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ferider said:
Roland,
This is a very nice photo. The architecture is great and so are the pastel colors with the fog. I find the bidge a little too overwhelming and I would have allowed slightly more sky.
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Roland,
This is a very nice photo. The architecture is great and so are the pastel colors with the fog. I find the bidge a little too overwhelming and I would have allowed slightly more sky.
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Raid:
very nice, great colors, and beautiful curves in the stones. Maybe
a little too much black for me. I might prefer an almost square crop
cutting off some of the top and bottom. But then, square is not for everybody.
Warren:
I like your picture, a lot. Causes all kind of memories. It feels cold and
peaceful, like in a morning before a mountain hike, or when we used to
go scating as kids. Perfect composition and great contrast, the reflection
and the snow line make the picture for me.
Todd:
I have seen diptychs before and always liked them. Your's has its own
dynamic. The two individual pictures are quiet and peaceful, except for the bit of
morning fog (great!) everything is static. But then I change from left to right and realize that
the perspective changed: you guided me to get there. Great ! Must be difficult to get
exposures so similar.
Fitzi:
Nice landscape with a full rainbow of colors from yellow to blue. And distance is
emphasized with the staggered ranges of hills with added mist for each range.
When I look at it a bit longer it looks a touch too green
in the dark spots, maybe a scanner artifact ?
Thanks all,
Roland.
very nice, great colors, and beautiful curves in the stones. Maybe
a little too much black for me. I might prefer an almost square crop
cutting off some of the top and bottom. But then, square is not for everybody.
Warren:
I like your picture, a lot. Causes all kind of memories. It feels cold and
peaceful, like in a morning before a mountain hike, or when we used to
go scating as kids. Perfect composition and great contrast, the reflection
and the snow line make the picture for me.
Todd:
I have seen diptychs before and always liked them. Your's has its own
dynamic. The two individual pictures are quiet and peaceful, except for the bit of
morning fog (great!) everything is static. But then I change from left to right and realize that
the perspective changed: you guided me to get there. Great ! Must be difficult to get
exposures so similar.
Fitzi:
Nice landscape with a full rainbow of colors from yellow to blue. And distance is
emphasized with the staggered ranges of hills with added mist for each range.
When I look at it a bit longer it looks a touch too green
in the dark spots, maybe a scanner artifact ?
Thanks all,
Roland.
Warren T.
Well-known
Raid:
I love the beautiful, subtle colors, and the amazing flowing natural forms that you depicted in your picture. I like the way each of the three distinct layers of rock have its own color, in a series. Again, an extremely striking natural feature.
The pitch black part of the shot on the top and sides are at first a bit disconcerting, but after viewing the picture for a while, one realizes that it's a natural part of the scene. However, my mind's eye cannot rationalize the lower, black border because it seemed a bit artificial. It does help give the picture some balance, though. Perhaps making the bottom black bit narrower via cropping, or maybe even cropping it out entirely?
Ferider:
Ah, I know this place well, and it's probably one of the most photographed landmarks in the world. I appreciate your unique presentation of it. The framing and angles make the bridge tower seem to embrace the fog while the blue sky and sun want to muscle in on the sides. The camera tilt and perspective serve to make this also work as an abstract.
I'm hard pressed to offer anything constructive to say about this image. It works for me 🙂 (maybe because I know it too well, having lived in SF almost all my life).
Todd:
First of all, i'm afraid I'm not very experienced with viewing diptychs. I can say that both pictures exhibit excellent exposure, tones, and composition. Ah, I see now, the sloping hill and its reflection on the left leads the eye to the right of the image, and thus naturally into the 2nd image on the right. It's very nice. I think it would work well on the wall 🙂.
For me, the flow would have been better if the water lines were matched closer between the two shots.
fitzihardwurshd:
I love the morning hues of this picture. It's not something we normally get to see around here. My eyes naturally zigzag up the picture starting from the right, then up leftward toward the first tree via the brown/green border, then wanders right, across the water and reflection, stopping at the second tree, and so on...wonderful!
Perhaps cropping off a little from the bottom would make the lower brown patch sized such that it balances better with the sliver of sky in the background.
Thanks for posting these great shots guys!
--Warren
I love the beautiful, subtle colors, and the amazing flowing natural forms that you depicted in your picture. I like the way each of the three distinct layers of rock have its own color, in a series. Again, an extremely striking natural feature.
