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Good sidelighting makes the composition much stronger and highlights the colors.
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I don't think this one works as well as the previous image because the frame is so heavily dominated by the red. It might work better if shot more closely to reduce the red area and make the blue and green areas larger.
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I'm not sure what it is but the colors, textures and lines arrange to make an interesting study.
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A cut above the ordinary wave shot, and very effective with the backlighting.
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A great composition but you need to add some light with a reflector and get some catchlights in the eyes to make this portrait come alive.
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I love it when an environmental landscape can really communicate something like temperature. Would like to see this shot taken a little farther to the right to keep the trees and bleak horizon but without the object in the foreground.
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Even travel snapshots can benefit from some cropping. This image suffers because of the huge expanse of sky with no detail, and a rather unattractive restroom sign. The left side of the image doesn't really show much of interest, either. Cropping down focuses our attention on the vendor stalls and the sign behind, while filling the frame with detail.
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I'm not a big fan of a tilted horizon line unless it works to some effect in the image. Here, it doesn't, and the sculpture which is the apparent subject of the image is too small, backlit, and competing with other shapes to be of interest. -
Perhaps I'm just getting old, but a study of a piece of garbage, no matter how technically proficient, is not high on my list of pleasant images. If we are going to study garbage, I'd like to see an image that tells me something about it that I didn't know before... And this image doesn't really tell me anything. There is nothing really interesting or provocative about the composition, either. Doesn't surprise me to see it as POW, though.
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great candid portrait-- the subject looks very relaxed and attractive. You only need to clone out that distracting red blob in the background to make it perfect. -
here's what I mean by a tighter crop...
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The backdrop is so close it distracts from the model, especially the folds. The pose makes the arms look heavy and chunky. A tighter crop would help.
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With such dark overall tonal value, a lot more intensity of the colors would help, especially with blue being such a recessive color.
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Fun and unique way to look at a familiar object. Seems to be a lot of dust on the image in lighter blue areas which detracts from the quality.
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Very nice contrast between the hard image of a soft rose and the soft image of a hard vase. My personal preference for this type of image would be to see it in black and white.
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What you are doing digitally is increasing the contrast to the point where there are only two extremes-- pure white and pure black. Photographers can also do that in the darkroom by copying an image with a super-high contrast film like Kodalith, which has been a pretty popular technique in the past. As long as you don't substantially alter the actual elements of the image (which would make turn it into an "illustration" if you follow the general line of reasoning on this subject) it would still be considered a photograph.
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Before getting into a critique, first let me say I like the image very much and also enjoy shooting machinery in the environment myself. I would try a number of different shots. First of all, I would raise or lower the camera position to move the crane higher or lower with relation to the horizon line. Since you have such a strong contrast between the sky and water, having the horizon split the crane right at the intersection of visual elements (where the jibs hit the main structure) is a little jarring. I would also try working with a longer lens to make the very interesting lighthouse in the background larger in relation to the crane. It is very surprising sometimes how a small change in position or focal length can make a huge difference in the image. I spend a lot of time on my back, side and even on ladders when shooting to get a fresh perspective. -
That's the problem with esthetics- They are completely subjective. However, I stand by my original comments and suggestion. Having more of the original wall texture doesn't add anything to the photo, and the original composition is static. Actually, if the space of the wall is that important to the emotional impact, it might help to have even more space than the original image.
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Very nicely framed. Don't you wish you could pop that tree on the side of the building out for that shot and then put it back? Exposure contrast looks fairly low. There is a vignette effect that works nicely with the vertical composition of the steeple. You might try just a little more contrast and more gradient in the vignette effect to lighten the church steeple and darken the corners. Very nice image.
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The line down the right side of the frame is distracting. -
An interesting study that has so much negative space
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This image needs some cropping to move it from the good to the great category. The large expanse of background fights with the subject for the viewer's attention. A much tighter crop will make the subject much larger and still retain the attractive geometric composition. On my monitor, the photo appears to have a very strong magenta cast and I'm not sure if this is intentional or accidental, but that might need to be corrected if accidental. The image would also work well in B&W.
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