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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/22/2004 10:19:51 PM
Beautiful composition here Phil... the lines play work wonderfully. Grey use is fantastic too... and I love vignetting. Who said we need the sharpest state-of-the-art camera to get original and beautiful photographs  .
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| Photo By: Phil M
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/20/2004 11:03:51 AM
nice idea for a portrait and great use of the narrow DOF. Lighting works great too!. Beautiful and honest smile.
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| Photo By: Joe Nathan
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/20/2004 11:00:38 AM
beautiful fashion portrait. The exposure is great giving us details in the white shirt, face and dark areas in the background. Pose works wonderfully well.
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| Photo By: Joe Nathan
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/20/2004 10:39:09 AM
No digital noise in this one... but... I prefer the first. Composition is more balanced in the other one... just my two cents!.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/20/2004 10:36:24 AM
Amazing!. This one is really beautiful Taunis!. In the last few weeks I've been thinking on taking some photographs of these structures... but now.... heheeh... I'll wait a little bit more because what I wanted to take was exactly what you did :P. Perfect composition and perfect colours. The only problem I see is grain. I think it doesn't help improve the final result. Was this noise inherent to the photograph?. I don't think so because CCD noise is not monochromatic... as this seems to be. Have you tried Neat Image... this tools can clean your noise in a very effective way.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/6/2004 10:41:46 PM
powerful shot based on minimal concepts. Composition and exposure is great. A photograph to make us think for a while... great!. Only think I dislike is the digital multichromatic noise. If you desaturate the image you will get rid of the noise and the image will not suffer. You could also try a digital noise removal application like Neat Image or Ninja Noise to remove the noise.
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| Photo By: Sandor Terek
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/6/2004 10:37:01 PM
Muy interesante juego de lineas... has sabido jugar con la sobreexposición del cielo creando una dinámica de lineas muy interesante. El virado me resulta un tanto chocante. Quizá desaturandolo un poco el resultado sería aun mejor.
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| Photo By: Maria José Barres
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
6/1/2004 10:48:38 PM
Great one Taunis. Two different attitudes in just one photograph. The girl at the left seems bored. The one at the right seems to have a great time with the fishing. Including all the fish things in the frame is a good idea. I'm not sure about taking only back of the girls, but I think in this case you should had gone into the water to take them from the front .
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/24/2004 8:37:37 AM
Hi there,
yes, of course I drank all that bottles... hehehe... just kidding :P. I really like wine but I'm not sure if that bottles were really wine or not. Colours were really realistic, specially red ones, so I think they were real wines.
About the bright bottle... you're absoletely right... I tried a little bit twicking in PS to modify results but when I got nice results in the bright bottle I got poor results in the others... I didn't wanted to twick to a mask and layer level so this is the best I could achieve. If anyone has a technique to enhance this without heavily modifying the image I'll be glad to hear .
Thanks for your comments!!!.
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| Photo By: Rafael Torcida
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/23/2004 3:15:31 PM
Great minimalistic shot. The use of a squared format works wonderfully in this one. You captured a great ambient. Congratulations!.
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| Photo By: Ian McIntosh
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/19/2004 11:13:13 AM
Hi Matej,
yeah, all of that was into account. There's supposed to be an strange relationship between helps that governments of third world give to the people that plant coffee and the aranceles and the rates and customs paid when this coffee is imported in Europe. (It looks like we get more money with our customs than the money we give as help to the third world people that plant coffee, what a business!!!). Today it's possible to buy in Spain fair trade coffee that's supposed to not punish the most weak link in the chain (the farmer) in favour of the most powerful and rich. Photographically speaking, many thanks for your comments . I agree with you statistics are never reliable! (but we all know how we exploit third world in order to maintain and "improve" our life style).
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| Photo By: Rafael Torcida
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/8/2004 6:07:04 PM
Beautiful shot. Exquisite colours captured here. Only problem I find is the simmetry of the shot. If you place your most distant point in one side of the photograph the result will be more interesting.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/7/2004 10:10:17 PM
Hi, beautiful minimal composition!. The idea is great. Grain adds mood to the result but I don't like it multicolored... I'm not sure if it's added noise or is the implicit digital camera noise. If it's added just ensure you add monochromatic noise. If it's inherent to the photograph you could try a cleaning tool and then add the monochromatic noise. Lighting on the grass could be also enhanced slightly. Anyway a great idea, and a beautiful result!. Congratulations for an original work.
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| Photo By: Sandor Terek
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/3/2004 11:03:12 PM
Hey, nice composition here Taunis. A bit overexposed because of the great EV range the camera had to sample. Taken two photographs, one with a shadows exposure, and another with lights exposure, and then combining both in Photoshop would great a nice effect on the road and sky. All in all an interesting photograph. I'm not sure if the human figure works for the photgraph. It gives humanity to the result... but it looses mood.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/3/2004 10:58:56 PM
Really interesting minimal experiment. Composition works great, and only problem seems to be on the definition of the photograph... a greater definition would enhance final effect. All in all an interesting effort that conveys a sad and eerie feeling.
