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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
12/2/2009 11:34:46 AM
you're way of incorporating patterns of still life/ outside, there where things are happening is fascinating- just so.
and, for the record, you're amongst my favorite photographers here sire.
keep it up,
v.
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
12/2/2009 11:32:10 AM
this leaf seems like a is about to wake someone from a dream-
amazing. it is amazing for everything that compose this photo, and most of all light which gives dazzling vibrance to the beautiful colours.
regards,
v.
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| Photo By: 1301307 60
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
12/2/2009 11:27:35 AM
ta- ta,
speechless.
stunning.
bowing to it.
v.
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Photo By: Avi
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
12/2/2009 11:25:26 AM
very nice composition and contrast~
i like mostly the somehow tilted perspective , which generated great depth here.
regards,
v.
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| Photo By: Ryca C.R.
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
12/2/2009 11:22:49 AM
hi Avi,
congradulations on the Award~ i believe it was a good choice this shot of yours (like many there are in your stream).
i find the composition here spot on. there is fractions of "happenings" in different levels, like forground where the kids are playing, the yacht craddled on sea waves by the wind and a threatening sky-
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all the best,
v.
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| Photo By: Avi
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/25/2009 11:06:58 AM
hi Nick,
oh, ok, i knew that this method i am using sounds a bit strange. it is strange for the effort i had given in creating those images, where the quality of them is expected to be superiorly high/ and so should it be; with the method i use, i diminish it, and reduce it almost to obseleteness.
ok, here is what i do.
1. i take the developed 6x6 mm negative.
2. expose it to light (against a white background)
3. shoot the exposed negative with my digital camera, mostly with a macro lense so that i can get as close as possible to the negative.
4. i take the digital copy, and with Photoshop, i invert it.
5. a very poor result in positive is produced.
now, the reason i do this, is that i do not have just yet a laboratory where i can develop my rolls by hand, and which lab i've been expecting for some time now, but still did not get it. on the other hand, in the photo shops around town, they develop 6x6 mm rolls, but do not scan them. therefore, i had to invent something, and the above way helps.
that's that.
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/25/2009 10:52:59 AM
hi Nick,
just wanted to drop a line with regard to your reply Dave; and to tell you that i do support exactly the same idea on abstract work. that's due to the doubt i get from so called abstract works that i see all over, which, exactly as you put it, are result of a unexistant shape/ form/ content- but which happen to have something rather a shape! and not that there is anything wrong, but only not attractive at all, especially not for a thinking mind- which is to say that, then, even dolls in top aesthetics would be humans. and we know way to well that there is a 'slight' difference there!
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/19/2009 4:11:11 PM
... but maths can well build an imaginary image of its whole (universe)! ;)
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/19/2009 4:05:42 PM
Hi Nick,
I look at the photo and i shall not see to the fact that this is a failiure or a photographic masterwork- but, the subject of the it, does provide me very precise paterns- one being natural (the shell) where i see Fibonacci's sequence at its best, and the other (the pyramid like triangle) which is one of the strongest structures that human mind could have spotted. a single triangle, may well be composed of zillion smaller triangles which will only vary in size (and that we know that does not matter, its quality and what it rather says to us is what matters).
i mentioned up there that these two patterns that you present here are amongst the strongest paterns existing out there. they are the most precise, and they continue their precision to infinity. only having them understood could only made possible the construction of some of the greatest world~ how else!? ;) I mean, if we look at Pyramid, or the Pantheon in Rome,... they do stand in those patterns.
anyways, there is one thing i have to say about the composition of the photo. i like the fat that you have cut the edges of your subject and only presented the minor champions of what compose them- it is as if you're refering that we may well have a glimpse on the Universe but never see it all~
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/19/2009 3:32:41 PM
Hi Nick; it is so great that you never fail to point out the negligence of many here stealing away this great great oppurtunity from themselves in having propper discussion on the work- thiers and others! but ey, that's what we are here for! ;)
I for my side, scan my fild 6x6mm film at some photo store here in town and they are ripping me off each time for that. not too happy about it, but now i have bought some rolls in Italy, which is to be hand developped, thinking that i will get the home lab by now; unfortunately, i have to say that i received only words so far from a very trusted person. i still do not have it, and there is many rolls waiting to develop (and this photo store in town, does not develop them anymore). however, i was never too happy with the way they washed my films- there would always be a scratch/ a line/ or some polluted part in the negative.
but, (this great fat BUT always triggers nice ideas on me ;)), what i did with some of the unscanned 6x6 mm negatives is: I unrolled them, exposed to light, and photographed them with a macro lense. took the digital file, and put it into PS and converted them to positive. the outcome is not the same, of course, but at least i can decently see what i have done.
still, i am waiting for the lab, where i can wash the negatives, scan them, and also print. but when that time is gonna come, i do not know.
