|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/2/2005 9:31:08 PM
Good seeing this interesting idea involving light and shadow. And, this is a good example to help demonstrate the fine art of cropping to achieve balance and rhythm. As this is, the left edge of lit column and the right edge of heavy shadow create a "static frame" that holds back the eye. If we crop in to both, the eye more easily picks up the "rhythm" of the columns and shadows; also, a slight crop of the topmost details will help lead the eye more quickly to the interesting duality of the shadowy doorway and the windowed sky vista.
|
| Photo By: Yasmine El Sissy
(K:1299)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/15/2004 11:38:23 AM
I like the way their heads and eyes are differently pointed, with the boy looking up and out beyond the immediate environment and the girl is looking at the ground, or the here and now. Makes a statement, albeit a cliched one at that. Her dress is rather traditional and domestic, and his is worldly and adventuresome. I could go on. However, to accentuate what I see in the photo, I would prefer to crop it so...
|
| Photo By: Elena Zabelina
(K:23212)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/15/2004 11:14:28 AM
Yes, Jeroen, I intentionally cut into the window in order to mimic the size and shape of the corner of the wall joint at the opposite corner. I was suggesting an interpretative abstractive approach rather than one of representational abstraction. Either way this is cool stuff you just don't find in my neck of the woods, so you are fortunate (either for living or traveling there)!
|
| Photo By: Jeroen Krol
(K:3085)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/15/2004 11:02:17 AM
Part of the joy of interpretive photograpy such as this is to abstract parts of reality almost until it hurts. In this case, I would suggest a crop that accentuates the meeting of the wall colors in which just a portion of the shuttered window echoes the shape of the lower corner of the building's exterior wall. What do you think?
|
| Photo By: Jeroen Krol
(K:3085)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/15/2004 8:48:21 AM
This type of street (or plaza) photography requires pre-planning, dexterity, and a little luck. The pre-planning here was mostly successful. The lone man on the distant bench is interesting, as is the foreground tree as a framing element, though the bark is over-exposed (but mostly this can be easily cropped). The luck part is the confluence of the two sets of figures, the worker and the two police/military men. Better had there been more separation of the pair from the bench, which would have required dexterity to shift your shooting angle a bit to the left. A good technique to accomplish all this is to prefocus and compose, but to keep your eyes free from the viewfinder so that you can quickly shift the camera position to accurately capture the separation of the moving figures within the desired composition.
|
| Photo By: Harry Haller
(K:31)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/15/2004 8:21:34 AM
As this is, it's a very good documentary photo. Optionally, if you wish to make this into an art photo, and though you would lose much of the "city" part, I think this composition has too much divided interest with the path, street, and buildings; and so, I would crop this vertically and play up the "white" by adjusting gamma (to 2.0), contrast (lower by 20%), and brightness (increase by 20%).
|
| Photo By: Baki Berk Kayalar
(K:75)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
3/9/2004 8:05:21 AM
As a tube-slide capture, this has great impact. For a portrait look to achieve similar impact, I suggest that you can crop this much tighter...
|
| Photo By: Elizabeth O'Neal
(K:4436)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/20/2004 9:53:08 AM
Excellent use of the street lighting to create this extraordinary silhouette and street compostion by night.
|
| Photo By: Szymon Seweryn
(K:190)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/20/2004 9:36:26 AM
I would suggest a much tighter crop for this moment!
|
| Photo By: Michael Johnson
(K:322)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/20/2004 9:30:31 AM
Very good subway(?) photo. I suggest sharpening a bit more on the subject if you can.
|
| Photo By: Paul Sewell
(K:59)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/20/2004 9:21:16 AM
Very good environmental photo interaction. You know there's a market for education-related photos like this, so get model releases!
|
| Photo By: david dybul
(K:25)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/20/2004 9:18:08 AM
Excellent use of 20mm lens for this well done image of these gentlemen enjoying time in the park.
|
| Photo By: jon
(K:869)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/15/2004 12:21:13 PM
Lovely capture at f/4. Nice separation and reflections. Tiangle composition of the three and the middle one looking in other direction helps, too. best - Gary
|
| Photo By: Harry Eggens
(K:14804)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/14/2004 7:44:20 PM
I agree with Barbara on the crop, but I would also take more off the top, too, because the extra sky on top adds nothing. And nothing needs be added to this wonderful image. It gains by subtraction and simplification. Remember, less is usually more!
|
| Photo By: Michael Chang
(K:8)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/12/2004 8:29:26 AM
This closeup shot is a very good idea. Let's see if we can crop this one even closer, and sharpen up the detail. Perhaps, too, why not flip the image left-right? I think it makes for a much better abstraction of the animal's eye and coat hair. What do you think?
|
| Photo By: Rawabi Al-Nuaimi
(K:15659)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/6/2004 7:00:14 PM
Good work, Adam. Options to consider: crop and monochrome...
|
| Photo By: ADAM ORZECHOWSKI
(K:7957)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
2/5/2004 8:28:18 AM
Very well captured and framed. I'd like to suggest a bit more contrast, warmth, and color by adjusting the red channel if you have an image editor...
|
| Photo By: Jill Hatzai
(K:1854)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/26/2004 9:17:03 AM
This is a good image, with the anchored boat as the photo's "anchor". But, aesthetically I find the textural muddyness of the foreground water a bit overpowering for this particular composition.
What I really see are two highly effective interpretations based on radically different crops. In one, I would crop about 40% of the water so that the wonderful skyscape would be even more emphasized. In the other, I would crop most of the sky down into the red layer (above the purple haze) to create a more abstract study.
|
| Photo By: Kaj Nielsen
(K:15279)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/20/2004 7:44:31 AM
I seem to be coming back to view this shot, and not for reasons of wanting to be there (though I certainly would!).
