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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:49:01 PM
klaas, wow! the simplest subjects sometimes make the best subjects ;^) the shallow dof you chose makes this look detached and otherworldly. i feel like i'm on another planet. the strip of sky is an excellent touch which adds to overall mood. wonderful photo!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Klaas Jan van Egmond
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:45:24 PM
kimmy, beautiful and melancholic. great composition and tonal range. i'd love to see the top of the tree but that's really just a very minor nitpick. excellent shot!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Kimmy Magino
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:34:17 PM
fern, beautiful composition! love the perspective and esp. the shadows on the rock. they add texture and depth to the image. very well done!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Fern
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:30:16 PM
kenneth, what an amazing view! the reflection on the pool makes it look like molten rock. very nice composition. beautiful photo!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Kenneth Kwan
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:27:10 PM
steve, excellent composition and exposure. goes to show you never know where your next subject will appear. it truly is amazing. very well done.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Steve Rosenbach
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 5:11:58 PM
phil, not just a long day but apparently a very good day as well. no better way to celebrate an all day drunk than at the pub ;^) thanks for the memories!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Phil M
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 4:36:37 PM
roby, wow! excellent sky. perfect title. it has the fluid look of a roaring fire. actually, the more i look at it, the more i question whether these are truly clouds. mother nature is constantly providing us with amazing displays and you captured this one beautifully!
take care,
tom
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Photo By: Roberto Arcari Farinetti
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 4:22:55 PM
ventrix, excellent reflections! i particularly like the continuity of reflections in the small rectangular pool in the middle-foreground. in combination with the distorted, almost fisheye-like reflection of the larger oval pool make for a very interesting composition. very well seen. great shot!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: ventrix drogo
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 4:16:33 PM
john, this is extremely interesting. the contrast between what appears to be a dry or drying lakebed in the foreground against the lush hills in the background is very unusual. combined with the rising mist and the curving, meandering stream of water it creates a very surreal landscape. it wasn't until i read your "about:" that i realized what i was seeing. a tidal basin! the realization changed my perception of the image instantly.
great light. perfect exposure. excellent composition. also dig the "letterbox" presentation as it adds to the mystery of the image. 7+favorite.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: John Lamb
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 4:03:48 PM
stan, i think you pulled it off. even more so after i read how you did it. i originally thought it was shot from a platform. knowing that it was taken from another train makes this even more impressive. great job nabbing this one! good exposure. straight lines. amazingly steady esp. at 1/60. i dig it! well done.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Stan Pustylnik
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 3:56:05 PM
peter, excellent composition! this photo would probably work without the machinery in the foreground with the lush green lawn speckled with leaves offsetting the overcast sky. however, the rusty machine puts it in another dimension. the greenish color on the lower parts make it appear as if it grew there. a permanent part of the landscape. wonderful photo!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Peter De Rycke
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 3:43:05 PM
stefan, thanks! btw, your photo is very familiar to me and made me smile when i saw it. i've been coming to badwater for a few years now and it looks like your photo most of the time. this is a tough place to shoot. i had the image in my head of what i wanted but the conditions were never right. i lucked out this time (after a dozen or so trips). even so, i wanted a more dynamic sky so i guess i'll still be going back looking for the shot. it never ends... ;^)
btw, the stones in the pool are actually lumps of salt that over time grow out of the water.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: tom rumland
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 3:29:51 PM
michael, partnership is definitely a good thing ;^) actually, i'm not sure if UF strips the color profile from uploads or not. i'm not sure how they could. however, this file is right on the edge size-wise and just adding the profile or even a frame would've put it over the edge. i didn't want to compromise quality so i decided against it. thanks again for all your help.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: tom rumland
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/16/2004 3:24:27 PM
peter, thanks! glad you like it! it was a bit difficult, actually ;^) mostly because it was shot blind. set the exposure and focus manually and then set the camera on the ground (dry mud). i've determined that next time i get the chance to shoot this i'll probably lay down on the ground and actually look through the viewfinder ;^)
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: tom rumland
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/15/2004 7:11:54 PM
tim, yes!! wonderful patterns and textures. dig the composition. even the arcing horizon. i always liked that look but some folks seem to be picky about it. feels like i'm seeing the curvature of the earth. very cool! although not necessary here, i think you could've gotten away with a saturation bump too. excellent shot!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Tim Schumm