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/19/2009 3:17:20 PM
Hi Nick and thanks a lot for your comment.
i see well what you mean with having burned a bit of the nail top, but i think it would be better if i burned a bit of the surface behind the nail-top so that the contrast might possibly generate a firm division from one another. (right now i am at work and cannot do that experiment, but i will when i am home).
i wanted to imply to the struggle between flash and soul- and flash being much too tied and unable to escort the soul to its wishes! so, in this respect, i am rather glad for the DoF- which really turned the person in the far back into a ghost like creature, aloft and detached~
cheers to you my friend,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/19/2009 2:39:23 PM
hi Nick and thanks a lot for the reply, and sorry for the delayed reply of mine.
yes, exactly that, having great friends around, is such a desirable thing. not for the mere fact of having them to push away the futility of the life with cynical and suspicious approach on birth and rebirth, but also motivation to bring that all in a higher level where talking explicitly of metaphorically does not really matter- for all is stripped and naked, voulentarily shaped for us! and that's great. ;)
well, that precise carving of a certain matter is the main characteristic of any arts, and if any forms of arts is (or the fact of doing it) does not get there, then it is prone to failiure. like, we see here in abundance!
about Gilmour and his guitar (which is my second favorite aspect of the Wall, first being Water and his singing), not only in the Wall, but in most of the albums, even in his solo ones, i am fascinated with his struming and the way he pushes the strings, how high he takes the notes- in all the the tones~ as if replacing all the noise of dribbling through the neck of guitar with a single immaculate touch and vibrato... like you said, the complexity of reducing to the maximum/ leaving trash away, in most propper definition.
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/5/2009 5:32:14 PM
fantastic.
it is fantastic for it is so real, so direct, so sincere, so beautiful and joyous and enchanting; scenery of dazzlingly colours;
the light is amazing, and you are lucky to have spotted it! :)
(i'm only jealous ;))
bravo,
v.
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| Photo By: Orazio Minnella
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/5/2009 5:24:13 PM
complements.
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| Photo By: Momento Eterno (Carmen Spitznagel)
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/5/2009 5:22:41 PM
a very nice exposure and perspective
the setting looks unearthly~
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| Photo By: Joggie van Staden
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/5/2009 5:19:17 PM
ta-ta, the Marlboro Man- some smoke and a cigarette is missing :)
nice~
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/2/2009 10:20:21 AM
Hi Nick,
though i have been in Lucerne, shortly on a summer day, i think that i have gotten accustumed to this town so well through your images that i miss no detail of it (and i consider the fact that i expect more photos from there)! :)
apart for the beautiful building facade, and all the neighbourhood that you choose for a subject, i am fascinated with the little details of the details wherever i look at in this picture. and these details are not "just" details, they are visible in the most faithful way, preserviing tonality and shape...
about the composition i think that that wallstripe on the left does not give or take much from the image. there's no attractive details on its surface but still does not take much surface the whole of the entirety, and to improve it, from this vantage point/ perspective, is not possible. however, that does not convince me much- so i choose to igonre it. or maybe you had some other idea that i cannot see!?
still your Hassie is keeping me dazzled!
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/2/2009 9:54:44 AM
ah Nick, you do make me some strange questions- which, nonetheless, i do willingly answer, but not really know the use of it!! :(
but, let me just tell you for the record that the album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, is one my ever favorite of all times- and, i deliver here a line of mine in sarchastic sense "... i went to school and became everyone's fool..." ;)
well... cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/2/2009 9:22:06 AM
hi Nick and thanks a lot for the reply and question!
your Hassie and my Mamy can do miracles- sometimes, i get the feeling that millions of years of this effortfull creationof our planet is sent for repair in a pressing of the button of either one of these!! now you do the counting! ;)
there was a very nice picture that i had the chance to see in an exhibition of artistic photography. it was simple in composition; hard light comming in from the window, its reflection on the floor and a nice highlight of the contours of the face of a person standing by the window. it was very graphical, due to high contrast, and i like it how it was composed. but, one thing i thought might be improved was the highlighted face contours, which for me were somehow plain and to harsh- and i think that if i were to do something similar, that highlighted part on the face would look much different. there would be nice smooth and organic shifting of gradient.
that is to say that the harsh light coming through the window would still be the same, both on the window and floor, but the only difference would the gradients on the face. and, yes, this would be a perfect example for perfect contrast and gradients. and i think it is Very possible. we only have to hunt how light perfectly shapes itself around objects! so, nothing only wishful about it!~
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
11/2/2009 9:04:42 AM
Hi Nick, and thanks for the reply on the image.
ah well, maybe they do not deliver much, technically (when compared to such monsters such as your Hassie), but a nice idea could help, perhaps- or that's what i count on them at least, anyways! ;)
...but this is the most troublesome gift that we were awarded, freedom of expression (of our own stupidity and genius)... quite intriguing, don't you think? ;)
it would be utterly rediculous to compare your Hassie (and its mates) with any digital cam- be the same hassie, like yours, with a digital back, or the new digi- Leica. these are different stories, and not necessary me mix them up (well, we don't). ;)
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/27/2009 11:13:21 AM
hm, you make me curious for that image of yours Nick. I am looking forward to it.