There's a measured quality to this image that, judging by your other posted images appears to be entirely intended. I like that the colors are not saturated and I really enjoy the placement of everything in the frame. There are tonalities ino the sand although time is not much off midday. I like the layers in this, the sand, the chairs and surf-to-sea, the umbrella and sky, the island and clouds.
The posted, well saturated example loses impact to my eyes. Your version, as is, could do well commercially for any number of ads over time. My only preference would be to intensify the contrast in the upper part of the sky to bring out that sweep of clouds, by way of a gradient mask. My complements.
|
| Photo By: Airton Silva
(K:29)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/20/2004 7:29:18 AM
This is very nice. Often there is a balance to be struck between how much sky to leave in or take out. Crop too much and the mood/atmosphere is lost. Crop too little and the sky competes with the subject. I think this is the latter, and my suggestion is to crop between 1/4 to 1/3 of the sky/clouds to balance the composition and strengthen the photo's impact.
|
| Photo By: Fernando Dias
(K:2241)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/16/2004 10:21:12 AM
I like the basic composition, lighting, contrast, and your use of the lead-in lines. If you use PS or another image editor perhaps you could airbrush-clone to darken slightly the hot spots at top, as these are distracting. Also, darkening the midtones via color curves will help restore the highlights and improve contrast.
|
| Photo By: The Armed Eye
(K:3563)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/16/2004 8:11:05 AM
The artistic effect is enriching. Would be curious to see without effect just to compare, not rate. - regards - Gary
|
| Photo By: Yuri Bonder
(K:268)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/16/2004 6:26:29 AM
Harry, nice to see you back online and hope your recent photo trip was fulfilling.
Nice DOF here, framing and composition. Expression too. - Gary
|
| Photo By: Harry Eggens
(K:14804)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/16/2004 6:21:49 AM
The flood light tower gives this composition impact but I wonder if you could have shifted your camera position to provide just a tad more separation between it and the upright structure?
To continue about the 2xtowers shot, the blue in the middle ground is the result of the in-camera double exposure. When I did the shot I planned it for a clear day for best saturation. The Tribeca scene was exposed against the initial towers shot which itself was composed by framing them to loom over a cobalt-to-black sculpture with mountainous-like edges that was situated at the towers plaza entrance. The reexposure of the clear blue sky above the Tribeca scene adding most of that blue. Recently I recolorized the towers to grey, but also considered likewise recolorizing the blueish area against the sculpture and buildings, including the shadow, but aesthetically I preferred this look instead.
|
| Photo By: Jim Goldstein
(K:21230)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/16/2004 6:15:36 AM
Jim, I don't mind the criticism because it costs nothing. It's just that I kept exhibiting this photo and everyone was ignoring it, perhaps because they were bewildered by it?
Anyway, the blue in the middle ground is the result of the in-camera double exposure. When I did the shot I planned it for a clear day for best saturation. The Tribeca scene was exposed against the initial towers shot which itself was composed by framing them to loom over a cobalt-to-black sculpture with mountainous-like edges that was situated at the towers plaza entrance. The reexposure of the clear blue sky above the Tribeca scene adding most of that blue. Recently I recolorized the towers to grey, but also considered likewise recolorizing the blueish area against the sculpture and buildings, including the shadow, but aesthetically I preferred this look instead.
|
| Photo By: Ari O
(K:990)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/15/2004 7:21:41 PM
Interesting perspective, but detail and tones get lost due to the overly high contrast...
Anyway, Jim, I was surprised my WTC image got so many views but absolutely no comments! So, I reposted it pleading for comments. But it was not a PS-type blend but an actual in-camera double exposure. So, recently I recolorized the towers to eliminate the blue tint from that exposure. In fact, I also did a gradient contrast mask reblend to further enhance the contrast. Also, in a previous exhibition era, this image won numerous acceptances in a number of photo competitions and was published in 1989 in an article I wrote about photographing the WTC Towers.
|
| Photo By: Jim Goldstein
(K:21230)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/15/2004 7:15:24 PM
Actually, Jim, I was surprised this one got so many views but absolutely no comments! So, I reposted this pleading for comments. But this was not a blend but an actual in-camera double exposure. So, recently I recolorized the towers to eliminate the blue tint from that exposure. In fact, I also did a gradient contrast mask reblend to further enhance the contrast. Also, in a previous exhibition era, this image won numerous acceptances in a number of photo contests and was duly published in 1989 in an article I wrote about photographing the WTC Towers.
|
| Photo By: Ari O
(K:990)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/14/2004 8:55:09 AM
Thanks. By the way, Morgan, that man is moi, or at least the way I was, thus the photo's title.
|
| Photo By: Ari O
(K:990)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/12/2004 7:47:04 AM
This is lovely, but I wish it were cropped tighter...
|
| Photo By: Les Perry
(K:319)
|
|
|
Critique By:
Ari O (K:990)
1/10/2004 7:08:13 AM
First of all, Piotr, I truly commend any photographer who presents an image untitled and without a self-serving comment. It means that you're looking for responses to the image itself and don't want to cue the viewer as to how to respond. That's an 8 for originality in my book!
I suppose I could write a treatise about this image. But there are so many ways to interpret this photo that I wouldn't know where to begin! Except that I also very much like ambiguity in a photograph! The possibilities are pain, emotional or physical or both, bewilderment, blindness, blindness of understanding, S&M, spinal paralysis, and so on.
Composition is wonderful, but the lighting is way too harsh and the resulting contrast obfuscates details that make it nearly impossible to determine what the subject may be feeling or experiencing (tears or blood from an injury?). Ah, perhaps that was your intention, Piotr?
|
| Photo By: PIOTR KOWALIK
(K:1185)
|
|
