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Ian V
{K:1730} 5/25/2006
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great shot, beautiful place.
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andree lerat
{K:17476} 5/24/2006
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Lovely composition. The colors and the detail make up for any softness. I like the perspective and the two figures included on the margin of the composition. :) Andree
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 5/22/2006
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Thank you, Bobote. I only had my standard, wide-angle and fisheye lenses with me (didn't feel like being weighed down when climbing a mountain, which proved to be the right choice). If I had had a telephoto lens with me I would certainly have taken closeups of those interesting carvings. Gabriela Tanaka calls this style "Japanese baroque" which is a pretty good name for it!
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{K:44058} 5/21/2006
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I like how you have shown structure even from the back view. Very intersting, I want to see more... I want to see those colorful details on the roof and the decor on the windows more closely, I'm fascinated by what it is.. My eyes are drawn to those colorful molding, maybe an abstract from you..
Thanks Roger for this tour..
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 5/20/2006
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wonderful tones. marvelous composition. great .
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 5/20/2006
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So many formerly active participants in Usefilm have dropped away, which saddens me as I miss their photos and the contact... But I guess it's a natural thing. My own interest in photography suddenly soared three or four years ago but for many years before that I hardly took a single picture. Now, I'm kind of addicted... I look forward to seeing your next, Lily.
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 5/20/2006
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Hi, Chris. I was only thinking today how very few comments my pictures are attracting recently, but then I recalled that I'm not making that many comments myself. Maybe it's cause and effect... but which way around, I wonder. I used to get an average of 8.2 comments per photo but this is now dropping steadily. Glad you like this one. As you can see, I've been putting more effort into panoramas, recently.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 5/20/2006
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Hi Roger,
A nicely controlled exposure and a beautiful shot of this 'back-side of a shrine'. At the resolution the image looks perfectly sharp.
I just dropped in to see how Usefilm is going and was surprised to find that the level of 'comments' on all my friends' recent shots have declined sharply since I last looked in. The number of 'views' seem very much lower, too. Is this a general trend?
I hope you're well, my friend.
Have a good weekend ~ especially Sunday!
God bless,
Chris
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Tiger Lily
{K:10966} 5/20/2006
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Hi Roger, So nice to hear from you. Thank you for your support. I've been gone from Usefilm most of this year it seems. I haven't taken very many pictures since I left but I'll be posting one shortly. How are you and the family doing?
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 5/20/2006
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Thank you, Hugo. This negative has obviously proved beyond my skills to rescue... I played a lot with levels and modified the histogram but this seemed the best I could do. I wanted the deep cool shadows to contrast with the brilliance of the light behind the leaves, and hoped that film would allow me to capture this. But the problem was Japan's perennial "white sky" which simply looks blown out to most people. It's more my location than my deliberate style, alas...
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Gabriela Tanaka
{K:16594} 5/19/2006
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Aha! the Izuma Jinja! I took several shots of it as it is my favourite style, the "Japanese baroque".From a good corner, I missed this. Took it partially from the other side. Very soft and dreamy atmosphere, and the little green leaves of the Japanese maple are both a good contrast and a lacy veil. Beautiful composition, Roger!!!
Best regards,
Gabriela
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 5/19/2006
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Hi Roger,
I agree, nothing would lead me in the direction of believing this photo suffers from softness, but the blown out sky does grab the attention on first glance. I know it's your style, but please allow me to also mention I find the tonal range a bit clipped, pusing it towards the bright side of the histogram. I think playing with the levels would solve that, partially - I doubt it would fix the blown out sky.
Having taken the time to look at the image longer, the blown out parts are reduced to a technical flaw, as it kind of grows on me, assisting in building up a quite pleasant atmosphere - aesthetically. Good point of view and perspective.
Cheers,
Hugo
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