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Critique By:
Len Webster (K:25714)
8/5/2005 3:22:26 PM
Looks good, Marc.
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Critique By:
Chris Spracklen (K:32552)
7/20/2005 3:34:48 PM
Nice work, Marc.
Kind regards, Chris
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
6/11/2005 5:09:04 PM
This is such a complimenting shot of a place that seems to have much life and history. Nicely done, though I do wish that we could see more of what he's drinking from. But I suppose that it's part of the mystery.
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Critique By:
sheila (K:178)
5/30/2005 7:08:47 AM
Gorgeous!
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Critique By:
Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia (K:96391)
5/29/2005 3:52:18 PM
excellent. I was there.
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Critique By:
Lara dos Santos (K:1578)
5/28/2005 9:11:21 PM
Great capture! The toning and darkness make this photo sinister. It makes you wonder.. what scared the pigeons??
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Critique By:
Tyler Robbins (K:904)
5/28/2005 3:34:07 AM
very interesting setting, I wish we had more spots like this in the US
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Critique By:
Ian McIntosh (K:42997)
5/28/2005 3:10:44 AM
It's beautiful. I'd have thought something more like the radial blurr would have been what you sought to "zoom". the motion blurr here is better though i.m.h.o..
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Critique By:
Ian McIntosh (K:42997)
5/28/2005 3:07:26 AM
Good detail. The top half of the buildings need only to be suggested here.
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Critique By:
Ian McIntosh (K:42997)
5/28/2005 3:05:15 AM
very nice unique evnt travel shot! Love it.
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Critique By:
Ian McIntosh (K:42997)
5/28/2005 2:57:50 AM
beautifully grained stone. Very nice congrats.
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
5/25/2005 6:59:17 PM
I have to say that I'm a sucker for your dramatic landscapes. I think you did a wonderful job on the colors and the depth. I do tend to agree that it is a little soft which detracts slightly from the overall aesthetics. Possibly sharpen? Nice job.
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
5/25/2005 6:59:10 PM
I have to say that I'm a sucker for your dramatic landscapes. I think you did a wonderful job on the colors and the depth. I do tend to agree that it is a little sharp which detracts slightly from the overall aesthetics. Possibly sharpen? Nice job.
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
5/25/2005 6:57:22 PM
Wow! A perfect example of moody/dramatic landscape. It is such an ineffably beautiful subject, and I wouldn't change one thing in your rendition of it. Great job.
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Critique By:
Sam Oppenheim (K:3362)
5/25/2005 1:16:25 AM
You're right. your modifications were very successful at bringing out more detail and making it a more interesting image. I worry, however, that you may have overdone it in the sky and clouds.
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Critique By:
Melody Russell (K:1089)
5/23/2005 6:36:30 AM
I have checked out your portfolio -- you have some amazing shots. Your shots of mosaics and and ruins look so much like those I have seen in the Middle East and North Africa -- it really impresses the sheer expanse of the Roman empire. This particular photo could have been taken at the Baalbek Temple in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon. The blue sky really added to the shot and I like the angle you chose. Melody
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Critique By:
Marc Robin (K:3385)
5/16/2005 3:22:49 PM
Hi, thanks for your comments.
Sam, I did rework the whole image quite a bit. Mostly just dodging and burning in photoshop using a layering technique that I learned somewhere on this site. I darkened the sky but tried to dodge the clouds at the same time to get a bit of a red filter effect. And also I darkened much of the buildings except for the small tower and things close to it, hopefully to draw attention to it. The original is here, I think it is much more boring:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/611408.html
Cheers,
Marc
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Critique By:
Bruno Caetano (K:2940)
5/16/2005 12:55:19 AM
Nice work. The light just brings out every detail in the façade of the building and the B&W just gives a intemporal look.
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Critique By:
Sam Oppenheim (K:3362)
5/15/2005 11:36:23 PM
Beautiful Lighting. I did not see the first posting, but the sky looks very dramatic and unreal so I imagine this area was re-worked?
I like the contrast, shdaows and lines of light. Very nice!
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Critique By:
Debby Biri (K:4775)
5/15/2005 10:59:20 PM
Marc - this is very dramatic - wonderful shadows - I didn't see the first posting -- Debby
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Critique By:
Alejandro Gómez (K:4270)
5/7/2005 2:06:41 AM
Very nice landscape.