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| Photo By: Steven Downs
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
5/1/2004 8:34:13 PM
Wonderful photograph... the idea of the superimpose works great here. The meditative mood of the model superimposed with the train is like opening the inner thoughts of the model to us... dreams of "far away"..... nice model too :P. Only thing I'm not sure is about the blurring of the portrait... it looks like too much artifial for my eye...
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| Photo By: Kosti 7even
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/26/2004 8:29:59 PM
A really great one!. Congratulations!. It's a pity the sky was so washed out... but you resolve the situation very cleverly just adding a little bit of it in the composition. > Very well done.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/26/2004 8:26:56 PM
I really like when you go to your experimental side . Maybe the frame is too tight?... I'm not sure if a little bit more air on the borders would enhance the result... but anyway surprisingly refreshing shot ... and made with just an S30?... what was the shutter speed for this shot?, water drops look beatiful!. BTW, thanks for your continuing support of my images...
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/26/2004 8:11:40 PM
Beautiful shot. Great composition, including the blurred bike. There's only a problem that stands out... the focus should be on the eye of the boy. It would greatly enhance the result. But anyway, really original portrait .
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| Photo By: arwa abdullah
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/19/2004 10:37:46 PM
Yeah... Vienna is a very lively city... but this photograph was taken one saturday morning I had to spend there. I didn't want to stay in Vienna but I had because of my work (well, now I know better Vienna than Madrid -my hometown-). I went to the street because I couldn't sleep. I took some music (I think it was Concerto No.2 for Piano by Rachmaninov) in my player and walked through the empty streets (too early for the people). The music, and the loneliness was so pictureque in those streets that I had to fire my camera. Next time I have to spend a weekend in Vienna because of work reasons I'll try to get the crowds )). Thanks for your comment (and congratulations for that critique of the day  .
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| Photo By: Rafael Torcida
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/16/2004 11:21:49 PM
I really like this kind of abstract shots. The lines play almost work, but the right side of the photograph is too empty. The big problem of the photograph is that you cut the shadow of the curved piece. I love the colours. Interesting and risky!.
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| Photo By: Jamie Haggett
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/16/2004 11:19:15 PM
Perfect lines play digitally enhanced. Beautiful and original. I would like to see more of this kind of refreshing and creative work from you. This is just great!.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/7/2004 5:51:48 AM
beautiful, expressive shot. Lighting is pure magic and composition is perfect. Maybe a little bit more exposure over the child would enhance the result... (or a little bit of diffused fill flash)... may be it's just my monitor :P.
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| Photo By: Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
4/5/2004 1:32:24 PM
Fantastic shot!. Greatly original architecture photograph. Lines composition works really well moving your eye throught whole photograph. A little bit "Dark Future" feeling achieved. Long exposure is perfect to enhance DOF. Congratulations!.
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| Photo By: D M
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/20/2004 4:33:55 PM
Beautiful work Tim.... it's full of atmosphere. I think that a little bit more information in the sand part of the photo could enhance the final result, what do you think?.
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| Photo By: Tim Bronkhorst
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/11/2004 9:55:44 AM
Beautiful work.... lights are absolutely fabulous and the mood is there... only drawback i find is the composition... there is too much in the left side and nothing on the right side.... May be waiting a little bit more just for one of the ships to cross to the right or moving yourself a little bit to fill the frame with one at each side would enhance the composition.
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| Photo By: Rod McLeod
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/11/2004 9:52:00 AM
beautiful shot. Probably moving it to the b+w world will enhance the final result, because colours are very pale...
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| Photo By: Ute Enderer
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/11/2004 9:42:26 AM
Really good composition and lighting work here. I find the composition very interesting because of the ball. Everything in the photograph is straight, we find straight lines everywhere... but then we have the ball, breaking all the rules with its rounded form. It's really good. Only thing that may be could be improved is a slight crop of the black right area.... I find it too big and it just adds nothing to the result.
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| Photo By: Idézio Junior
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/11/2004 9:38:24 AM
Hi,
really interesting idea. The exposure is really great creating that intriguing shadow... I think that the composition can be improved just cropping to the really interesting parts: the bottom line can be cropped, I find it distracting. Then the composition could be tightened around the shadow, and adding a little bit of the arch (which I think adds to the composition).
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| Photo By: Marie Billing
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Critique By:
Rafael Torcida (K:1926)
1/3/2004 6:56:39 PM
Beautiful geometric and chromatic work. For the geometric part I think that horizontal lines are not exactly horizontal, and even I'm not a crazy guy about this topic I think that in this case perfect horizontal skyline is a need for the completeness of the job. Nothing that PS cannot fix . Happy New Year!!!.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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