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Marco Federici
{K:1686} 9/8/2006
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Only today i see this shot. I think it's an interesting portrait and well done.
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dd df
{K:191} 3/13/2005
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Great portrait showing beautiful woman. I love her expression. Keep up the good work.
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Jani Salvataggio
{K:27283} 5/20/2004
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GREAT portrait!!! very very good work!
regards
Jani
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C. Gull
{K:509} 4/19/2004
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I always liked this pic. Now I see it in full version.
Regards
C
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Brian T. Ach
{K:1742} 2/5/2004
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Your mother is beautiful. Brilliant eyes for photography...excellent mood/emotion with the background; I prefer the grain here.
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sandy c. hopkins
{K:17107} 11/10/2003
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i really love this..
the depth of field really caugth me..
although life continues behind...
her energy seemed to suck the shot right out of the camera..
very well done.
:)
sandy
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E H
{K:1665} 10/28/2003
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Nice family picture, I can almost feel the familiarity and warmth at this place. What else should a picture like this accomplish. Thumbs up!
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kato zluta opice
{K:77} 10/27/2003
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mateji, diky za komet, cece, ale vona fakt nekejchla, tak tu hubu mela votevrenou...:)) ale k tvy fotcd. sem ji votevrel, ze portret. sem zklamanej. vis asi cim, vid, je to desne rozjety. nevim co si s tim delal, ale tady bych predpokladal britvu....aspon na ocich.
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Fernando Ladeira
{K:849} 10/2/2003
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ExceLlent portrait.
I prefer the version where the background is sharpened less than the face.
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Andrew Lopez-Calvete
{K:2441} 9/27/2003
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Firstly thanks for your very helpful comments about my work in this vein. Having clicked on yourname after reading your feedback I can see you are someone to be listened to. I'm struggling to get this quality mainly because of an unfamiliar digital camera, when I know I can do better with my old Leica M2 and Tri-X!! As soon as I get a result as good as this shot I'll post it (be prepared for a long wait!). I only hope my client is as patient (gulp!).
Oh, I love Arek's series on tattoo's!
PS It's better without USM!
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james mckenna
{K:6535} 9/19/2003
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mr maceas, this is one of the strongest images in your portfolio, but its strengths have little to do with grain or sharpness. your mother's engagement with you as you snapped the picture creates a memorable image of her. then, behind her, your grandparents, facing different directions, display almost total lack of engagement. the contrast between the main subject and these two in the background is central to the picure's power. this major contrast is reinforced by your use of depth of field, and by the strength of light on your mother's face. this really is a beautiful portrait of her, resonant on many levels. in many of your other pictures, i don't see this kind of depth, and that, i think, is why most are less successful than this one. powerful pictures are often about relationships between things: subject and photographer, two subjects, subject and background, subject and some minor detail, etc. rather than focusing on capturing a thing for itself, try to capture how your subject relates to something else. i guarantee your pictures will improve dramatically.
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Sim Hing Shek
{K:1370} 9/6/2003
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Excellent composition! I prefer the third version also.
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João Magalhães
{K:2067} 8/23/2003
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The composition and lighting are very pleasant. The well-lit mother in the left 3rd goes well with the unlit, grainy (and unpleasantly digital) and out of focus grandfather in the right third. Unfortunately it seems that the focus went into her hair instead of her eyes.
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jake griffin
{K:3439} 8/12/2003
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matej, i really like the improvement a lot
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 8/12/2003
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I prefer the third one - it accentuates the contrast between the fore and the background. You have really captured your mother's admiration ; a very strong portrait.
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Freddie Sandström
{K:1444} 8/12/2003
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I think you've got it with the last one but hey, we all have diffrent taste.
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Stuart Boyle
{K:1505} 8/12/2003
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Oh year I forgot to mention that I perfer the softer one better.
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Stuart Boyle
{K:1505} 8/12/2003
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Wow, Kate is a real nice model! She has a very strong face and lovely powerful features, I bet she still kicks you butt now and then Matej ;-) Good work Matej, I prefer this to some of your other recent work. Everyone to there own! Regards Stu
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 8/12/2003
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Here's a version where the background is sharpened less than the face. What do you think?
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 8/12/2003
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I like how she is very well separated from the background. Very natural pose. Excellent.
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 8/12/2003
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I attached the non-sharpened version just to show the difference between the original grain and the sharpened grain; the sharpened version is the one I prefer in spite of the background 'texture'. But I'll try selective sharpening as well.
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Freddie Sandström
{K:1444} 8/12/2003
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So here's the picture in full version? Your mom sure does make a good model, very powerful look and a good portrait! I think this one's better then the one without your grandparent.
I actually don't see much more you need to do with this one. There was a discussion regarding unsharp mask and not. I think the picture lost some of its edge when the unsharp mask was removed. Can't you have just a tiny unsharp mask left? Or you could maybe just give your mother some unsharp mask and skip the background.
/Freddie
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Marcin Gorski
{K:12388} 8/12/2003
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very good framing and excellent use of light. Regarding Jake's comment: I have to admit I prefer more ex[ressive version with unsharp mask
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Tomo Radovanovic
{K:12788} 8/12/2003
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great work!
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 8/12/2003
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Sorry about that... clicked the wrong button. Here it is. It seems you are right Jake; the unsharp mask enhanced the film's grain just a bit too much.
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 8/12/2003
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Here's a version with no sharpening.
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jake griffin
{K:3439} 8/12/2003
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i love the portrait, b/w treatment, but it is to oversharped for me, especially visable as the background texture.
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