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Critique By:
Stefan Engström (K:24473)
9/21/2005 4:37:34 PM
Sweet shot - sleeping babies make great subjects! I prefer the b/w - the colorized version takes away attention from the baby IMHO. Nice soft tones on the baby.
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Critique By:
Kim Culbert (K:37070)
9/21/2005 1:56:16 PM
Or here it is without the rose coloured in... just plain B&W.
I was just playing around in PS, trying to add colour to B&W images, but then a friend said that she liked the B&W better than the splash of colour... I'd like to know what everyone thinks...
cheeers
Kim
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Haifa (K:1733)
9/21/2005 8:44:59 AM
Cute ..
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Ryan Moss (K:371)
9/21/2005 3:25:19 AM
good baby image. I love this technique. I wish that the object was i bit more recognizable, perhaps just in a different location but i know im just gripping here. Good job.
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Aimee' Desire' (K:744)
9/19/2005 8:12:40 PM
Kim, I am very isnpired by your work. Impressive portfolio. Creating images like thisos one of my favorite things to do. I'd like to see what you think of some of mine. My Best, Aimee'
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Alison DuFlon (K:36566)
9/17/2005 11:40:11 PM
The effect you have given this is beautiful, both soft and vibrant. I love the depth across the mountains. Alison
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Alison DuFlon (K:36566)
9/17/2005 9:57:23 PM
Looking into the photo my eye gets sucked right back through the meadow to the mountain behing, a wierd feeling of movement. Beautifully taken Kim. Alison
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Critique By:
Becky V (K:9699)
9/17/2005 5:05:29 PM
Actually, I find the photo has more of a green cast to it than blue. I'm used to seeing this area in a sandy, yellow-greyish hue, however that's not to say it can't look more lush at times (plus, I really like the colour of the greygreenblue scrub in the foreground). Out of all the colour variations posted here, I have to say I like Chris' version the best.
This is a well seen photo . . . I like the composition, although I wish you had just a bit more height so the foreground scrub didn't interrupt the line of the road. The lighting here is really phenomenal, the way it falls off around the edges of the photo - is that a PS tweak, or a fortuitous natural occurence? Whatever it is, it looks great.
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Critique By:
Mort Gage (K:2743)
9/17/2005 1:52:21 PM
my eyes say this is Dyn-A-Mite! as you composed it...especially with the tall "grass" extending to near the top. are those tall buildings off to the left reaching to the sky? i think the tall grass + tall buildings is a nice theme. excellent work!
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Critique By:
Dirck DuFlon (K:35779)
9/17/2005 11:05:43 AM
I love the way this has become like an impressionist painting, Kim! The colors are quite beautiful here - I love the soft yellow with gray/green on the field of flowers, and the wonderful sage color on the hillside!
For some reason, my eye keeps going to the darker hillside/valley at the upper-right - just as an alternative, maybe a crop to minimize that part? Waddaya think? 
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Critique By:
Francesca May (K:6877)
9/17/2005 8:04:19 AM
this is Great!!!!!!! 
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Ian McAllister (K:124)
9/17/2005 6:59:38 AM
My wife just looked over my shoulder and said. "Hey, it looks just like a big lizard!" Then I showed her the title...
I like the low POV and the three bands of water, yellow grasses and forest. I'm from Victoria, but I live in China, and appreciate a scene like this.
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Stefan Engström (K:24473)
9/17/2005 6:18:32 AM
What an unusual view - I would very much like to see it first-hand (so your photo succeeds). The light green stuff over the yellow field is a little dominating and I'm thinking that a crop from the top might be interesting.
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Critique By:
Ayse Altan (K:3905)
9/17/2005 6:11:45 AM
beautiful landscape
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Becky V (K:9699)
9/17/2005 3:50:36 AM
I didn't think you would be able to top your last Deer Lake shot, but you totally did! I, with no degree of exagerration, think this shot is fantastic. I really think you nailed this tricky exposure . . . the trees and skyline are in silhouette, as they should be, and there's juuust enough light to see the entire lake and lillypads therein. The reflection in the foreground is wonderful, and I love how it gives the water and lillypads an almost golden metallic shine. Pretty! I can sort of see where Stefan is coming from in terms of the purple sky, but I think he's referring mostly to colour choice as opposed to saturation. Myself, I think the purple looks fine, because it's still this side of pink, which is a very common sunset colour.
