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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/26/2005 10:38:55 PM
I have these in my garden, and I know they're quite difficult to photograph well so this is a nice job, if perhaps a bit over sharpened. Good seeing this from SA too.
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| Photo By: Todd Wedgworth
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/26/2005 10:35:03 PM
That yard must be alive with flying buzzing things, looks so peaceful to stroll around in. It's nice to see and share something so simple and personal from your home. Great minds and all that:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/282320.html
Ian
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/26/2005 10:25:36 PM
Majestic it is Gayle. How did I manage to miss this? Been asleep lately. I notice your more recent images have been quite emotively dark and this stands out in your portfolio like a huge emphatic full stop. The BIP is equally emphatic and I'm pleased for you as I know what something so simple can mean to us. Funny, on this site, it seems to really count, on others I care not. What you've managed to achieve here is like a movie still, an evocation of daring and exploratory times, and you do justice to the work of those who painstakingly restore these vessels. Great job Gayle, and congrats. Ian
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| Photo By: Gayle's Eclectic Photos
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/26/2005 9:38:32 AM
Hi Michael, this has so much serenity and good karma, she is sitting in a way you only seem to see students do! I like how she has chosen the natural spotlight to illuminate her work and the implication that is more uplifting than slaving under a lamp. You will love the ME Super, one of the best ever, recommend get another body off eBay as back up and to run maybe a faster film through for when you need it. Also find a good repairman in your area. A great decision to learn the ropes with a manual film camera, as you participate on here don't get phased by the odd shot which fails to hit the spot, there will be many and it doesn't make them bad. Shoot for you, then if others like it that's great. You clearly have the motivation and the eye so, with a great camera, and maybe access to a film/slide scanner and a bit of software skill, we should see interesting results. Thanks so much for your insightful comment too, appreciated. Cheers, Ian
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| Photo By: Michael Hilliard
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/25/2005 11:37:51 PM
Self portraiture is difficult and I know you've been trying different things with it, it takes a lot of self perception not just narcism to pull of genuine emotion, like self direction in a movie. The melancholy feel comes through from the eyes especially. Deserved SC for your efforts Stace, well done. Ian
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Photo By: Stace Walker
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/21/2005 9:38:48 AM
I really like this photo Waldemar, the compositional elements are good, there is a story there too and I like the connection between the foreground and background through the people involved, and how the opposite corners are occupied. I am amazed this didn't get a comment before, it's very strong work and a favourite for me.
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| Photo By: waldemar ebner filho
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/18/2005 10:48:15 PM
Abbey Road meets Canary Wharf. This is just excellent Angelo, striking. The edge highlights mentioned by Danny don't detract for me but the strip of light at the very top I would clone or crop away. In truth though it's as nothing to the subject and the craft employed in bringing us such a shot. The word Shoe works wonderfully in making us concentrate on his shoes, and I wonder if his name might just be James! His stiff purposeful stride is an amazing caricature of the Abbey Road album. The timing is split second correct. Superb work. Ian
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| Photo By: Angelo Villaschi
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/17/2005 10:50:49 PM
This HAS to deserve more attention. The sheer white of the wall allows the windows to stand out as if they are suspended, the curve of the wall compliments the arches and the random stones contrasts with the more uniform lines of the windows. You could even crop away the wall and have a lovely abstract but in the end it's just a great and enjoyable image to view.
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| Photo By: franchini marco
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/15/2005 5:33:45 PM
You are unfortunate that there are so many great portraits here that this one got a bit lost and I think it's that the compression quality has degraded the image a bit but it's a beuatiful portrait of a classicly lovely girl. You could also crop this to below her hairline at the top.
The peachy tones are really nice and complimentary to her skin.
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| Photo By: Alexis Polegaev
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/15/2005 5:26:38 PM
I like the voyeuristic look to this, she seems unaware of the camera and is concentrating on her task, she looks like a good worker dedicated to what she is doing. The door behind fills the right part of the frame very well with more depth behind her. The grain gives a good impression of a high speed B&W film.
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| Photo By: Tony Smallman
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/13/2005 11:57:02 PM
The setting for this man amongst the wooden boxes is excellent, it allows the viewer plenty of scope to speculate in why he is there. Is he working, passing through, scaveging? Whatever he is doing he is grimly determined, accentuated by the heavily contrasted shadow over the eyes. His features take on the random angular look of the crates, his clothes replicate the contents, making him absorb into the scene. It's strong work Andrei.
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| Photo By: andrei iliescu
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/13/2005 11:46:04 PM
This is a nicely chosen section and well presented Kessia, it looks almost like a juicy fruit. I like how the petals radiate into the frame from the stalk at the top corner.
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| Photo By: Kessia & Morgan UVA
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/13/2005 11:43:19 PM
The Ushuaia area can certainly give some impressive landscapes and this is one. I know tilt scan be a deception but this one looks too pronounced to be an illusion. Worth correcting as the scene is otherwise well composed and exposed and good for us to see something from this region.
