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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/17/2007 4:42:10 PM
MA:
Chain collision - I was the third of five cars, and all the others were SUVs/Minivans, which meant my little car was smushed up.
There is a shot of the new car on uf as well!
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/6/2007 4:00:04 PM
Hey Richard:
The best Canadian Rockies photographer on uf that I know if is Tim Schumm. He's away at the moment on a photo trip, but if you leave a note on one of his photos he should be able to identify this if it's in his area of Canada.
That is a really sharp shot - clearly a lot of thought and preparation goes into your photographs. The effort shows. For reflections I noticed that a down-the-center horizontal works well and I think the still water worked for you.
Do you use grad filters for your shots to balance the sky? Sometimes It's fairly obvious, but in this one I don't see any tonality changes (a welcome sight). High quality shot all around.
Nice use of lining up the mountains on a 2/3 composition with trees for diverstity on the left 1/3rd. The rocks in the water give a good interesting foreground, but clearly the distance and sky are the main focal points.
No real suggestions to improve.
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| Photo By: richard wheeler
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/5/2007 9:34:46 PM
Welcome to usefilm Cilka. I can see from your portfolio you enjoy the details in life and the textures of walls and the objects. Glad you liked it.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/5/2007 8:36:34 PM
I desaturated quite a bit to emphasize the complicated ugliness on a simple and elegant wall.
Ha - point well made, glad you got it.
Just remember here in the US our "old" stuff is your "farily new" stuff. (excluding the Scandinavian modernism and facination with all clean new surfaces)
Michael
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 10:46:24 PM
Yeah - I like it too. I noticed a comment about a UF fine art store - where'd that go? Love to see that make a comeback...
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Photo By: al shaikh
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 10:38:29 PM
AM:
Always interested - you can reach me at mkanemoto under a google email account. Since I have my photos out there in the world I can'd do exclusive offers for stock. Interested in pricing.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 10:34:55 PM
AK -
A very fine comment coming from a photographer with such a fine portfolio, had to flip through all five pages to see all of the strong modelling work and portraits.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 8:46:07 PM
CS -
And while I have your attention, here is a shot that did not make the cut. I was trying to be interesting with the overall form, but somehow this just came out a dud. Maybe you have an idea on how to make this work.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 8:44:27 PM
Just for you.
FYI - looking to move to Denver, acquaintances will do just fine. Don't know where to start finding companies out there.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 8:01:13 PM
Marek:
Erie is how'd I place this. Great compliments on the dunes, sky, mountains. Almost looks like a paste job on the sky but the shadows on ground are left-right and sky is the same. Is this a HDR where the saturation is cranked up?
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| Photo By: Marek Szymanski
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 7:58:26 PM
Nice long exposure shot. Wondering if you have ever run into Tom Rumland, an old UFer out of Washington DC.
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| Photo By: Stan Pustylnik
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 7:56:56 PM
Thanks - 282 K - welcome to usefilm, glad you like it and hope you are getting inspired.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 4:55:35 PM
CS:
Also - know any IT professionals out there in Denver?
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 4:54:37 PM
Chad
Yeah, I did think of it, but then how would you know the scale of the wall and how high the branch was off the ground? I left just a sliver so the viewer would know the context.
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 3:56:23 PM
Shelby:
Yeah. Also Kevin Collier, but for some reason Todd makes the ordinary super extrordinary. I have no idea how he does it. I could study his shots for a long time.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 2:30:40 PM
This is a damn fine shot with exacting color balance, tones, and sharpness. Nice and crisp.
Very textbook in the design, early morning/sunset with a wide angle lens. Nice foreground detail with something of interest and a nice wide recession back into a nice midground elements and cloudscape. Looks like a lot of planning and work to pull this one off. Probably needed a grad filter as well.
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| Photo By: richard wheeler
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
4/3/2007 2:23:48 PM
ohhh mannn
there goes the neighborhood
(at night at least)
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| Photo By: Phillip Cohen
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/30/2007 7:26:02 PM
Fascinating colors - reds and yellows where I would not expect them.
Something you may want to try is to concentrate more on the trees as forms or the water and it's reflections. Perhaps a little application of the rule of thirds to give way to more river or horizon.
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| Photo By: Gene Zonis
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/30/2007 7:24:26 PM
Hey there Gene -
I noticed a lot of these action shots, which are pretty hard to get. my only suggestion here is to put the empty space in front of the bird, so that it is flying into the frame - gives is a better sense of motion.
I like the slight blur - glad that you did not center this composition.
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| Photo By: Gene Zonis
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/30/2007 7:22:38 PM
Thanks Gene
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, and for some reason this looks nothing like that town and yet has the exact feel of my childhood for some weird reason. Thanks for looking.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/30/2007 7:18:15 PM
Rating of 6, near perfection, and great capture to the moment and feeling of the desert.
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| Photo By: Waleed AL-MARHOUM
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/29/2007 10:22:44 PM
Hey Carmen:
You have a high quality B+W portfolio, so the fact that you really like this photograph is a real honor. I enjoyed looking through your macro shots as well as your wide views of clouds and ground. It's somewhat close to what I try to achieve but often fall short of.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/29/2007 8:15:43 PM
VR -
Wow, another relatively new person to UF! What a great day, seems like there are a lot of people who like this shot, which is always nice to hear. Glad you enjoy it, ask lots of questions, and we'll all learn together.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/29/2007 7:29:22 PM
LB -
Welcome to usefilm as well, I see two new UFers have commented, and that is great. Always people joining, learning, and sometimes leaving, which is sad. That is why I am so glad you liked this photograph and I hope it inspires you or gives you an idea of something you can try.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/29/2007 7:27:53 PM
CS - welcome to usefilm. I love seeing new photographers join and enjoy sharing and commenting. I am happy you like this shot and if you wish to know more on how I did it, let me know.
Tripod + long exposure + high F-Stop = great waterfall
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/29/2007 2:42:20 PM
I feeeeel
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Beautiful toning, sharp, great contrast. I really like this floral shot, great time to go and take these now that it is spring.
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| Photo By: Terry Ward
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/28/2007 7:08:51 PM
Raissa -
Glad you like it, thanks.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/28/2007 7:07:28 PM
Hope that you are in a better mood.
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1282854
A simple thank you for influencing my photography.
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| Photo By: narabia
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/28/2007 7:06:13 PM
BiP, I guess that answers that.
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| Photo By: Rob Graziano
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Critique By:
Michael Kanemoto (K:22115)
3/27/2007 9:53:00 PM
I really enjoy waterfall shots 0K, and the treatment here with long shutter and high F-Stop is the right approach to bring out that veiling.
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