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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 7:00:14 PM
Beautiful light! The green and yellow tones of the hills in the foreground make a great blend with the blue background.
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 6:55:00 PM
Mooie kleuren! Ook mooi dat de kleuren van de regenboog weer terugkomen in de rest van de foto.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 6:46:52 PM
I would also recommend Photoshop Elements... It is user friendly and there are a lot of tutorials on the web. You can download a free trial from the Adobe web site.
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| Photo By: Kevin Settles
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 6:33:21 PM
Beautiful light!
But I think you would get an even more dramatic image by leaving the blue sky part out.
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| Photo By: Michele Beccia
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 6:24:02 PM
I think the stem in the right is a bit distracting, you may could have got rid of that by taking a slightly different viewpoint.
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 6:20:03 PM
Hi Alyazia,
congratulations with your macro lens!
I am not a macro expert (in fact I am an absolute beginner in this area...) but maybe I have some useful tips:
- indeed a tripod is often not very useful, especially if your object is moving.
- autofocus usually does not work well, it is better to use manual focus. And fine-tuning the focus often works better by moving the camera back and forth instead of turning the focusing ring.
- the depth of field is very small for such short distance, therefore it is often necessary to use a very small aperture (f/22 or even smaller is quite common) to get a sufficiently large depth of field.
- Smaller aperture means less light, so a flash is convenient... A normal flash does not work well, it is better to use a special macro (ring) flash.
Hope this is helpful,
Hermen
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| Photo By: Alyazia Khaleefa
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/10/2005 1:32:10 PM
Safety first - of course :-)
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
7/9/2005 8:56:13 PM
Great X :-)
Makes it a very powerfol composition.
I would have preferred if the lower spotlight would not just have touched the middle building. (By taking a slightly different viewpoint ?)
regards,
Hermen
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| Photo By: Hugo de Wolf
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
6/16/2005 6:03:23 PM
The repeting umbrellas create an interesting effect.
I think the photo would be better without the branches in the right side of the frame (I find them a bit disturbing)
regards,
Hermen
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| Photo By: Galal El Missary
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
6/2/2005 6:02:18 PM
Interesting perspective!
At first I wondered how you could get up so high but then I read your explanation :-)
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/17/2005 5:34:11 PM
Hi Stan,
Benjamin Lebsanft provides compiled dcraw for downloading. If you enter his name in Google you'll find it.
regards, Hermen
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| Photo By: Stan Pustylnik
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 8:50:35 PM
Beautiful colours! I like the long exposure effect.
By the way, did you hear of DCRaw ?
It is a freely available RAW converter, apparently better than the one in Dimage Viewer.
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| Photo By: Stan Pustylnik
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 8:05:27 PM
Hi Sara,
thanks for your kind comment! Sometims you just have to be lucky :-) The weather was quite exceptional that morning, a combination of mist and frost, which put a nice white layer around almost everyting.
But I heard some rumours that you can also achieve these kind of images by putting leaves in the fridge :-(
regards,
Hermen
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 7:35:16 PM
Beautiful colours!
I also like the way that you cropped the image, it enhances the attention for the fluctuating colours in the sky.
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| Photo By: Sara M
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 4:31:55 PM
Well spotted! Good composition, nice primary colours.
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| Photo By: Diego Ruggiero
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 4:20:31 PM
Beautiful colours and a well composed image.
It almost looks like a still life!
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| Photo By: Dino Lupani
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/16/2005 4:19:03 PM
Beautiful colours, and good lighting!
It makes the flower stand out well against the background.
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Photo By: Jim Budrakey
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/14/2005 9:04:12 PM
Beautiful light!
The poppies from a nice contrast in the foreground.
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| Photo By: Alessandro Raso
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/11/2005 8:13:31 PM
Also beautiful colours here! You may make the tree stand out better by adding a little unsharp mask to the digital image. I bet the contrast in the original slide is good enough :-)
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| Photo By: Barry Wakelin
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/11/2005 8:03:45 PM
Beautiful colours! Indeed they look better (more natural) than in the Fuji S2 image.
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| Photo By: Barry Wakelin
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/10/2005 5:50:58 PM
Beautiful colours, good choice to take a long exposure - you can really see the movement of the wave!
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| Photo By: Bryan Jarmain
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/10/2005 5:49:21 PM
Nice geometric composition, and a fine color combination!
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| Photo By: Galal El Missary
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/8/2005 7:30:15 PM
Nice action shot, good expression! I would crop a little bit from the (top) background, I think this will put more emphasis on his face.
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| Photo By: Verena Rentrop
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/7/2005 8:10:53 AM
Beautiful light!
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| Photo By: Fabio Keiner
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/5/2005 5:33:14 PM
I like this one best! The stitches are performed well in all three version, but this one stands out because of the vivid colours.
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| Photo By: Michael Kanemoto
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/3/2005 6:44:36 PM
Beautiful light on the swan!
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/3/2005 6:23:30 PM
Marion, it is between Oirschot, Boxtel and Best - If you click on my portfolio link 'De Mortelen' you can see how it looks like :-)
'De Heilige Eik' is just at the other side (the south) of Oirschot.
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| Photo By: Hermen Pen
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/3/2005 5:11:15 PM
Thanks for your comment Marion - yes, maybe I should have used my tripod :-)
Where do you live ? (Actually this image was taken in 'De Mortelen' but I think Oirschot is the closest village)
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| Photo By: Hermen Pen
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/3/2005 4:58:10 PM
Nice composition! the colour looks a bit exaggerated but that works well in this image.
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| Photo By: Onur Özbakan
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Critique By:
Hermen Pen (K:9168)
5/3/2005 4:41:32 PM
Looks like a misty forest now... Beautiful effect!
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