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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/19/2003 7:24:58 AM
Lovely colours and contrast against the brooding sky. I tend to agree with Emma, but I could really do with a swim there right now! So damn hot here at the moment...
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| Photo By: A Brito
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/19/2003 5:22:17 AM
Scrunch, scrunch... grrrr...
Can't believe it's midnight and still 30?C inside...! going mad in the heat... have run out of ice-cubes and lemon soda.... if I'm not around in the morning, call 911 for the emergency ice-cream van... xx
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
(K:17107)
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/18/2003 11:46:36 PM
Sluuurrrppppp...... 
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| Photo By: Michael Holm
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/16/2003 4:31:39 PM
Exquisite. I like this in many ways. It is both technically pleasing and artistically gorgeous.
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| Photo By: Muhammad Reza, Kodok
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/16/2003 3:39:26 PM
hehe, net trickery. (Meant it though, lol!) Had you going for a moment...? 
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/16/2003 2:06:56 PM
Nice capture. I've cropped it slightly to make the framing a little tighter and perhaps a bit more dramatic...
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| Photo By: Kenneth Larsson
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 8:55:11 PM
I'll have to try one of these IR filters someday. You've made this park look somewhat otherworldly. The grass looks a bit like snow and I really like the dappled lighting you've captured so very well. I wonder what it would look like with the viewpoint swung around slightly to the right, (to get more of the bench in shot). This would also retain the large tree as a framing device but perhaps not have that slight niggling feeling that it's blocking my view somehow. Good work again.
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| Photo By: Beverly Gustafson
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 5:39:21 PM
I was going to say excellent humourous shot, but it's an excellent shot all round! Fringe lighting, DOF, composition, subjects, etc all good work.
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Photo By: KEVIN TEMPLE
(K:8657)
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 5:37:59 AM
Besides anything else (nice work), I'm impressed seeing the settings of a photo that's almost as old as I am!
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| Photo By: George Marks
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 5:33:31 AM
Don't mind me, just some very quick fiddling...
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 4:57:53 AM
I like the Kubrick-esque overtones. Monolithic and deliberate...
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| Photo By: Barry Walthall
(K:5312)
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/15/2003 1:31:16 AM
I love that Velvia 100... Have only taken it out a few times but you are working wonders with it! This photo has a mystical, primeval quality about it. Great planning and execution.
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| Photo By: Marcio Cabral
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 10:40:56 PM
But you've got a very pleasing result so just call it "artistic"... lol
- I've also done this when I tripped over the tripod during a long exposure.
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| Photo By: Joann Winborn
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 9:26:56 PM
Nice candid pose of a very expressive animal. I've always had a soft spot for meerkats...
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| Photo By: Elena Zabelina
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 9:03:25 PM
Well done again. I use the old "shortended neck strap with remote cable running through my shirt into my pocket trick" for getting type of shot... ;-)
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| Photo By: Roger Cotgreave
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 9:01:24 PM
You've also done some very nice B&W conversion work as well. Particularly like the light through the drinks and details around the girl's hand and belt.
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| Photo By: Roger Cotgreave
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 7:37:55 PM
Love the colours, curves and crop. For some reason I think it needs a scoop of icecream on it... don't know why... just does!
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| Photo By: Ted Williams
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 5:49:39 PM
I really do like this a lot, but I'm not staying long - I think I can see something ghoulish rising in the corner...
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| Photo By: Cherie Marion
(K:-17)
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 5:38:12 PM
Finally found my photo, lol! After all these years overseas, I thought my family had hidden it to use as blackmail against me... If you're still curious you can email me otherwise there's no way I'm showing it here to be the laughing stock of UseFilm - waaay too embarrassing!!
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| Photo By: Kristina Kohut
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 5:18:39 PM
The scan may not have done this photo justice in terms of exposure, colour balance and clarity. It is a beautiful spot and I like your composition.
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| Photo By: Yvonne Ng
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 4:38:10 PM
A super closeup, the colours and lines make this quite abstract and a great fun shot. Reminds me of raspberry syrup on icecream. Thanks for all your nice comments! I'm so far behind leaving comments on usefilm, I'm surprised anyone talks to me anymore!
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| Photo By: Kristina Kohut
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 4:25:04 PM
I agree with you and prefer this one as well. Simple, elegant and engaging. The cropping on bottom edge worries me a little, but a photo has to end somewhere, right?
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| Photo By: Harlan Heald
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/14/2003 4:21:29 PM
Ah, but I can see a cool bit of rust on one of the cross-beams that you were actually concentrating on... ;-)
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| Photo By: Harlan Heald
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/9/2003 3:55:02 PM
This is an excellent photo on many levels! I must agree with Al's comment regarding its eligibility for the contest though - unless of course there are a stack of Bronnies just outside the door! ;-)
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| Photo By: Hayri CALISKAN
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/7/2003 7:55:48 PM
This just came up in random pics and caught my eye. Never seen so many together before, lol.
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| Photo By: CJ McKendry
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/7/2003 7:18:45 PM
A great fun shot sandy, I agree with Roger in that it appears reminiscent of an illustrated children's book. The desaturation and ethereal lighting around the girl in contrast with the cold reality of the bed suggest her jumping from the real world into one of her dreams, somewhat Peter Pan-like. You could perhaps strengthen this notion with some more PS playing around if you wanted to. You've done a good job cloning out all the things that were in the room, but if I wanted to be picky I'd say just a little more smoothing out would make this even better.
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/3/2003 4:09:29 PM
Exceptional result. It does have a strong abstract or painterly feel about it.
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| Photo By: Jan Bernhardtz
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/3/2003 3:18:37 PM
Part of me is thinking "red rum! red rum!" but then again the impassive expression is ambiguous, so a little difficult to interpret. Steadfast, stoic, yet slightly vulnerable perhaps? Another quite different character study (and presentation) in your growing collection of imaginative portraits. (scrunch You've done a good job in extricating the girl from the original photo but perhaps a little broader feathering on the hair highlights to blend more gradually with the background shadows.
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| Photo By: sandy c. hopkins
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/3/2003 6:15:33 AM
Yes, impressive control of DOF. Very crisp shot, great details and I like the intimate aspect of the low perspective. Beautiful.
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| Photo By: Paolo Barthelemy
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Critique By:
Richard Marriner (K:6657)
12/3/2003 5:30:43 AM
I saw this one first, but prefer the previous version. A stronger sense of emerging from the shadows and the colours are less fussy. Having said that, both versions are pleasing in their own way.
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