jmonzani

This is an image from a recent "photo stories" and is thus difficult

to be considered alone... More on

href="http://www.simplemoment.com/PagePhotos/index.php">my website

including a

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These are two pics from a recent photo series... just an overview of

its mood and atmosphere - more on

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href="http://www.simplemoment.com/films/index.php">a musical version

Thank you!

This is a sample pic from my latest photo series... more on

href="http://www.simplemoment.com/PagePhotos/">www.simplemoment.com

These are two images from my latest photo session. As there was a

storyline, it is difficult to pick up only a few shots - this is not a

real diptych as I usually do. Maybe it is not a good idea to present

photos this way :)

Complete series on http://www.simplemoment.com

PS: Again Dennis, it's certainly not that I'm completely upset by your cropping - I just wanted to stop people retouching before it goes any further :)

I'm leaving now... Happy Hollidays!

Thank you very much for your comments! I'm about to leave for a few days (Merry Christmas!) and won't be able to read your notes.

Please keep in mind that I'm not responsible for the choice of this photo and if I had to pick up one from my portfolio, it wouldn't be this one for sure (as I don't consider it to be flawless).

Now, going back to this cropping: you might have a different view on the image, you might prefer a different toning, you might dislike the birds... whatever it is: it's yours and not mine. It is very interesting to discuss it but I would prefer you not to modify the image and respect my vision, even when it is not yours. Discussion is great and shares your feeling about the image - photo-retouching goes beyond this in my humble opinion and it's just that I'm not posting images to see them modified in another way.

Please, don't take it personnaly Dennis, I hope that I didn't offened you and didn't sounded too pretentious :) I just wanted to stop it before people started to remove the birds or do other manipulations.

English isn't my birth language and it's not always easy to express artistic things for me :)

Take care and a Merry Christmas to you all!

I would like first to thank you all for your comments. It's the first time I get a POW and I'm really glad about it.

Some technical information about this image (if this really matters)

Camera: EOS 5D, Lens: 50mm f1.4, Exposure f3.2 @ 100 ISO

This image has been shot on an overcast day. Unfortunately, clouds just started to move away as we started the session and I had to darken/adjust them digitally. The birds were also added afterwards.

I won't go into a discussion about digital manipulation: Photoshop adjustments is simply my way to make the image that I have in mind.

Best regards,

Thanks Jerry. I've done so because some people like to know this... that's all. As for me, digital helps me achieve the image I have I mind and that's only what counts.

Thanks for the kind words,

JS

Another image from my latest series (more on simplemoment.com)

Birds are digitally added.

Thanks Andrey. Actually my purpose wasn't to make realistic images in this series (I think it is more obvious with the other ones on my website). As you've noticed, this is different from my regular style. But I don't want to be categorized on a particular type of photos :)

Cheers,

Thanks for your comments! Here are my settings:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D + 35mm f/2 lens

Shutter speed: 1/160s

Aperture: f/5

ISO 100

I haven't used a flash on this one, as opposed to the rest of this photo series. Birds are digitally added.