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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 7/8/2004
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nice composition.. contrast great with the natural and innatural!
congrats
roby
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john amore
{K:14015} 6/24/2004
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you a top end lady with real class John
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john amore
{K:14015} 6/24/2004
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ok here is one with a rateing of 4 by on this photo makes me mad it should a much high rateing John
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 6/22/2004
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Hello John, it's nice to see you're back!
As for the scoring, don't worry about it! I don't even know when I bothered looking at one of my scores last. It could be in the negative range and I wouldn't notice nor care ;-) It's probably just a glitch from the upgrade anyway.
Take care!
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john amore
{K:14015} 6/21/2004
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Hi chris I have been away and just started to catch up at Usefilm and noticed by chance that some rateing were not the ones given by me I have never given a rateing of less the 5 ever and yet I found many of my old buddies with score of 2 or 3 I hope you were not one of these cheated out of the score given I just don't know what to think
I hope to clear this up soon thanks John
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john amore
{K:14015} 6/21/2004
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Hi chris I have been away and just started to catch up at Usefilm and noticed by chance that some rateing were not the ones given by me I have never given a rateing of less the 5 ever and yet I found many of my old buddies with score of 2 or 3 I just don't know what to think
I hope to clear this up soon thanks John
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Roy V
{K:13082} 2/17/2004
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Christine,
Original, Great Concept, Well Done and Perfectly Titled.
Great Work
Roy
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Derek Dixon
{K:4948} 2/11/2004
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exellent photo! the grass is a bit overexposed, becoming quite flat and 'texture-less', but this also mekes the bright red fire hydrant stand out even more with really defined edges...
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john amore
{K:14015} 1/16/2004
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Good stuff great composition
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 10/3/2003
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I thought the photo is tilted because yesterday evening, it seemed to me that the middle one of those little chains was also tilted, which of course wouldn't make sense if gravity was straight down. I can see better now after a good night's sleep :-)
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 10/2/2003
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Hi Ray,
Thanks for the comment! Between Matej's and your comments, I am going to reshoot that fire hydrant even if it takes me an entire roll of film and starts a rumor about the 'crazy old lady who takes pictures of fire hydrants' in the neighborhood!
I didn't pay much attention to the tree in the background, except to see if I could get some DOF in the image. It was that little green sagebrush next to the fire hydrant that I liked. Now I realize that the tree & mountain in the background were just beginners overzealousy. Is that even a word? hehe
I also borrowed an old manual Pentax K1000 that I've been using lately. It has 2 lenses that I really like, so I might be able to get a better shot with one of those instead of sitting across the street using a zoom. That's another thing I need to work on, getting in close to my subject and getting all of the unnecessary clutter out of the frame.
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Ray Heath
{K:4559} 10/2/2003
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Hi Christine,
Some good, worthwhile comments? Some not so helpful?
From your own comments it seems you know what you wanted to capture, so that should be what you do, forget all the extraneous stuff, concentrate on the important elements. I suggest the important elements are the hydrant and the grass. With experience you will learn that this type of lighting situation will cause a loss of detail in the background tree, so you then know the tree will not work as a green interesting tree but as a dark blocked up shadow, this dark area can then be used as a contrast against which to place the high key grass. Imagine a higher camera angle would show more dark background. Plus moving the hydrant to the right and showing more beneath it would give a better composition.
See attached - I'm not suggesting you digtally "fix" this image but more that you learn from this, and every image you take, so as to develop your own style and aesthetic.
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 10/2/2003
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OK, I'll see just how much space I can get between the screws and the bottom of the picture and reduce the amount of tree & sky.
Any suggestions on straightening the hydrant? I suppose some sort of lever/pry bar might work but I'm not sure I'm strong enough to actually move it... ;-) It does sit there with a slight tilt. Maybe I'll stand more to the right and side and see if it looks straighter that way.
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 10/2/2003
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Yes, getting out of the car and looking for different angles is advisable :-) Notice how there are some screws on the hydrant that touch the bottom edge of the pic? If you can't get a lot of room at the bottom because of the curb, try at least to get some room between the edge and those screws. I also get a feeling that the hydrant is leaning to the left, you may want to straighten it up.
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 10/2/2003
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Thanks for the input Matej! When I first saw this, the red next to the green bush really set each other off. The green didn't show up as well in the photo as I'd hoped, but that's why I cropped it. Actually if there hadn't been a post right next to the bush, then I would have taken the photo like I cropped it. But you do make a good point. I do have a shot with a lower point of view, but it shows the curb and gutter, which is directly below what you see here. The bottom most part of the hydrant wasn't visible. Maybe I can reshoot this weekend, get out of my car, and see if I can get some of that tree & sky out. I guess now that I know how to get a little DOF, I don't need to include it in EVERY shot ;-)
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 10/2/2003
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I like the original upload more than the crop you have attached later. The crop in the attachment pushes the hydrant too much aside. Although the hydrant is very central in the original shot, the relative 'weights' of the two bushes balance out the composition, to an extent. However, I would recomment pointing the camera lower to include more of the bottom of the hydrant and the bush, and to get rid of some of that tree and sky in the background which aren't really necessary to the image. The colours and lighting are very effective.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 10/2/2003
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great contrast. beautiful.
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Mark Beltran
{K:32612} 9/29/2003
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Wow. The grass is literally on fire, and the hydrant's about to explode.
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 9/19/2003
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Thanks for your comments everyone.
You're right Diana, I was more concerned with adjusting the scan to match the actual photo, that I completely ignored the need for a crop. So here's an attachment of my original vision ;-)
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Diana Cornelissen
{K:26437} 9/19/2003
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The colours really are beautiful! I understand why you stopped to take this shoot! Maybe the fire hydrant is a bit too much in the middle to create a really good composition. Regards,
Diana.
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The Mayan
{K:43} 9/19/2003
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Very nice
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Oreste Antignano
{K:1898} 9/19/2003
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excellent contrast in colors. well done!
regards, O.
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Tommaso Di Falco
{K:23819} 9/19/2003
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Beautiful!
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Christine Campbell
{K:2693} 9/19/2003
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I should have cropped it on the right.
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