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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/7/2003 8:12:35 PM
You've captured a beautiful mood here -- love the high contrast, the man's shadow and the things beyond -- it's all very peaceful. Which is how I always feel when I am alone. Nicely done!
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| Photo By: Dubravko Grakalic
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/7/2003 7:51:16 PM
Peter, it's PERFECT!!! And it's the perfect camera for you, I think -- you've got such a wonderful eye -- just look at that shadow, and the lines of the sidewalk . . . beautiful.
Please tell Eva that a woman who lives halfway across the world in America says she is the prettiest little girl she's seen in a long long time.
Have you seen the Holga shots Michael Klemmer has done with multiple exposures? They're very lovely, too.
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| Photo By: Peter Burda
(K:4807)
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/7/2003 7:38:45 PM
A force to be reckoned with, no doubt! What an expression you've captured here, marcin. I don't know if I want to know how you did it!
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| Photo By: Marcin Gorski
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/7/2003 7:24:53 PM
you play the madman so well, Pascal 
Nice light here -- it highlights the hands so well.
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| Photo By: Pascal Renoux
(K:4077)
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/6/2003 5:01:00 PM
So beautiful, Tom -- I've loved all of these, tehy're very very rich
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| Photo By: Tom Holmlund
(K:629)
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/5/2003 10:40:52 AM
It's all there, Cheryl, very beautifully and intensely captured. YOur work always amazes me, and this one is no exception.
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| Photo By: Cheryl Jacobs
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/5/2003 10:25:42 AM
Yes, motion -- and well done!
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| Photo By: lowell whipple girbes
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/5/2003 10:23:20 AM
beautiful composition -- and just exactly the right amount of darkness and light.
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| Photo By: Tom Holmlund
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/4/2003 9:55:22 PM
Ah, perfect! Ruin is always so beautiful to me 
Love the color here -- not many people would have been able to do it well, but this is outstanding. The color simply helps the light and texture rather than overpowering them.
I am sick, so I'm not very smart today, but I wanted to express my joy at this.
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| Photo By: Tom Holmlund
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/3/2003 12:54:58 PM
The wonderful thing about Stevie is that he looks so old and wise here -- as if a trick of the camera has revealed him at every age at once. A beautiful portrait, David -- I wouldn't change a thing.
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| Photo By: david malcolmson
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/3/2003 12:45:37 PM
Ah, yes, I can see why you like this one, John -- it's nicely framed by the car window, there's a sense of fleeting joy in her smile, and the rest of the landscape is nicely balanced.
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| Photo By: John Strazza
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/3/2003 12:33:21 PM
Your work is always so wonderfully expressive, Cheryl, and this one is no exception. Beautiful light, and so well rendered on each face. Nicely done!
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| Photo By: Cheryl Jacobs
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/2/2003 9:29:11 AM
This is lovely Lowell -- and especially beautiful with two of them side by side. Nice
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| Photo By: lowell whipple girbes
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/2/2003 9:20:09 AM
Beautiful colors -- and the focus and depth of field are perfect.
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| Photo By: Bernt Carlzon
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/1/2003 10:33:45 PM
beautiful DOF here, Pascal -- love the stem and the stem shadow. And the textures on the fruit itself are astounding.
Not sure about the white haze at the top. It may be a touch strong?
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| Photo By: Pascal Renoux
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/1/2003 10:30:30 PM
Beautiful distortion here, Andreas -- you picked the perfect composition to really show off the Holga's crazy lens. Especially that brick-work -- makes me dizzy! I think you've got a good one there. I have a couple of Holgas, but one of them has a sort of normal lens, the other one I still haven't tried -- but you inspire me to dig it out!
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| Photo By: Andreas Wolkerstorfer
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/1/2003 10:26:46 PM
Another beauty, David -- the tones are fabulous. As is the composition. I think you got everything just right here -- at first glance, it's the boy's upward face that takes the attention, but then the girl's riveting eyes take over. Very nicely done.
