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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/3/2011 10:06:18 PM
Thank you to everyone for your very kind comments they are greatly appreciated.
Ian
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/2/2011 9:28:11 AM
Thank you very much everyone these type of creative shots won't be to everyones taste but I think it is worth a shot and it is quite nice to achieve it in camera rather than do it afterwards with a PS filter. The lack of fine control in camera some how makes it more interesting and less predictable.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/5/2011 9:19:14 PM
Thank you everyone you are most kind.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
11/26/2010 11:07:17 PM
Thanks Jim
Glad you enjoy it. My first proper photo trip to the Hebrides and I enjoyed it immensely.
All the best
Ian
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
11/14/2010 9:09:37 AM
Cheers Shirley it is a wonderful place especially in an Atlantic squall.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/24/2010 9:45:35 AM
Thank you Roberto I must admit I am rather pleased with this particular shot.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/12/2010 10:10:20 AM
Thankyou David and Celal I'm very pleased you enjoy it. That particular morning turned out to be stunningly beautiful.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/6/2010 10:10:08 PM
Cracking Jim. Good location eh.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/5/2010 10:31:31 AM
Thank you Marius i wasn't sure if this would get a good response - I love the muted tones but it doesn't have immediate impact.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
9/21/2010 5:53:29 PM
Very real Vandy. I work with film only and I scan to match the transparency.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/29/2010 11:39:48 AM
Hi Marcus
I do landscapes much more than so than wildlife photography. I can honestly say I have not seen a more creative and appealing wildlife shot anywhere, ever. This has enormous sales capacity and must surely be a contender for Wildlife Photographer of The Year. If you haven't entered it already you most certainly should. The reflection of the owl in the rail is what takes it to such a high level.
best wishes Ian
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
4/18/2010 5:02:28 PM
Hi Paul thanks for your comment. This was taken about ten days or so before the report of the unpronouncable Icelandic volcano, featured in the news.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/11/2010 10:29:01 AM
Fabulous Jim
Love the snow on the beach and once again an exquisite tonal range with filmic look. These are very very good.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/11/2010 10:25:45 AM
Hi Jim
Thats a cracking Lossiemouth sunrise you have there with beautiful control of the tonal range and a very filmic look to the image. I didn't know you were on Use Film. This one and your blue tide shot are superb and marketable quality.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
7/27/2009 5:01:47 PM
Simple its the brow of a hill, the horizon is tilted, straighten the hill and the tree falls over.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/27/2009 1:09:29 AM
A hoar frost is one that is so heavy that it forms needles of ice when it crystallises over solid objects. on this occasion it was nearly an inch deep around all sides of every solid objects from blades of grass to branches on trees. It is spectacular when it happens but don't get frost bite like I did. I still have very little feeling in the tips of my fingers.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
5/26/2009 9:54:50 AM
Hello Debjit thank you for your kind comments. I would say the sky was intended to look purplish rather than cyan the reds of sunset should look crimson rather than scarlet. I have heard of this problem before. Some put it down to the gamma of macs in that they should be 1.8 and not 2.2 as with PC's when it comes to calibrating. The second thing I would add is that the Spyder or its equivalent will only do the best job it can with the ability of the monitor screen it is trying to calibrate. I don't know what the relative qualities are of the screens you are using.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/19/2009 1:40:57 AM
I have to admit while I was there I had an overwhelming sense of welbeing it felt damned good to be alive.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/19/2009 1:04:51 AM
Cheers Jason
Ian
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
3/19/2009 12:30:22 AM
Hi Dan thankyou for your comments you are most kind. I have been to new Zealand many years ago and travelled through both islands over a period of five months buying and selling an old banger to get me around. I very much enjoyed the country and I'm sure I will return one day. The website is in the process of being updated to run smoother and provide better opportunities to purchase my pictures - should be ready around May/June. If you are ever over please do contact me and I will organise a trip into the Scottish highlands.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
2/11/2009 9:38:56 AM
Thankyou everyone glad you enjoy it.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
1/8/2009 11:39:42 AM
Hello Rob
Well where to begin, perhaps I should start by thanking you and all others for commenting on my work and let you know that it is appreciated.