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there was an iron web/ mesh covering the half of the lower composition from the front, which i had to clone off; and also, the distant background, where i had to do some slight modifications (and which i did not do properly) and that are noticeable.
so, there is a few minor technical inconveniences in this image that somehow do not fully convince me; but just like the tempting apple, i could not resist in making it public. at least the humanity won't suffer this time as much as it happened (as according to the scriptures).
this time, we have an almost trivial subject on the matter. hope so! ;)
thanks a lot for the comment and cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/27/2009 10:58:03 AM
Hi Ania, and thanks a lot for the concise comment.
you put well the 'features' of female and man, in the respective case.
all the best,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/27/2009 8:26:53 AM
hi Saad, and thank you for the reply,
i do believe that each page, as you put it, is a different one; first for the mere fact of being another page and secondly, because we only presume another one- and, there is no way we may deduct something alike because we had another one with stated laws~ that is something, that finds me reluctant to it. any intrudor, being it a superpower/ being that God, or anything as such, as the constructor of all the corridors we are to pace through in the course of our living, is something that i will not consider.
beside, i like when humans are mocking around, highly confidential, with the traditional and moral and valuable ways and manners that were inherited to us.
that's why i loved the idea of a modern Adam, with clothes and not naked, reaching for 'the apple' in full confidence.
regards,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 4:57:19 PM
hi Saad, and thanks for the effort in writing the comment.
your first two verses are clear to me, but i do not understand the last one! can you give another attempt in writing what you wanted to say? do you actually mean to say by "his manifestation"= "god's manifestations"? because, then, perhaps, i might be interested in knowing what you know and understand about us and 'his' manifestation, on me (for example)!
anyway, both, the picture and the poem, are made with the same intention-
and, in addition, there is nothing wrong with the man reaching for the apple- at least not as much as it might be if it were (as we are told) a woman!! think about it!
thanks a lot,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 4:46:29 PM
thanks Marian,
i am glad you do,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 4:45:42 PM
hi Nanda,
thanks a lot for your comment.
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 9:34:00 AM
Hi Nick,
I think the interesting relief of the arched stoned facade, its deep dark engravings to the naked eye, saved your photograph. it is true that the exponation was too long to save the superficial behaviour of the facade, but i find it a really nice idea having this try of yours which worked well in the minor decorative details on top columns and arch.
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: Nick Karagiaouroglou
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 9:28:34 AM
Hi Nick, and thanks for the comment and suggestion.
I am looking at your suggestion and i think it is nice for it really helps on generating a more "real" image as you put. the gradients, do suffer a little fading but they do not change the content. and so it seems to me, and i am considering your suggestion.
in fact, the original version, before retouch, had a similar contrast as your suggestion. but i played with exposure a bit thinking of putting more emphasys on the mesh.
thank you a lot for that,
cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 9:12:50 AM
Hi Nick and thanks a lot for your further elaboration on the matter.
Now, I see of what images you are referring on the stream of Andre. I of course wasn’t pointing out at a single one of them, but rather a few, which, really are embodiment of absurdity. I think there is great arguments of resignation to recognizing that a full rational explanation of various human manifestations of life, and totality of universe, is beyond reach; and thus, we may assume ultimately that the world is to be seen as such- absurd.
Example: http://www.usefilm.com/image/1360455.html
I see well what you mean, when you compare *art* manifestations of life which may well use any free imagination to illustrate an idea about it, and there is many movements of such nature, all having in common the ONE existence. In that sense, you’re practically right when you state of that ONE existence, and us being the ones that shape the meaning of it, with our concrete presence.
As for *other existence* (and me being not thorough in explaining my understanding), and what I hint with it is that the ‘Life’ celebrates itself in various labels in human interactions, all human *intellectual* invention, at times beautiful and hilarious, as well as as stupid as it can get: full of trivialities~ and yet, this only existence, is fully self contained and 'infinite' world/ existence stands totally indifferent to them all~ it just does its thing.
Cheers,
v.
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| Photo By: absynthius .
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Critique By:
absynthius . (K:20748)
10/23/2009 8:28:07 AM
as simiple as it is, it is fascinating.
complements,
v.
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