The pitch black part of the shot on the top and sides are at first a bit disconcerting, but after viewing the picture for a while, one realizes that it's a natural part of the scene. However, my mind's eye cannot rationalize the lower, black border because it seemed a bit artificial. It does help give the picture some balance, though. Perhaps making the bottom black bit narrower via cropping, or maybe even cropping it out entirely?
Ferider:
Ah, I know this place well, and it's probably one of the most photographed landmarks in the world. I appreciate your unique presentation of it. The framing and angles make the bridge tower seem to embrace the fog while the blue sky and sun want to muscle in on the sides. The camera tilt and perspective serve to make this also work as an abstract.
I'm hard pressed to offer anything constructive to say about this image. It works for me 🙂 (maybe because I know it too well, having lived in SF almost all my life).
Todd:
First of all, i'm afraid I'm not very experienced with viewing diptychs. I can say that both pictures exhibit excellent exposure, tones, and composition. Ah, I see now, the sloping hill and its reflection on the left leads the eye to the right of the image, and thus naturally into the 2nd image on the right. It's very nice. I think it would work well on the wall 🙂.
For me, the flow would have been better if the water lines were matched closer between the two shots.
fitzihardwurshd:
I love the morning hues of this picture. It's not something we normally get to see around here. My eyes naturally zigzag up the picture starting from the right, then up leftward toward the first tree via the brown/green border, then wanders right, across the water and reflection, stopping at the second tree, and so on...wonderful!
Perhaps cropping off a little from the bottom would make the lower brown patch sized such that it balances better with the sliver of sky in the background.
Thanks for posting these great shots guys!
--Warren
fitzihardwurshd
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@Raid
The colours are wonderful, well caught ! The huge black portions tho do not work for me this way, another crop would make a more balanced position of the colour part, which for me somehow looks to be under pressure from all this sourrounding black nothing
@Warren
I love this carefully made photo, AA would like it too, I bet. Great dynamic range, contrasts impressing, this all proves a knowledgeable photog has done it. There is nothing to criticise for me, it is simply great !
@Roland
Good idea and well done ! Very dynamic shot of a static object ! I personally cannot decide if the cables are distracting, the way they run across the photo can let them be part of the composition too. I tend to Todds opinion.
@Todd
The idea of the diptych is very interesting, giving the view of a pano but having still two single photos , each of them properly composed ! Technically both photos are well done too, nothing to bleat, I just like them.
Interesting photos, interesting opinions, I do appreciate that everybody here keeps in mind that the criticism often always says more about the person who criticizes than about the photo !
Fitzi
BTW what do the rules say about participants who post pics and do not say anything later ? Saw that in the portrait thread. Are they banned forever
now !? 😀
The colours are wonderful, well caught ! The huge black portions tho do not work for me this way, another crop would make a more balanced position of the colour part, which for me somehow looks to be under pressure from all this sourrounding black nothing
@Warren
I love this carefully made photo, AA would like it too, I bet. Great dynamic range, contrasts impressing, this all proves a knowledgeable photog has done it. There is nothing to criticise for me, it is simply great !
@Roland
Good idea and well done ! Very dynamic shot of a static object ! I personally cannot decide if the cables are distracting, the way they run across the photo can let them be part of the composition too. I tend to Todds opinion.
@Todd
The idea of the diptych is very interesting, giving the view of a pano but having still two single photos , each of them properly composed ! Technically both photos are well done too, nothing to bleat, I just like them.
Interesting photos, interesting opinions, I do appreciate that everybody here keeps in mind that the criticism often always says more about the person who criticizes than about the photo !
Fitzi
BTW what do the rules say about participants who post pics and do not say anything later ? Saw that in the portrait thread. Are they banned forever
now !? 😀
Warren T.
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Todd,
Just wondering, where were these shots taken?
After further viewing, I am no longer bothered by the apparent differences in water levels between the two shots. Interesting... 🙂
--Warren
Just wondering, where were these shots taken?
After further viewing, I am no longer bothered by the apparent differences in water levels between the two shots. Interesting... 🙂
--Warren
Warren T.
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Todd,
I forgot to ask you this. When you shot these, did you shoot with the idea of using the pictures as a diptych?
Thanks,
Warren
I forgot to ask you this. When you shot these, did you shoot with the idea of using the pictures as a diptych?
Thanks,
Warren
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Warren T. said:
Outside of Prince Rupert, BC.
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Todd.Hanz
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Warren T. said:
I had taken the one on the left walked away and came back and took the one on the right, I was thinking maybe a panoramic when I shot them.
thanks,
Todd
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I may have scanned the slide incorrectly, and thereby causing a black border in the bottom of the image.
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