RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
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Purpose
The primary purpose of this thread is to provide a forum where photographers can give and receive constructive criticism on one another's photographs. By setting up some basic guidelines we hope that this thread will provide a forum where the give and take of honest constructive criticism can help us become better photographers.
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The thread has very specific rules regarding participation. The one basic rule is that you cannot provide criticism on an image or comment in a critique thread unless you also have an image posted. To post an image to this thread you must be a participant. Participation in this thread is limited. Here are the guidelines and ground rules for participation:
• Participation in this thread is limited to 5 photographers
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• The number of photos for each participant is limited to one
• Photographers attach photos as thumbnails (no inline images or links)
• Photographers post their images supplying titles (if any) and other pertinent information (the amount of information should be minimal)
• Photographers can only comment on their own images and reply to comments only when everyone else in the thread has posted their comments on the image
• Every participant must comment on every photo (except their own—initially)
• Every participant must make at least two comments, one positive comment, and one constructive criticism (which is actually two positive comments)
• Once every photographer has commented then a free flowing discussion begins. It is at this point that every photographer can comment on their own work and reply to comments, ask questions, etc.
• The participants decide when the thread closes.
If you'd like to participate in a critique thread and need some ideas about how to proceed with viewing images critically, you may find this thread helpful:
How do you look at photos
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Remember: Please do not provide criticism on an image or comment in a critique thread unless you also have an image posted.
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Purpose
The primary purpose of this thread is to provide a forum where photographers can give and receive constructive criticism on one another's photographs. By setting up some basic guidelines we hope that this thread will provide a forum where the give and take of honest constructive criticism can help us become better photographers.
Guidelines/Ground Rules
The thread has very specific rules regarding participation. The one basic rule is that you cannot provide criticism on an image or comment in a critique thread unless you also have an image posted. To post an image to this thread you must be a participant. Participation in this thread is limited. Here are the guidelines and ground rules for participation:
• Participation in this thread is limited to 5 photographers
• Participants join the thread by posting their intention. You can simply reply with your intent to join by posting something like: "I'm joining," "I'm in," or just state your name
• Joining is on a "first come, first served" basis. The first 5 to reply become the participants
• Once the thread has 5 participants, no other photographers can join or participate in the thread
• Once the thread is full of participants all photographers will upload their image(s)
• The number of photos for each participant is limited to one
• Photographers attach photos as thumbnails (no inline images or links)
• Photographers post their images supplying titles (if any) and other pertinent information (the amount of information should be minimal)
• Photographers can only comment on their own images and reply to comments only when everyone else in the thread has posted their comments on the image
• Every participant must comment on every photo (except their own—initially)
• Every participant must make at least two comments, one positive comment, and one constructive criticism (which is actually two positive comments)
• Once every photographer has commented then a free flowing discussion begins. It is at this point that every photographer can comment on their own work and reply to comments, ask questions, etc.
• The participants decide when the thread closes.
If you'd like to participate in a critique thread and need some ideas about how to proceed with viewing images critically, you may find this thread helpful:
How do you look at photos
You can also provide feedback on critique threads here:
Critique Feedback Thread
Remember: Please do not provide criticism on an image or comment in a critique thread unless you also have an image posted.
This thread is now active, please follow the guidelines if you'd like to participate! Have Fun!
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RdEoSg
Well-known
meeeeeeeeeee
EDIT: nobody likes me...
Question. So do the images have to relate to each other or any image at all?
EDIT: nobody likes me...
Question. So do the images have to relate to each other or any image at all?
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BrianShaw
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You need to work on your self-esteem.RdEoSg said:EDIT: nobody likes me...
People here are generally very friendly!EDIT: Oh... that was not a critque, Chris... just a friendly comment.
RdEoSg
Well-known
and it was a joke!
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wlewisiii
Guest
I'll get in on this one.
William
William
remrf
AZRF
I'm in for this one.
sf
Veteran
I'll give this one a try
I'll give this one a try
count me in again unless someone new comes around, I'd rather not go twice on this if someone who hasn't had a shot would like one.
I'll give this one a try
count me in again unless someone new comes around, I'd rather not go twice on this if someone who hasn't had a shot would like one.
