View From The Boat

Hi. I saw the picture from the thumbnail size and I wondered what was it all about, in the beginning I thought I was seeing a top part of a house's pointing roof. As I opened the picture, it brought me into your boat. Pure magic. Your picture travels my eyes to a river of a tropical place. I think we may sometimes, mistake the role of the picture not as an end but as a means to travel us somewhere we may have not been; to mistake and look for things that are or not are there rather than see things which are there.

The most challenging part of the picture is the lighting. I think you should play with contrast and brightness and try various results, you may come with something more strong.

But for me the rest is fine.
The dog in your boat

By: arhab

Blue Machine

Hi. I realise that we look at a modern agricultural machinery and some landscape. As a documentary or educational picture we need to see all the elements of the agricultural equipment and the picture serves the purpose well as we also see the effect of the work on the ground. Lighting is even and colours are reproduced rightly. The format of the picture as is works for this purpose.

But,

the bottom half of the picture contains a stronger graphical design there, and the true story of the events taht took place. Crop the picture (even a bit lower then the middle) and you have an oblong horizontal frame that contains the furrows and the two ploughs. Simple, graphic, narrative, self-explaining. That looks more like art from your part. The top half is wheels thrown on a green background. Stay with what is essential, filter what it matters. That is my humble opinion.

By: billmyl

How do I make it stop?!!

Congrats for the new baby!

Great capture, genuine. A family treasure for the future.

By: stoked2

self-portrait

good one, bravo

By: Brennak

Abbey door

Nice photo. I think if you were zooming out a bit you could for the whole of the circular design in the middle bottom.

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By: Flymoman

Sunset leaving Hong Kong

hello John. Sunsets are tempting moments to photograph, especially when you are high on the sky!
I am looking your picture in a friend's screen which I believe gives me true colours, I can distinguish the 16 different shades of grey and white at the bottom of the page. I believe our eyes see the light differently than the camera and although for your eyes the colours were beautiful and tempting to photograph I see the camera has not done a great work replicating what you saw. Its settings seen in metadata, suggest you had given the camera the total control of how to deal with the scene. Aperture is too wide, the wing is described well, but I can't say clearly the cloud from land formations.
Does Auto1 white balance correspond to cloudy? (Normally cloudy autobalance produces warmer colours, which benefit teh warm orange colours seen in sunsets) Metering mode is correctly set in multisegment, but remember camera tries to give you a middle of the road exposure and "flatten" dark areas and bright ones to the middle of your histogram (it would be useful to check on camera the scene and see the histogram of the camera for this picture).

It would be not worth it to suggest you should go manual and measure lighting for the brighter points and set the camera's aperture to close more so you get clearer the distant areas. You are in an airplane flying and lighting changes in every second, and by every move pilots make. Aperture priority mode (or sunset scene if your camera has one) would give you a better result I think.

Framing-wise you have a bit of window included and it's a personal taste if you like it or not. I already know you are in an airplane so I would crop the big(-gish) chunk of airplane window, the drama is out there, not inside the cabin. I may had gone for an vertical 3:2 to get more of the darker sky above, stay focused on the strip of light direction and hope to avoid some of the airplane's window framing. The window had a bit of mark that appears on the upper side of the wing.

Summing up: there is potential on the picture, colours need tweaking, cropping from the right suggested. Hope this helps making the best out of it.

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By: johnbryan6

Gemma

hi, very good attempt, you should be proud.

I understand you used a single light source that shined the right side of Gemma's face as we see it. At the same time, the face on the other side is slightly darker that the one lit, so you could have used a reflector to shine back some light which comes from the right to her face.
That said.... you have got a lot of empty space on the left which could be used to "house" that reflector. The poser could look as good with at least 1/5th of the width from the left missing. The issue is to be able to make a choice, who is exactly your subject? Is it Gemma or Gemma and the wall? Supppose she was standing in front of the Berlin Wall. I would think that this case could make a case for the background to be as big in the picture. Or in the case her arm was raisedat a shoulder height in a gracious dancing pose.

If you try making portraits, attempt to intriduce one change (in lighting, or posing or dressing) each time so you understand easier what its implications are.

By: jonplatten

Full Speed Ahead!

Seems tight in the frame for me CB.

That having been said (IAAG) and knowing you love post processing I have this suugestion for you:
Pull the speedboat out of the frame, keep the water in and make 1/4th of the boat jump out of the frame.

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By: Carabosse

Water Dreams

Amazing light!

This picture has the mystery and selling power of a movie poster.

Congratulations

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By: terryscott

Preparing.

Very graphic image.
Well noticed and handled.
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By: Tramper

bull race

Superb spectacle.

We must appreciate the force of the man who has to stop these bulls running....

I see you were a bit far away, that's safe!

His nearly closed eyelids are a nice response to the havoc the two animals create.
Unless this is just a not very lucky millisecond...

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By: zebastianus

Crimescene

My advice?

Apply pre-shave before. Then shave the eyebrows with an electric shaver.

It hurts if you do it in the reverse order.

By: puritycontrol

My Neighbour

Nice artwork from the painter, although I note he missed the ears

Your picture is damn good but it needs a slight manipulation to make this picture as you have shot it,
including the two doors, awesome!

