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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/27/2004 10:22:44 PM
Very impressive, Shyamal. I've tried to shoot the angels once and didn't get any like this. Impeccable timing!
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Shyamal Addanki
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/27/2004 10:15:13 PM
Nice portrait. I think I'd prefer either all color or all B&W over this mixed image though. The photoshopped emerald green eyes are distracting. Might try cropping a little tighter too - see if you like the attached. I also got rid of the color and lightened up the image a bit. Keep up the good work.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Shyamal Addanki
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
9/15/2003 8:53:17 PM
Here's a zoomed in detail shot of the dragonfly so you can get an idea of the detail present in the slide...
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
9/4/2003 8:30:19 AM
Thanks Mark. It's not just a good scan, either. The image quality is actually very good. It's just the cheap-o C41 process B&W you can get at any drug store. I've actually had better luck with that stuff than with T-Max. Then again, I don't do my own processing, so... I just used Wal-Mart's 1 hr processing for this roll  The on-screen image looks almost identical to the 4x6 print (thanks to my film scanner) and I could probably blow this one up to 8x12 without much graininess. Thanks for the comments.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
7/7/2003 11:48:21 AM
Beautiful shot, Becky. You should be happy with this one. The colors are fantastic. No filters? Even better!
This one reminds me a bit of my shot of SIO Pier with the sun casting long shadows off of the pillars onto the beach. I love the softness of the snow. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun on your face fighting the crisp chill of the air.
Now for the nit-picking to try to make the comment helpful in some way. The hot area giving the strongest reflection from the sun keeps drawing my eye to that region of the photo. Could you have gotten lower, and maybe closer to the fence to bring that bright area into the bacground of the fence rather than just an empty region of the photo?
Congrats on yet another awesome shot.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Becky V
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
7/7/2003 9:13:21 AM
Thanks Becky. I Re-did this one much more carefully after making some high-res scans of both images. I've made prints up to 8x12 and they look great - no blurriness around the wheel, better matching up of lines, etc. The angle that the winter shot was taken from is actually a bit off from the summer one. The horizon in the summer shot is much higher in the frame while the wheel is in almost the same location. The zoom was also set differently. But photoshop works wonders and the shot came out really cool. Glad you like it
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
6/2/2003 1:57:10 PM
Very nice, Mike. This does work great as a square image. I love the colors and feeling of depth the image has. Good exposure of the underside of the trees too. I love how the branches wind through each other in the image. Did you notice the bit of lens flare when you took the picture? I think it could do without.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Mike Scott
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
5/28/2003 8:33:19 AM
In many cases, photography is the art of taking the ordinary and making it look beautiful. That you've done quite well in this image. You might try a polarizing filter next time to keep the sky a beautiful blue. Great image.
~Adam~
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Photo By: Roberto Arcari Farinetti
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
3/10/2003 5:40:35 PM
Awesome, George. The distortion looks almost too cool to be true. I love it! My e-mail is in my bio... drop a line some time if you want.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: George Marks
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
3/9/2003 10:30:12 PM
Very impressive! I have no suggestion other than to please add details about the shot so we can learn from your perfection. Thanks for posting.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Darrin James
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
3/9/2003 10:09:36 PM
Kinda cool, but I'd like to see either greater or lesser DOF of this one. With the DOF of this image, the links look almost like sausage links rather than chain links I'm sorry... I do like the idea, but this one just catches my eye the wrong way.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: karl magnuson
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
3/9/2003 10:02:15 PM
I love it! The way the uneven building cuts the colorful reflection into a jigsaw puzzle is fantastic. Did you PS some of the distortion in there or is that just the way the building's glass reflected the image? Shots like this are a good reason to ALWAYS have your camera with you :-)
~Adam~
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| Photo By: George Marks
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
3/1/2003 11:54:59 AM
Awesome shot, Rogerio. I love it. It does look a bit like it should be a scene in a film. The only suggestion I can see is to darken the sky (maybe the water a tad too) a bit with an ND grad filter, or maybe just in PS. The bright/dark/bright sections of the image seem to break it up for me just a bit as my eyes tend to jump between the sections.
Keep 'em coming.
~Adam~
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/26/2003 9:30:37 AM
Thanks Maarten and Keith. Keith, this was my second trip climbing and only the second roll shot of this kind of action, so I'm still getting the feel of how, where, and when to shoot. With that in mind, any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I've found it very difficult to capture the contortionist positions climbers get into as well as the angle, height, and difficulty of the climb in the same image. It seems in many cases that you almost have to choose one or the other based on the angle and zoom range you use. It seems that shooting from above may be the best option to capture this in many cases, but I haven't had the chance to use the camera while I'm up on the rock. I'll be adding some more shots from this trip over the next few days, some of which better show the difficulty and drama of the climb. Please check back and leave more comments/suggestions if you'd like.
