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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 2:15:53 AM
Simple, striking composition Malules. I'm enjoying this series of yours very much.
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 2:11:56 AM
Absolutely fascinating Greg! Thank you very much for your wonderful back-story - I had no idea!
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 2:10:03 AM
Thank you Armando, very much. You have always been encouraging and kind.
Warm regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 1:08:00 AM
Wow, this is reminiscent of Millais' "Ophelia".
Lovely shot!
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 12:40:33 AM
...agreed Randy. I like this crop better, and I'm ambivalent about colour versus B&W in this case. Agreed, too about PS. I'm usually conservative when it comes to post-processing, in particular when an image is posted where PS has radically changed what the photographer saw, a miraculaous ray of sunlight, for example. The result might be the more communicative for that, of course (and often is) but I feel strongly that such treatment should be declared as "Alternative Treatment; Photoart; etc.
This is an example of what I mean: http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1529097. It's not an image that appeals to me personally, but to many it clearly does, and you can see my take on it in the comments on that.
It's good to see someone like you with a potentially fantastic film archive in wait!
Regards,
Anthony
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| Photo By: Randy Libner
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/29/2009 12:04:14 AM
Many thanks Mike. I see you are a professional photographer (at least I think I am correct).
I am intrigued, because I have just been looking at your portfolio, in particular this quite astonishing image of yours: http://www.usefilm.com/image/1502032.html. Simple technical question (for your art speaks for itself here): do you attribute the stunning quality of your photograph to the medium format you used? Even as a web image, circumscribed by this medium, it stands out brightly, and persuasively.
Regards, and thanks again for your interest,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 11:43:47 PM
Do these things lash out with some kind of sting Tony? They look rather menacing in the way their Cyclops-like faces are turned towards us as one. And I see those clouds have been disturbed quite obviously by some extra-terrestrial craft!
< Shudders...
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 11:35:35 PM
...and I can't wait to see your boxes of slides brought to us here Randy. Just think: they will be re-born! And what a wonderful prospect that is. Alas, not in terms of money, but I get the feeling your artistic gifts will force you to conclude that it will be well-worth the trouble, and indeed the investment you made in your wonderful film gear.
BTW, the Canon F1 is a camera I coveted so much, but could not hope to afford as an amateur. It's one of those classic, iconic, professional workhorses of quality and sheer beauty!
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 11:16:21 PM
Thanks Stan, for these and the rest of your comments on my "Red desaturateds" LOL. As I said to Jon about his, I find comments like yours enormously helpful and welcome. Far better to take time and trouble to say more that two or three words!
Best regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 11:03:06 PM
Thank you all for your comments.
Yes Roby, evidently I did something right when I was a guest in Italy recently! Thanks a lot :) And my thanks also to those who kindly made these Awards on my photograph. I am very flattered indeed.
Warm regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 10:56:24 PM
Randy, another small masterpiece from you here! You were there, saw the image, opened your shutter, so I wouldn't myself worry about using post-processing to tease out what I saw in a picture (as long as you didn't add a flying saucer or something haha).
It's images like this (and the ensuing comments) which, for me, make it a huge pleasure to belong to UF. (BTW, like you, I always thought the sharpening option was a question about whether the photograph had been sharpened by the user and NOT an invitation from Usefilm to sharpen - thank you Brigitte! Clearly, some of my images have been damaged by my misconception - bah :(. In addition, isn't it the case that if one dimension of an image exceeds 850 pixels it is resized by UF causing further loss of quality - unless it's a panoramic (still within the 400k maximum file size?) and even then that option is only available to Donors).
As to this particular photo, I always find the kind of layering caused by distance or haze to be instantly appealing and beautiful. The folds of the marching landscape in X's add so much. So congratulations on that achievement here!
My sole reservation relates to the tree-line at top left: the trees seem disproportionate in scale, relative to distance. Maybe the focal length you used is responsible for this exceptional foreshortening?
Best regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 10:25:21 PM
I find this image very powerful and unnerving. There's violence here: the eye lands first on the eyes and forehead. Then we gaze at the mouth, and we notice the raw, torn, flesh on the nape of the neck and elsewhere. And we think: "what's going on"? Then the eye returns to the angle of the mouth and lips (of what can they speak?) and finally back to those beautiful, troubled eyes, and stay there. For a long time. What are they telling us?
