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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
12/1/2005 10:34:38 PM
OK, Ralf - you have *got* to get some daylight! Great composition but quite dark on my monitor (Adobe calibrated). Bottom left all but blacks out. A great scene though - clearly you live near docks for these derricks to be so prolific?
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| Photo By: Ralf Denguth
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
12/1/2005 6:40:51 PM
Rat - hmm, definitely confusion here as RAW (whatever format it is) has nothing to do with any of this. Sounds like there's some terminology mixup here...or you have an incorrect RAW plug-in? Graham.
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| Photo By: Drowned Rat
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
12/1/2005 5:22:07 PM
Great flowing effect - would make a great studio backdrop 
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| Photo By: Mary Vareli
(K:15826)
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
12/1/2005 5:12:23 PM
Excellent use of light and exposure. A well-balanced image with perfect sense of motion.
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| Photo By: Alexis Polegaev
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/30/2005 6:37:16 PM
Eb - unless you are a commercial photographer who sells images for a living and needs the quality there is ZERO point in shooting RAW images. Besides, there are so many standards, I feel that RAW will disapear and TIFF (the industry standard) will prevail. RAW images do NOT 'fix' photos that were bad to start with and have nothing to do with exposure. They do allow adjustment of white balance however (the main reason to shoot raw images). RAW images also offer histograms and require an in-depth knowledge of the intricacies of the technical aspects of photography and histograms. I will post the details of this RAW confusion I see here on my website so everyone can understand how to do this and how to save JPG files for maximum inpact and with minimum loss (yes, it *can* be done!: 0 I also cover this in my lectures. Work in PSD, save in TIFF, and post in JPG. Golden Rule I will show you how to save lossless JPG files...
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Photo By: Eb Mueller
(K:24960)
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/30/2005 11:01:20 AM
I was wondering how you feel shooting in RAW would be of help? This seems to be a common misconception
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| Photo By: Drowned Rat
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/30/2005 9:23:15 AM
Nice portrait, Robert. Personally, I find the red border distracting ....
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| Photo By: Robert Whiteman
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/30/2005 8:50:51 AM
Sure is an interesting image with good composition. If anything, the blob in the lower right corner needs to be blended out as it is quite distracting. Good choice of tone if a little exaggerated.
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| Photo By: jacek bielarz
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/30/2005 8:45:18 AM
You're welcome, Eb. It does take quite a bit of experience to realize that accurate representation of Mother Nature results in flat, low contrast images. Our eyes compensate for this. With photographs, we often have to increase contrast for effect. Get yourself a copy of Photoshop Elements to use the auto contrast utility which is excellent. My last post entitled "Iris" shows the dramatic effect of accurate contrast representation. Regards, Graham
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| Photo By: Eb Mueller
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/29/2005 11:58:57 AM
The indigo color is breathtaking and the red buoy light couldn't be better if you tried! Very powerful image with great impact and saturation. Would make a great postcard! I love the ionosphere center screen and the Thirds placement of objects, i.e. clouds and buoy and darker foreground cloud. Excellent shot!
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| Photo By: Lars Tjernagel
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/28/2005 11:11:55 AM
Great image - it looks like a huge wasp.....
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| Photo By: osvaldo rima
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/28/2005 11:11:19 AM
Great shot - I'd love to see it full-size!
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| Photo By: Marcus Armani
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/28/2005 9:32:41 AM
Tracy - as you like BW so much, I think you would enjoy reading around Ansel Adams' 'Zone system'. I think his writings would help you tremendously.
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| Photo By: Tracey Main
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/28/2005 8:19:39 AM
Beautiful colors, Peter. You must be a stone's throw from me as I am also in Round Rock.
