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oscroft said:
Alan: I am seeing beautiful geometrical shapes in your photo. Squares and circles are plenty. Too bad there are no triangles! I wrestled with keeping the top left corner of the photo. Is it needed or not. The shapes are not bad at all.
WouldI have tried to take the photo from a different angle to take it vertically and in the direction of the geometrical circular patterns in the foreground?
Nice photo.
Raid
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ampguy said:
ampguy [a name would help here
]The colors and the grain are positive influences in your photo. A personal preference only: Crop out horizontally the area from below and up to the white shirt starting. I see the image then more abstract. It is just a personal preference. Maybe my Math background lets me search for patterns.
I like your photo.
Raid
jl-lb.ms
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John,
Your posted photo of a cemetry is interesting in B&W. I find the background in the part of the image distracting from the interesting stone in the foreground. Maybe if you had taken the photo from a different angle, you could have better isolated the stone and gotten rid of the highlights in the background. Nice photo, by the way.
Raid
Your posted photo of a cemetry is interesting in B&W. I find the background in the part of the image distracting from the interesting stone in the foreground. Maybe if you had taken the photo from a different angle, you could have better isolated the stone and gotten rid of the highlights in the background. Nice photo, by the way.
Raid
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raid amin said:
Raid, I don't see anything wrong with your picture. It is a very nice pic of your daughters - you have so many. I might only say that the older of the two might benefit from a little greater contrast from her immediate background. A number of dark figures clump in that area.
Of course, you can't help this sort of thing, and if you had, the moment would have passed, or you'd have had to abandon your perspective on the girls.
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Thanks Raid
Thanks Raid
great idea. My name is Ted.
Thanks Raid
great idea. My name is Ted.
raid amin said:ampguy [a name would help here
The colors and the grain are positive influences in your photo. A personal preference only: Crop out horizontally the area from below and up to the white shirt starting. I see the image then more abstract. It is just a personal preference. Maybe my Math background lets me search for patterns.
I like your photo.
Raid
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Hi John
Hi John
This photo has a nice balance of light and darks, and the angles of the standing headstone, and the knocked over ones give the image a 3D perspective.
I would crop the right side at least to the tree in the upper right, if not all the way past the tree, so the main headstone has increased focal attention.
Hi John
This photo has a nice balance of light and darks, and the angles of the standing headstone, and the knocked over ones give the image a 3D perspective.
I would crop the right side at least to the tree in the upper right, if not all the way past the tree, so the main headstone has increased focal attention.
jl-lb.ms said:
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jl-lb.ms said:
John :
This is a good graveyard image. I would probably try and cut off the right portion that includes that background stone since it is cut off anyway. This would restore more power to the foreground object, I think. I don't know what the whether was like, but curving to put more power into the lighter end of the histogram might also e a good thing.
See my attached image for what I am trying to say. I think you will complete the geometry better this way. BUT, this is only one angle on things. Your current geometry has is own merit as well.
Now maybe it is too crowded?
IMO.
-George
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oscroft said:
This is just fine. I like it. Has the summer feel to it, I can smell the hot wet metal.
It might feel a little lopsided to the left, but then you have a sort of geometry going on that has a name I can't remember. Something about divine proportions or something like that.
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ampguy said:
A very odd shot. Impossible to critique (at least at my level of talent at critiquing). You've got your basic thirds going on, DOF is nice, OOF is nice, exposure is premium. For what it is, it is a very well composed and exposed photo.
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TED:
I'll second that about the colors. I like them in this shot.
I'll second that about the colors. I like them in this shot.
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Thanks George
Thanks George
I agree it's not a common type of photo, not one I plan to frame and stick in the living room...
I think I had my Hexar AF for about 2 days and was keeping it on in silent mode everywhere, and I'm at a restaurant and just pressed the button. No one heard anything, not even the friend I was dining with.
Then examining the photocd later, it seemed kind of interesting, an unframed random shot from the camera on the table.
Thanks George
I agree it's not a common type of photo, not one I plan to frame and stick in the living room...
I think I had my Hexar AF for about 2 days and was keeping it on in silent mode everywhere, and I'm at a restaurant and just pressed the button. No one heard anything, not even the friend I was dining with.
Then examining the photocd later, it seemed kind of interesting, an unframed random shot from the camera on the table.
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Raid: "It shows my two girls enjoying the beach."
I love their expressions, and the poses of the two of them sitting on their chairs - and the older girl's shades look cool. The texture of the sand, the position of the horizon, and the diagonals of the surf line and the wet sand line all add up to a very nice composition. And one subtle thing - the two birds just framed in the top left corner are great. Exposure-wise it's great - I like the contrast and the darkness of the people in the background. But that's where the only weakness is, in my opinion - while I really do like the presence of people in the background, it's a pity a couple of them are merging with your older daughter's head.
I love their expressions, and the poses of the two of them sitting on their chairs - and the older girl's shades look cool. The texture of the sand, the position of the horizon, and the diagonals of the surf line and the wet sand line all add up to a very nice composition. And one subtle thing - the two birds just framed in the top left corner are great. Exposure-wise it's great - I like the contrast and the darkness of the people in the background. But that's where the only weakness is, in my opinion - while I really do like the presence of people in the background, it's a pity a couple of them are merging with your older daughter's head.
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I took many photos of my daughters that day on the beach, but in this one,I wanted to take a photo in which a typical beach scene [with people] would be documented. The people standing behind my girls were there forever, so I included them since I wanted to take a photo of my girls having fun and waiting a long time would change the mood if little girls. I keep this photo as my PC screen photo at work. It makes me smile.
Raid
P.S.[am I posting too early?]
Raid
P.S.[am I posting too early?]
