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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
11/13/2003 11:55:59 PM
Fantastic photograph! Composition is beautiful, you have captured Winter itself. So many people talk about taking vacations to warm locations in winter -- those of us who enjoy mild winters but bake in summer dream of this!
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| Photo By: Maja Gligoric
(K:13528)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/23/2003 5:30:38 AM
Nice feeling-of-speed shot. The blur of the near canopy is nice, but is not as pronounced further away of course. The bend in the road takes care of that for the viewer, giving a feeling of a driver's perspective at speed. Maybe a little darker, but I am throwing my own mind's-eye view of driving in a dark forest.
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| Photo By: Katarina Nyberg
(K:18)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/18/2003 4:04:59 AM
Kodak Elitechrome extra color? Seems your film found a good subject! Well, all kidding aside your photo is very nice. I like the clouds reflection breaking up the solid red background and the even lighting from what I would guess was an overcast sky.
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| Photo By: Samuel Robinson
(K:1851)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/18/2003 3:47:59 AM
As soon as the image opened on the screen, I thought "abstract". (...and your "About" comment confirms it.) Without the title, I probably would have spent some time wondering what kind of plant/flower it was, but even knowing I found my eye following the graceful sweep -- both of the flower and focus. I love it!
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| Photo By: Angela Cone-Phipps
(K:1)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/17/2003 4:45:15 AM
(I must admit, I usually do not like photographs at odd angles -- but this one has captured my attention.) With the angled support placed on the vertical, the elipse and the clouds give a surreal quality to the image and truely adds Vertigo. Your crop of the wheel further complements the photo.
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| Photo By: Liya Jan
(K:42)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/15/2003 2:04:46 AM
Great warm tones for your subject. Nice shadow from the pail.
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| Photo By: Daniel Holking
(K:2)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/15/2003 2:01:41 AM
Great photo! Thought this was some sort of seed or egg pod, without your text would have had no idea.
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| Photo By: sam x
(K:234)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/15/2003 1:44:37 AM
I like this photograph, even with it's dead-centering of the hub. While some (ahem) purists would thump the 'rule-of-thirds' manual -- to me photography is about being creative rather that mindlessly following a check-list. The grain, tones, and repetative patterns of these wheels provide an interesting photo to explore. Great shot, great composition!
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| Photo By: Jacki Grimm
(K:198)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/8/2003 12:54:51 AM
Wonderful close shot of a beautiful child. The angle of the face and the soft lighting complement your subject well. At first, I was wishing there was a little more light in her eyes, but feel that by down-playing the eyes (our normal focus of attention) the freckles are brought out.
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| Photo By: Titia Geertman
(K:5582)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
9/8/2003 12:31:26 AM
You score extra points for "Originality" of this mega-photographed icon of Japan. How many times do we leave our cameras behind on days when everything isn't postcard perfect? Because you saw the mountain independent of all the cookie-cutter images made before -- you have captured a very nice study in blue. While it might not appeal to everyone, it reminds me of a watercolor -- an interpretation rather than a stark documentaion. If you will forgive me for being a bit too poetic, I think you have captured some of the spirit of Mt. Fuji.
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| Photo By: Jaap Poot
(K:7926)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
8/28/2003 3:48:47 AM
You found my first apartment! (Actually most everybody's first apartment.) What a wonderful amusing photo. The choice of high contrast B&W and the grain add texture that fits your subject exactly. I see that you used PhotoShop, I assume just to drop the color and the usual adjustments/enhancements...but I have to ask, this was the actual condition of the place? Thanks for the post. Made me chuckle.
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| Photo By: Ted Clark (digitalted.weebly.com)
(K:717)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/28/2003 2:17:55 AM
What a great shot! Fantastic DOF -- tack sharp on the leader, with the second-place man relegated to the fuzzy background. Terrific angles. Even the background complements the colors of the subjects.
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| Photo By: Luc Weyers
(K:49)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/28/2003 2:06:25 AM
Very nice portrait and good choice to display it converted to B&W. DOF is sharp on the brow and eyes (nice catch-lights too), and soft elsewhere, drawing my eyes back to your subject's gaze. Lighting is great, makes me think you spent some time with your subject waiting for the pose. "Turn your head a bit, lift your chin more...good." Perfect Mona Lisa smile!
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| Photo By: Kim Taylor
(K:2816)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/28/2003 1:55:36 AM
Very nice photograph with interesting angle and lighting. I found the "frame" a bit distracting; perhaps because the tones were too close to the columns and included patterns which compete for my attention. (I found my eye wandering around the frame, drawn away from the upward sweep of the perspective. Your frame is used with great effect on several of your other prints, (Damselfly and Sexy Little Red Hip with their organic lines are great with the image frame.)
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| Photo By: Littlelittle Poon
(K:80)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/28/2003 1:35:47 AM
Great title! Made me chuckle. I assume this was shot from an ultra-light or hang-glider. I suspect ultra-light due to the landing wheel in the center-lower frame.
The "curve" of the Earth is an amusing product of your lens used to very nice effect. Are the buildings of some significance to you, I wonder? Perhaps a workplace or university? Perhaps try one without man made objects in order to futher remove the visual scale.
The only thing I wish this photo included was to include more of the photographer/aviator! Don't have a clue what the structure of your craft is, but think you could catch the viewer's attention more by clamping your camera beside or behind you (with some sort of remote cable/motor drive I suppose).
Thanks for your post and a great application of the fisheye!
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| Photo By: Cherri Lanagan
(K:258)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/21/2003 4:21:40 AM
Beautiful portrait work of a dazzling young lady. Wonderful tones, perfect composition, I can find no fault in this shot.