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
Bump! Need one more here!
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oscroft
Veteran
OK, I don't (yet) have anything of the quality that some of you others have, but I'll have a go (I've been reading the other critique threads, and I think they're a great idea - I always welcome critical opinion)
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wlewisiii
Guest
oscroft
Veteran
sf
Veteran
remrf
AZRF
RdEoSg
Well-known
how does one attach a thumbnail? And does it have to be shot with a rangefinder?
And does it have to be shot with a rangefinder?remrf
AZRF
As far as I'm concerned it does not have to be a rangefinder shot. My entry is not.
Open a post reply and scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a box labled "manage attachments". Click on that and you will then be able to brouse your files to select an image by title. Find what you want and enter it and then hit "upload". It will then be attached to your post.
Open a post reply and scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a box labled "manage attachments". Click on that and you will then be able to brouse your files to select an image by title. Find what you want and enter it and then hit "upload". It will then be attached to your post.
RdEoSg
Well-known
RdEoSg
Well-known
Just so everyone knows, I am working at a film festival this weekend so I won't be able to make quick replies here! I'll try to do it in the evenings when I return though.
remrf
AZRF
What a great selection of images. I'm going to go down the list in the order they appear in the thread.
Wlewisiii: Strong composition with interesting visual line intersections. A well composed photograph. Based upon the description of the camera and lens used I'll bet there is more detail in the image than I can see on the monitor. I would like to see more detail in the sky which if a bit darker would also put some more graphic weight to the top of the image.
Oscroft: You dog! And I quote, " I don't (yet) have anything of the quality that some of you others have, but I'll have a go ".
Sounds like the old " I've never played pool before but I'll give it a go. Do you want to make it interesting and put some money on the game?".
This is an excellent photograph imo. I love texture shots. I love sharply focused subjects. I love well composed lines and I love captured lightplay through objects . This photo has it all in a well executed exposure.
The only thing which caught my eye might be no more than a personal preference. I would have liked the bricks in the lower portion of the image to be darker. Perhaps not as dark as the upper bricks but showing a little more detail and contrast than in the image shown. I don't know if this could be done in ps (at least I don't know how) or if it would have to be done when printing. I don't propose than the entire image be darkened to do this. Just a subtle burn in on the lower bricks.
Shutterflower: Wow! There are so many things to like about this photograph. The underlying compositional line form of the image is to my mind perfect. The eye is drawn in from the left and is lead to the subject and then on with sensually curving lines. The subject is an absolute honey with the just the right expression for the shot.
Two things would have made it even better imo. A reflector on the right to put a bit more light on the shadowed side of her face and highlight the eye that is visable. And moving the subject horizontally (by crop or camera movement) just a smidgen to the right. If a little more of her lower body was visable on the left I think the shot would balance better.
RdEoSd: A wonderful shot. I really like images that repeat into a perspective infinity. I also like shots that emote mood. The image works very well just as it is but I wonder if it could be even more graphically powerful if you did two things.
1. Play with the contrast some more in ps and see if you could get a bit more contrast into the trees and fence line without burning out the rest of the image.
2 Use a non traditional crop for this image. That is to say crop more off the top and the bottom to make more of a landscape wide angle look. This will imo increase the impact of the strong compositional line of the shot.
Wlewisiii: Strong composition with interesting visual line intersections. A well composed photograph. Based upon the description of the camera and lens used I'll bet there is more detail in the image than I can see on the monitor. I would like to see more detail in the sky which if a bit darker would also put some more graphic weight to the top of the image.
Oscroft: You dog! And I quote, " I don't (yet) have anything of the quality that some of you others have, but I'll have a go ".
Sounds like the old " I've never played pool before but I'll give it a go. Do you want to make it interesting and put some money on the game?".
This is an excellent photograph imo. I love texture shots. I love sharply focused subjects. I love well composed lines and I love captured lightplay through objects . This photo has it all in a well executed exposure.
The only thing which caught my eye might be no more than a personal preference. I would have liked the bricks in the lower portion of the image to be darker. Perhaps not as dark as the upper bricks but showing a little more detail and contrast than in the image shown. I don't know if this could be done in ps (at least I don't know how) or if it would have to be done when printing. I don't propose than the entire image be darkened to do this. Just a subtle burn in on the lower bricks.