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| Photo By: Peter Daniel
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/28/2005 7:54:36 AM
I love the archetypal postcard feel to this image, Eb. There's just enough detail to keep the eye firmly focused on the distant silver barn, and you've managed to keep detail in the lea of the mountain peak. I suspect this image will hold another full stop of saturation for a more intense effect. (see attachment and compare to make the difference noticeable). See how the original appears to have a 'flatness' in comparison? Hope this helps for future shots. In scenes like these where there is such vast light ranges, it is advisable to expose for the shadowed highlights, then underexpose by up to one full stop for maximum color saturation. Try it and see. Regards, Graham.
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| Photo By: Eb Mueller
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/27/2005 3:43:59 PM
It's been a long time since I saw a good BW here - and this is it! Excellent is all respects. Well Done!
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| Photo By: Jun Takeuchi
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/27/2005 2:09:42 PM
Whoaa! Where did you find this guy?? They're amazing flowers and smell so wonderful. I like the darker treatment here - looks great!
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| Photo By: Lars Tjernagel
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/27/2005 11:41:12 AM
Reminds me of Jupiter's 'Red Spot'
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| Photo By: Rob Graziano
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/27/2005 11:19:23 AM
Nice composition and well handled!
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| Photo By: moataz k. elkateb
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/27/2005 11:05:10 AM
This is a nice subject, Giulio. Exposing for the highlights would have prevented the washout seen at the top of the rose. In images of flowers, even the smallest wash-out can ruin the shot (unless it is in the background). Some selective cropping and editing would also help to contain the image a little more (see attachment). A good composition and pleasing image.
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| Photo By: Giulio Rotelli
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 11:39:32 PM
Wow! I can almost smell and feel this scene ....
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| Photo By: John Loreaux
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 11:38:17 PM
Whoa! Amazing colors - great placement of the officer, lol.
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| Photo By: John Loreaux
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 11:36:46 PM
Hey John - I missed this guy. Interesting color for the background - works well. Regards - Graham
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| Photo By: John Loreaux
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 3:30:45 PM
Nice shot of this amazing part of the world.
Love the tumbleweeds in the forground for perspective. If you've ever been in the Valley during a thunderstorm, it is one of the most incredible places on earth and the sense of depth and distance is impossible to catch on film.
I like the two roads for added scale ....
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| Photo By: Ann Nida
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 12:58:04 PM
Beautifully captured!
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| Photo By: Sidney Esteves Pimenta
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/26/2005 12:47:54 AM
Nice. Glass vase - very effective
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| Photo By: Ornella Erminio
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/25/2005 1:54:50 PM
Well, that *was* a huge jump, especially to slide film which is VERY difficult to use, expecially Kodachrome, which has a tolerance of 1/2 stop.
C-41 film is more forgiving (2-3 full stops) and other slide film around one full stop (hence the highlight problems). As a rule, underexpose the film slightly to keep the highlights.
Ideally, a light meter is required for accurate slide film work, but these are expensive.
Accurate incident readings are *always* more accurate than reflected readings (all cameras do this) and result in better saturation and more controlled highlights and shadows.
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| Photo By: Lars Tjernagel
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/25/2005 1:32:50 PM
Great image - but.... the polarizer..? Hmm, these are tricky gadgets to use properly and work best at 90 degrees to the light source. Otherwise they magnify contrast and saturation and plunge the shadows into oblivion! I suspect this image would have been fine without the polarizer as there are no real scatter highlights to speak of. A great view though - very inviting!
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| Photo By: Lars Tjernagel
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/25/2005 12:56:10 PM
Great composition and DoF. Here is a classic example of where a fill-flash is essential (for 'synchro-sun') to maintain detail in the trunk of the foreground tree. Saturation is excellent, colors are well-balanced with no noticeable color casts and the use of the 'Rule of Thirds' makes for a very pleasing image. Tighter cropping on the left would have had even more impact. Regards - Graham
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| Photo By: Nichol Rose
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Critique By:
Graham . (K:2487)
11/24/2005 8:31:42 PM
OK, be honest. How many shots did you do before you got this one? I did some of these a few years back and went through a bunch of light bulbs before one would explode properly
Great shot - I like the single side light and exposure is bang on!
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| Photo By: foob Niemand
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