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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/17/2008 10:41:08 PM
Well gosh Leo so is yours.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/15/2008 1:36:33 AM
Hi Howie
That's a bit worrying it looks just spot on viewing it on my home computer. I just calibrated it three days ago.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/11/2008 9:41:27 AM
Hi Debjit thankyou for your comments. The sloped water surface is one of those annoying optical illusions you get when the far shore which isn't really that far away approaches you along the side of a loch. I often debate whether to tilt it back to a perceived horizontal plane or just leave it.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/5/2008 10:24:08 AM
Hi Jan
It was certainly fortuitous that the little pink flowers known as thrift were present on the edge of the cliff (actually they're all around here), but their inclusion within the picture was most definitely a deliberate act.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/4/2008 4:07:26 PM
Hi Davide
Probably a mixture of both fact, and Velvia fiction. Scotland does have the most amazing subtle hues of colours that are nearly but not quite grey and Velvia sees these colours and with its own unique palette of renders them for me in an entirely believable way.
Ian
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/4/2008 4:02:35 PM
Hi Alessandro I used a polariser and a 0.45ND hardedged grad down to the waterline. I have found that using this grad does a near perfect job of balancing the upper and lower half of the image.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
12/24/2007 10:34:06 AM
Hi Ale
I'm particularly enjoying the colours and recession in this photograph of yours. the foreground blacks are not quite black enabling the viewer to perceive hints of detail and form within and it all leads back very nicely to your violet peak glistening in the sun. Very nice.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
12/4/2007 1:04:43 PM
Hi Terry just over 3000 feet. Scottish mountains are not big but they are notoriously harsh.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
11/23/2007 10:16:30 PM
Hi Pete
This is a gorgeous image its amazing how this relatively colourless building positively shouts at you for attention between the monochromatic appearance of a dull winter day.
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Photo By: Peter De Rycke
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
11/13/2007 11:58:21 PM
Thanks George a man that knows his scooters. Text changed to reflect.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
11/13/2007 10:17:21 AM
Take your point with the tree but I'm not convinced losing the top of the door and the window improves the image.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/18/2007 10:58:39 PM
Yes next time I might place it in the foreground as additional interest.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/17/2007 9:07:32 PM
Hi Debjit when the lighting gets extreme as in this case all sorts of unusual colours become apparent. The problem is your eyes become quickly accustomed to the colours and slowly but surely neutralise them. Try it for yourself, go from one type of lighting to the next, say tungsten to fluorescent initally the colours look very strongly biased towards orange and then horribly green but slowly your eyes make sense of this and the cast is largely ignored. Film does not become accustomed to these casts, it also shifts marginally towards magenta with long exposures where a phenomena known as reciprocity failure begins to occur. This inherent "disease" of film has long been used by landscape photographer's to their advantage and in my case, I regularly exploit the effect with Velvia film, fully aware of the effect that is likely to occur.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/14/2007 8:03:00 PM
It was Debjit no shadows and very soft light.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/14/2007 11:44:37 AM
Cheers Svartlav.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/3/2007 10:24:39 PM
I have a shot with the lake cut and without the lake impinged the rock loses all sigificance in the latter. as it blends too much with the surroundings.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/3/2007 10:21:58 PM
Hi Mirek
I use Velvia film and scan the image into the computer then adjust the image to match the colour, hue, brightness and contrast of the original tranny. I refer to the image as viewed on a daylight light box beside my computer. in a word or two it is a very good match.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
9/15/2007 6:02:09 PM
Fabulous shot tremendous reflection. I love it.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
8/16/2007 9:08:55 PM
Michael your old Bronica is a truly excellent camera very capable of giving you the results you are looking for. I know that this will sound like touting for business, but medium format photography is my thing and it would be a pleasure to offer you some assistance on one of my photo courses to help you get the very best out of it. Whatever you do enjoy your photography and you will definitely reap the benefits.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
8/15/2007 1:15:28 AM
Hi Mike thanks for your comments. You are of course quite right there are quite a few crops from this full frame image that could and probably would be made by picture editors. I tend to prefer the original because of the foreground detail in the sand which in this case is unusually well illuminated.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/26/2007 12:03:56 AM
That's right it would have been the July issue of Outdoor Photography Viewpoints Cummingston
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/25/2007 11:09:48 PM
Hi Shirley
First let me thank you for your constant support relating to my photography. The outdoor Photography front cover and inside page shots are not mine they actually belong to a very good friend of mine Tom Gorman. A few months ago Tom asked if he could accompany me on a few photography trips and get an insight to how I view the world. As you can see he is now highly competent which at least says a little for the assistance I was able to provide and says a great deal for Toms ability to learn quickly. Tom and I have virtually identical shots and compositions as we more or less shared tripod holes. Tom is absolutely delighted at getting the front cover and is more enthusiastic than ever. Sigh... more early sunrises.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/24/2007 9:00:45 PM
Thanks Matteo colours as per original chrome not exaggerated I can assure you.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/1/2007 11:14:40 PM
Hi Laura the camera I use is a Pentax 67II which produces transparencies of 6 x 7cm that is approximately 4.5 x the area of a conventional 35mm slide.
A 45mm lens has the same field of view as a 22mm lens on a 35mm film camera. So as you can see it really is quite a wide angle lens.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/25/2007 1:57:12 AM
You are very kind Dallyn. I won't deny I have had some success, but it is amazing what you can pick up even from those that profess to being inexperienced and that feedback can sometimes help fine tune an image and make it even more saleable.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/22/2007 9:43:50 AM
Stunning, I love the grainy interpretation and it breaks all the "traditional" compositional rules and throws them back in your face with magnificent effect. A really wicked picture that I would love to print.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/20/2007 11:00:39 PM
I think you may be right about the grad I suspect with a little work I could negate its effect.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/20/2007 12:22:51 PM
Thank you Joggie excellent and thoughtful critique with which I largely agree.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/6/2007 11:20:56 PM
By the way the colour is absolutely genuine. Exactly the same as the tranny.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
4/23/2007 3:31:51 PM
Hi John thanks for your comments. It is a little disconcerting isn't it. Actually the only true horizon is at the right third of the picture before the spit of land in black that juts out That bit is flat level and the horizon is about thirty miles away. The rock that juts out is actually pretty close a couple of hundred yards at most, the bay curves all the way around to it so it gives the impression that the horizon tilts strongly to the left.
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