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Critique By:
Doyle D. Chastain (K:101119)
3/24/2006 2:31:44 AM
Ty:
This is a nice capture with a great DOF, wonderful colors and a great subject that I would venture to say many people will enjoy. I especially like the three main areas, the rocks (with their colors and textures), the train, and the tree-lined backdrop. Each brings a fresh dimension to the overall composition.
The only critical suggestions I have would be that the blurry area above the first orange engine is a tad distracting. If it's steam or heat vapors, that's not quite clear and could probably be made more clear if the crop wasn't so low into it. The leading edge of the blurred area one can see a grey metal object with an oval, reminescent of a rear view mirror though it's probably an exhaust pipe, it's not clear what it is. I would seriously consider raising the ceiling (so to speak) and cloning out the circular area above the pipe.
You have a great capture here. Congratulations!
Regards,
Doyle I <------
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| Photo By: Ty Olson
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Critique By:
Inji Amer (K:22997)
3/21/2006 6:56:41 AM
what a funny shot Abdelrahman !!
on seeing this photo in thumbnail
I thought it for a donkey  )
but for fun it was a rabbit !!
& you have shown us here a
fantastic way for shooting
& losing weight at a time !!
Bravo my friend !!!
Inji Amer
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| Photo By: Abdelrahman Elwassimy
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Critique By:
Martin . (K:24957)
3/21/2006 8:54:19 AM
Ant,
I thought I died and went to heaven. My kind of town. The pickup on the left, the hidden house on the left and the cross on top of the steeple makes this way cool.
Not to mention the angles are out of site. Ask anyone, wrong angles drive me nuts, but the church is almost perfectly plumb and horizonally correct. While the light post and sign on the left lean to to right? Did you use a fisheye lens?
Well done and my hat is off to you...
Very angelic indeed my friend,
Marty
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| Photo By: Anson Moye
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Critique By:
Hugo de Wolf (K:185110)
3/21/2006 9:10:11 AM
Hi Cesare, Very good use of the panoramic feature of UF! I like the composition a lot too, using the line of rocks to create a strong leading line. Very good photo, with just the right amount of saturation and contrast. Funny thing, though: the large panoramic version looks much softer than the smaller version, something I haven't seen before.
Nice shot!
Cheers,
Hugo
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| Photo By: Cesare Baggiani
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Critique By:
NN (K:26787)
3/16/2006 10:18:28 AM
Hi Thilo! Good to see that there is a way out from this - as it looks - endless tunnel Is this the same place where you took "The eyes of a ..."? The heavy tilt to the left fits very well IMO as it is balanced by the exit to the right. Very good light/tones, intriguing mood & perfect compo. Excellent work!
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| Photo By: Thilo Bayer
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/16/2006 10:31:11 AM
The shape of this makes the word more powerful to me (not quite sure what you meant by reversed). Also effective having the shadows this side and nothing beyond. Something discomforting and disconcerting about the type of building beyond. Powerfully haunting image Mark.
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| Photo By: Mark Sherman
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Critique By:
Tabitha Woods (K:8650)
3/16/2006 10:32:11 AM
Wow nice sharp details! I can't get a lens this size to focus that close! maybe being USM makes the difference.. Anyway great light, mayb you could try making this wider to include the rest of his legs? I have a funnel web living in our fence and all I ever see is his eyes and mandibles! Great up close shot Rich!
Regards :O)
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| Photo By: Rich Swanner
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Critique By:
Mary Slade (K:40338)
3/10/2006 9:45:10 AM
So that's what it is...a coffee machine? I kept coming back to it to see if it dawned on me and didn't like to ask! I like the colour and the light lines and shadows. But I kept seeing a toilet seat at the bottom left! It was a real mystery!
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| Photo By: Martin .
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Critique By:
Glenn Morgan (K:1029)
3/10/2006 9:45:53 AM
Find this photo verging on surreal. Lovely tones and colors. Dynamic composition...my eyes wander around the image finding interest everywhere & finally settling on the grass in the foreground. Great experience thank you Guilio for this. CU Glenn
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| Photo By: Giulio Rotelli
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Critique By:
Olga-Eva Krajciova (K:19240)
3/5/2006 10:24:38 AM
this is really great mirror of us...people...because we can´t be never sure that we are standing on the earth...sometimes we can feel like standing on the earth but it can be heaven at all...
lovely
all the best to u
olga
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| Photo By: Ismet Smajis
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Critique By:
Caterina Berimballi (K:27299)
3/4/2006 7:34:58 AM
Both are incredible macros Glenn. Perfect colour, detail and exposure. If I had to decide between the two though, I'd lean toward this composition. Only because I find the diagonal tilt more appealing.
Beautiful images...
Cheers
Rina
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| Photo By: Glenn Edmiston
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Critique By:
Phillip Cohen (K:10561)
3/4/2006 8:35:18 AM
Very nice shot Valentin, it looks almost like it was shot on Ektachrome slide film with the blue tint in the shadow area foreground.
