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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/31/2003 3:52:06 AM
Classic
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| Photo By: Debbie Groff
(K:9569)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/31/2003 3:49:17 AM
It's no accident that you saw it and said yes!
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| Photo By: Debbie Groff
(K:9569)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/31/2003 3:47:16 AM
Debbie; I'm looking through your portfolio like I'd never seen it before. All of a sudden I can see what you saw. This is great.
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| Photo By: Debbie Groff
(K:9569)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/30/2003 2:54:29 PM
Gentle light too. Very well done.
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| Photo By: Razvan Toma
(K:787)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/30/2003 2:53:25 PM
Gorgeous. Transcends the medium.
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| Photo By: Angelo Grandi
(K:884)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/30/2003 2:41:56 PM
Hi Kim. This is a great moment but it seems that there are two subjects fighting with each other.
The shot of the teepee without the dogs convinces me that the dogs are really the main subject here. That said, the lines of the teepee are leading my eyes up and away from them.
I really like the way the dogs are standing out against the interior background. They look like an old married couple. I'd be tempted to crop the picture in half and resubmit it to see what people think.
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| Photo By: Kim Culbert
(K:37070)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/30/2003 2:31:42 PM
Fantastic. Love the motion.
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| Photo By: Zbigniew Biejat
(K:243)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/30/2003 2:27:55 PM
Just Pals is more than just great. It's fantastic. What a wonderful mood you have captured. A real treasure. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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| Photo By: Lynn Moore
(K:1059)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/20/2003 4:11:00 AM
Thanks Elangovan.
It's true. I had to be quick to get this close to Jenny's sweet little kitten face. As soon as she realized I was giving her this much attention, she did a quick multicoating test on my lens with her nose. BONK.
Very hard to remove! A good argument for a UV filter.
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| Photo By: John Charlton
(K:5595)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/19/2003 4:37:54 PM
Ya, that's you alright. Geez El, this is bloody fantastic. What you been eating lately. Got to get me some. This one is way, way up there.
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| Photo By: Elangovan S
(K:10675)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/19/2003 4:32:22 PM
Hi Ryan. You did a great job getting Kee Kee to stand out against the background. Now if you could just get her to look at you. But hey, kittens. They don't do anything you expect them to do, do they?
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| Photo By: ryan bailey
(K:61)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/19/2003 4:12:58 PM
Lots of fun! This model looks sexy and alluring without the man killer attitude. Too bad so many women are portrayed in fashion as being so angry. Nice change of pace.
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| Photo By: Samir Zahirovic
(K:58)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/19/2003 11:36:36 AM
Fantastic!
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| Photo By: Elangovan S
(K:10675)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/19/2003 10:54:45 AM
I agree. Great photo. But I'm geeting a strain in my neck looking at it.
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| Photo By: Ernst-Ulrich Schafer
(K:0)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/18/2003 4:37:02 PM
Just another aspect of the Flo & Eddy of life.
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| Photo By: John Charlton
(K:5595)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/17/2003 4:06:27 PM
I love the forces at work in this photograph. Great tension. Beautiful.
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| Photo By: dave jones
(K:608)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/17/2003 7:21:39 AM
Check out this excellent article for the answer.
http://www.usefilm.com/articles/sharpness/
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| Photo By: Martin Huynh
(K:70)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/14/2003 5:27:48 AM
Why is this image so popular? Why is a daisy so popular? Here's my theory. Both are simply beautiful. Simplicity is an increasingly treasured value in our complex world. This flower, so free of flaws and the ravages of life also represents purity and perfection. An untainted innocence. No matter how hard you try, I don't think you could improve on the composition. It is correct. It is righteous. The flower itself is sunny and bright representing the sun and its rays. All daisies do this, but this one does it better than most thanks to the lighting and background you have employed. The background tones cover the spectrum of visible daylight and are an equally important element to the flower itself. It is as if you have captured nature's spiritual life essence in the background. So much more powerful and life affirming than the void of black velvet. Finally, there is a sence of mystery here. The alchemy of light which juxtaposes the lower light illuminating the surface of the flower with the higher position light of the super natural daylight background adds an element of magic which is hard to detect but easy to enjoy. Maybe I sound like a madman, but I see all of this in this modest effort and like the others who have commented before me, I can only sum it up by simply saying WOW!
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| Photo By: Uncle Frank
(K:1642)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/14/2003 4:43:35 AM
Very interesting. It looks better in the thumbnail than it does in the enlargement above. That probably means it looks better when you step back from it a couple of feet. Reminds me of a shroud.
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| Photo By: António Vieira
(K:122)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/13/2003 3:10:27 PM
I love the focus on this macro. You are sharp in just the right places. I can almost taste the dirt. Also, both the light and colours are sumptuous. My only complaint, and it is a very small one, is that the inside of the dark curve above the bottle is pulling my attention up away from the subject. I would have cropped that dark cresent out completely which I beleive would have improved the background.
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| Photo By: sherman hogue
(K:7)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/13/2003 2:52:44 PM
Thank you Marco, Christian and Heather. I wish you could see the print. It shows so much better than this jpeg.
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| Photo By: John Charlton
(K:5595)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/13/2003 2:47:48 PM
Astounding. Just wish I had thought of it myself. I think I would have cropped out the highlight area at the top of the frame, but that's not going to keep me from adding this to my favourites. congratulations on a fantastic image!
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| Photo By: Michal Wojciechowski
(K:1279)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/10/2003 6:32:13 AM
You nailed the light which is beautiful and painterly but what did the uncropped image look like? I would have liked to see a bit more to the left side of the frame. Great capture.
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| Photo By: Howard Sheard
(K:85)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/10/2003 6:19:29 AM
Every inch of the canvas used to perfection.
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| Photo By: Ilona Wellmann
(K:101)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/8/2003 6:03:26 PM
Outstanding. It doesn't get any better than this.
Alisa; your pictures are consistently leaving me with absolutely nothing to say. It must be a good thing. It feels like a good thing.
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Photo By: Alisa Mudge
(K:7511)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/8/2003 5:59:30 PM
As a person somewhat addicted to colour, I have to admit that sometimes black and white says all there is to say. This has got to be one of those times. Congratulations!
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| Photo By: Eric Goldwasser
(K:4294)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/8/2003 5:40:01 PM
I really, and I mean really, really like everything below the lower limit of the top branch. Everything above that point does nothing to improve the image for me. Without the top, I would give this image an 11 out of ten. With it, I am inclined to give it an eight.
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| Photo By: Bulent Ahiskal
(K:1251)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/8/2003 5:24:05 PM
Absolute magic!
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| Photo By: Kim Culbert
(K:37070)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/6/2003 3:35:37 PM
Gary; your portfolio is superb! I will not give you any photographic advice. You are well adhead of me in that department. You really know how to handle an 8 x 10.
May I make a small suggestion however, that you turn off the borders when uploading your pictures to this site. Your 3D shadow will show to much better advantage and your beautiful prints will float elegantly above the web page. Note that you can also turn off the borders on previously uploaded pictures by using the edit photo function.
Also, if you place your copyright notice in the upper left of the image, at least on vertical images like this one, it is more likely to show all of the information.
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| Photo By: Gary Auerbach
(K:3935)
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Critique By:
John Charlton (K:5595)
3/6/2003 3:14:30 PM
Outstanding as usual. Could be just jealousy talking, but I do notice some stray dust on this image. You must have cats!
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| Photo By: Karen Johnson
(K:2951)
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