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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/11/2002 3:11:32 PM
I really like the juxtaposition and the changing viewpoints of the individual subjects. The colour rendition works very well too. Tis a great piece of work Michael. Thank you.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Michael Busselle
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/10/2002 5:13:22 PM
Hi Andy. An evocative shot. Great lines and enough detail to be seen... with a nice contrast between brooding skies and the sunburst. A subject well suited to HP5 and I wish it were mine. Nice work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Andy Jones
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/10/2002 4:09:37 PM
Hi David. I was intrigued by the thumbnail. It is a great idea and well executed. Makes me wonder what one could do with several lights and a dark room.
The exposure for both lamps (especially the one at the rear of the room) looks a bit too much but the upside of that is that the light pathway from each shade is accentuated beyond what we would normally expect to see. Daylight film under tungsten lighting also imparts a nice warm glow to the room.
Nice work! I hope to see more of it. 
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: David Rorex
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/10/2002 1:55:29 AM
Hi again Quinn. I am a big fan of documentary/reportage and monochrome so I could not pass this picture by. I liked the idea of showing what sort of lives people were leading. These guys seem so despairing and don't even care to look at or deal with each other. The body language is really strong here.
Now to the nitpicking which I hope you will forgive me for. Without the title to the picture or the information in the about section, I would not have known that they were Vietnam war veterans. I may have guessed that the shoot was taken in the USA but could have been wrong about that too.
For me it is the central subject that has an interesting expression and I took the liberty of trying another crop. I wanted to try and isolate the dejectedness that is resonant with this guy's expression. If the object in his hand was a piece of paper from the government about welfare or whatever... it would have added to the overall suggestion of unfairness, hopelessness or whatever else you care to suggest. The flag in the background is a great prop for assisting the viewer to conclude what you had intended them to. The wide angle lens used up close like this provides intimacy and a sense of the person's character. What do you think?
By the way, I really like the picture as it is too. )
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Quinn Jacobson
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/10/2002 1:30:21 AM
Hi Quinn. Nice going. I like the gritty feel to this and it is a good shot under awkward lighting conditions. I find myself wishing that her fingertips were visible. If they could not be then perhaps a deliberate crop further down would help (makes it look less like an accident/oversight) but I cannot suggest a good place to try this. In keeping with the subject I think I would have liked to seen the subject composed at an angle... then the picture would rock!
I have tride this kind of shot many times and never seem to get them as good as this. Nice work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Quinn Jacobson
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/9/2002 6:58:54 AM
Hello Sylvia. Hmmm... I was just wondering if that same bird will have to carry a torch (or even two in the style of aeroplane navigation lights) when you go back at twilight. ))
I have the earlier 880 version of the camera you used. I try to take pictures at the highest quality it allows (I bought a 128Mb card that permits 13 shots instead of the 1 shot obtainable with 16Mb card that the camera came with. Files are saved as RAW files and I find that they can then be sampled in PS to the size needed without losing detail. After that they are saved as .jpg with medium to high compression quality (I usually select from7~9).
A magazine? Impressive! I hope they publish it. Which one so I can look out for it?
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Sylvia Jones
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/8/2002 3:31:53 PM
Nice job Debbie. I love the feel of this picture. For me it has crossed the line between photographic record and artistic impression. Lovely!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Debbie Groff
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/8/2002 3:08:16 PM
Hello Sylvia. I love monochrome images and I dearly wanted to make this image larger in order to see it better. Could you repost it at a larger size. ))
It is a lovely composition and the bird fortuitously occupies the empty space. Camera club judges would love that touch. I really wanted to see the detail of the stuff in the water and the people(?) on the mill. Do you know if the lamps contain gas mantles or are they electric lights? This picture is begging to be taken at dusk to my mind. I liked the reflections that are broken up by stuff in the water too. Nice work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Sylvia Jones
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/7/2002 4:37:33 PM
Hi again Phillip. I take your point about work submitted for posting on this or other sites. I have not yet learned to use studio light this effectively. I really liked the shot here in case that was in doubt.
Cheers!
Jeff
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Photo By: Phillip Filtz
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/7/2002 1:16:38 PM
Hi Sylvia. It was the magnetic thumbnail that caused me to stop at this image. Congratulations on a well seen image. I love the atmospheric lighting. You dealt with the extreme contrast very well. The change of material from well lit stone walls to the wooden casement ceiling says so much about the property. I wish the picture were mine. Great work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Sylvia Jones
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/7/2002 12:50:44 PM
Hi Arthur. Nice study - rough brick - smooth skin - some suggestion of dejection, tiredness, anxiety or perhaps just thoughtfulness. All of the mood is helped by the good composition. I guess the only way this picture could be better is if it were mine.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Arthur John Grossman III
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/7/2002 12:38:29 PM
Nice work Carl. Some delicate detail to be seen in this lighting. A brave treatment of the composition.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Carl Beihl
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
7/7/2002 11:49:06 AM
Hi Phillip. I love the muted colours and the natural pose. It has a nice soft feel that I think is just right for this type of portraiture. I have been trying to gain some skills in studio work and I am reminded of my mentor's voice in my ear saying "you should not have two catchlights in the eyes as it detracts from what we normally expect to see". What do you think? Is an image like this worth losing the lower catchlights in PS? I liked the separation between the model and the background. Is the hand under her chin a little hot? Nice skin tones. Nice work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Phillip Filtz
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 3:31:23 PM
Thanks for your reply Dan. It will instructive for me to see the shot before PS processing was applied. Reciprocity failure, in a nutshell, is the unpredictable effect of very long or short exposure times. I asked because I could see no evidence of it in your picture and it makes me very keen to try Velvia.