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/15/2004 7:08:00 PM
rui, looks great! excellent composition and color! a classic.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Rui Filipe Rebelo Prego
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/15/2004 5:58:16 PM
michael, gorgeous view! is this near big sur or closer to SF? beautiful colors and contrasts. i feel inexplicably attracted to the grown sand. so many patterns and tones interrupted by the foam rivulet (sp?) and the edge of the water. golden grass fading into lush green cliffs accentuated by low clouds that appear to shoot up and out over the ocean. it's a bit grainy but it works here. i've been along parts of this coast and the wind is usually pretty intense. the grain gives me that feel of wind in your face as you gaze at the landscape. truly magnificent. only nitpick, which howie already picked up on, is the horizon tilt.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/15/2004 4:40:52 PM
james, wonderful shot! love the perspective and layers of color. i would love to see this much larger. very well done!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: James Rathbun
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 8:32:20 PM
hi jim. well, i can't be PC. ;^) my vote goes for the nikon! although the pro1 shot is wonderful. very crisp and all that. the color range here is fantastic! kudos! to this day i'm extremely impressed with what the d70 and d100 can do outta the box. excellent shot!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 8:25:21 PM
hugo, i dig it. not as much as the first one, but you don't get to see this perspective very often. i like the dof you used. well, moreso the idea you were pursuing. the blur on it's torso is a bit unsettling but maybe that's just me. i don't much "like" spiders either ;^) as to the crop, i think it's great as is. i think it would be a bit unbalanced if you dropped him even lower.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 5:46:17 PM
michael, by no means did i imply that you should remove them from the photo. i agree with your "light touch" philosophy. i was simply saying that i think (some) NP's are a bit overcrowded. i think this diminishes their raw beauty and the experience as a whole. however, as you stated, they are there for all of us and any restrictions will probably simply succeed in negating the experience for most of us. i was just wishing ;^)
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 4:36:36 PM
todd, been hanging with mr. pale ale lately? ;^) i love it!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Todd Miller
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 4:32:01 PM
stefan, very cool! i love when those shoot & pray photos come out. love the mood created by the slight blur and grain. i also like the composition. looking at the band through a tangle of wires and mic stands gives me a feeling of place. dig all the shadows too, btw. very cool shot!
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Stefan Engström
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 4:25:52 PM
michael, beautiful colors! great exposure. very nice interpretation. i dig your composition but i see how a fisheye would definitely make this one a completely different shot. reminds me why i lug one around everywhere i go. not very useful most of the time but you never know when it'll come in handy.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/14/2004 4:22:04 PM
michael, i hate to repeat what everyone else has said but the sky really pops on this one. great job with the depth and texture on the clouds! excellent color and sharpness all the way around. i just wish the tourists weren't there ;^) nothing you (or any of us) can do about that though. but it shows one of the things that bugs me about the national park experience. way too many folks. many of which are disrespectful to these national treasures. that's besides the point... excellent shot!
take care,
tom
ps - saw, bookmarked, and tried out your tutorial. very good stuff! got any more tips? ;^)
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/11/2004 4:49:17 PM
chris, beautiful shot! great composition. love the distorted reflections.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Chris VenHaus
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/9/2004 5:15:15 PM
hugo, finally! a subject i understand ;^) beautiful detail in both the spider and the web. i suspect it's a result of the flash power and positioning. i also like the perspective you chose in combination with the shallow dof. maintaining the web visible as well as excellent detail on the critter itself. also, the setting sun breaks up the background very nicely. kudos on catching this without the web moving on you, btw. i like this one very much. and with your propensity to post the best one last, i can't wait to see it.
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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tom rumland (K:14874)
10/9/2004 3:24:53 PM
thanks hugo. i told you i would post it ;^) actually, i made no change to this other than the crop to make the tracks appear from the bottom of the frame. i also cropped the darker side of the mountains on the right. this could possibly make it appear to have a different level of luminosity. less mountain and less playa with more sky probably makes for a brighter shot that accentuates the color in the mountains. just guessing.
the experiment is something we have discussed in the past so i'm sure you know what it is ;^)
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: tom rumland
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/9/2004 2:54:07 PM
teunis, very nice 'shrooms. i really like how they seem to be wet. love the composition although i think maybe a bit less dof would help them stand out more from the trees in the background. i also see something odd here that i can't quite figure out. there is a bit of digital noise in the top left corner. however, it seems to be restricted to the green background. a result of resizing, perhaps?
take care,
tom
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
tom rumland (K:14874)
10/9/2004 2:46:46 PM
fabio, long live drunken photography! well done.
take care,
tom
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