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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/17/2009 5:26:18 AM
Thans again Nanda.
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/17/2009 5:25:23 AM
Thanks Nanda
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| Photo By: Clive Carter
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/16/2009 10:51:58 AM
Thanks again Majid.
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/16/2009 10:09:08 AM
Thanks for your support Majid, much appreciated.
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/14/2009 10:57:28 AM
In my opinion, the contrast is far too great but it could be adjusted in Photoshop.
I took the liberty of making a very quick adjustment using the quick mask mode.
It's not perfect by any means but just to show you how it could be improved.
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| Photo By: Eric Hazard
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/14/2009 10:33:11 AM
A nice image but I agree with Bulent Celasun regarding the contrast.
I took the liberty of making a few adjustments of my own, hope you like it.
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| Photo By: leona tabone
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
12/11/2008 11:20:37 PM
Sorry, I posted the wrong image previously - this is what I finally came up with.
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| Photo By: Arturo Salcido
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
12/11/2008 11:08:24 PM
This is a nice portrait but, to me it looks a little dull and lacking in brightness.
I took the liberty of making a few adjustments to brighten up the image, hope you don't mind. Some of the colours need more attention to them but I don't have the time to spare at present. Hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Arturo Salcido
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/8/2008 6:49:39 AM
This is perhaps an historical building but it is lacking in contrast, in other words it looks flat.
I would suggest that a little more post processing be done using either the curve command or else the Highlight & Shadow command.
Here is my adjusted copy using the Highlight & Shadow command then a small adjustment with levels.
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| Photo By: Eric Richard
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/4/2008 9:14:43 PM
Chris, This is a nice shot but IMO you are showing too much extraneous matter. The green and yellow is nicely out of focus but do's nothing to support the portrait. I would suggest cropping pretty tightly with perhaps a frame around the edges, some like, some don't like frames:-))
Anyhow, Here is my suggestion, hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Chris Nichols
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
11/4/2008 8:55:18 PM
IMHO this photo needs some adjustment to give it more contrast. There is very little in the mid tone range. I would suggest playing around with the curve command in photoshop (if you have it).
Here is an adjusted copy but it could be better if I had the original to work from.
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| Photo By: dvfvfbfgbfgb fgbfgbfgbfgb
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/7/2008 8:43:04 AM
Very nice Jason, my only suggestion would be to use a smaller f stop just to improve the depth of focus.
The head and eye's are nice and sharp which is what you must have but IMHO it would be better if more sharpness was further back.
As far as the lighting goes, I'm no expert but it certainly looks OK to me.
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| Photo By: Jason Mckeown
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/7/2008 8:33:30 AM
A reasonable portrait but a little on the flat side. The skin tone on my monitor looks too grey.
May I suggest (if you have photoshop) go to Image/Adjustment/Highlight & Shadow, move the highlight bar to the right, this should give you a reasonable tonal scale. Further tonal adjustment should then be done with the curve command.
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/7/2008 8:16:21 AM
Good day Martin, Not a bad image but it is lacking in contrast. If you have photoshop I would suggest that you go to Image/adjustment/Highlight and shadows then play around with the sliders, then go to Image/adjustment/curves and increase the tonal range, then make a small adjustment with Image/Adjustment/brightness and contrast.
You should finish up with something similar to the attached.
Hopr you like it.
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Photo By: Martin .
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/6/2008 11:10:44 PM
Well, it isn't a bad portrait but I think a little more post processing would improve the image. I would recommend that you remove the color altogether.
I'm no expert by any means but I took the liberty of making a few adjustments myself. Hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Evaristo E Mitchell
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/2/2008 10:57:55 PM
A very nice portrait but there appears to be a blue cast over the image. The seam or edge down the left side of the portrait is very distracting.
I have taken the liberty of making a few adjustments to improve the photo, I hope you like it.
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| Photo By: said nyan
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
10/1/2008 8:26:24 AM
Hi Carlos, I like your people shots but IMHO some of them could be improved. Like Australia, the sun can be very harsh after about 10 a.m. and shadows are dark. With photoshop you could adjust this simply by using Image/adjustment/Highlight and shadow.