www.agfaphoto.com/library/techterms/r01.html+reciprocity+fa ilure&hl=en
The above URL is a short explanation of this complex phenomenon.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Dan Sanford
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 3:13:55 PM
I preferred this version of the shot Larry. It feels more complete to me... better context I think. Monochrome usually suits this type of subject rather well.(probably a stereotypical viewpoint) What is nice about this picture is the colours are not competing for attention to the detriment of the subject matter. Good work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Larry Edwards
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:59:52 PM
I like this reatment Samuel. The paper-like petals are really translucent looking. Nice work.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Samuel Downs
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:49:49 PM
YOu have a great eye for colour Antonio. I logve the way this shot looks both chaotic and harmonious. Well done.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Antonio napoli
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:38:51 PM
Without a doubt Chris. Great control of the lighting. I bet your model was pleased to see this one.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Chris Blaszczyk
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:33:43 PM
I liked this picture Kennard. The colour in the wheel draws the eye to it. Nice touch to desaturate everything else. I would have spent days hand coloring such a picture previously and PS makes it so much easier. Nice work.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: kennard
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:29:54 PM
The strong directional lighting really makes this a good picture Mia. Nice exposure too. Good work!
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Mia
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:27:30 PM
3.30am! Well... it is a great picture Dan. I have not used Velvia before and the colours are stunning. I have two questions for you. 1. Did this picture get any post processing in PS? 2. Do you know much about the resitance of Velvia to reciprocity failure with long exposures over say... 1 second ?
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Dan Sanford
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:19:38 PM
An intriguing composition Suzanne. I would love to see a series.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Suzanne Strenk
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/22/2002 2:17:24 PM
Nice control of the lighting Phillip. Good work.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Phillip Filtz
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 6:11:26 PM
Debbie of the abstract monochrome images? Hi Debbie! What a tender moment to have captured on film (and in colour too) As it stands this is a really lovely picture and I think many photographers (me included) would be glad to say that they took it. The exposure is accurate with detail being held in both the highlight and shadow areas. A great way to carry off your first portrait assignment. Well done!
This handsome couple would have provoked me to try and reach for that ever elusive perfection. Not an easy task when you are concentrating on getting a good job done, I know. Please forgive the technical nitpicking which follows... 8)
The shape of the overhanging tree in the background would have made a perfect ready made frame (semi-archway) with a few steps taken to change the position of your subjects against the background and perhaps a change to the DOF. I would also have liked to lose the foliage that is visible between the couple at hip level and at the girl's neck level.
Dappled light filtered through trees can be very striking but carries a major caveat. Fair skin tones can take on a green tinge if care is not taken. Our eyes are so good at adjusting our vision to make everything seem the same that we can miss it. Here the skin tones look good with a pink blush being caught on the cheeks of both subjects.
I tried to assess the colours present but you really need a densitometer to do what I did in PS with a simple RGB colour model and the eye dropper tool. The guy has an area towards the rear and right of his chin that extends underneath. It is less blushed pink than the rest of his face. It appears to be the light reflected from his white shirt front and it seems to have a green tinge to it. I suspect the same of the girl... at the back of her neck high above the 'V' of her dress straps. This may be direct green light reflected from the leaves of the trees.
At the size we are viewing these pictures it is probably insignificant and would most likely pass many people by unnoticed. At a display size of 10 x 8 it is likely to be a noticeable blemish and at 16 x 20 you would be hard put not to see elements of unwanted colour.
I hold the distinction of single-handedly ruining one happy couple's wedding pictures by taking great shots of them and their family under trees so that they were lit by filtered dappled sunlight (and the ever present chlorophyll!). The happy couple looked like they came from the planet zog in most of my shots. )) Not the way to establish that one is a competent photographer.
I look forward to seeing more of this previously unseen side to your work.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Debbie Groff
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 4:53:37 PM
I like this one so much better Phillip. Brandon looks really comfortable and this photo will surely come to be a treasured memory for his family. Only kids seem to have an open gaze that is both knowing and yet carefree. You have caught this apsect of Brandon well. (My socks are off!)
Criticisms? No because this well portrayed moment in time cancels any of the technical nitpicking one could indulge in.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Phillip Filtz
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 4:21:49 PM
Whoops! I spotted this typo [ Cheesr! ] just as my finger pressed the add comment button. :/ Put it down to a worn keyboard with half the letters missing and the time of 23:30 hours.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Sharon Ivy
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 4:17:47 PM
I see it now Sharon... all is revealed. I think if you suffer physical discomfort while taking a picture, it is really difficult to keep your mind on what you are doing. I don't know how the security personnel would have reacted to you lying down or requesting to be allowed to do so just(sistine chapel style)to get the shot you wanted. Here in the UK they would probably point you to the shop that sold postcards of the ceiling! )) As for tripods... very cumbersome if they are any good but they can improve handheld pictures by an order of magnitude.
Cheesr!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Sharon Ivy
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 3:54:04 PM
I liked this picture David. Duh... the meaning of the title is? I had a hard job restraining myself from hand tinting my screen as I could almost touch the faded washed denim. If it were mine, I would hand tint the Levi Strauss button only, then I would offer the company the picture rights for advertising purposes for just a few million dollars... . A great picture.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: David Chang-Sang
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 3:44:53 PM
This just says contentment to me. A wonderful memory. Great picture Zbyszek.
Cheers!
Jeff
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| Photo By: Zbyszek Cybulski
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Critique By:
Jeff Cable (K:3599)
3/17/2002 3:30:41 PM
Hi Chris, I echo the comments of Charles... where is the rest of him?  Great tonal range with the high quality lighting that I see as hallmark of your work Chris. A beautifully rendered highly charged image.
Cheers!
Jeff
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