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* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 4:19:34 PM
hi hugo.... i'll be back out again soon at night and will make the corrections recommended by you and some others. i do think there will be a lot of improvement.
take care hugo. james
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* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 4:18:18 PM
truly beautiful colours here claudia. this is one of the things i miss from home, here in china, at least in south and central china, you simply cant see this in the fall. the area is too tropical or just the wrong kind of vegetation, or it just doesnt get cold enough. nice capture of natures beauty here.
best wishes. james
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| Photo By: Claudia Perilli
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* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 4:13:53 PM
hi lisa. you're right, there are some pretty bright sources of light in that photo and they can overpower the rest of the image i think. as i noted to hugo and james, i didnt adjust my aperture settings at all last night, only the shutter. so thats probably a big reason for some problems.
as for the bridge, there (hopefully) arent any lighting problems there, and i do look forward to a successful time shooting photos there. you can see a decent photo of the bridge here:
http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/31062389
thanks for the help and best wishes. james
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 4:10:02 PM
hi james. as i indicated to hugo, i neglected aperture totally last night and was concentrating too much on shutter speed without necessary adjustments to aperture (had the camera on manual). will give it a go again with smaller apertures to see what the results are. will also consider shooting in RAW. incidentally, ISO for my photo was 200.
thanks for the help james.
best wishes. james
best wishes. james
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 4:05:54 PM
hi hugo. i had the camera on manual and was focusing too much on shutter speed and totally neglected the aperture values. that's probably a big part of the problem.
as for metering, I used matrix metering which is supposed to take information from various areas of the frame. i thought this might be more useful since there are a variety of light sources throughout the photo. but i could experiment with other metering values.
thanks for the help hugo. always appreciated.
best wishes. james
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* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 3:58:44 PM
hi timothy. that photo was shot at ISO200. will also start shooting in RAW and experimenting more as well. its the best way to learn, just thru trial and error. thanks for the help.
best wishes. james
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 3:56:46 PM
hi burak. thanks for the help. repositioning the camera is an option. i'll do that next time i visit that area, just for the practice. i will also attempt to bracket the photos next time as well.
best wishes. james
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 2:25:16 PM
how many different ways are there to shoot mount fuji? quite a few it seems from your portfolio. this one is particularly nice in that the mountain isnt the only point of focus in the frame.
thanks for the exposure of this nice mountain craig. its one place in japan i hope to get to someday soon.
james
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| Photo By: Craig Hanson
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/13/2006 12:35:27 PM
not bad. a few things:
1. a bit bright still behind the youngest of the three and i would have tried to clone out those tree branches behind her head. easily done and aesthetically would be more pleasing without them there.
2. the hand coming out from behind the shoulder of the grandmother,
3. that paper item blocking the hand of the lady on left.
4. the sunglasses are a distraction.
these are all small corrections/preferential changes i would have made, sometimes we dont see them when we shoot the photo tho. otherwise nice and sharp. a good photo.
james
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| Photo By: Laura Spell
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/12/2006 2:23:21 AM
very sharp and good colours. most of your photos are quite simple, and i like that. good work. james
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| Photo By: Henry Jalandoni
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* James * (K:20200)
8/12/2006 2:15:24 AM
it is very nicely done. nice soft colours and just so serene looking. a shame the moon wasnt a bit bigger. great work nonetheless. james
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| Photo By: Henry Jalandoni
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* James * (K:20200)
8/11/2006 3:33:22 PM
despite the flaws, still a nice shot. a shame you didnt get the whole tail but thats the way it is when you shoot this type of photo. i usually just keep pumping off the shots (continuous shooting), and one of them will turn out right (not always tho).
nice work. james
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Photo By: Edward Ghoti
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/11/2006 3:30:11 PM
nice DoF. good use of your lens. i just bought the same one last month and it seems to work well for the low price.
james
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| Photo By: Adrienne Baxter
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/11/2006 3:24:10 PM
good work. i tried the same panning method in sichuan trying to shoot photos of horses racing by. didnt quite work out the way i planned. its not easy to do this panning technique, especially with this lens. too bad there wasnt more of a background to show a more interesting blur. nice shot nonetheless. james
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| Photo By: Glenn Owens
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/11/2006 3:21:36 PM
nice shot. would have been great to see a before and after shot, and a bit more of the bike too. good work. james
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| Photo By: Dave Booth
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* James * (K:20200)
8/11/2006 3:17:24 PM
that is one of the biggest sets of antlers i've ever seen. very nice shot.
james
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| Photo By: Gregory McLemore
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 3:18:12 PM
first time i've seen this view of hong kong. a new perspective and a welcome change from the oft photographed skyline of central. nicely done. james
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| Photo By: khalid Al-Thani
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 3:15:30 PM
they are beautiful flowers. i have a similar shot in my portfolio. an oft photographed flower in this part of the world. well done.
james
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| Photo By: Luis Limchiu
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 12:01:29 PM
are these the narrow streets of Omis? i have to say i dont know where it is, but i did spend almost 18 months in your country during the 1990s, mostly in zagreb, split, and primosten. a beautiful country croatia.
james
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| Photo By: Branimir Fagarazzi
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 11:57:36 AM
nice shot. the lens made the waterline look like one of those infinity pools where you cant see the end of the water. good DoF.
didnt know they had this bird in iran. nice to see they're still alive.
james
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| Photo By: Sam Kh
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 11:55:06 AM
funny looking figurines. i've actually never seen anything like this in china.
good shot. james
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| Photo By: Devernois samira
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 11:53:01 AM
really beautiful sunset. did you use any special filters to get that effect with the sun?
james
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| Photo By: Sergio Cárdenas
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 11:30:32 AM
hi tracy. first of all, nice shot here. i love the beach and the turquoise blue waters that some of these places have. in this photo it would be nice to see a bit more of the sky, too closely cropped at the top i think, and maybe (even tho a lot of people dont like to do it) clone out that white blotch at top centre. looks like some kind of structure or something. but detracts from the loveliness of the photo.
take care ~ james
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| Photo By: Tracy Mortimer
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 9:48:20 AM
the sunflower is among the most beautiful and colourful of flowers. this is one of the best sunflower shots on UF. good work again. james
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| Photo By: Craig Hanson
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 9:42:09 AM
good work again craig. you've got about enough different fuji shots to make your own coffee table book. well done and it gives me impetus to concentrate on different aspects of the same object now. hopefully i can come up with something.
james
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| Photo By: Craig Hanson
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/10/2006 2:44:27 AM
quite a nice shot. colours could be saturated a bit mroe tho. underwater or taken in an aquarium?
james
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| Photo By: jose mejias
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/7/2006 8:58:35 AM
nice shot, can even see some fish in the water. a bit grainy tho, but in a way it looks like an old post crd, so maybe thats not a bad thing.
james
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| Photo By: emiliano chionaky
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/7/2006 1:26:55 AM
can you explain how you did the frame please?
nice shot. james
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| Photo By: Doyle D. Chastain
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/7/2006 1:24:29 AM
hi. there's a spot just under the bird.... not sure what it is but could be removed with the clone/healing tool in PS. a faster shutter speed would freeze the wings more as well. otherwise great shot.
james
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| Photo By: Di Ciuccio Maurizio
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
8/7/2006 12:18:39 AM
you've got an interesting style.... one not often seen here on UF. just wondered how you did this type of shot?
james
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| Photo By: Aliihsan Pinçe
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