Shutterflower: Wow! There are so many things to like about this photograph. The underlying compositional line form of the image is to my mind perfect. The eye is drawn in from the left and is lead to the subject and then on with sensually curving lines. The subject is an absolute honey with the just the right expression for the shot.
Two things would have made it even better imo. A reflector on the right to put a bit more light on the shadowed side of her face and highlight the eye that is visable. And moving the subject horizontally (by crop or camera movement) just a smidgen to the right. If a little more of her lower body was visable on the left I think the shot would balance better.
RdEoSd: A wonderful shot. I really like images that repeat into a perspective infinity. I also like shots that emote mood. The image works very well just as it is but I wonder if it could be even more graphically powerful if you did two things.
1. Play with the contrast some more in ps and see if you could get a bit more contrast into the trees and fence line without burning out the rest of the image.
2 Use a non traditional crop for this image. That is to say crop more off the top and the bottom to make more of a landscape wide angle look. This will imo increase the impact of the strong compositional line of the shot.
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wlewisiii
Guest
4 wonderful images. I'll just use the order presented as well, that seems easiest. I am glad this isn't a contest - I'd really dislike having to vote for one of these over the rest.
Oscroft: Love the use of the diagonals to partition the space. It gives a nice feel of the place to the image. I too think that the lowest bricks might have be a little better if darker. The other possibility, depending upon the color of paints and the bricks, is that it might have worked as well or better left in color.
Shutterflower: Great playful use of the driftwood as well as using it to establish the line of the composition that is then followed on by the model. The only thing I can suggest is that in that kind of light I'd prefer the models face to be less shadowed. Just a bit (or bit more?) fill flash would suit it well.
Remrf: Nice almost casual portrait. Like a candid almost, but I'd bet deep in the middle of a session. The details at the model are nice and sharp with a good use of a completly blurred out background. Depending on what's on the neg, cropping with the whole of the bent elbow in frame and cutting back the other side would have worked well to establish a line from elbow through the eyes and up out of frame to where she's looking.
RdEoSd: That's a very interesting image of a very scarey location. The towers, the wire fence tilting inward imprisoning the trees. Combined with the infinity receeding perspective gives a very definate feel. Would this have been taken at military training base? One possibility I see would be to crop to a square format - leave all of the nearest tree and the nearest guard tower in and then square the crop off. This would cut back a bit on the huge expanse of sky and tighten up, even further, the emotional feel of the location.
Thank you all,
William
Oscroft: Love the use of the diagonals to partition the space. It gives a nice feel of the place to the image. I too think that the lowest bricks might have be a little better if darker. The other possibility, depending upon the color of paints and the bricks, is that it might have worked as well or better left in color.
Shutterflower: Great playful use of the driftwood as well as using it to establish the line of the composition that is then followed on by the model. The only thing I can suggest is that in that kind of light I'd prefer the models face to be less shadowed. Just a bit (or bit more?) fill flash would suit it well.
Remrf: Nice almost casual portrait. Like a candid almost, but I'd bet deep in the middle of a session. The details at the model are nice and sharp with a good use of a completly blurred out background. Depending on what's on the neg, cropping with the whole of the bent elbow in frame and cutting back the other side would have worked well to establish a line from elbow through the eyes and up out of frame to where she's looking.
RdEoSd: That's a very interesting image of a very scarey location. The towers, the wire fence tilting inward imprisoning the trees. Combined with the infinity receeding perspective gives a very definate feel. Would this have been taken at military training base? One possibility I see would be to crop to a square format - leave all of the nearest tree and the nearest guard tower in and then square the crop off. This would cut back a bit on the huge expanse of sky and tighten up, even further, the emotional feel of the location.
Thank you all,
William
sf
Veteran
RdEoSg said:
I like snow pictures, and this one is well exposed. I would have cropped in to bring up the impact of the objects on the far right. . . signs? But, this is because I don't think the left side of the image adds a whole lot to the composition. It has continuity until one's eye reaches the end of the treeline going toward the left of the frame.
EDIT : the left side is what i would tend to crop out, not the right. . .obviously.
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