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Critique By:
Jonathan Charles (K:5248)
8/24/2008 6:08:27 PM
Thank you for your kind comments. I look forward to seeing some of your work posted - it is a simple process and very interesting to see how viewers' respond to them, often with helpful suggestions (especially if you ask for them).
Best wishes, Jonathan
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Critique By:
A. G. DODO (K:203)
8/24/2008 10:06:46 AM
Wonderful.
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Critique By:
A. G. DODO (K:203)
8/24/2008 10:03:44 AM
The light, grain, expression everything is excellent! Fabulous job.
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Critique By:
A. G. DODO (K:203)
8/24/2008 10:01:48 AM
Wonderful composition using rule of third. Great.
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Critique By:
A. G. DODO (K:203)
8/24/2008 9:56:30 AM
What an excellent work with grain. Congrats!
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Critique By:
G G (K:61359)
1/26/2008 10:17:35 AM
A beautiful capture Jonathan.; I like the way you managed the position of the sun towards the tree and the parameters you chose to avoid any overexposed area.
THis is a really nice landscape shot.
Compliments
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Critique By:
Indranil Kar (K:1141)
1/22/2008 5:27:04 PM
Hello Jonathan,
Great one indeed, the silhouette of the trees has done wonders to the shot..and also the green in the fore ground..!! great composition..is it the sun or the moon,,,what ever4 it is..its looking like a big bulb...great effect and well executed..!!
Regards
Indro
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Critique By:
jacques brisebois (K:73883)
1/22/2008 12:10:58 AM
great natural smile, very nice work.
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Critique By:
RC. Dany (K:64104)
1/21/2008 1:50:06 AM
Bellisima !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Critique By:
David Morandi (K:978)
1/20/2008 11:31:36 PM
Realy nice portrait,I like so much.
Hi,David(VosXXX)
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Critique By:
Tim Schumm (K:29196)
1/20/2008 10:37:35 PM
awesome vision.
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Critique By:
Pietro Clarizia (K:8241)
1/20/2008 10:16:52 PM
Excellent foggy view !!
well done !!
ciao !
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Critique By:
David Rodriguez (K:11965)
1/20/2008 10:10:29 PM
Impresionante imagen, interesante iluminacion. Buena composicion.
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Critique By:
Jonathan Charles (K:5248)
10/22/2007 11:00:04 PM
Thank you Preston. It was not a person, a dream died.
Best wishes, Jonathan
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Critique By:
preston wiles (K:160)
10/22/2007 3:56:04 AM
A little disturbing, but I like it. It seems full of portents. Did someone die?
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Critique By:
Rebecca Raybon (K:26654)
10/21/2007 2:29:49 AM
You have some beautiful work here. I've loved all I've seen, thus far. Excellent!
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Critique By:
louis Michael (K:4210)
8/11/2007 3:09:39 AM
Very interesting pattern like artistic composition. I like it.
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SRS SRS (K:6731)
7/18/2007 5:50:10 AM
Very beautiful. I am partial to green anyway, & esp being that is is outside is wonderful. Wish I were there. Evening is the best time of day.
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Critique By:
Roger Skinner (K:81846)
6/2/2007 5:36:25 AM
nice moment
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Critique By:
Jonathan Charles (K:5248)
5/30/2007 8:56:16 AM
Thank you Dave. The house, originally a Knights Templar commanderie, has a very positive human feel to it (I found out this week, just after leaving, that it is said to be haunted) and has long been involved in fine art - painting and sculpture. I wanted to express the impression that the stones were also waking up to the sun and basking in its warmth. So the figure is intended to convey that link and the appreciation of beauty.
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Critique By:
Dave Brown (K:1390)
5/29/2007 11:25:05 PM
Loved the cobblestone house, simple, but, elegant. Very nice work. I don't think this shot needed her not shy.
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Critique By:
Roger Skinner (K:81846)
5/29/2007 6:53:26 PM
nahh I like it.. excellent werk
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Critique By:
Brian Fillmore (K:4016)
5/27/2007 1:34:02 AM
I like the way you are brought into your photograph with the shadow highlights created by the angle of the picture. Very nice detail.
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SRS SRS (K:6731)
5/12/2007 8:56:03 AM
I guess that's what I too like about this, the unique feeling it portrays. Like a photographic version of what some songs do to our emotions. There are so many things in our lives that can be instant reminders with vivid feelings & memories. Very well done. I love this!
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Critique By:
Jonathan Charles (K:5248)
5/12/2007 1:56:30 AM
Steve, thank you for your interest. I did spend some time seeing if I could sort out the exposure - the main problem being that it was taken as a JPEG whereas I now use RAW all the time which preserves the highlights in the 16 bits per channel original. Your version does look technically better balanced but for me it loses some of the atmosphere of the occasion, which was a very hot summer afternoon with the shutters almost closed but just this brilliant shaft of sunlight filling the room.
As you said, it was a wonderful moment.
Theresa, thank you for your thoughts and for also appreciating the reality of the feelings I was lucky enough to capture.
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Critique By:
Theresa Michael (K:317)
5/11/2007 7:37:55 AM
Call me crazy, but I actually appreciate that the surroundings are imperfect as it adds to the reality of day to day life and captures something that is real. It is an authentic depiction of that special moment of emotion that I feel is quite beautiful and heartfelt.
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Critique By:
Roger Skinner (K:81846)
5/8/2007 3:42:33 AM
excellent use of leading lines .. simple and wonderful colour as well
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Critique By:
Wouter van Noort (K:4369)
5/7/2007 9:38:52 PM
Good use of the low position of the sun to create structure in the field, creating leading lines.
For some reason i have the feeling the horizon isn't straight. But probably that's because i am used to trees that bend to the east because of the prevailing winds from the west. Still, i like your image very much.
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Critique By:
Sheryl Phillips (K:2728)
5/7/2007 8:27:04 PM
Very nice lighting in this capture...you got great shades of greens & yellows. I like your choice of composition as well, with the focal point along the back in the trees. Nice job!
~Sheryl
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Critique By:
Steve Aronoff (K:18393)
4/18/2007 8:13:35 PM
Well, Jonathan, I think you've captured a wonderful moment of shared laughter. I like the composition. Obviously it's not posed and in an ideal world the computer wouldn't be there for my taste (too much of a sharp rectangularity in what is basically a photo of curves).
You also couldn't help the effect of the bright sunlight. But, I do think that when you're handed a lemon (just a metaphor), you can try to make lemonade. In this case, since you can't undo the bright light on the guitarist's face or in the window, you can bring the tonal range to the point where it's more in line with the excess brightness, using lightening and darkening techniques, and some contrast control. I think removing a bit of the red would also help this.
I worked up an example (below) of what I think could be done.
Steve
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