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Chitra T
{K:797} 7/21/2006
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This is beautiful. I love the presentation and the rich background within the photo also. 2nd and third are my favorites, I might've missed the rationale with regard to this sequence but I feel another view of the flower completely from the top would've been good too (in place of the first one perhaps). The first and the 3rd seem somewhat similar to me, the third being the better imo. I loved many of your photos... will be back for a detailed look. Thanks a lot for your comment on my photo.
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22115} 6/12/2006
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Phil -
Like you, this was done in iterations with feedback from the community. The final set has sold twice (framed), which is unusually good. I'll also have one up at my first showing. The power of UF is very strong if you have an open mind and listen.
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 6/12/2006
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Oh, Michael, this is just incredible! This is how it is done!!!!! I will refer to these when I next try to put a collage together!
Congratulations on your double awards! They are both well deserved!
Cheers
Phil
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/25/2006
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Kewl. Both you and Manu on the front page, next to eachother....:)
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Fakhra O.
{K:5961} 4/25/2006
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Awesome combination. Very well composed and presented. Well deserved awards.
Congrats Michael.
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ahmad khatiri
{K:147} 4/25/2006
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wow realy nice capture
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/25/2006
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I have always liked this one Michael!
This is a great presentation....reminds of expensive sconces.
I love that you picked the best from the 9 cell image, and presented them to compliment each other. great color balance between all three! Not an easy thing to do with those tones, but you pulled it off perfectly.
Way to go on the double award! You deserve it my friend!
cheers, -joel
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/24/2006
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woowww michael.. a stunning composition-sequence created!!.. a marvelous light and brown colors dominant.. BRAVO! very powerful image my friend.. and congrats for the double award well deserved it! roby 7+
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Morgan Estill
{K:3786} 4/13/2006
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THIS shot is my favorite shot of the series by far. Excellent color and composition on each of the panes. The three shots perfectly compliment eachother. Great work.
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Manu
{K:13082} 4/13/2006
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Superb colors and those "speckles" are just to die for...haha! Spot-on arrangement and balance trio..if I were to make a slight change it would be in cloning out the middle flower stem....just a thought
So, smashing BG lends itself very well with the subject matter....cheers
All the best
Manu
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Bart Aldrich
{K:7614} 4/13/2006
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Classic & beautiful!
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AHMAD BORHAM
{K:1362} 4/13/2006
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AT LAST A MEANINGFUL CONSTRUCT..WHATEVER MEANING IT CARRIES!!!THAT'S SUBJECTIVE....THE RELATION BETWEEN THE BACKROUND AND THE COLORS OF THE FLOWERS IS WONDERFUL...THE STRONG LIGHT YET SUBTLE SHADOWS GIVES A FRESH ACTIVE ENERGETIC MOOD
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Salvatore Rossignolo
{K:13559} 4/13/2006
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Alright, it is beautiful but I can't swing with the 'almost symmetry', argh! Mike, would a woman with one breast hanging noticeabley lower than the other have aesthetic appeal? Either the left had to be angled up or the right down to my eye. I do, however love the DOF and the subtlety of the shades, very beautiful.
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 4/13/2006
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This is a beautiful collage Michael. Really nice tones and lighting. I enjoyed viewing it. Susie
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22115} 4/12/2006
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Hugo:
The stems do have speckles as do the leaves. The reason the name is a "trout" lily is because the speckles look like a brook trout.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 4/12/2006
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Hi Mike,
Good triptych, and I find the matching hues of the frame, the background, repeating themselves in various shades in the flower too a great find. Very subtle and a very nicely balanced series.
I also think the sequence is well balanced, but it somehow lacks the element of surprise; the overview becomes a bit static due to the symmetry you applied in the selection of the photos. This sounds worse than I mean, I actually rather like it, and can't really offer a useful suggestion, and I think the idea is very well visualised.
Just curious about how the speckles on the flower originated. Can't believe it has to do with the post-processing, so I guess the petals and stem were actually speckled?
One thought that crossed my mind is that I think it could be a nice idea to let the backdrop continue throughout the series; In other words, using one single backdrop, and three flowers, neatly arranged, and dividing them up into a triptych in the post-processing. That might create an awesome effect, and compensate the trivial comment about the static element in the composition easily.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Ibrahim Al Najjar
{K:1203} 4/12/2006
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very nice shots...
nice compo, colors,and details
very well done!
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22115} 4/12/2006
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Argh - missed the cutoff for a panoramic. Here is the full sized file.
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![](http://thumbs.imageopolis.com/CritiqueImages/2/2/0/5/5/22055/5646210-TN.jpg) Full Size |
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