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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/21/2004 7:32:32 AM
Good Morning Pastor Spracklen; (it's midnight here).
What a wonderful image, and you're title is right on-- an impressive view. The compositional element that I really like here is the strong diagonal of the waterline receding into the distance-- takes the eye right with it-- and the foreground fence anchors it and increases depth even more. Nicely seen and photographed! Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/20/2004 8:47:34 PM
Hi Roberto; this is a wonderful landscape. As you noted, the colors are excellent, but the phot is very dynamic too with the strong diagonals running from lower left to upper right. I'd just add that the thumbnail doesn't do this photo justice at all-- it has to be opened to be appreciated. Nice work. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Roberto Carli
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/20/2004 8:40:24 PM
Hi Jeanette; I like the textures both in the subject and in the photo too. An interesting subject and composition. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/20/2004 8:35:25 PM
I love this one Mike!!!
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/20/2004 8:32:28 PM
Hi Mike; this is a really nice -- and well seen image-- my kind of photo. I like the spider webs, but what really makes it is the detail in the lower part of the hanging structure-- whatever it is? The reflections in the drop are cool too.
Yep-- lots of rain lately and I've been getting out between storm surges. The boat Helen McColl was at a pier just across the channel from the Charleston boat basin (east of), and I shot it from the Charleston bridge-- a good vantage point BTW.
I've been having software problems (PSP 9.0) and haven't been able to upload lately-- or get it
fixed:>(. But OTOH, I should get a little Canon s70 pocket camera tomorrow so that'll be fun to wring out-- 7MP w/ a 28-100mm (equivalent) lens. Hi to D. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/20/2004 7:51:20 PM
Hi Chris; an excellent shot Chris. The people give a nice sense of scale here, and the distant cliff gives a great sense of depth.
I've been having computer-- actually software problems and haven't been able to upload anything for awhile now. Thanks for your comments on my boat photo. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/17/2004 9:01:23 PM
Really "the decisive monment". This is very expressive. Well done and Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: al Farrob
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/17/2004 8:57:35 PM
Hi Tom; Congrats on BIP award-- a nice one! This is an excellent photo-- and even moreso with the fascinating explanation about the location, some geologic history etc. Composition is right on and exposure and reflection are excellent. I understand what you mean by correcting skies as I also do a lot of landscape/seascape photos w/ polarizer. I drove across Death Valley in 1967 (October;>)-- loved it-- but wasn't into photography then unfortunately.
I share your fascination w/ deserts-- favorite places in fact-- but we live on the Oregon Coast-- long story;>) Thanks for your very complimentary comments on my recent lichen photo. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: tom rumland
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/17/2004 8:31:43 PM
Hi Jeanette; this is a rather disturbing image with elements of both the divine and the satanistic. It makes one stop and look-- and think-- and in this respect it is a successful photo. You've done a good job photographically.
Thanks for your comments on my recent "fungus" picture-- it's a lichen, a type of fungus and a close relative to mushrooms. Lichens typically grow on wood-- living trees as well as rotting wood. This one is the biggest I've seen-- about 1/2 M across. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/15/2004 7:54:36 PM
Hi Gayle-- hope you are well. I like this shot. It looks like a dark, cold, rainy night in the great PNW-- nice shot. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/15/2004 7:47:29 PM
Hi Craig; first, congratulations on this POTD-- really well deserved! This shot is awesome, and everything is "there"-- the perfect shape of a classic volcano, the gorgeous sky for a backdrop, but for me what really completes it and gives it depth is the nicely silhouetted ridge in the foreground. Very nice and going in my favorites. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Craig Hanson
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/13/2004 3:17:50 AM
Hi Donna; I just had to comment on this one as this kind of photo is a favorite of mine. In a word, excellent! The lighting and composition are absolutely superb-- wish I had taken it. Best of luck in your pro photo endeavors. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Donna Johnson
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/13/2004 3:12:38 AM
Hi Stranger; just browsing the latest entries in your portfolio here-- you are doing some really nice "stuff" in the areas of high key and soft. This rose and background is a good example of a nicely composed soft and bright image.
