Critique #15 Theme *Landscape*

RayPA said:
I'm confused. We're 7 now?
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OK, that's it, I think I'll take a few days off the critiques, something's going on with my attention span, on top of not getting the notifications (I'll check my spam filter). *AND* I missed your photo. :bang: I thought I had all my critiques in because I counted five (which doesn't make sense, because in a normal thread, it should have been four).

So here it goes...
 
RayPA said:
Here's a b&w "landscape"
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So very simple, it is understated at first. The person in the background, the traffic light in parallel, the dune cutting through the two patches of brush/grass, and the hard, solid road, perpendicular to man and man-made, in contrast to the fluid sea and sky beyond.

What can I say? Perhaps, only, I wish you had a tad bit more of road in the frame, and I'd play with the contrast. If the thin clouds in the sky could stand out a little more, this may give another impact, but I have a feeling you consciously wanted to do the opposite.

Very well done.
 
xabi said:
Does it qualify as landscape?
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xabi, you're going to have to join the next landscape critique when it opens. This one is full. :) Let me know if you're still interested and I'll create another thread for you.

:)
 
OK Roland. We'll wait for you.

Raid


Monday: We are still waiting .......
 
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Roland ... where are you? Maybe something happend and he could not reach his computer.
 
raid amin said:
Roland ... where are you? Maybe something happend and he could not reach his computer.
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The Blue Screen of Death, perhaps? This reminds me of a pseudo haiku, let me see if I remember it right:

Windoze XP crashed
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams
 
Sorry guys, everything is OK. I was called on Sunday to travel to the east coast. I'm in Fishkill now (close to New York). Please be patient with me. Thanks,

Roland.
 
gabrielma said:
The Blue Screen of Death, perhaps? This reminds me of a pseudo haiku, let me see if I remember it right:

Windoze XP crashed
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams
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funny! good one.

Take your time Roland. Enjoy Fishkill (?)! :)



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This thread is dying off. How about wrapping things up?
[Roland: take your time]

Raid
 
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My photo was taken at Pensacola Beach one summer morning. I had the intention to take a photo of a sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico, not realizing beforehand that during the summer the sun rises over the dunes and not over the water. It was a hazy morning without any colors, so I used a neutral density graduated filter to get some contrast in the sky.
 
Here goes (finally):

AOI Photo:

Very nice mountain landscape. This would be easily a photo that would
find a place on my office wall, say enlarged to 10x14 or more (to remind me
of the mountain hikes I did in my childhood). I like the
composition, the colors with strong contrast between green/yellow
and the blue sky, and the red flower spots in the foreground. I assume the original is
even nicer than the scan, the scan is a little out of focus and a bit blown
out wrt highlights.

Gabriel:

I like bridges; I like beer; I like blue :). Nice composition, very sharp photo
with nice shadings from dark blue to orange red, to the blue of the sky. What
caught my eye first was the red of the bridge, then the reflection, then
the pink, reddish stripe of the second bridge in the background. Last I
noticed the faint pink clouds in the sky.

JShelly:

I like the motive and the different shades of grey in the picture, and the
strange silouhette of the tree; also the triangle of the lake, how it opens
from left to right. What bothers me a bit is that the horizon is
a bit too much in the center, and that much of the foreground is black.
Would be perfect if the horizon would be a bit deeper, with less black
foreground and more sky. Maybe a crop as in the attached proposal, or more sky
if the original is higher.

Raid:

I like this, Raid. I assume this is a Tele landscape. I like the focus
on the grass, and the sun being out of focus. Also find the square format
nice, and original that the sun is only partially in the frame. You have
a real good feeling for colours, IMO (I always thought so when looking
at other pictures that you have posted).

Ray:

Hmm, I know this spot well, had to stop there quite frequently.
The picture somehow resonates with my feelings that I remember
having at this light: always curious about the beach, the dunes and
the people that are there at any time of day, sometimes crossing in
front of me, but I was always bothered by the traffic light.
Nice how the person at the beach seems to observe me and functions
as a reference of scale. Strange (well-caught) symmetry
between the person, the traffic light, and the grass on top
of the hill on the right.

Xabi:

Not sure if I like it or not. I like the snow and the train tracks, then I see
the people on the tracks and want to know more about them. Cann't get more
detail from the picture though. Maybe cropping would help bringing out the
important elements (see attachment) ? Not sure.

Thanks all (also for your patience),

Roland.
 
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ferider said:
Here goes (finally):

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Ray:

Hmm, I know this spot well, had to stop there quite frequently.
The picture somehow resonates with my feelings that I remember
having at this light: always curious about the beach, the dunes and
the people that are there at any time of day, sometimes crossing in
front of me, but I was always bothered by the traffic light.
Nice how the person at the beach seems to observe me and functions
as a reference of scale. Strange (well-caught) symmetry
between the person, the traffic light, and the grass on top
of the hill on the right.

Xabi:

...

Roland.
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a lot of people are bothered by those series of traffic lights. There was a time when there were NO traffic lights on that stretch of highway, but obviously the place became a raceway/dragstrip (nobody could cross safely!). With the beach there and the sand getting blown onto the road it wasn't safe. Actually if you start at one end and go ~35 mph (tough on your bike, I know! ;) ) you'll catch every green light from Sloat to the park.

:)
 
Roland:

Thanks. Actually, this photo was taken with a normal lens and I got close to the sea oats to get away from the overwhelming haze and low contrst scene. I tried to make the sea oats that main object and I managed to barely squeeze in the sun on the right. Fujichrome film with a graduated ND filter helped me get some colors.

Raid


"I like this, Raid. I assume this is a Tele landscape. I like the focus
on the grass, and the sun being out of focus. Also find the square format
nice, and original that the sun is only partially in the frame. You have
a real good feeling for colours, IMO (I always thought so when looking
at other pictures that you have posted).
"
 
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