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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/19/2007 12:24:37 PM
Great composition on the theme "Petrified". I'll follow-up on your next post where you inverted the background and the car.
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| Photo By: Don Loseke
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/18/2007 11:37:56 AM
Thank you Elisa.
The originals have degraded quite a bit - this being one of the reasons I devoted many hours in scanning them. At first, I attempted to correct the colours one by one, but then I found that the automatic function of colour restitution in the scanning software was doing an incredible job and saving a huge amount of time. Only here and there was it required that I retouched the result.
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/18/2007 11:17:22 AM
Good day Elisa.
I was given for my birthday a book of old photographs from Montreal - sort of history through images. At the beginning of the XXth century, you can see that there were rows of men shovelling snow, and some horses too with a large plow. This I didn't know - only the very noisy machinery. But I remember from my stay in Peru the conforting sound of the street sweepers early in the morning.
Suomi, Svensk, English, and even a little Old Nork from your part I guess ? Learning languages is mind opening, isn't it ?
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 11:53:18 AM
Good morning Don. I missed this one, sorry for that.
This is one great moment. DOF is crucial, and, wow, you have it nailed. I like the soft background, it makes the bird stand out. And the bird itself is a curiosity.
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| Photo By: Don Loseke
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 11:42:31 AM
Bonjour Fabrice !
Merci pour les commentaires. Vous comprenez que ce sont des photos resssucitées en quelque sorte, vieilles de plus de 30 ans. Leur valeur, pour moi du moins, sont bien plus de l'ordre du souvenir, dense et non fugace, que de l'ordre de l'esthétique.
La bannière qui se lit : «La révolution, personne ne l'arrête» a quelque chose déjà d'un peu dérisoire avec ce balayeur qui enlève les derniers vestiges d'un rassemblement. Mon titre parodie : «Personne ne la balaie».
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 2:59:38 AM
Great to dive into the piece of the Universe you invite us to admire. Little things, a curve, a beautiful light, and we are allready in a new dimension.
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Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 2:57:27 AM
The softness and the glow complement the composition in a perfect way. With the nice colours and the mix of colours, one gets a soothing feeling.
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| Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 2:55:08 AM
It's a nice effect. I like how you revealed the glow in this picture - very artistic.
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| Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/17/2007 2:51:41 AM
Of a rare beauty - what a refreshing contribution - the power of light is here so present, I feel the regeneration.
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| Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/14/2007 2:49:24 AM
Great expression and well catched. The framing adds up to the funny look she is giving us. I just regret that her lens is cutting part of her left eye.
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| Photo By: Dave Arnold
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/14/2007 2:46:19 AM
Je partage les éloges des remarques précédentes. Un seul défaut : je trouve que les réflexions sur les lèvres osnt un peu trop fortes.
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| Photo By: John-Eric Lemieux
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/14/2007 1:26:47 AM
Great view - the S shape - of course - is a strong graphic element. I like the sunlight coming in in the upper part.
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/14/2007 1:23:48 AM
Hi Gary.
Just like Ina, I was wondering about the scale here. Probably from quite far, since you used a 300mm. Anyway, interesting movement in there, and the texture is unusual, between silky and metallic.
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/14/2007 1:20:54 AM
Hard to ask for more... The light glow is superb. The image is very crisp too, and the composition is nice : I like how the tree line draws a smooth curve. I was wondering if the blue masses of the lake and the sky were not too present, but I think that it gives a sense of the open spaces.
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| Photo By: Gary Dyck
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/9/2007 1:03:52 PM
Très intéressante votre série graphique sur la plage. J'apprécie aussi cette attention aux petits détails qui nous entourent.
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| Photo By: FERDINAND DOTREMONT
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/9/2007 1:01:56 PM
Happy New Year to you too. Thnaks for your comments.
It's a witty rhyme you have posted here, very well illustrated too.
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| Photo By: Titia Geertman
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/9/2007 2:47:18 AM
Très saisissant, ce regard. Belle utilisation du Tri-X, aussi.
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| Photo By: Leo Régnier Я£
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 1:28:08 PM
Yes Elisa, it would be tilting toward the land if it were pushed by the wind. In this case, it's due to erosion because of the unusually high level of the waters.
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 1:09:30 PM
Holds a lot of possibilities. You have done an excellent job in mirroring on both axes. I like what this type of postprocessing can induce - it can bring a whole new dimension in.
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| Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 1:03:46 PM
Hello Elisa.
The movement of the water was crunching the ice fragments against themselves, making a very singular noise in an otherwise calm and serene environment.
BTW. Winter is gone... we only had one snowfall. The temperature hangs over 0 C - we even had 11 C last Saturday. Grass is green, in January... never seen that.
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 12:56:03 PM
Bonjour Fabrice.
Ce sont les vagues qui ont poussé cette empilade de fragments de glace. Ce qui me frappait ici c'était le contraste entre le tranchant apparent des arêtes de ce qui ressemble à du débris de verre, avec la forme courbe et douce de l'amas. Comme cette courbe était en plus éclairée par des rayons orangés de soleil couchant, je ne pouvais plus résister.
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 3:29:17 AM
Great ! They look like two little men dancing in the light.
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| Photo By: Giuseppe Guadagno
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 3:27:10 AM
Très évocateur. Les tons des feuilles mortes en particulier. et cette chaise renversée, depuis si longtemps que les feuilles s'y accumulent.
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| Photo By: FERDINAND DOTREMONT
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 3:19:45 AM
Quand c'est bleu, c'est bleu ! Bien vu encore une fois. Très beau rendu numérique et superbe piqué de la lentille en passant.
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| Photo By: Jean-Francois Garneau
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 3:16:17 AM
Beautiful light effect, I like the silky gradients. I would just hope to regain some details in the UR corner.
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| Photo By: Rick Smith
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 3:12:40 AM
Très bon coup d"oeil. J'aime bien la ligne blanche qui sépare la partie dynamique du haut de celle statique en bas.
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| Photo By: Jean-Francois Garneau
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/8/2007 2:57:52 AM
Very nice graphic effect and unusual contrast of yellow/white.
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| Photo By: Janine White
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/7/2007 1:49:56 PM
The natural silhouette framing is wonderful and its silky sofyness adds a lt to the romantic impression.
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| Photo By: Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/7/2007 1:47:18 PM
Hello Audrey.
Thanks for commenting. Your suggestion for a tighter crop rings a bell. Initially, my first rendition was to crop the original 16:9 ratio to a 4:3 one as you can see here http://elf8.smugmug.com/photos/119113396-O.jpg
In the one posted here, i opted for the full frame version. I was fighting with the principles of having an odd number of elements in the composition : here 5, with the shrub in the LR corner echoing the leftmost tree.
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| Photo By: Christian Barrette
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Critique By:
Christian Barrette (K:21125)
1/7/2007 3:36:50 AM
Impressive. I like the global composition : a nice triangle leading into the distant horizon. I like also the contrast between the sharp details in the crisp snow and the silky surface of the stream.
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