Tropical waters

I like this picture, the contrast between, darkness and the hard light behind the model

looks as fantastic period of time. You meke me

fell like a warrior who lives in a great leyend.

 

Atte: Mario Paper Martínez Caballero/México City

An excellent shot. This should be on a postcard.

It looks like wings of an angel or a christ-like figure arising from the water and I'm not even particularly religious!

Is the horizon tilting or is it just me? I like the image but it feels hand-held. I would have preferred an f22 or thereabouts to really sharpen that silhouette. Otherwise very nice.

Greg,

I don't think there's anything wrong with the sharpness of the silhouette (you would have to look at the original TIF file of the negative, scanned at 2900 dpi).

With f22 (and 1/250 on 200 ISO), the water would not be frozen, and the effect would be less impressive. I think f8 and 1/2000 and 200 ISO film is the right choice here.

 

The tilt is (asymmetric) lens distortion of my Nikkor AFD 28-200mm. Despite its high price, this is not a fantastic lens (I've tried two of them). Compared to similar Tamron and Sigma lenses, this lens is a bit overpriced. I also use a much better Nikkor 2.8 AFS 80-200mm, but it sometimes is a bit heavy to carry around (on travel hikes, etc.).

 

Striking not only in the composition, but in the overall symetry of the water, the hand level above the horizon, etc......just a beautiful, evocative photo......

wonderful idea and picture, great work.

Am enjoying going through your portfolio. There is a something I do not understand on this one. No one else has mentioned it and I hesitate to ask, because I may be displaying my ignorance. I must find out why the faint, large writing is on this photo?

 

 

I cannot do f stops on my poor Digital Canon, but this makes interesting reading, and is encouraging me to find the time to read up on it.

Though I understand your watermark is for protection...it is the only thing that is not absolutely terrific about this image. Composition lighting and action is all so well handled...10/10

Unfortunately image theft is very common.

Over the last couple of weeks I found two websites using my images without permission.

And that's only the ones I found out about.

Sorry for the honest people, but unfortunately this image needs to be protected.

 

sea angel

You really made it work, it's one of those shots where all the other photographers think "Why didn't I think of that". Very well done.Alex

Nice execution, concept, everything... just not attracted to the color. It seems like a false color, and therefore you chose it, so it must have importance. Why greenish Brownish Yellow? Just my $.02... nice image tho. and I'll agree the slight distortion from the lense is distracting, but... technically, could be fixed in PS :) Sorry to hear about the image theft, I wish someone would steal mine :) although, I'm not doing this professionally, so I guess there's a difference there.

Fred, this is a great shot! As far as the theft of imagine, does photo.net have a photo abuse section. I mean a place you can report any photos you see here that may indicate unauthorized use elsewhere (ie: web sites, advertisement ect.) Obviously the photographer himself could not find all infrindgements.

A gaze arresting image. Composition is excellent; however, the tops of the arcs of water would be better IMO if they were equally above the horizon. On-the-other-hand, that difference draws one's gaze into the space between her hands.

All I can say is "WOW". 10/10. How did you get the watermark on there, by the way?

Maybe he used a photo editing program and created a text layer with a very light opacity so its nearly transparent to make the watermark?

Great portfolio Fred. This capture it`s just fascinating! Many thanks for taking time to comment and rate on my photos. Your critique it`s much appreciated. I started to take photos about two years ago, specialising in still life and B&W and I have to learn a lot of technical details and tricks. Regards, Ilona.

Superb.

 

But about that copyright message - it is hard to judge an image with that thing plastered over it.. So, let go of your babies! I believe once you post on the web, you should be prepared to accept the inevitable, and just keep vigilant. If your image is that good, folk will recognise it and tell you eventually.. Did you lose any money to the people who were using it without permission?

 

Even though my images aren't in your league, I've had a few of mine used without permission, and they were either taken down or given appropriate recognition/links when I questioned them. I take it as flattery! :)

 

PS To answer Rob's question below, a good place to start is Google's image search.

A wonderfully executed silhouette shot.

Fred (or anyone else),

 

I've seen a number of people on photo.net mention they've found their images on other sites. Do you simply "stumble" across them on the net or do you have a specific method for searching? As I'm a beginner in photography I'd probably be flattered if someone "stole" my images to use on their site (unless they were selling them, I think) but as far as finding them I wouldn't really know where to begin.

 

Now, I should add a critique of the shot to keep this post more on topic: wow. This is really good. The frozen action of the water is excellent but seeing a shot with more "fuzzy" water would be an interesting comparison.

Thanks for this !!

It's all been said - superb picture. (Er...have you noticed her two-fingered salute?)

 

Barry Needle :)

I agree with M.Howard, and I'm not exactly religous either. Must it have such a wide border?

Maybe a square format frame would improve it, but great anyway...