You know, I thought you were crazy when you got in that water, but it was honestly worth it! (Although you'll never get me in there!)
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Critique By:
Chris Lauritzen (K:14949)
9/16/2005 9:03:50 PM
oops... here it is..I hope?
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Chris Lauritzen (K:14949)
9/16/2005 9:00:49 PM
That looks better! I hope you don't mind but I took a stab at it. Not actually being there I guess at what the natural color was.
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James Hager (K:6285)
9/16/2005 6:54:55 PM
Nice shot, and I applaud your willingness to get dirty. Wonderful color and light in the sky, and I like the bright area reflected in the water. Good idea to use a graduated ND filter, and I think even more is needed. I'd like to be able to see the water lilies better.
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James Hager (K:6285)
9/16/2005 6:50:55 PM
Wonderful scenery. The image you posted with the boosted color sure looks better in the foreground, but it looks overdone in the sky. Maybe you could try a mask to balance the effect.
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Stefan Engström (K:24473)
9/16/2005 4:46:32 PM
Fun to read the comments as I recorded all the same impressions... The blue tint is there I think (in both images), but some of it could be a blue tone in the foreground groundcover and maybe also a haze in the distance. I don't we can determine any tilt although I too get the sense of that from the landscape. Ther is a great sense of "pull" towards the center (down that road :-) - it seems that all elements conspire to create that effect!
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Critique By:
Kathy Hillard (K:25721)
9/16/2005 3:55:33 PM
The thing that I like best about this shot, Kim, is the way the cloud formation draws the eye right into the valley! Gret colors!
Kathy
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Dirck DuFlon (K:35779)
9/16/2005 2:20:52 PM
Wow - Kim, what a breathtaking landscape! I'm guessing you used the widest focal length of that lens for this - it really conveys the sense of expansiveness. I love the little road meandering through the scene - heck I love the whole scene!
I don't know if it's the larger swell of the hills on the right, but it feels slightly tilted to the left?
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Critique By:
Kim Culbert (K:37070)
9/16/2005 2:15:08 PM
Hi Alvin.
I wish I had gotten it all in focus as well... I was working with macro lenses and the DOF really sucks with them.
I use desk lamps to get a warmer tone to the setups in my house... I am a fan of warm oranges/reds and I find that a desk lamp works perfectly.
Thanks for the comment!
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Kim Culbert (K:37070)
9/16/2005 2:13:30 PM
Here it is with a colour boost... looks much for natural...thanks Chris!!!
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Critique By:
Kim Culbert (K:37070)
9/16/2005 2:09:40 PM
Hi Debershi,
I don't think that one is better than the other, it just depends on how you like to shoot. I like to shoot in manual settings, so I like to use the spot metering... this way I can choose which part of the image to focus on for metering.
Centre will just use whatever is in the middle of the frame as a reference and the 3D matrix uses a range of pre-set conditions to choose what is best for the scene you are shooting.
Good luck, and have fun! Thanks for the comment!
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Kim Culbert (K:37070)
9/16/2005 2:05:41 PM
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the comment... I'll have to take it into PS and try to counter the blue... it was shot with the old 100F.. we haven't got the new one here yet. But we still have the 50. which I've heard they are discontinuing... I'll have to stock up soon!
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Critique By:
Chris Lauritzen (K:14949)
9/16/2005 1:12:22 PM
Nice composition Kim, I do find the overall image a tad to "blue" though. Was this blue cast intentional? Was this shot on the new Velvia 100 or the older 100F?
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Alvin Mak (K:1737)
9/16/2005 6:09:50 AM
A fiery image you have here! Love the way you handled the background and the lighting on the petals. The only thing I would say is that I wish the anther to be in focus.
Did you do this with natural lighting or lamps?
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Critique By:
Fadel J (K:13974)
9/16/2005 5:47:56 AM
Very beautiful scene Kim!
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Critique By:
Debarshi Duttagupta (K:26815)
9/16/2005 4:59:04 AM
Excellent low angle shot. I have just bought a F80 body. Which metering mode is best for F80 ? I use centre wight metring for the F75.
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