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Snowfence, Shelburne Farms

Bicycle Bridge

Abandoned Silo

Webb House Staircase

Some of these were taken in NY, but most in Vermont...

I live just south of you, and this summer has been one Bermuda High after another; I'd be tempted to explain the haze by atmospherics rather than the Yashica TLR.

 

(I have a MAT124G)

This is one of those images that "on paper" shouldn't work. Oops. It does.

I have printed this image in a high contrast motif, and it does make the sky more profound. In the end, I decided to leave the overall gray effect because that's the look of the original scene; that leaden-gray New England sky which seems to arrive every November and depart around May.

Removing the "thing" (a bit of broken porch, IIRC) that intrudes from upper right does create a cleaner, simpler image - but I think it adds that little bit of interest that (for me, at least) makes the image.

 

I considered (and printed it both ways) cropping the "thing" and gray area at the bottom, and in the end decided to leave the image as-is.

 

 

What a palette. Delightful.

IMO, the darker oblong in the lower left of the image draws the eye unnecessarily. Terrific image, though.

It depends on whether we're talking about an actual opinion - or just these limited numerical ratings.

If we're talking solely about numerical ratings, then it's impossible for me to justify my rating of "it's worth a six" in the face of the photographer asserting that "it's worth an eight." What could I use as my justification? That it feels like a "six" to me?

An opinion, on the other hand, implies the making of an argument with respect to the image; that's quite a different matter. If I offer the opinion that the image suffers because of underexposure, the photographer might respond with a counter-argument and try to convince me that the effect was a desirable feature and enhances the photo.

But how can anything intelligent be structured around "It's worth a [number]?"

I'd have to agree with Mary Ball's comment. Who am I to "rate" an image when the photographer's own feelings about its merits are on record?

 

(I was going to cough up pretty good numbers, though...)

Interesting image. My only criticism is why the top 10% of the photo wasn't cropped out; my eye was immediately drawn to the blown-out highlight and diminished focus up there.