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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
3/17/2003 9:33:18 AM
Comment apprecited, Altaf!
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
3/11/2003 7:14:44 AM
Perfect composition ... as John said, there's no superfluous area of the frame. Masterful!
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| Photo By: Ilona Wellmann
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
3/11/2003 7:07:42 AM
This is very, very beautiful! Properly framed this would look fantastic on anyone's wall ... Congratulations on implementing a great capture through a difficult process.
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| Photo By: Cheryl Jacobs
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
3/6/2003 8:47:50 AM
The near monochromatic nature of this photograph is very appealing, and the subtle red coloration of the willow branches really jumps out as a result. I find the composition to be very good, and the selected framing helps to cap things off. Congratulations!
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| Photo By: H.Keith Wills
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
3/4/2003 7:02:32 AM
Just fantastic! Does the lighter upper center result from your manipulation (e.g. dodging), or was it actually like this?
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| Photo By: Ilona Wellmann
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
2/26/2003 12:34:21 PM
Good image, Dave! A suggestion: perhaps cropping out the intruding branch on the left side of the picture will improve it.
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| Photo By: dave jones
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
2/7/2003 7:46:03 AM
Joao,
Excellent use of the off-balance presentation to present force the viewer to deal with the strong graphic nature of the object photographed. I have learned something valuable with this photograph ... Muito obrigado!
Joffre
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| Photo By: Joćo Daniel Magalhćes
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
1/28/2003 7:49:34 AM
Thank you all for the comments.
Harvey: If you look carefully, the horizon is flat. There's a darkish line created by the ocean that's almost parallel to the actual horizon line (which is lighter and pink from the sky); that darkish line makes it seem like the horizon is not quite flat ...
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
12/19/2002 2:14:42 PM
AJ, this is a great photo! I don't know what it is, I just want to be there ... very enjoyable!
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| Photo By: AJ Haselwood
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
12/19/2002 6:57:45 AM
Hi Christian,
I darkened the sky some if you'll note closely. To do so more didn't look good to me, particularly in light of the fact that the distance is somewhat misty because of rain.
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
12/4/2002 6:49:11 AM
Great image, Ingrid! It works so well as an abstract that it can be rotated in any direction and still works! For example, I like the image when it's rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Congratulations!
I'd love to experiment with something like this, but I'm in Florida, so I'll have to think of having a transparent freezer made ... :>)
Joffre
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Photo By: Ingrid Mathews
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/28/2002 1:20:58 PM
Ramiro,
Great abstract! I would suggest cropping on the left to eliminate the small dark triangle ...
Joffre
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| Photo By: Ramiro
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/25/2002 6:53:06 AM
Steven: This picture was taken about 45 min before sunrise on a cold Florida morning (yes, there are some of those!), and the exposure was indeed a guess. If I can venture to recall, it was something like f/8 and 10-20 seconds.
Kim: This is the full frame of the slide, and I agree that there is a lot of black/blank space. On the positive side, all this space helps to transmit two things that help to make the scene (for me): 1) a sense of great empty spaces, both in the heavens and on the earth (that's a large salt water marsh straight ahead); 2) a sense of the light hovering between two planes of darkness, which effect is strongly reinforced by the reflection of Sirius on the water. On the negative side, I may be counting on too much knowledge of the specific context to create the reaction I'd like, and so the picture may fail at creating the effect I sought.
Marc: Thanks for the suggestions, but I would hesitate to do the particular panoramic crop you have described. The stars above and the one reflection below are important/essential composition elements, the picture would fail completely in my intent. Moving the stars about is something I wouldn't do either ...
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/25/2002 6:41:12 AM
Michaelle: I'll try more of a panoramic layout on this, yours is a valid suggestion. It'll also help to make the bird in the center of the image stand out a bit more. On the other hand, the fact that the moon is overexposed will be more apparent ...
Michele, Phillip: thanks for the compliments!
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/24/2002 6:57:10 PM
Greg, present it in B&W, it'll come through!
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| Photo By: Greg Summers
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/24/2002 6:38:55 PM
Tony, try this in B&W! It'll look fantastic, I'm sure ...
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| Photo By: Tony Bruguiere
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/20/2002 3:07:15 PM
Gregg,
I would suggest that a B&W version of this would be more powerful since the quality of the light isn't special. Give it a shot ...
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| Photo By: Gregg Lowrimore
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/15/2002 6:07:38 AM
Steve: the color version of this is up, which do you prefer?
Russell: I used 4x5 film.
All: Thanks for the compliments, greatly appreciated!
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/14/2002 6:38:35 PM
Thanks, Steve! Hmmm, yours is a hard question ... I'll post the color one tomorrow, then you can tell me. It has some wild colors, as you'll see, but the B&W appealed more to me.
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
11/8/2002 11:07:18 AM
Philip, I like this picture ... but I agree that some cropping is needed. However, I wouldn't crop just the right side, instead I'd crop a reversed L-shape thingie by removing the right-hand side building and most of the well-lit bottom area. It'll create a moodier, darker photograph!
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| Photo By: Philip Sherwood
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/21/2002 7:58:23 AM
Great composition, good use of shadows to delineate a monochrome subject.
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| Photo By: Alexander Hemery
(K:19)
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/20/2002 10:21:11 AM
This is a beautiful cityscape, congratulations on the composition, mood, exposure. It is an unusual rendition of a very familiar place ... you approached it with new eyes, at least for me!
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| Photo By: Mietek Kalinowski
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/14/2002 2:52:20 PM
Hi Kim,
Thanks for looking! Yes, the lights are from houses ... imagine that i'm at the top of a high hill looking down into a valley. Right to my left (pun intended) on the slope are tall eucalyptus trees,which are helping to confuse sense of scale, I think.
The suggestion to eliminate some of the black makes some sense, except that then I'd lose some of the lights, which so intrigued you!
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/14/2002 6:29:27 AM
Reidar,
I find this a compelling photograph, primarily because of the "glowing" curve of the bridge in the upper right hand side of the image. The offsetting dark region under the bridge serves to highlight, so to speak, the smooth form of the structure. Good eye & composition!
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| Photo By: Reidar Olsen
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/12/2002 2:08:17 PM
Elangovan, I applaud your implementation of a concept that's difficult to concretize. Perhaps if the man's eyes weren't staring so fixedly at the viewer the idea of "thought" would be better conveyed ... congratulations, good work.
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| Photo By: Elangovan S
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/10/2002 3:35:00 PM
Woo, this is simply the most fantastic insect photograph I have ever seen! Congratulations ... what a blessing!
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| Photo By: R Pires
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/10/2002 8:40:14 AM
Thanks for the compliments, I really feel fortunate to have made this capture.
Sebastiaan, I feel the extra space at the top helps to establish the scale of the photograph, which I think is essential for the enjoyment of this image.
Thanks again!
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| Photo By: Joffre Swait
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/9/2002 2:45:25 PM
Very beautiful image, Phillip. While at first glance it seemed a bit busy around the edges, the reds and oranges just made me forget about that stuff! Congratulations.
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| Photo By: Phillip Filtz
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/8/2002 7:13:35 AM
No, Les, I didn't see the image you refer to. Sounds like an interesting project, however, and eminently suited to black and white. Have you used PS Channel Mixer to convert color images to B&W? Very flexible, almost makes you want to shoot exclusively in slides and decide later how to present the image ... almost! I just can't seem to let go of the B&W negatives, however ... :>)
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| Photo By: Les Anderson
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Critique By:
Joffre Swait (K:626)
10/8/2002 6:43:45 AM
Les, you might want to try this in B&W ... it might work better?
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