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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 6:23:46 PM
i prefer the black and white version myself. just evokes feelings of a different time and place to me when done in this way. more simplistic and effective in my opinion.
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: Galal El Missary
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* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 6:15:51 PM
well done portrait. i do indeed hope to visit uzbekistan soon to be able to shoot this type of personality myself. these gentleman really lend themselves well to photography.
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: Robert Waddingham
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 6:06:20 PM
hi ferran. as hugo says, very nice presentation here and the different colours do indeed express different moods. this is something i could see hanging on someone's wall at home.
i've been to the desert (in china) and will be back there again next month, so this photo of yours has given me a new idea that i can try to work with.
well done. james
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| Photo By: Ferran Rial
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 5:50:35 PM
there are few things i enjoy more in life than riding a bike. a good shot of the criterium here, and a nice blur effect. only thing i could suggest is just to have waited a second longer to get the cyclists a bit closer. it can be difficult to do tho..... and probably one of the reasons i have no cycling photos in my portfolio.
nice to see this shot here.
best wishes carolyn ~ james
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| Photo By: Carolyn Wheeler
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 5:46:06 PM
thanks ferran. opinions are all i'm after.
james
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| Photo By: * James *
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 5:36:56 PM
nice introduction. i've never thought of such a thing, but now that i've seen it, i should do a self-portrait. glad to have met you here ferran.
james
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| Photo By: Ferran Rial
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 5:32:20 PM
thanks ferran. a few of these photos are already in my portfolio. i wonder if you can look at my previous post here and consider answering the question i've posed.
james
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| Photo By: * James *
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/11/2006 5:30:30 PM
i recently entered this photo in a competition. the competition guidelines were a bit vague and didnt expressly prohibit a composite upload, only specifying one upload per entrant (which this is).
in the opinion of anyone here on UF, do you think this qualifies as "one entry" or could it be interpreted as six separate entries?
warmest regards ~ james
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| Photo By: * James *
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/4/2006 1:06:55 PM
beautiful shot of one of the water towns (i presume in east china). where exactly did you take the photo? i'm always looking for places like this to go shoot photos.
good work and best wishes ~ james
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| Photo By: Audrey Reid
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
6/4/2006 1:04:54 PM
lovely shot ian..... i've been here numerous times but have yet to go on a raft ride on the li river. you captured the mood here nicely with beautiful blue tones.
i'm considering a balloon ride over the area next time i visit yangshuo, the cost is a bit steep but i think it will pay off handsomely with the beautiful karst scenery that this part of guangxi is famous for.
good to see you here again ~ james
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| Photo By: Ian McAllister
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/25/2006 5:11:04 PM
a very well composed alpine landscape. clear, sharp and colourful. i would hope to visit this place in the near future. thanks for introducing it to us..... james
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| Photo By: arijit(ratul) talukder
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/25/2006 5:09:16 PM
a good photo. this shows one of the realities of india. well done. james
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| Photo By: arijit(ratul) talukder
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/15/2006 11:11:01 AM
one of the more interesting shots i've seen taken quickly out of the window of a car. i dont even bother to take these shots, usually just bouncing around too much. good shot. james
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| Photo By: Ursula Luschnig
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/15/2006 11:09:38 AM
i was looking at some old photos in my portfolio and noticed you commented on one of my photos from a couple of years back. so now returning the favour. this is a very lovely sunflower, in fact one of the nicer ones i've seen, and i try to look at all of them.
the absence of any background is what makes it most attractive to me. well done. james
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Photo By: Ivan Møllebjerg
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/14/2006 1:10:36 AM
i didnt know that libya had such a treasure of ancient artifacts. my first guess when i saw these latest additions was turkey.
libya is just now opening up to tourism, however you seem to have been on work related business. I certainly hope you were able to get into the desert and take equally interesting photos out there as well.