I took the liberty of making some adjustment to your image but unfortunately, photoshop chopped a little off the brim of the hat (It happened twice so I didn't start over again). I first used the highlight and shadow command then I went around the portrait with the pen tool to create a path, then Inverted and blurd the background more. This is the result, hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Carlos A. Alvis
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/30/2008 4:35:09 AM
Hi Leslie, IMHO the image looks a bit flat and could benefit from a bit more contrast. I took the liberty of making a few adjustments of my own - what do you think?
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| Photo By: Leslie Broom
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/29/2008 10:53:15 AM
Arturo, this is a nice portrait but it is lacking in contrast. Here is an adjusted copy, hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Arturo Salcido
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/29/2008 10:35:29 AM
Well, I'm afraid the people that have marked this as "EXCELLENT" don't have a clue.
This is flat, lacking in contrast and needs some adjustment in an editor.
Here is a very quick adjusted copy.
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| Photo By: Giuliano Guarnieri
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/27/2008 2:37:33 AM
I have just compared this image with the one you posted elsewhere - this image is marginally better than the other but I don't know whether it is because of the way the sites interpret the images or whether you have altered the tonal range. There isn't a great difference between the two. I find that the skin tone is too red so I have toned it down.
I have taken the liberty of adjusting this image and hopefully, it meets with your approval being as I have re-calibrated my monitor.
A very attractive young lady and photogenic.
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| Photo By: Jeffery Culbertson
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/26/2008 6:07:44 AM
Having re-calibrated my monitor this image now looks pretty spot on and my adjusted copy is crap to say the least. Sorry Jeffery, I originally gave it 3 but it's worth a 5 now. Just a thought maybe a small adjustment with the levels command might be worth considering.
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| Photo By: Jeffery Culbertson
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/26/2008 5:35:37 AM
My apologies, this adjusted image is way out. I have just re-calibrated my monitor and BINGO what a difference. I never thought that it was so far out.
The original submission looks petty spot on to me now.
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| Photo By: Jeffery Culbertson
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/26/2008 5:09:08 AM
Thank you Rob, I know my monitor is overdue for re-calibration but I'm sure its not that bad. Anyway, I am about to calibrate it and will recheck this image.
Than;s again.
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| Photo By: Jeffery Culbertson
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/25/2008 11:47:57 PM
As I said in the previous photo (which you have subsequently deleted) the face is too red. Here is an adjusted copy which IMHO is probably more realistic.
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| Photo By: Jeffery Culbertson
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/25/2008 11:32:55 PM
The image would be better if it were larger, it appears a little too dark.
I took the liberty of making a few adjustments, hope you like it.
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| Photo By: Steven Vigar
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/25/2008 4:41:16 AM
This is far to dark, it needs some post processing with an editor to lighten it up.
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| Photo By: ramyar rezai
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/24/2008 7:49:55 AM
Very nice, natural, sharp and a nice pose. If it were mine, I would clean the image up a bit as there are a few skin blemishes that should IMHO be got rid of.
I took the liberty of making some adjustments - what do you think?
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| Photo By: Jose Luis Aranda
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/24/2008 7:32:49 AM
The pose is awkward and leaves itself wide open for a dumb blonde joke!
IMHO it would have been better had the camera been placed lower down and the camera pointed at your position with the model looking at you.
I would also get rid of the hat. The exposure is good with nice tones.
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| Photo By: druunatic .dk
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Critique By:
Clive Carter (K:8603)
8/18/2008 7:32:39 AM
Omid, a very attractive young lady but IMHO the camera is a little too low and the sepia tone is perhaps a little too heavy.
I like her shirt and jumper tones and with more post processing I think you could drag out more detail and better toning in her face and hair.
This of course requires some skills with the use of layers and takes time.
I took the liberty of making a quick adjustment, not using layers but it gives you some idea of how I see the image. (Her jumper is now too light).
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| Photo By: Omid kharazchi
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