Thanks,
Adam
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/24/2003 9:56:53 PM
I think your alterations in photoshop made a very cool shot. The lines and tones are great. The blacked out sky and fade to black under the tank really add to the shot too. Good stuff.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Steven B. Poitinger
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/20/2003 9:00:48 PM
Cool shot, Dawn. Love the colors. I'll have to get another polarizer before I go next time (cracked it on a rock a month or so ago while hiking... thank God the lens is fine!). I think I might like a tighter crop on this one to focus more on the climbers. Maybe at an angle such that the tree on the left is out of the way, but the rock formation is still in view.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Dawn Chadwick
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
2/19/2003 9:44:09 AM
Thanks all for the comments. Dean, I too like this shot for the unconventional pose. Her toes angled toward each other, resting her chin on one hand and feeling her thrashed fingertips with the other. Looks like a somewhat uncomfortable position, but so much more comfortable than the position she was in on the wall 10 minutes before. The shot definitely describes her and her feeling at the moment very well. This is one of my few attempts at any portrait style shooting so I appreciate any and all comments left here.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
1/23/2003 11:19:00 PM
Very cool colors! Is that what the slide actually looks like or is there some digital manipulation there? Filters? What city? Is there any way you could get to the hill in the foreground and shoot from there to eliminate its partial obstruction of the view? The sky below the clouds is pretty hot, but it doesn't bother me. I like.
~Adam~
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| Photo By: Quinn Koeniges
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
12/20/2002 12:59:55 AM
Crisp, clean, great DOF, great focus, and nice composition. I like this one a lot too. One of the best trick riding/skating shots I've seen on this site. Good stuff.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Deniz Merdanogullari
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
12/15/2002 6:01:43 PM
Very nice. The only change I'd like is to maybe catch the climber in a better, more active, aggressive pose.
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
12/3/2002 9:17:09 PM
I'd have to agree with Chris. I think it's a great shot, but I do think it might be better with less of the background and more focus on the model in the spotlight. I'm impressed by the lack of lens flare from the light. The image seems very sharp too considering the long exposure except for the blur of her left hand. Cool shot - keep 'em coming.
~Adam
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
12/1/2002 11:34:18 AM
Thanks for the BS Marc. And thanks for taking the time to look through my images and comment. You read this one the way I imagined it - and that's no BS :-)
~Adam
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
12/1/2002 10:26:40 AM
I love the colors too. I think they could be a little stronger, but that might have something to do with the scan. What kind of film? You can go back and add that info by clicking "edit photo" if you want. The extra info helps critique/comment of a photo, as well as giving some of us ideas on how to get similar quality in our shots. For this image, a slower shutter speed/smaller aperture could have enhanced the DOF and kept the treetops from blurring and would also help give the little waterfall a softer look. The composition is good and the location is gorgeous. Looks like a great place to hike.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Bob Fraga
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/24/2002 9:35:45 PM
I wanted the cliff to seem overpowering... that's how it feels on the beach. I didn't like the fact that I had to put the edge of the cliff right in the center of the frame to be able to catch the people on the rock (Flatrock) as well as the big cliff above. I think a wider lens would have worked better, with the additional angle of view to be taken up by more of the cliff. I appreciate the input Rana. I'll have to try this one again.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/24/2002 7:13:45 PM
Reminds me of a picture on the back of a Cat Stevens album (I think "Mona Bone Jakon"). The levels seem a little off from the photoshopping, but I'm guessing the print has better exposure. Cool shot.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Rachel Radcliffe
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/18/2002 8:54:43 PM
Here's the original winter image...
~Adam
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/17/2002 8:50:28 PM
Howard, thanks for the comment. On the day I took the picture, there was a car parked right in front of the pipe, ironically blocking the spot I would have to stand to get the shot without the "NO PARKING" sign. I took another shot of the pipe (attached) which shows the assembly from a wider angle. I cloned the sign out before I posted just to see what it would look like (it did look a little better), but I much prefer not to photoshop an image other than cropping and color/contrast/sharpness adjustments to correct for scanning inconsistencies. Just a personal preference. I thought this shot and crop were the closest to what I was looking for in the image.
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| Photo By: Adam Kimmerly
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/17/2002 2:20:30 PM
Beautiful, Greg. The lighting worked perfectly for you on this one. And I'm sure this 480 pixel high image doesn't do the original justice.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Greg Summers
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/16/2002 9:58:06 PM
Hey, if my mom dressed me in those green socks, I wouldn't be too happy either! I agree with kim's comment - the composition is great. So is the look. Great capture, Sarah.
~Adam
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| Photo By: Sarah Needham
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Critique By:
Adam Kimmerly (K:382)
11/16/2002 7:19:14 PM
This one I don't think I'd crop at all. I'm not sure why/how you could. Magnificent image. And I do think Russell is right on the height... it does look more like 523' 6" to me  Great shot.
~Adam
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