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| Photo By: Jacek Kasperczyk
(K:9)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/21/2003 4:01:20 AM
Was struck by the sly little smile of this beautiful car. Very good choice of lens and perspective.
While the shot might be too tight on the lower frame, (see prior comment) it wouldn't be too much trouble to add a band of background with an editor. Not sure if I would change it. Fine the way it is.
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| Photo By: Mauricio Favero
(K:415)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/21/2003 3:38:34 AM
Almost passed this one by...3 flags (?) and it is in the humor catagory? "Alright Canada! Drop the moose and come out with your hands up! We have your surrounded.
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| Photo By: Comante Seagull
(K:893)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/20/2003 2:09:13 AM
Very nice selective focus and film grain make this an interesting photo. Great composition and tight crop of your subjects. Her glance and his pensive expression makes me, the outside viewer, wonder what was being discussed over coffee. You have a terrific eye for people, thank you for posting your work.
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| Photo By: Bruno Espadana
(K:326)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
7/11/2003 4:14:25 AM
I passed this photo by at first when viewing the thumbnails. As the next page was loading, I felt I had to go back and take a closer look. I'm glad I did. On the topic of the Project (Grainy Film for Effect), I feel that you selected a great subject and conditions -- this isn't soft, fluffy snow wrapping everything in a postcard-shot blanket...this is foul weather. The grit, the grain, the sting of cold and ice.
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| Photo By: Brian T. Ach
(K:1742)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/11/2003 2:39:00 AM
No need for more sharpness in this photograph. I feel that the softness conveys the fluid nature of water very well. Perhaps the problem is in the way we view things with the label of "macro" on it. If this were posted with the subject of "Abstract" would it still need more sharpness? (Not trying to get combative -- just start a discussion...)
On another topic, I assume that the grid pattern is caused by light from a window screen? I enjoy the contrast between the uniformity of the man-made squares vs. the natural, organic shapes in the ripple. Perhaps I'm getting much too poetic (Okay, everybody make fun of me now), but I like the way the squares are strong right in the center of the impact, are progressively distorted and eventually disapear as the ripple spreads out in time.
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| Photo By: Daniel Headrick
(K:570)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/11/2003 1:37:42 AM
Great composition, I love the lighting and the shadow. I admit that I did not read your explanation and thought at first that the soap was on glass above some kind of textured background. After I read your "About" my appreciation of this shot increased. Right there, mundane objects -- but you had the eye to see it. Great job!
As I've viewed more and more photos on this board, I hate to give "7's" -- since I truely believe it lowers their value when they are sometimes handed out so freely. This shot was easy to score since it earned it.
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| Photo By: Daniel Headrick
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/11/2003 12:23:15 AM
I like this photo. Without going all "Earth Day", I enjoy the hint of nature in all of this man-made refuse. The spider's-eye-view (perhaps I should say spider's-eyes-view) is nice.
I wish you had included a little more information, such as digital/film etc. I am going to assume that it's film, (hey, I shoot film so everybody must shoot film right?) You don't say if you did the printing, but I was wondering if you had tried a second print with the left side burned down a bit? I wouldn't darken the grey verticals on the other side of the vehicle, (which to me conveys even more junk surrounding this spider's world), but I was just thinking that the print might(?) look better without the highlights which in spots look a bit blown out.
Your comments on the selected image vs. other versions tried would be welcome. (Maybe I'm just missing my old darkroom...)
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| Photo By: Emma Wright
(K:284)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/10/2003 11:39:36 PM
Really nice shot, I thought it was Photoshopped at first, but note in your details that it was done by zooming during exposure. This may be a dumb question, but is there a difference in the effect between zooming out vs. zooming in during the exposure? (Don't laugh.) Don't own a zoom, so I can't experiment, but find the effect interesting.
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| Photo By: Igor Cutic
(K:51)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/8/2003 3:39:22 AM
People used to think the world was flat, they should have said square. Welcome to a whole new world.
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| Photo By: Kris Wahlstrom
(K:636)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/7/2003 4:25:40 AM
Great crop. Like the action as the rider is about to clip-in to his bike. Shame about the resolution, (but no ding to your score) on the other hand, it adds a bit of grit and posterized quality to this shot. Good reason to "have" to get out of the house and shoot more film! 
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| Photo By: Jim Graham
(K:38)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/7/2003 4:06:44 AM
You score extra points on Originality for both the reference to the World's Fair (1936?), and the 'Sorta'. Very nice lighting, interesting composition.
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Photo By: Phillip Cohen
(K:10561)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/7/2003 3:00:10 AM
Your comment of "Landscapes with a telephoto lens?..." is answered very nicely by your print. You did a fine job of composition. If you think you were 'breaking' some rule by using the long end of your zoom -- this is a great example of using the camera to create rather than being constrained by some 'rule'.
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| Photo By: Felipe Rodríguez
(K:9200)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/6/2003 4:00:22 AM
Great photograph! Perfect DOF, the sparks; tack sharp against a wash of the stone wall behind. Those hands, a study in lines. I am sure that many people will have kind words for this photograph.
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| Photo By: Roberto Dadda
(K:48)
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Critique By:
Malcolm Clay (K:409)
5/6/2003 3:43:20 AM
To me, it has the look of the 1940's in some respect I can't quite place, but is nice. Overall, I like the photo but if you will, forgive some observations.
A little blur (softness) is nice, (as long as it's not overdone), but I feel that the grain is too strong for your subject and tends to block up the shadows. A little reflected light would help ease the shadow beside the nose and on the lower jawline, and maybe add a bit more of a catchlight to the eyes. I wish the backgound were more out of focus as I find it leads me away from her eyes since it seems to be in equal or sharper focus. Your title is great and certainly adds to the "emotional appeal" score of this photograph.
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| Photo By: Melanie Gordon
(K:26)
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