olivier1

Interesting idea.

I thought that changing the contrast locally inside small rectangles

was a good match for the geometric pattern of the floor seen from

above. What does it do for you?

Any comment appreciated

Please also have a look at my other pictures in the same series. I'd

like to know which one you find the most interesting (if any happens

to trigger a reaction in that direction of course) and why

cheers

Olivier

too dark, too soft ? ideas/suggestions/comments welcome!

This is my first attempt at black and white "street" photography. Any

comment/suggestion is welcome. Please have a look at the pictures in

the same folder, I'd welcome your opinions about them too!

cheers

Olivier

due to the fact that all the dark space is at the bottom, my attention continually shifts to the upper right corner of the picture. After a second thought, I think the dark space is not the only reason for that: it's really the most interesting and graphically striking part of your picture. The red structure with the girl in white clothes looks nearly surreal, an effect that gets reinforced by the "light paths" created by the long exposure. If you have a teleobjective and the opportunity to take similar shots, I'd definitely try to isolate such a feature within the scene rather than to go for the full panoramic view as you did. This might not be as easy as I make it sound, and this is of course highly subjective! cheers. Olivier

Getting this angle was not as easy as one may think: I had to crawl

on the floor in front of rather puzzled security people... the colors

have been tweaked in photoshop, but the scene is rather artificial

anyway, and the contrast was definitely very high... any comment

welcome!

maybe you could have opened a little more, to accentuate the impression that results from the fact that she's looking at the camera while the rest of the crowd turns its back. I feel the girl's head is too much in the center of the picture (but that's a matter of personal taste... I would probably have tried a vertical composition, at the expense of the nice yellow saree on the right). anyway, light is indeed very nice and it's altogether a good picture! cheers. olivier

This one is pretty much along the same line as the other picture in

this folder: it's about desaturating, but not quite... as the

original is not as colourful, this gives a different effect. Any

thought about it ?

the branch just behind the mother is a little bit disturbing and it would probably be a perfectly justified case for using photoshop. Of course focusing on such a minor detail means there really isn't much to say about the rest of the picture except that it's as sharp as one could wish and that you caught this bird in an interesting position. Well done!

I'd like it to be a a little more sharp, and cropped a little tighter, with a darker background, but it's already rather good!

I really like the lighting effect you got here, but I'm less a fan of the composition: I feel the sun is somewhat too close to the 2 flower groups, and that it makes the picture a little bit unbalanced, while the colors and the light call convey a quieter, less dynamic mood. It's just nitpicking of course, and framing with the lens pointing directly into the sun is of course not that easy... cheers. olivier

I agree that the circular clouds draws quite a bit of attention, but this is a really good thing in my opinion: it gives the picture a sort of mystical mood, where you feel that the stones are nearly lifted toward the sky. Well done. Minor nitpicking: Actually I would have cropped some of the grass to accentuate the importance of the sky. Guess it's personal.

The rays of light are interesting, but I'm wondering whether this effect wouldn't be striking if the foreground was not white (that is if you had taken this shot when there was no snow. but then the question remains to whether the effect would still be there!)

You obviously used lots of filtering, and overall I like the effect it produces, except maybe in the upper right corner, where it looks too much like vignetting.

Good angle!

I like the color variations, but I'm not too sure about the ladder

I like the way the kid is running nearly perpendicular to the main perspective lines. It creates tension and motion. well done.

I'm having lots of fun these days partially desaturing pictures like

I just did for this one. While I like the result for myself, I'd be

curious to know how you feel about it: too artificial, just

uninteresting, or does it add something for you too?

I think the light is a tad too hard for the type of atmosphere I usually associate with such places (read quiet and contemplative). This is of course due to the fact that the scene has a relatively high contrast and you chose to retain the details in the shadows. I'm suggesting the result may have been better if you had slightly underexposed this shot. regards. Olivier

The light *looks* somewhat unrealistic, but it's not a major problem for me, and helps to create a mood. I'm a little bit puzzled by the yellow object near the center of the frame, slightly to the bottom. It does not really look like it belongs to the building. What is it?

I think I would like it better without the black stuff in the upper right corner: without it you would have a stronger diagonal effect that would evoke japanese paintings (to me at least)

It's really very sharp, which I like for that type of relatively abstract shot. Tight framing is appropriate. I like it!

Erick, I have mixed feelings about the mike cutting the face of the singer in two. While I found it interesting in the beginning, I am starting to wonder whether it does not draw too much attention to the detriment of the singer himself. Of course it may have been difficult/impossible to do otherwise, and overall this shot nicely captures a punck rock concert atmosphere. In that sense, you clearly met your goals. Cheers. Olivier