Congratulations on a provocative image Gustavo, and Bravo!
Regards,
Anthony
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| Photo By: Gustavo Scheverin
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 10:10:04 PM
I found this photograph instantly impactful - you have conveyed an Orwellian image here OMran of nightmarish proportions. A Brutalist-style structure of sheer ugliness and oppression, one but reflect on the lives of the "inmates" for it looks like a prison block run by the secret police.
Even more affecting is that someone has tried to humanise their cell by adding a small suggestion of Islamic art.
There's pathos here. Well done!
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 2:05:01 AM
My sincere apologies Krishnendu, I am not familiar with Bengali, and in my rather Western Anglophone arrogant way, was thinking it was some kind of secret code. I blush at my mistake!
Regards, as ever,
Anthony
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| Photo By: K r i s h n e n d u - The NoOne
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 1:51:12 AM
Another one from the Keith Saint stable! And as usual, a testament to your usual impeccable skill and eye.
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 1:33:01 AM
It's inspiring Stan. I also admire your restraint in terms of saturation. I thought it was a work by a Flemish Master when I saw the thumbnail!
Regards,
Anthony
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| Photo By: Stan Hill
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/28/2009 1:20:18 AM
I absolutely love the Canon A1 - I coveted one for the longest time. A work of art!
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:47:23 PM
Thank you Saad. On technicals, photography was forbidden here, so I had to ramp up ISO an insane amount to avoid flash drawing attention to my presence.
Best wishes,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:44:35 PM
Thank you James, and yes, you have completely lost it - I knew it was coming having watched your increasing interest in poppies of late :P
Haha, NO. It's funny, I didn't quite know what to expect in this place, and of course I was the tourist. It's some kind of atavistic fascination with mortality, I'm sure.
Thanks for your comments, I see you go from strength-to-strength in your work, and I'm a big fan.
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:38:09 PM
...albeit gruesome Brigitte, I know! Thanks so much :)
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:31:59 PM
I am most grateful to you Atish for clearing up my rash misunderstanding - it was very generous of you, and I apologise most sincerely to Subhranil, whose work I admire.
It was clearly my (Anglophone!) mistake for thinking Brigitte's work was being attacked rudely. She is a person for whom I have the greatest respect, both as a person who loves photography and art, and also as someone whose presence on UF is hugely-felt.
Sincerest apologies,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:20:41 PM
Gosh Brigitte, you paint a wonderful picture of this magical place with your words and images. You did this part of the World justice indeed, and it makes one want to just GO THERE!
Regards,
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 11:11:39 PM
This is a very fine image Andreas, if I may say so. You have captured the texture of that Gothic church very well indeed. And the figure in the foreground adds an extra dimension.
As an architectural shot, and given the lens you used, the verticals are slightly off I think, unless of course the building is leaning! Notwithstanding, I love it to bits!
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:57:59 PM
I find this image instantly appealing Jon. The de-focussed background, the detail on the sneaker, the sense of dynamism in your framing, and your choice of B&W. Is this what is known as a classic "A" frame, or somesuch?
Best regards,
Anthony
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| Photo By: Jon O'Brien
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:50:18 PM
You are spot-on Jon, regarding this quiet back-street. This pub is a favourite with the West End theatre crowd. Many thanks for your penetrating, informed critique! It's critiques like your that I value the most.
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:43:45 PM
I like this a lot Valdis. It is inspiring. I want to dabble with IR too.
Good work - astonishing resolution in those clouds. Ah! I just noticed your format!
Anthony
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| Photo By: Valdis Dannenbergs
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:36:18 PM
I agree Saad. It's cliched I know, but yah, I thoughy I'd make an exception in this case given that the Amish lifestyle is based on an old society.
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:33:35 PM
Your comments are always welcome Saad, thank you.
Regards,
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:32:45 PM
;) Brigitte. As you can see, I am not over the moon about it. It's a pity Rashed's not around since he seems to be a master of post, and has been kind enough to give me a few tips!
Many thanks!
Anthony
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Critique By:
Anthony Lound (K:6661)
6/27/2009 10:29:40 PM
You are so attentive Saad! Thank you.
Regards,
Anthony
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