And no, I'm not just being nice
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| Photo By: david malcolmson
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
10/1/2003 10:22:37 PM
Jeepers. Tom -- you can't even shoot "plain" and make it look plain!
This is just lovely -- love the off-centeredness of it, and also the fact that you've let the tones come through so that it's not the typical "pure" black and white. I think it adds another dimension, a bit of spirit. Nicely done.
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| Photo By: Tom Holmlund
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/30/2003 8:47:51 PM
Hey, upload something mediocre so I don't look like a slobbering fool, will ya
I love this -- I am particularly drawn to anything that blocks directly experiencing a photograph. Don't know why. But the scratches and scribbles here are wonderful, adding a whole extra region, emotion, tone.
Very nice!
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| Photo By: Jay Gumm
(K:3084)
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/28/2003 10:57:32 PM
Like! 645? I don't think you have any choice about the foreground, and I think you've used it well -- also used the bright strip on sunlight well. Everything around these three figures is hot, dry. The kids, of course, have found the great solution.
But the woman ignores it . . .
Would be wonderful cropped in tight -- as another version. But I like this one, too.
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| Photo By: Patricia Eifel
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/28/2003 10:35:45 PM
Fabulous! Beautiful light and a great composition. The knee? For me it adds to the child's excited expression and body language.
Nicely done.
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| Photo By: anabela oliveira
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/28/2003 10:30:57 PM
You've done it again! Lovely capture, so simple but the tones are so rich and beautiful. Wonderful -- I can taste them!
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| Photo By: Pascal Renoux
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/28/2003 10:22:16 PM
Ah, the pain of it -- having to listen to people's stories all day and half the night. I empathize with the man, I really do.
And you've caught it splendidly. I like the pointed fence tops on either side of the gabbing man -- my twisted mind wants one of them to leap and turn and go through him . . .
But he'd probably just keep on talking
At first I thought maybe less dof would be good, but no, your tones are strong enough to keep the foreground distinct. And I think your framing here is excellent, with that space between them dead-cneter. It's that space that the photo's about, I think.
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| Photo By: david malcolmson
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/28/2003 9:44:49 PM
Beautiful lighting and tones here, Wesley -- The pose is perfect and your DOF makes it even more so.
Not too sharp, not too soft, just right -- as the 80mm always seems to be. I'm assuming it's the Zeiss . . .
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| Photo By: Wesley Pettus
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 9:08:21 PM
I love the balance here, all the rectangles -- very nice. And the light's so beautiful without being any sort of real presence -- just the mildness of the colors.
And then mr cat with his black and his strange pose -- what an accent he is. I must say, also, that I congratulate your including the dark road at the bottom, it's a nice tonal link to the cat's black and the blacks and greys above him.
Really nicely done, and welcome back!
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| Photo By: Patricia Eifel
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 9:01:33 PM
Ha ha! Another beauty --
I like the nice tight frame here, and those wonderful tones. Obviously, the young man is very experienced, look at that hand on the hip
wonderful work, David.
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| Photo By: david malcolmson
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 7:04:49 PM
Lots to look at here, and lots to really enjoy. Wonderful job with the darkness and light
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| Photo By: m.c. lopez
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 7:02:50 PM
Quite strange and beautiful, Andrew -- it's a wonderful idea and quite different, and I like it!
The configurations of trees are gorgeous, and taking the time to look at each frame is quite rewarding. I love the little touch of reddish color near the center.
I don't understand the lack of response to this, but don't let it slow you down. Must be something good on the idiot box or something
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| Photo By: andrew vonbank
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 6:43:07 PM
Ah, for me?
You know I love my flowers dead.
And these are particularly lovely stems, with that bit of reflection on the glass.
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| Photo By: Fabio Keiner
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Critique By:
j w (K:12641)
9/27/2003 8:08:30 AM
I don't know how you do this John -- amazing to me that you get such beautifully balanced frames working as quickly as you do.
She's wonderful -- look at that face! I really like, also, all the curves of the sidewalk, the dead-centerednes of the women, and the truck. It's all working together, like a good symphony.
Another beauty . . .
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| Photo By: John Strazza
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