thanks for displaying these photos ~ james
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| Photo By: Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/14/2006 12:41:43 AM
nick.... to reply to your question, as i mentioned in my previous comment, sometimes when you straighten out one part of the photo, you'll make another part of the photo crooked. sometimes you can't fix it. the photo looks the way it does for different reasons. maybe the way you held the camera, maybe the lens..... at any rate, many people dont worry about the tilted horizon. sometimes it can improve the photo, sometimes not.
the only way you could straighten one part of the photo without affecting another part (as far as i know) would be to cut the crooked part out, place it on another layer, straighten it, then add it back to the original photo, and flatten the layers together. but i think thats too much trouble. in this case, i dont think it would change your photo much, the curvature is pretty small. but i think you could still sharpen it a little.
by the way, this happens to me all the time. i often have to straighten my photos. i often pay too much attention to small details that others wouldnt worry about, but that's my way of thinking.
have a nice day ~ james
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/13/2006 4:18:16 AM
this photo is very sharp and very clear, i do like it. the colours look slightly different than what i'd expect for desert photography tho, the sky at least. did you use any polarizer here? judging by the shadows, and the colours here, it must be an afternoon shot. anyway, as you've corrected some other images, i'll have a look at those.
james
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| Photo By: Don Loseke
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/13/2006 2:52:10 AM
not a bad concept, but its a bit too dark i think.
james
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| Photo By: wizard in black
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/13/2006 2:50:09 AM
yes, seems to be some curvature here. however, when you straighten out one element of a photo, you potentially put another out of alignment. slight CCW rotation might be good here, about 0.4 of a degree i think. might do with a little sharpening as well. nice colours tho.
best wishes. james
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:57:07 PM
nicely done in my opinion. hard to squeeze the entire temple into one shot but you managed to get a lot of it in. may i suggest adding a bit of contrast and adjust the brightness a little?
good work. james
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| Photo By: Shu-Wei Tan
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:50:31 PM
asian girls are so attractive. this shot would be much better in my opinion if we could only see a bit more of her face, turning her head slightly left. nonetheless, thats just my opinion. my portraits need a lot of work....
best wishes. james
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| Photo By: a. gianfranco baccelli
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:45:47 PM
i actually prefer this one to the solitary tree. the colours are much improved here than in the other shot. tuscany seems to be a very photogenic place, unfortunately i never spent much time in italy, only a couple of weeks.
keep up the good work. james
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| Photo By: a. gianfranco baccelli
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:42:54 PM
i do miss the "mysticism" that surrounds these houses, at least thats the way i look at it. always wondered what they were for but after a year in thailand i never bothered to ask anyone. nice collection you have here. keep up the good work len. james
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| Photo By: Len Webster
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:35:16 PM
nice shot. acutally looks somewhat similar to one of the desktop backgrounds provided by microsoft for windows.
only thing i dont like aobut it is the sky seems a bit too pale for me, a bit of a deeper blue would be nice, but its still a nice shot.
well done ~ james
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| Photo By: a. gianfranco baccelli
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:25:17 PM
yes, those are the scorpions. easy to pick out klaus meine.... i saw this band in winnipeg in 1979, as backup to ted nugent. they are indeed one of the best heavy rock bands of all time. not a bad shot either.
james
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| Photo By: samir sarofem
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:06:53 PM
well its a good attempt, its sharp, but might do with a little colour saturation. i've never shot any birds with my camera, in fact rarely do i even see a bird where i am but this one looks good. would be better if the background were a different shade or colour but you take these photos when and where you can.
good work. james
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| Photo By: Rick X
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 12:03:23 PM
good light, quite clear and no visible noise that i can see. a nice shot of this city.
james
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| Photo By: Wez
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 11:59:42 AM
very nice glamour style shot. this is something i would like to get into at some point, however, i'm stuck at taking candid portraits of people at this point in time.
nice work here and best wishes. james
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| Photo By: Kelli MacDonald
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 3:02:04 AM
interesting cultural shot. i do hope to make it to india some day soon. it is definitely a gold mine for photography.
best wishes. james
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| Photo By: Amitava Banerjea
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Critique By:
* James * (K:20200)
5/9/2006 2:52:33 AM
nice shot of the train but the date stamp should be cloned out. good work anyway. james
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