Now let me deal with with your last point. Yes I do use this website and all others I contribute to, to promote myself and Transient Light, (my own website), and I do so unashamedly. I use it to determine what images to put in my new calendars each year.
Your very last comment "just an observation AND QUESTION" is perhaps the crux of my explanation.
To date I don't believe I have ever failed to respond to any QUESTION asked of me on any site and answering them takes a considerable amount of my time, probably more than it should. Unfortunately there is no chance at all of me finding the time to reply to every individuals comments. If I were to respond to observations made, which are by nature rhetorical, I would have to do so in a thoughtful and considered manner. I could of course copy paste a reply of thanks to everyone but this seems to me to be very unsatisfactory, possibly rude.
A long time ago I took the decision to only respond to questions asked, it may be wrong, but it was the only practical solution I could come up with, if that makes me seem aloof, I apologise, but I do not feel able to change it.
As for my work, yes I am proud of what I do, but I question your assertion that it is worth more recognition. The comments although greatly appreciated are less important to me than the viewing figures, ie. the number of anonymous persons that actually think the picture is worth opening to have a look at it. Both figures are low, therefore I can only conclude that few find it worthy of taking the time to look. (hardly an elitest view).
They are however very commercially successful, so perhaps my pictures appeal more to the general public than they do to "real photographers" who engross themselves in the technical niceties such as composition, rather than the emotion a picture evokes.
I do browse a great many images but only occasionally comment when a picture truly moves me or when it is unfairly maligned. As a film user. I was attracted to the site by its title, "USE FILM". My perception is that most images on the huge number of photographic websites that have sprung, up bear little resemblance to a photograph, they have become digital art.
My maintenance level is remakably low too. If viewing figures diminish still further then I won't bother uploading.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
12/11/2008 11:02:52 PM
Hi Howie
I wasn't sure if I could attach the colour version but it appears I can let me know your preferences mine are definitely mono for this as I feel the colour image lacks the necessary drama.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
10/3/2008 5:08:54 PM
Thankyou very much for your gracious comments Roberto I am very pleased you enjoy this picture. For the record though NO HDR has been used. This is scanned from a single image corrected in camera by means of neutral density graduated filters. The original transparency looks identical to the image you see here.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/30/2008 10:19:15 AM
Hi Bob...found, always found, it pleases my soul to leave as is, regardless of whether or not I think the viewer might not be able to tell the difference.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/14/2008 8:59:19 AM
Hi Joanna yes indeed I did. There was also 6 stops of neutral density filter to increase the exposure time greatly. Two stops were made up from a polariser and the remainder from a 4 stop ND filter.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/11/2008 3:30:33 PM
Hello Cathy this was 90 minutes!! after sunset. At this time of year the light lingers for ages turning a deep shade of crimson given the right conditions. The sky directly above is indigo rather than blue which gives rise to the deep blue shadows. Time approx 11.15pm.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/8/2008 9:46:45 PM
Glad you enjoy it. I still have a love affair with film and presently see no real reason to change. The one thing I like about film over and above digital is that I have a reference...the tranny..to work towards. and consequently I don't have to rely on my memory of the event, the nature of Velvia film and its colour palette withstanding. My scanner is a Nikon 9000ED with glass carrier.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
6/8/2008 9:43:19 PM
Hi Jerzy thanks for the suggestion I suspect there are a few crops that could be tried but on the whole I think I like the additional drama created by the vertiginous nature of the cliffs. I think it serves to emphasise the precarious nature of the castle's perch and the grandeur of the scene.
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Critique By:
Ian Cameron (K:1163)
4/22/2008 2:03:09 PM
Well I'm not sure why you would think that. If you mean it doesn't exactly match the colours that are seen by the human eye - then I wouldn't disagree, no film or digital image I have ever seen does. However it very accurately matches the transparency I scanned it from and those colours on Rannoch moor accurately represent the memory of the scene that I beheld. Since you weren't actually there your statement would seem a little crass and less than prefect.
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