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| Photo By: Adva Shalhevet
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/13/2005 11:39:30 PM
The morning light is good with the subject, I would like to see this red boathouse shrouded in mist too but that's for another rummage! A very effective composition, which the chosen border is not enhancing.
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
7/10/2005 7:51:18 AM
Highest quality Ronnie, reward for foresight and patience, thanks for the notes, you did a great job. The light and the bird cooperated with your talent to observe, and your skill to produce this fine image. Congrats on the award. Ian
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| Photo By: Ronnie Gaubert
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/30/2005 8:02:50 AM
I didn't see it first time round Danny, but would certainly have been moved to comment if I had. It works well as a piece of art and as a commentary. I like how you caught the moment with the farmer placed between the horses and the gulls gatthering behind to pick up whatever rich pickings the plough turns up for them. To see a man toiling like this with elementary tools and animals is heartwarming and melancholic. It's real, not a museum piece or recreation. It seems like the end of an era, like WWII war veterans marching in commemorance, how much longer will it last before it's all just in the history books and museums and not handed down through experience and practice. Same with the critiquing in a way, how often do viewers really stop, look and 'see' rather than zap and move to the next channel. Thanks to Angelo for giving a critique which allowed this to be showcased as it deserves. Well done, guys. Ian.
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| Photo By: Danny Brannigan
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/30/2005 7:38:49 AM
I already commented but back to say it's great to see you and this on home page Jeni, big congrats on the SC award. Ian
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| Photo By: Jennifer Lord-Palmer
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 3:04:56 PM
Beautiful atmosphere Mark, the bright centre is eyecatching, the details very simple,th calm very evident. Quite smooth at this size for pushed Ektachrome 400. Cheers, Ian
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| Photo By: Mark Julian
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 1:58:24 PM
You did a great job with the blending, terrific scene. It's a beautiful area which is very evident from your perspective over the lakes and mountains.
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| Photo By: Rodrigo Eick Moreira
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 1:30:29 PM
The Bariloche region is very beautiful and would seem very familiar to european Alpine dwellers, the area is often known as Little Switzerland, which is something you portray very nicely here.
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| Photo By: Adva Shalhevet
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 11:10:44 AM
Don Toto has a great charachterful face, full of stories, and I'd guess a lot of humour behind the aopparent grimace. Great clarity and I love how the shirt and hat combine, stylish to the end! Ian
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| Photo By: Lo Cascio Walter
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 11:08:21 AM
I like this Giulio, the water takes on a solid appearance like granite, the composition provides different elements through the fram, such a stable frame at the top and place for the ey to run off at the bottom. Excellent image. Ian
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| Photo By: Giulio Rotelli
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 11:03:22 AM
A better image than the thumb suggests, and the more I look the more I enjoy the spaciousness of it. I like the sense of depth as the clouds and water move into the scene to converge at the distant yet familar horizon. Ian
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| Photo By: D W
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 11:00:33 AM
Congrats on the BIP, I can see why comments are in the minority, yet it's great that it can be picked up and awarded, well done whoever spotted this, UF. The colours are rich, the plant and it's reflection reminds me of two people in a prison reaching out for each other at a window yet not able to touch. It's great when a photo of something with no obvious relevance can conjure up a feeling or emotion of something quite different, even if that was not the explicit intent. Well done. Ian
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| Photo By: Soutik Singha
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 10:54:03 AM
Well, as I was just saying .....! Think I like this one even more so. Ian
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| Photo By: Ian McIntosh
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 10:51:56 AM
Dunno, but I like the disturbing effect, conjuring up the music, like some heavy modern jazz, you know it's good, skillful, but it's so damn hard to listen to. The arch experimenter you are, and I'm grateful for that, makes me think.
Cheers, Ian
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| Photo By: Ian McIntosh
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 10:43:14 AM
I like the metallic sheen on the Beetle, the misty atmosphere is wonderful. There's a slightly voyeuristic sense, like hiding behind the car wathcing the man arrive, allows the imagination to make up some stories! I like that in a photo.
About the scan, you could easily clone away the few dustmarks which are in evidence. Well done photo. Ian
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| Photo By: Giulio Rotelli
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/27/2005 10:39:14 AM
A lovely rural image from the Sarajevo region, very well toned, you could just shave a litle off the sky area for balance, but I like it a lot and it's a reminder of what peace looks like. ian
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| Photo By: Bakir Brkanic
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/25/2005 5:44:14 PM
Just a little soft in details but it's the story in the man's face which really counts here, a story well portrayed by you.
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| Photo By: ADAM ORZECHOWSKI
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Critique By:
Ian Crean (K:14866)
6/25/2005 4:14:26 PM
A joy to explore the details in this photo, and also the capture of his character as he looksinto your eyes.
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| Photo By: Gabriella Carta
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