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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/6/2005 12:59:30 PM
Thank you, Sam, I'm really glad that you comment on my pictures. Very kind of you, too.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Denitsa Popova
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/5/2005 7:59:38 AM
I like it very much! I like your b/w photos as well, you have an interesting way of seeing the wolrd through the lens!
Congratulations,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Andrea Musi
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/5/2005 7:48:30 AM
Thank you very much, Andrea, your Bulgarian is great! :-) You may be right about the fallen tree trunk, I'm glad that you shared your oppinion. This picture is part of a series where I tried various compositions with a nice stream through the forest. Here I tried to convey a sense of depth and space with the trunk as a 'lead-in line', and it is important for me to see if people like it or dilike it. So, thanks again for commenting frankly. I'll upload more of this series, and I hope you'll comment on them too.
Best regards,
Denits
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/4/2005 9:14:23 AM
Thnak you, Colin. You're absolutely right about the class of our compact, of course. About the Hoya lens, its a set of the so-called 'diopters', or dioptric 'filters', if you like. With all three of them you get relatively good magnifcation in terms of size (with full zoom), but quality suffers a bit, I guess. A better solution to macro photography is what Domjan Svilkovic proposed - using a reversed 50mm f/2.8 (or faster) lens and an adapter (my adapter is LensMate, but I haven't got such a lens yet). He has great ideas with his A75, fully applicable to our A95 too. You could take a look at his profile, here's a link: http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/77771.html
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/4/2005 4:44:15 AM
Thank you very much, Gustav. I'm not offended in the least! On the contrary, I'm glad that you took some time to comment on my picture. You are right, it is far from perfect in terms of sharpness (it was one of the first images I took with my Hoya close-up set and I have to practise a lot more until I get used to handling it). It is good to receive critical comments, so that I can train my eye to look for uncompromising sharpness, which is especially important in macro, I believe.
Best regards and thank you once again!
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/4/2005 4:39:42 AM
Thank you, Margaret. Indeed, it so happened that two butterflies looking alike were uploaded almost at the same time. That's why my eye was immediately drawn towards your perfect shot, too. Thanks for commenting, I'm glad that you like my picture.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/4/2005 4:36:52 AM
Thank you, Green, I'm glad you like it.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 7:29:16 AM
Fantastic!
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| Photo By: Gary Boebs
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 7:27:31 AM
A great shot! I like it very much! It shows the bird with a somewhat pensive, almost human expression. The colours are also very plesant.
Congratulations,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Gary Boebs
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 7:22:10 AM
Fine and delicate! Maybe Domjan has a point here, but this way the picture works well too. I like it very much!
Best regards, Denitsa
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| Photo By: Gary Boebs
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 5:34:45 AM
I like the way the mountains 'dissolve' into the sky! It adds a surreal effect, for me. Lovely colours and contrasts, great job!
Best regards,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Colin Cartwright
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 5:30:30 AM
A wonderful landscape! I like it very much, especially the wide range of reds, greens and blues! Seems like all the hues are there! Congratulations,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Colin Cartwright
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 5:27:17 AM
This is great, Colin! You captured quite an interesting moment here, and very well, at that! Great clarity, detail and colours!
Congratulations, and thank you for seening and commenting so kindly my pictures :-)
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Colin Cartwright
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/3/2005 2:30:48 AM
Thank you, Mervo! It is sad, indeed, but it didn't seem to affect it in any other way - it played around with the others, and, generally, seemed fine. I guess, if it is female, it will just lay its eggs and... life goes on.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/2/2005 2:13:26 AM
Thank you very much, Riny, I'm glad that you like it! :-)
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/2/2005 1:18:57 AM
Thank you very much, Sam, I'm really happy to receive such nice comments. I'm glad you like it!
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/2/2005 1:07:43 AM
Hi, Colin, and thank you very much! About the settings - nothing special, indeed. I shot this with three Hoya close-up lenses - +1, + 2 and +4, all screwed onto a LensMate adaptor. The metering mode was - 'Spot', and the focusing - automatic, not AiAF, but Flexi Zone (I set the AF frame position on the display and pointed it to the drop, then pressed the button halfway several times, until the AF frame became green - i.e. focused) Nothing special, really. The only trick is to chose an object that is far away from the background, so the DOF can be ok. This was a high plant - nettle, as far as I remember, about a meter or so higher than the other vegetation.
Thanks for looking at my pictures!
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
9/1/2005 3:27:47 AM
Thank you very much, Kuru :-) I was wandering if someone would like this one. Glad that you like it, I appreciate it!
Best Regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/30/2005 11:14:30 PM
Great job! Great technique, too - I'll try it, it sounds as a useful alternative to the ND grads!
Congratulations!
And thank you for commenting on my macro shot, I'm glad you like it. You have wonderful pics, I can only learn from you.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/30/2005 4:11:55 AM
Thank you very much, Domjan! Excellent advice! I'll try it as soon as I can. This is an invaluable tip, thanks once again. It's so good when to find someone who has already solved these problems - great!
Best regards,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Domjan Svilkovic
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 10:56:15 PM
Domjan, could you please explain a bit more about your "homemade flash 'guide' "? I hate my in-built flash, and I'm not quite sure what can I do about it. Thanks in advance!
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Domjan Svilkovic
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 3:26:26 PM
Very nice and clear!
Regards!
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Ellen Havrilla
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 3:24:36 PM
Lovely capture! In my country, Bulgaria, its name also comes from 'lemon' :-)
Congratulations for the fine macro!
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| Photo By: Ellen Havrilla
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 2:32:02 PM
A fine expression of a human relationship!
By the way, I haven't thanked you yet for the good piece of advice that you gave me on my first upload here. This is an opportunity to say, thank you for the well-grounded and useful critique!
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 2:09:45 PM
Thank you, Samuel, very kind of you.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 1:41:26 PM
Lovely! And ingenious, too...
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| Photo By: Domjan Svilkovic
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 1:39:54 PM
Hi, Domjan,
this is a great caprute of an amazing relationship in the natural world! And, I just love the horny little things on the backs of those 'cows' :-)
Thank you for the tip to use a reversed lens for macro pictures. I'm already planning to get one, indeed. Anyway, besides the technical side, your pictures have a remarkable meaningful side to them - as the witty title of this one shows.
Best regards,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Domjan Svilkovic
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 12:43:05 PM
Yours is a fine way of seeing things... Great pictures, congratulations!
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Gary Boebs
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 12:31:07 PM
Thank you, Gary, I'm glad you like it!
Best Regards,
Denitsa
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| Photo By: Denitsa Popova
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Critique By:
Denitsa Popova (K:458)
8/29/2005 6:37:19 AM
Amazing macro! Lovely colours and detail!
Congratulations,
Denitsa
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