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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/14/2005 3:55:30 PM
Yanno, I should read other ppl's comments before I post my own. Someone said to put the horizon in the center and I was saying move it away, which you've already addressed! And someone else said get rid of the bottom. Guess my thoughts aren't original! heh heh heh
But I repeat, leave it as is; it's beautiful!
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| Photo By: Kim Culbert
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/14/2005 3:52:22 PM
Oh! Say it ain't so! Summer can't be over yet!
I love it, Kim. Very nicely done! For some reason, I especially like the reflecting hints off the water. You've captured them beautifully without blowing it out.
If I had to say something critical (since you've marked this image "CO"), I'd say you could probably get rid of some of the foreground and take the horizon away from that center area. You have a nearly solid line which almost appears as a dividing line.
In fact, if you wanted to make this seem like a medium format shot, you could crop from the bottom to get a square and the composition wouldn't suffer at all.
However, if it were my photo, I'd leave it exactly as is. Be proud of this one!
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| Photo By: Kim Culbert
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/7/2005 1:46:07 PM
MS! This is splendid! I agree with Kim about the eyes being just a little soft, but since you only notice if you're looking for it, it's not a problem.
If I was trying to describe to a city kid, what a dragonfly looks like, this is what I'd use as an illustration. It defines it perfectly, with the vivid "alien-ness" of it and the primordial backdrop of the horsetail reeds.
And aesthetically, it's gorgeous too!
Nice job.
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Photo By: Mary Sue Hayward
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/6/2005 7:37:17 PM
Beautiful PS work on an already fantastic image! Nice job!
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| Photo By: Kim Culbert
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/3/2005 6:34:31 PM
What a creative view! Nicely captured; good job!
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| Photo By: Alessandra Frediani
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
9/3/2005 6:33:30 PM
Hesham, I wish the horizon were straight, but the image is otherwise perfect!! Gorgeous sun and cloud relationship!
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| Photo By: Hesham Abouzekry
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/22/2005 7:51:06 PM
Even as a PS compilation, this is a neat photo. Yes, I too thought it was a well timed shot, but it's still in my faves cuz I would have liked it even without his fellow lambs in the photo.
Congrats on the POD
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| Photo By: Chris Spracklen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/18/2005 1:06:25 AM
Heart-rending story and a very sweet photo!
You're a shining light of humanity, Jim.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/18/2005 1:01:56 AM
Nice, TK
Really, really nice.
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| Photo By: Terrence Kent
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/18/2005 12:42:20 AM
I saw one of these in the Belize Zoo; they are spectacular creatures!
Your photo does her high justice, Yamil. The fur texture is perfect. The background enhances rather than distracts. Her expression is priceless. I'm not as wild about the slight hint of blue on her left shoulder, but using the flash was a perfect foil to having the shady blue everywhere on her face. Fantastic job.
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| Photo By: Yamil Saenz
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/8/2005 4:57:54 PM
Mark, I think I like this one better than the other. It's a very interesting composition. Nice job.
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| Photo By: Mark Sherman
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/8/2005 4:56:31 PM
I'm quite surprised that there haven't been more comments on this photo.
Other than perhaps getting either more (or less?) of the left arm, I think it's a wonderful, graceful composition! A pleasure to look at. Nice job, David.
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| Photo By: D W
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/8/2005 4:49:56 PM
hi MS
Kim might be right about using yellow instead of white, but at the same time, the white becomes a kind of "subject" as it were. The mind tries to make something of it. I for example have turned it into a silver-wrapped Hershey's chocolate kiss!
:-)
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| Photo By: Mary Sue Hayward
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/8/2005 4:46:42 PM
MS this is absolutely gorgeous! Can't find fault with any of it. Nice job!
How do you like that lens on a dSLR?
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| Photo By: Mary Sue Hayward
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/8/2005 4:39:13 PM
Wow, it is a brilliant capture that you've achieved here. Good work, Neil.
My deepest sympathies to you and your countrymen. It all seems so senseless to attack innocent, defenseless people with such randomly-targeted violence.
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| Photo By: Neil Niamh White
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/7/2005 4:52:38 PM
Cool! Great planning and execution! Creatively compiled.
Fantastic job, Lea!
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| Photo By: Lea Mulqueen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
7/5/2005 2:00:33 AM
Wow, Jim How fantastic!
Is this B&W in camera or post-processing? Just curious. It looks marvelous!
I second Petal's suggestion about a change in crop. However, I have no suggestions of my own.
Anyway, great job.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
6/30/2005 3:33:00 PM
David, you did really well with this. I'm not sure if the wings need to be more frozen or not. I can see the benefit if they were, but I like the sense of motion with this as is.
Also of note is the remarkable bokeh for that f-stop. Beautifully wrought! Keep it up.
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
6/29/2005 4:43:37 PM
OOOoooo the techniques in that forum submission is going to save a whole group of so-so Utah pictures. I'm very glad you referenced it and showed what your results concluded.
Thanks very much MS!
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| Photo By: Mary Sue Hayward
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
6/29/2005 2:08:51 AM
Very sweet, Jim! Perfect bokeh
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
6/13/2005 1:08:13 PM
Very Creative! Good eye to see the nighttime potential of this scene.
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| Photo By: Galal El Missary
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
6/9/2005 9:09:55 PM
cool!
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
5/27/2005 4:34:26 PM
Nice comp of a mirror image! I agree with Christine; this is a badass beaver!
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| Photo By: Art McCaffrey
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
5/5/2005 9:16:07 PM
Quite lovely, Christine! Nice job!
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| Photo By: C.A. Mikulice
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
5/3/2005 1:21:00 AM
Patch knows where to go to get birds. The unclear concept seems to be about actually *hiding*.
Well, I'm glad he didn't hide. Cute photo!
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| Photo By: C.A. Mikulice
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
4/26/2005 4:42:04 PM
LOL @ MarySue: "Do you remember the settings?" Chels is going to be the RAW queen soon!!! Don't you know?!?!
This is loverly, Chelsea! Nice colors/tones, classic composition, perfect DOF and fantastic bokeh! Print this nice and big and sell it to happy campers!
/me wants that lens now!!!
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| Photo By: Chelsea Burke
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
4/24/2005 2:25:13 AM
Very interesting treatment. As someone above said, it gives it a pseudo-moire like satin has.
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| Photo By: Cheri Meredith-Evans
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
4/23/2005 1:26:05 AM
I mostly use the regular utility to adjust the white balance (if need be) and to convert to TIFF where I work on it in photoshop 7 later.
However, I recently was asked to shoot a bridal shower for a coworker and since there were so many 'snapshots', I used the Digital Photo Pro from Canon to batch process. I hear there's better stuff out there, but even if I could afford it, I still think that the RAW converted is so much better than the JPGs come out.
But on top of all that, I just heard about shooting sRGB versus Adobe RGB and I'm thinking of switching and see if that helps the jpgs any.
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
4/23/2005 1:20:58 AM
Craig, you're a riot! I almost split a side laughing at that joke!
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| Photo By: Jim Christensen
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Critique By:
Sue O'S (K:12878)
4/22/2005 8:54:18 PM
Start shooting RAW, guy! Seriously! Your shots are so good now, you'll be amazed at what RAW comes up with. I've even stopped shooting RAW+smJPG and haven't missed it in the least.
I sure do hope David and I get to go on this extensive ride this August. If we do, Split Rock was a must!
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