One suggestion: as I think this is already somewhat of a "posed" image, go a step further and in PS blow it up to about 120% and clone out all imperfections in the rose and its leaves-- you'd be surprised at how much "cleaner" and more perfect the image will look. Keep up the good work and thanks for looking in on my photos;>). Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Donna Johnson
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 9:47:48 PM
....wonderful composition, subject, and sentiment. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Stephen Bivens
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 9:37:06 PM
Hi John; an unusual sunset treatment, and therefore I think a bit refreshing. But it's the sentiment that really matters here and what it obviously means to you. My Best. Craig
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| Photo By: John Loreaux
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 9:31:46 PM
Hi Chris; this is a wonderfully funny photo-- the pumkin catches the viewer completely off guard and is a very pleasant surprise-- made me smile! At first I didn't recognize the gourds, but they fit right in here. I think the light from the window in the upper right adds to the character of this photo and balances the lighting? Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 9:25:21 PM
Hi Jeanette; I really like the lighting, and darkish tone, and the texture works really well here too. Nicely seen, taken and presented. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 9:21:34 PM
Hi Teunis; what a wonderful group of mushrooms! Your composition and DOF are perfect, and I really like the suject grouping-- and I agree-- a nice title. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 8:40:49 AM
Hi Amna; an excellent composition, and very nice use of "negative space". I think this works especially well because the overall cast of the whole photo is blue.
Thanks for your generous comments on my lichen picture tonight. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Amna Al Shamsi
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 8:34:40 AM
Hi Mike; what a wonderful abstract-- love the composition and the soft warm colors-- very nice seeing.
Got your email and started to return when V started having computer/printer problems;>(
PSP 9.0 is JASC's latest version of Paint Shop Pro and it now supports RAW editing for many good prosumer and DSLR cameras including my E-1-- looking forward to getting it. That trailer is huge!! Did you buy it or just renting? The high key abstract you attavhed is cool too. When ar eyou heading north? Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/10/2004 8:24:27 AM
Hi Teunis; this really is an outstanding photograph. The subject is unusual and composition and lighting are excellent. You've also managed to capture it "in its environment. Very nice my friend-- it's going into my favorites.
Thanks for your comments on my lichen picture. I suspected that you may appreciate it! I grew up in the country and now live in a small town.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/8/2004 11:50:42 PM
Hi Jim; this is a strong simple and very effective composition-- and a subject much to my liking.
Thanks for you complimentary words on my Simpson House photo-- I like it too, but then I'm biased. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/8/2004 11:39:55 PM
Wonderful toning and nice grain effect Amna!
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| Photo By: Amna Al Shamsi
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/8/2004 11:37:03 PM
Hi Mike; a really cool shot and some nice PS work. I remember this car well as a friends parents had one when we were kids. Chrysler had a powerful V-8 then.
Postcards huh? I just ordered PSP 9.0-- it supports RAW development for the Oly E-1 and many other popular cameras-- looking forward to getting and trying it next week;>)-- gues I'm getting to be a software junkie too! Hi to D. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/8/2004 11:30:51 PM
Hi Chris; this is a difficult and complex subject with all the layers of detail, but you've done an excellent job of composing and organizing it for ther viewer. Nice Work, and my best to your friend and his family.
Thanks much for your generous comments on my Simpson House photo-- I like it too-- atmospheric conditions were just perfect at the time. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/7/2004 9:15:13 PM
Hi Peter; I'm a fungus shooter too-- when I find interesting ones. This is nice is B&W. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Peter Daniel
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/7/2004 9:01:05 PM
Hi Chris; this is a wonderful rainbow whether it's your first or 100th! the lighting is absolutely excellent and the composition just as good. I've captured none as good as this.
I'm glad you told us you desataurated this and I can only imagine how brilliant the colors must have been. I've occasionally had to desaturate sunsets to make them "believable". An excellent capture my friend. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/7/2004 8:48:49 PM
Hi again Mike; I like this too-- as you might guess. Rock art, abstracts, and patterns are one of my favorite subjects.
Thius is really an excellent find, and your composition is right on. The colors and lines are excellent. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/7/2004 8:44:45 PM
Hi Mike; this is a very cool piece of photo art. The band of rather surrealistic lights and objects is certainly "grabbing", and I like what you've done here.
I've been shooting flowers-- mostly Dahlias-- at Shore Acres Botanical Gardens as they are in heavy bloom this time of year. Hi to D. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Craig Garland (K:27077)
10/7/2004 8:36:25 PM
Hi Teunis; a wonderful windmill, and I really like the sky-- everything looks so peaceful and quiet. I really enjoy your photos of windmills in Holland.
Thanks for your kind comments on my recent pink Dahlia photo. Cheers. Craig
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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