber that frame is only a bunch of pixels holding hands ... look out! Don't worry, I just have a circus going on in my head most of the time - comes from being a primary school teacher for decades - one day, if ever I retire, I think I'll start writing kids' picture books.
Ed
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| Photo By: Jan Hoffman
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/23/2006 12:23:04 PM
Jan, I decided that Boston would be a lot safer if I didn't try to drive there at all... driving on the "wrong side" when you don't know where you're going through a demolition derby is not my idea of fun! And yes, we were nearly flattened by a couple of taxis - we weren't ready for the drive through the red light if you're turning right rule! Where we're from a red light means stop! It's a wondefrful city though - we loved it.
Ed
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/23/2006 7:50:11 AM
Well Jan, here's a very subjective response to this image - a non technical one. How an image makes us feel is really important imho. It looks like it's something alive! Quite surreal. I like the frame being so solid (there, everyone is different!)- it gives a feeling that this 'alive' whatever it is that's 'in there' is somehow safely contained - as though its world and ours should not really mix.
Ed
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| Photo By: Jan Hoffman
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/23/2006 7:38:10 AM
Thanks Jan - I hope you found and enjoyed your apples! I found Boston was just full of appealing still life "in the street." I'm starting to look at my home town here in Australia with new eyes.
Ed
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/23/2006 3:31:53 AM
Thanks Phillip, I'll add another taken behind the shed on the left sometime tomorrow.
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/21/2006 12:55:11 PM
Arresting. This is the first still life that has really "caught" me. Just stunning. I think it's the first image I've "favorited"
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| Photo By: ADAM ORZECHOWSKI
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/21/2006 12:49:59 PM
Wow! Amazing... you've taken us to a whimsical altered reality here. Thanks for sharing. Makes me smile. I'm glad I'm not the only one with a circus going on in my head!
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| Photo By: ADAM ORZECHOWSKI
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/21/2006 12:39:56 PM
What is really substantial... the shadow or the body? Interesting viewpoint!
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
10/24/2005 2:09:03 PM
Amazing, Kenneth. Colours and composition are spot on. Nothing superfluous.It looks like it shol staart to move gently by some unseen breeze. Love it!
Ed
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| Photo By: Kenneth Roine
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
8/11/2005 2:50:06 PM
This image has that lovely "in between time" feel about it. It has atmosphere. I can almost smell the earth here - it changes at dusk. If it was my image, which it isn't, I would be tempted to crop a little of the foreground to give the image a longer frame. The horizon across the middle disturbs me a bit. I like this photo because it takes me somewhere else. Thanks, Ed
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| Photo By: Andrew George
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
7/13/2005 1:23:48 AM
Yes. A quiet place across the water. I like the composition and the ethereal nature of the background. When we have a destination in mind, the background fades out of experience. I love "quiet places apart." Thanks for sharing.
Thanks too, for your recent comment.
cheers,
Ed
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| Photo By: Mitra Nademi-Nassari
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
7/13/2005 1:12:34 AM
Thanks for sharing this series. I love the lighting and the contrasting colours. that shadow is very well placed. These -huge- poles marching silently across the landscape are quite surreal. If it were my image - which it isn't - I'd be tempted to crop the left side right up to the edge of the pole. The space there and the bush/tree don't add anything. The pole would be even more arresting if it was the first thing the eye caught, which it would be because of its colour. I tend to read left to right unless there's some other stronger element in the image. Remember it's your image, and I like it!
Cheers, Ed
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| Photo By: Mark Sherman
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
7/13/2005 12:55:30 AM
Wow, Peter!
"... who commanded the light to shine out of darkness..." (2Cor 4:6)
Thanks for your recent comment.
Blessings, Ed
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| Photo By: Peter Daniel
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Critique By:
Ed Francis (K:1165)
7/12/2005 1:20:15 PM
Fantastic! What an intriguing image! Where do reality and fantasy find their meeting point? Love the composition, the extreme contrast and the ethereal nature of "the kiss" - only the shadow of the lovers is there - no-one else can fully witnesses what they feel. Great work!
Cheers,
Ed
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