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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/4/2009 11:54:59 AM
The way the lighting highlights the essential shapes against the dark background is superb.
AJ
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| Photo By: Paulo Uemura
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/4/2009 11:53:40 AM
Restrained and elegant - an excellent smoke shot.
AJ
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| Photo By: Bryan Steffy
(K:4910)
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/3/2009 8:24:50 PM
A wonderfully sharp and colourful macro.
Enjoy your holiday!
AJ
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| Photo By: Nicole Besch
(K:72664)
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/3/2009 12:22:32 PM
Took me while to work out that this was a skier! An unexpected and striking perspective. I like the inclusion of the spectator in the foreground, and the sweep of light that seems to come from the skier's head!
AJ
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| Photo By: Sébastien Anex
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/3/2009 12:19:39 PM
This looks great, especially in the full pano mode. The eyes are led naturally across the flat farmland, to the distant hills and the snow on the peaks.
AJ
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| Photo By: Janina Fikus
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/2/2009 7:02:03 PM
Hehe! I wrote my previous comment before I saw this one! Good on you! This is now a very powerful image.
AJ
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| Photo By: Doyle D. Chastain
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/2/2009 6:58:18 PM
Strange. There used to be another guy on UF with the same name as you...
Good to see you here, my friend!
You certainly captured a look of innocence here. How about a tighter crop?
AJ
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| Photo By: Doyle D. Chastain
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/1/2009 4:39:07 PM
Thanks Andrew. And good to know you've got PS working.
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
3/1/2009 2:47:43 PM
Superb, Tony. The one blossoming tree alone is excellent, but the parallel lines of green really make this.
AJ
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| Photo By: Tony Smallman
(K:23858)
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/28/2009 1:00:42 PM
A wooden ship - now that is something! Skillful how you have it emerging from the busy background.
AJ
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| Photo By: John Hatz
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/28/2009 12:58:42 PM
Excellent the way the portrait emerges from the dark background.
AJ
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| Photo By: Srna Stankovic
(K:172232)
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/28/2009 12:56:11 PM
Thanks John - I had great fun doing this one!
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/28/2009 12:55:33 PM
Many thanks for your kind comment, Srna!
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/27/2009 10:54:32 AM
Many thanks, Ray. The D300 can be set to fire repeatedly during a long exposure, hence the two clear images of the hammer. The blur in between comes from the background lighting of a table lamp.
The "studio" is non-existant - it is a garage that sounds very much like yours, except that there is a car in it as well. Which means that anything to be subjected to this treatment should not produce too much in the way of sharp flying objects...
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 9:03:54 PM
Hey Parehan! It's just a single shot. I think I've got the technical side set up OK, but is it art? Maybe I need to get a smooth curve across the image from top left to bottom right, or maybe there's something I haven't thought of yet. This is definitely in the experimental stage!
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:28:39 PM
Wow, that is an extreme study of textures!
AJ
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| Photo By: Fabio Keiner
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:26:10 PM
Thanks Malules - you see what happens to my mental state when the wind doesn't blow?!
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:24:35 PM
Thanks for your in-depth comment, Marian.
The shot itself is not particularly difficult. I came up with the concept (no idea where from...), tried it, improved the lighting, improved the hammer action, got to the point where I could produce a good image every shot.
Sure I played with the technical aspects. The main thing is the lighting - I've got a lamp shining at the hammer, and use the on-board flash in repeat mode to illuminate the hammer twice. Sounds involved but it's all very simple really.
But I just feel there's something missing. Smashing my finger? Now there's an idea!
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:18:43 PM
Thank you, aZiZ! That's what I'm aiming for here, though I'm not yet sure that I've got it right.
AJ
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| Photo By: AJ Miller
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:13:04 PM
Great photoart!
AJ
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| Photo By: parehan .K
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 8:03:38 PM
BTW, I’m thinking of trying to organise a meeting of Warsaw UFers in March. Ideas are still sketchy but if it works well it could become a regular thing. Let me know if you are interested.
AJ
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| Photo By: Ania Zielińska-Hoşaf
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:59:10 PM
Lovely light, and I particularly like the contrasting natural/geometric shapes.
AJ
PS. I'm thinking of trying to organise a meeting of Warsaw UFers in March. Ideas are still sketchy but if it works well it could become a regular thing. Let me know if you are interested.
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| Photo By: Teresa Ferraris
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:51:49 PM
What a lovely location. Actually, it looks as though it was sunny, but that the sun was rather high overhead, casting shadows towards you. Because of that, this could work well as a B&W image.
AJ
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| Photo By: Ania Zielińska-Hoşaf
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:48:05 PM
What a wild image - just great!
AJ
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| Photo By: Mitra Nademi-Nassari
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:44:48 PM
Please excuse me for not commenting on everything you upload - there is just too much that is too good!
This is superb in every way. Oh, but there is one thing that comes to mind - do you not think that the main subject is just a little too central vertically? How about moving it down a little?
BTW, are you really shooting JPG with the D80 and not RAW?
AJ
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| Photo By: Malules Fernandez
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:34:59 PM
Just sand, maybe, but look at the texture you have managed to bring out!
AJ (sorry, not Iranian!)
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| Photo By: txules .
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:29:24 PM
This is just superb. The composition is wonderful - the line of the fence and the line of cows meeting at a nodal point identified by the tree.
AJ
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| Photo By: laura diaz
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:26:27 PM
A wonderfully striking image. Love the colours and presentation.
AJ
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| Photo By: José Miguel Sánchez
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:22:08 PM
This is a great concept, Katy, and very nicely done. I'm not sure why you're apologising for the quality - it looks fine in full pano mode. There is an obvious join between the third and fourth images but that would be easy to deal with.
AJ
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| Photo By: Katy Simmons Assi
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Critique By:
AJ Miller (K:49168)
2/26/2009 7:15:23 PM
An excellent close-up of this little chap, Marian. And I like the rich colours in the wood of the bench, which adds a nice balance to the composition.
AJ
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| Photo By: Marian Man
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