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Critique By:
Matej Maceas (K:24381)
4/2/2006 10:01:56 AM
I also think it merits a print. The crop on the left is not a problem, but do consider printing with a black border to keep the eye in the photograph - I think this is extremely useful and effective when you have a lot of white areas like here, it will close the photo in a natural way. Also consider printing with a softer grade and/or do some burning to do away with all those blown highlights (shirt, balloons; sky as well but that's optional - it probably wouldn't hurt if you could get some hints of cloud detail out of the negative, but it won't ruin the photo if it stays as it is).
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| Photo By: Roland Lacson
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Critique By:
Matej Maceas (K:24381)
6/28/2005 5:59:36 PM
I can't decide how far the title should be trusted. Is it sand? Or is it water flowing into some mysterious dark cave (darker area near the centre)? One moment I think I know the answer, the next moment I am no longer sure. It is this uncertainty that makes looking at the photo quite an unusual viewing and thinking experience.
Regarding the burned-in frame, at the top it more or less fits, but on the sides and at the bottom it strikes me as too regular and consequently artificial-looking. It would be interesting to see a version without the framing for comparison.
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| Photo By: Ian McIntosh
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Critique By:
Matej Maceas (K:24381)
4/19/2004 10:09:21 AM
"this is as close as I could go with the lens I was using"
Well, I'm not sure. I think it depends on what you were trying to get in focus. If it was the white mouse, you've gone too close, and the out-of-focusness is due to exceeding the minimal focusing distance rather than from unsteady handholding. If your target was the black mouse, then you got it almost right. Either way, the words "promise for" and "aqueous media" just to the right of the rear mouse seem to be most in focus.
"small movements are exaggerated when so close in with non-macro lenses"
I think they're exaggerated when close in with macro lenses as well. The magnification should play the key role here. The greater the magnification, the more impact will any shift in camera position have on focus.
By the way, have you tried setting the focal length on your zoom lens to 50mm, focusing to infinity and holding the lens reversed to the camera body? It should give you a macro lens.
"I was experimenting on how to force film to become grainy through processing"
It's great to see people still using film, and using it creatively. What did you develop it in?
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| Photo By: Daithí O' Donoghue
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