I think I would have tried some fill flash here to warm up the foreground and bring up the exposure on the lady a stop or so. This would also have had the effect of dropping the background exposure down a stop in relation to the forground, as it is the brightest part of the image and just a little overpowering in the view.
I would love to visit that part of the world some day. The photographic opportunities in such an interesting place must be endless. Thank you for posting this image.
Phil
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| Photo By: Valentin ( F ) Besciu
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Critique By:
Riny Koopman (K:102911)
3/4/2006 11:00:58 AM
Time is something we’re all familiar with: we observe it, mark it, wish for more or less of it, even try to escape it. Our relationship with time is constantly changing. But what is time, and why do we measure it as we do? How does our perception of time influence our behavior? And the science of time travel - with the discovery of "black holes," it may be closer than you think! Thankx for your kind comment dear Fatemeh! Riny
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| Photo By: Fatemeh Rahimi
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Critique By:
brian underdown (K:-960)
3/3/2006 1:20:26 AM
i think is a stunning capture as from a point of seeing that gull dive and caught at a right speed and exposure.if my eyes decieve me its because its 1am but that looks to me like a fish leaping out of the wave .
and the castle doesnt look over dominent it helps for the wider view of the landscape.again perfect exposure.im guessing but may be wrong but the four seagulls are these added in ps? however it doesnt distract from the shot.
great allround shot.
ps sort out your grammar!
brian
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| Photo By: Bob Aldridge
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Critique By:
Mervo (K:8643)
3/2/2006 9:47:27 AM
EXCELLENT! Nice colours against that somewhat duller background. Love the apprehension in the boy and the movement captured. In the UK, this staircase would probably be blocked off because it didn't have a safety rail hehe :-)
Good work!
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| Photo By: Claudia F.
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Critique By:
Roberto Arcari Farinetti (K:209486)
3/2/2006 10:24:35 AM
the little water have created a lens effect, that increase the sunrays and the fantastic clarity!!!
you have a very good eye.. and mode, I still think of the photography of the apples and of the stair, an excellent work, I would not be indeed skilled!
simple & excellent!
roby
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| Photo By: Mark Longo
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Critique By:
Saeed Al Shamsi (K:47735)
2/27/2006 7:15:50 AM
The old building done with art and beautification especially the entrance that is the first impact and impression towards the building, not like modern ones. I can see both side of the entrance some scaffoldings nice to see those building with regular restorations.
Superb capture
Saeed
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| Photo By: Marian Man
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Critique By:
Denis Cemazar (K:151)
2/27/2006 8:32:59 AM
Absolutely fantastic shot Gerry!
Your images are really inspirational and make me go out and shoot more and more landscapes!
Lovely colours and tones of this small island. It was worth to drive 3h and waiting for this light. Looks like a phantasy.
I enjoy it a lot and thanks for sharing!
*Denis
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| Photo By: Gerry Pacher
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Critique By:
Peter Margetic (K:2084)
2/27/2006 8:59:49 AM
Hi Miranda,
I don't think there is anything to be unhappy about, the cloud / smog thins out as you go down the image where it is very clear at ground level. It looks as though you are taking the pic the base of the cloud, I really like the effect.
Peter
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| Photo By: Miranda Legg
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Critique By:
cecilia tovini (K:29423)
2/24/2006 10:35:36 AM
Very nice. I like the choice to keep the focus on the back leaving the woman quite discovering. It is like to say that the future is for people who go than for the people who stay. I don't know why but this is my morning feeling today.
Cecilia
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| Photo By: Bender Rodriguez
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Critique By:
sanjeev jain (K:8763)
2/24/2006 10:58:26 AM
one of the best work that i saw today i feel the foreground refelcts future here and ground reflects the past the girl in the middle is in the present moment past and future is all same i am passing through it and here i am in it not passing wow....fantaastic capture harmonius......
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| Photo By: fahrettin sankaynagi
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Critique By:
stingRay pt.4 . (K:250401)
2/24/2006 11:19:56 AM
A wonderful title my dear Robin and fits the subject like a glove. There is still beauty left in these remains and the thoughts that it can't be long before we see it's decendants. Well spotted and taken....Best wishes to you as always.....Ray
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Critique By:
Caterina Berimballi (K:27299)
2/23/2006 3:35:26 AM
LOVE the expressions here Randee! Too cute That's not a bad camera phone you've got there either. Produced some great definition, colour and light. Personally, I think the inherent grain gives this image huge character! What a crying shame those blasted things can't take a bigger image... This would definitely be worth hanging up on a wall, LARGE!! ) Well done snapping this one.
Cheers
Rina.
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| Photo By: Randee Armstrong
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Critique By:
Gabriel Fuentes (K:6565)
2/20/2006 4:57:08 PM
I just love the way you've restricted your dof to the foreground, making the barns more blurry, presented like a faded backdrop, which fits the fact they are relatively farther away, therefore accentuating that the viewer is looking up close -- into those blueberry branches that have the detail that needs focus. Moreover, the barns increase the depth perception. Such a pleasant combination of form, color and composition. I like it!