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Critique By:
Marc Robin (K:3385)
5/7/2005 12:19:30 AM
I'm just working on my masters at the moment, another year and I'll be done (over here a Masters is a 2 year research project). Some day maybe I will apply for a job at Rolls-Royce...I'm sure they could use another CFDer somewhere :-)
About the picture, luckily I do have an SLR, and also a polarizor. It is great. I believe I did have it on for this shot, but sometimes the angle of the light is such that it does almost nothing. And I'm not sure it removes the blue cast from images. In my portfolio, if you look at the shot called Square House you can see its effect in the darkness of the blue sky, although I turned it so that the sky wasn't totally black.
I may have some further questions about RR...may I ask you about them? my email is marc.robin@gmail.com.
Thanks! Marc
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Critique By:
Steve Tomkinson (K:3243)
5/6/2005 11:52:39 PM
Well Marc I had the same problem as you, shooting landscapes and not being able to expose the foreground & the sky correctly at the same time. To be honest it drove me nuts! Then I invested in a Hoya Circular Polariser, and that seems to have fixed 80% of my photos. Well worth the money!! Of course you really need an SLR / TTL camera to really get the most benefit, being able to rotate the filter & see the changing effect, but don't let this stop you!! You can still view the results on your LCD display after each shot & delete if you aren't happy??
Interested to note you have an Aero MSc. I work for Rolls-Royce in Derby...
Regards,
Steve.
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Critique By:
Marc Robin (K:3385)
5/6/2005 7:37:01 PM
ya, the woman really bugs me too. In one version I completely cloned her out of it, but that was a bit much! As for the framing of the hair...completely intentional :-D wouldn't want an arch coming out of my head now would I!
cheers, Marc
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
5/6/2005 3:44:04 AM
Excellent expansive view you've captured, especially under the circumstances. You've gotten some very brilliant yellows, and the hills are fantastic. There is a lot of depth here.
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Critique By:
Reza Fakhrai (K:3014)
5/6/2005 3:35:20 AM
Nice (un)intentional framing of the head. We all have helmet hair problems so I won't hold it against you. I might prefer the cropping to exclude the woman on the left and put you off center. Just a suggestion. Thanks for sharing.
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Critique By:
Shady Youssef (K:1272)
5/3/2005 5:13:49 PM
good background and focal geometry for the face
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Critique By:
Marc Robin (K:3385)
5/3/2005 5:05:59 PM
gracias! la subida era muy dificil y larga, y el bocadillo muy bueno. Mi espanol es muy malo!
Marc
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I g n a c i o D e L a F u e n t e (K:10518)
5/3/2005 4:04:52 PM
Mi enhorabuena por la fotografía,... por subir en bicicleta hasta Trevelez,... y sobre todo por el bocadillo de jamón que te comerías allí
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Critique By:
Marc Robin (K:3385)
5/2/2005 3:04:18 AM
Hi, thanks for the comments, I like getting feedback!
Steve, Your Walla Crag photo is awesome. It's too bad I can't upload at full size, since then it's easier to see the differences. What I mean about the right formula is that my exposure is always off, the sky too bright and the foreground too dark. I haven't used a Neutral-Density graduated filter, which I suppose will help with that, darkening the sky before it hits the film! In the mean time this is what I do to fix the problem post-exposure:
1) Create a new layer
2) Set the layer to be an overlay
3) Fill the layer with 50% gray by going to File-->Fill-->Use: 50% gray
4) Use a brush at opacity 4-20% and with black and white, on the overlay layer, to brighten or darken whichever areas I would like.
5) When done, flatten the image.
It has its problems, such as if something is nearly white, burning it (using a black brush) doesn't do anything, or if it's close to black you can't dodge it. In that case I use a brush very locally on the main layer, which I don't think is a great idea but I haven't thought of something better yet as I still have a lot to learn and no time to learn it.
I also sharpen the images somewhat and play with the levels. And you are right about the blue cast, I played with the levels again and if I darken the blue channel a bit in there it looks much much better!
Ok, have fun with photoshop!
Cheers, Marc
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