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Anna Schulz
{K:1186} 12/6/2006
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yes martin did really well with his critique. like i said: the best one i have ever gotten. but yours is also really good. thank you for that and your honesty.
you are right about the sculpture as well. i even like it more without the arm, because maybe it wouldnt look good at all with the arm. do you know what i mean? sorry sometimes i dont know the right words.
you wrote a really lovely comment to me, thanks again for that.
anna
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 12/6/2006
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Wow Anna:
A brilliant critique by Martin here . . . and not very much left to cover. My ONLY concerns, though, are the serious error he called you on about the crop . . . which you mentioned in your about so it's not something you need pointed out to you . . . and the distracting horizontal tilt. Nothing else seems to be an issue in this composition and he was right when he said it was the PERFECT time and the exposure was spot-on . . . just a really wonderful shot which I can completely understand you liking regardless of any issues which might detract from it.
Michaelangelo has a little sculpture . . . The Venus De Milo . . . missing an arm. Critics in his day might have said . . . "Yeah, but the arm crop ruins it!" LOL!!! We like what we like and though this shot can be improved and made even better . . . take pride in it because it's really wonderful now. I'm not at all concerned with the forground . . . especially enjoying the glowing lights and light reflections in the water. Your color balance is absolutely top notch and I'm AMAZED you didn't use a tripod. Martin's mention on overcoming the issue of loss on the nearside of the jetty was well spoken so no need to address it again.
Nice work!! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Anna Schulz
{K:1186} 12/6/2006
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wow martin, if that is not a good and honest critique, then i dont know. this is the best and biggest one i have ever got. it is really honest and not just bla,bla. thanks martin.
to be honest with you i didn`t had a tripod with me at this trip. we were only with a backpack in london and at this time i hadn`t one of these small ones. so i had to use the bridge. thats why the horizon is sloppin down. this was one of my first long exposures ever. i know there are no excuses for this mistake.
but today i have more knowledge. i still like this picture, because i love london so much. and as soon as we go back to germany, were i come from, i hope i can go to london again.
thanks again, martin. best wishes for you.
anna
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Anna Schulz
{K:1186} 12/6/2006
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thanks james, for stoppin by at my portfolio... anna
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 12/6/2006
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Yes indeed it is a pitty, but never the less "ich mag es!" Good night capture with excellent details. GUT Anna.
Sascha
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Martin Halley
{K:580} 12/5/2006
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Anna,
You opted for Critiquer's Corner, so here goes...
It's a depserate shame that you have cut the top off the main subject, the Eye itself. It is essential to have it all in with long shots like this. If this were a close-up of the hub or a single gondola then no problem but here the main object is the entire Eye so it is a saerious error to cut its head off.
The other problem fault is the fact that the horizon is sloping down to the left. I suspect that you tilted the camera, concentrating on the Eye to get it upright and forgot about the river.
There is strange illusion associated with the Eye, although it is perfectly vertical, any shot taken from the side makes it look as though it is sloping away from the camera. This because it is circular and very tall and the normal converging verticals that are noramlly quite acceptable are lost in the cirularity. When photographed this can look very odd, but it is in fact how it looks, apparently sloping dramatically away from the camera.
Now to the good bits. Lovely, controlled exposure. Your camera did you proud. The only problem is the lost detail on the near side of the jetty in the immediate foreground. If you have image processing software it can be very useful in night-time scenes with lots of lights to take three additional shots, one as set by the camera and then two more, doubling the exposure each time and one with the exposure halved. Four shots in all.
Providing your tripod is rock steady you can then layer the four shots and paint in the detail where it is missing in the main frame (Jetty details) - just enough to add the missing detail but not enough to make it look artificial. And you can then use the shorter exposure to cut out some of the clipping around the lights. The result can be very dramatic and the it only takes a few minutes to accomplish.
Finally, the colour balance is about perfect.
Your camera deserves another chance to take this image as you were spot on with the composition and time of day.
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Jimmy Piper
{K:5742} 12/5/2006
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i like it too :) colours are great..
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