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| Photo By: Kathy Hillard
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Critique By:
Mark Longo (K:12760)
2/17/2006 1:25:54 PM
I love this one. The colors are superb. A very appealling air of informality! And a really attractive (appetizing?) grouping of colors!
I think the orange takes the arrangement to a new place than some of the other shots you have displayed of this similar arrangements. Somehow the vivd color of the orange highlights the soft subtlety of the other colors in the shot, and also provides a nice central focus. My eye ventures out from there, but always has a resting place to return to. I think the glass beads are an interesting element, though maybe I would like them to be more evident. I did not notice them at first glance, but I'm not sure how to suggest making them more evident. Really though, I don't think they're a crucial element and could be there or not there, which is fine. I think the arrangement is strong as it is and doesn't really need them.
I like the shallow DOF in this. I believe the background colors are red peppers but it also looks like a gathered red cloth backdrop in the lowered light and I think that is an attractive and interesting apsect. I also love the mating of the onion and wadded paper. The textures are so similar and the paper calls attention to the element of delicacy in the arrangement brought by the onion skin. I like the paper as human element via the handwriting too, and the fact that it's a discarded sheet adds to the lovely informality of the arrangement. I also like that you positioned the arrangement at the end of the tray, rather than along a longer edge, with the orange sort of spilling off the end. It may have seemed like an obvious choice at the time but it makes the arrangement look more happenstance, more casual and less posed, which I think is a nice nuance. Clever.
The lighting is superb! The darkness to the left and the dullness of the red provides a wonderful contrasting backdrop that makes the main subjects pop, and also hold much more attention for the viewer. Also, the fade-to-black on the left introduces a subtle hint of mystery.
Lastly, I think the paper and onion, as elements that are positioned off the tray, yet still in contact with the tray and arrangement grounds the tray nicely, even though we don't see much of the surface it all sits on. We don't need to.
Ina, this is an awesome work, you should be very proud of this. It's definitelty a fave of mine, I hope its one of yours too!
Best,
Mark
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
Mark Longo (K:12760)
2/10/2006 9:38:54 PM
Fantastic! This shot comunicates a complex mood wonderfully and effectively! Use of B&W is key to the mood and helps the overall mood of the shot become more abstract (I mean absrtact in the emotional sense, not the visual).
The detail and line patterns in the mirror are lovely and create a sort of interaction between the doll and the doll's reflection. It's hard to describe exactly what I mean by that, but it is a another important element of the shot, I think.
Lastly, I think the low angle with respect to the doll is the genius of this shot. The shooting angle brings a portrait-like quality to the shot, as though the viewer were sitting down, watching a figure standing at a mantle staring wistfully into a mirror. A very human shot.
Definitely one of your best Ina, there is so MUCH in this! Sure wish I shot it! :-) Congrats!!!
Mark
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
Giuseppe Guadagno (K:34002)
2/9/2006 1:56:47 PM
Hi Tim. I've read your answer to Bill Morgenstern. The procedure you used for creating the two orchids, that you describe, is just the way I love most and try to put into practice. But the results are too, too, too much different from yours! Similar pictures remain my hoped, impossible aim. Even if I see that people prefer bright, vivid coloured flower pics.
While I admire your pictures I take heart!
Cheers.
Giuseppe
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Critique By:
Len Webster (K:25714)
2/9/2006 4:53:12 PM
Hi again, Kouichi!
I think this works VERY well. You do lose the sense of distance you had in the other version, but the centralised figure more than makes up for what you lose. I do agree with you when you say it's 'another photograph' - another very good photograph, that is. The different effects are quite striking.
Best, Len
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| Photo By: kouichi
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Critique By:
karen clarke (K:18893)
2/9/2006 3:43:43 PM
I like the inclusion of the hand and the way it contrast against the dark stockings. Gives it a bit of an abstract feel to me and I find it very appealing. Not too fond of the fabric strap hanging down next to the leg and would prefer to have it removed. Perhaps if there were more space between it and the leg, it would be fine. Maybe even having it blowing to the side would work also. In all actuality I may even just prefer to see this with just a tight fitting skirt and skip all of the poofiness present here. I would also consider getting rid of the bit of black hanging between the legs with this type of skirt. Overall I really love the idea and simplicity of this. Nice work~
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Critique By:
Malak Rashad (K:643)
2/9/2006 10:38:26 PM
hey shaimaa,
very good perspective shot, cery well done!!
i have two comments on it..
the first would be the objects forming the composition, for me it's a little hard to link plates and a ladder - so you kinda get the message that it was organised.. i dont know if this is right or wrong actually but, personally, i prefer things to look natural, like you found them that way (even if it was you who put them together bardo) 
the second, i think it is a tinge over-exposed. you can see that in the ladder on the top left of the picture. the details are burnt sinna..
overall i think it's a very good shot (begad wallahi) and keep experimenting. i've seen the rest of your portfolio, you have a good eye.
keep on shooting!
malak
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