I don't have manipulation software but I prompt you to move the left eye nearer to the eye corner, showing a face "keeping an eye" on each door!

Unless this face is a real neighbour of yours who will bust your bass if he sees such a manipulation.

Kind regards and excuse my inner city language
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By: 5000eh

Kelli

Hi.

Well, it looks alright at a first reading.
You have a nice model with an enigmatic expression, she is beautifully lit and posed.

I have noticed some elements, not of detrimental significance, but I will point them out. I see a small bright triangle on the left bottom ccorner created by her body contiur and the table. I think a slight cropping of that vertical strip containing it, it would help eliminating it withoit destroying the picture's balance. Actually there I could accept to see a tiny back part of the chair she is sitting on, opposite of the empty chair near the window. Symmetry and closing the hole, one stone two birds. On the table I see a big square object, a paper? (no pen), a napkin? (no glass) did that object had to be there? I don't think it associates with her... Last. I would like to see the corner of the facade of the table because it makes the picture look tactile. A half step back would suffice. Last, I would make sure that the hair look nice on her forehead. The black ribbon she wears has pulled a patch of hair back that makes her look not having a dense hair n her scalp. Not very complimenting. Take nore time when you look at theviewfinder to observe the sitter well.

That's what I have noticed in your beautiful image. Would my suggestions make a big difference? You can choose. I understand that professional models cost and the time you have with them for each shot may not allow for such attention to detail. For that I would say an amateur model or a patient good friend can be a blessing to work with.

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By: seawhi

will do will fight will win

beautiful image.

bravo.
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By: ayannandy1985

Orchids.

I did have a look as promised

I find you have beautifully handled the lighting here.

Your picture has paid a polite compliment to these beautiful flowers.


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By: silverfoxey

The sunset colors without retouch

hello!

I have rad your camera has come off the production line of Pentax, bad tongues say blame it as a flor, it was indeed a different beast, Pentax clained it was originally planned to be in production just for a year...

the fact is that this camera can still give you nice results.

I am congratulating you for taking such a beautiful picture and I have awarded you as I thought it was rightful to do so.

Big applaud.
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By: suigo

Loch Morlich

Hello.

I like the framing you have chosen for it and teh positioning of the various elements in it.
could you please tell us if you have used any filter for it?
I know it was early but teh scenery looks bright for a 71 seconds exposure, even at iso100 and f/11.

Thanking you in advance.
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By: almiles

Anna

Hello Laura.

I do not have the education you have had on the topics of Meida and photography, but with my background with wark in visual communication and Art I would like to raise to your attention two different elements that have not mentioned or adjusted been adjusted in the various mods uoloaded.
The first refards colour and the second lighting.
Your model os a female with quite a pale skin, so I think a darker clothing would have made a more striking antithesis with it. The colour of the furry coat should have been considered also in chosing the most appropriate dress for the occasion. During the 20's were apart from white, and black and white,golden, black colour was very trendy. I think you can manipulate the colour easily to turn her corset(?) black, but I would also recommend you to try bordeaux (like her lips?)
strong lighting from the left has caused a proportionally big area on the left side of her chest (as we look at it) to be darkm while making the area lower, at her bust too white, so that the border between felsh and corset garment is lost. similarly some details of the head gear have been lost but adjusting the exposure could tame them.

Overall, it is a strong portrait and it is nice of you to step in with such an image.
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By: LauraHince

Daughter photoshoot

Hi

I think you should be proud for your offspring. The picture could benefit from just one improvement. A dark instead of a white background! (preferrably black)

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By: AngelaSeager

Latoyah

Hi,

beautiful lighting, model, clothing and make up work but I find thet the framing should have forego a horizontal strip from top and give it as space to teh bottom, to contain the elbow...

regards
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By: essexphotographer1

Standing proud

It must be the season!

If I owned him I would call him "Diesel"

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By: jaktis

May Cowslips

have a nice sunny May

By: BarbaraR

Artist.Painter Oskars Ozols

Hi,

Quite an artistic portrait, well lit. Good communication with the poser.
for me the thing it would give it an extra "ooomph" would be a painter's brush in his pocket. Not at the mouth!

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By: Sigita

Morning Coffee

Hi

I like the flower which has a vibrant yellow colour... but the manipulation implies a discriminatory view of the woman who appears to be of a specific faith, that may insult some people of that faith. I think it is an offensivee manipulation, even if I don't follow that specific faith,

If I were to do a manipulation I might had left everything black and white apart from the flower.

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By: johnandclare

Boris's Bikes

Hi.

Are these Bori's feet on the top right corner?

Although I like black and white photography I don't think this is a great angle shooting them from although I know you have done very well to hide the advert of the B bank.

It looks like an attempt to shoot abstract but then, there is much information on it. I would crop 1/4 from the top part and 1/3 from the width (the right side).

The most fun part from the picture is just a tiny proportion of it.

The second saddle away from the viewer looks like the back of a human body. You can turn it 90 degrees to see it standing. Now, that's much better
A good abstract riddle.
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By: stevesloan

Her name is Rio...

good choice!

very nice picture with strong colour

well done

By: Valveman

Pools of Fate

John L!

By: johnriley1uk