richard_milner2

I normally dislike pet pictures but something about this is rather striking. It's the combination of technique and the apparently serious expression on the cat's face.

The limited colour palette is interesting. There is a strong sense of movement created by the motion blur, and the arrow and the legs all pointing in the same direction.

This shot has a strong graphical element. The sparse selection of colours strengthens this. The image is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of the security guard. I like how she is looking away from the camera, as if the photographer has not been noticed at all.

Good even lighting and there are little catchlights in the eyes. The background is a bit messy where you can see the shiplap wall structure. I would have cropped the picture lower down to include the whole neckline of her shirt.

It is a delightfully graphical image. The limited colour palette works very well.

Indeed she is easy on the eye. THe bolt sticking into the back of her head is a bit distracting.

Now this I rather like. Excellent placement of the cat within the frame and the dark figure of the person approaching from just outside. The cat is wondering what will happen next, and so am I.

I can't advise but I will comment.

 

It is an interesting piece and provokes two different reactions in me.

 

I can interpret the image as a group of standing stones, like Stonehenge. In this case the title may refer to your discovery as photographer that an image like this can be made from simple objects such as clothes pages.

 

Alternatively, I can read the clothes pegs as representing people surrounding something -- a lost bag, a body? -- and are now thinking what to do about it. The title then refers to the discovery of the object by the peg people.

Checking back I find to my embarrassment that the 'Carpet in Tuscany' I referred to was actually by Stefano Manucci, who is obviously another Italian operating in the same area. My apologies to you both.

This is a conventional scene which would be rather dull if not for the inclusion of the boat with its interesting flags. So I expect that's exactly why you included it.

 

The sky has good texture. The light, high level cloud relieves and complements the rather sombre and featureless foreground.

 

The boat is mysterious. Why does it carry flags? Has it arrived home from a festival? Being pulled up on the shore, perhaps it is stranded and the flags are a distress signal.

 

I amagine this image was taken near dusk. A little more light in the bottom right hand corner of the frame would have allowed some better definition. This could have been achieved with the use of an ND grad filter to reduce the exposre of the sky.

 

However, the actual print may well work better than seeing the image on screen against a white background.

 

I like it.

I remember your 'Carpet made in Tuscany' which I commented on previously. This image was obviously taken on the same visit.

 

It is a striking image with a strong structure created by the dark/light division of the road passing across the frame. The line of Poplar trees enhances this, resembling a fence that divides the fields. Both fields also have marked internal texture created by the ploughing and reaping marks. These do not connect at the road, which enhances the sense of division.

 

The sunny field has a track cutting across the top right hand corner, while the dark field has a track or fold that leads down towards the left bottom corner. Contrasting these with the line of the road leads my mind to see converging or diverging paths depending on whether I choose to go right or left out of the frame.

 

Placing the dark grey field in the foreground created a somewhat sombre feeling. I can imagine myself walking in the shadow towards the right hand edge of the frame, to escape the darkness.

 

I do not consider this a picture of conventional landscape beauty. It is very interesting depths.

This is a very characterful individual, and the lighting is nice and even. I feel the background is rather cluttered. By pulling away slightly, you might have been able to set him in his environment.

I think you could lose a bit off the right hand side -- basically the temple tower which is cut in half -- and some at the bottom. The main temple tower being off-centre doesn't matter, as the image is not symmetrical. That's my opinion.

 

A very good silhouette!

There were several graphical elements that caught my eye when I chose to shoot this photo. Firstly the correspondence between the bicycle wheel and the ferris wheel, secondly the bus queue splitting the frame in half, and thirdly the convergence of the pattern of bricks in the foreground towards the queue and the ferris wheel. There is also an interesting element formed by the parallel lines of the tree and the streetlight.

This is a very interesting and attractive picture. I can't tell if it is a carpet, or a landscape shot from the air. Either way it has an abstract appearance. I like the division of the frame. The different textures are also attractive. I assume it has been cropped -- if yes, it is a good crop.

My eye was drawn to this but there is something which fails to satisfy me. It's to do with the general featurelessness of the scene (very flat, minimal colour palette) combined with the amount of tiny chaotic detail in the broken up ice, which confuses the eye.

 

I think this is an image which will work better at a much higher level of enlargement than is possible within the confined of Photo.net. A big blow-up would allow the tiny detail to make a better contribution to the overall impact, whilst increasing the feeling of space and desolation.

 

It's definitely a good picture but the small screen isn't a good place to look at it.

A very sensual image thanks to the warm, subdued coloration and the shadows. The close cropping works very well.

What's good about this shot is that you have captured the sense of a long flight of steep steps. That comes partly from the two figures climbing, including them was a good idea.

 

The exposure is a bit too dark so you lose detail in the walls and foliage at the sides.

 

There is nothing to give a context -- presumably a torii could be seen at the bottom of the steps if you pulled back. I recognise this as Japanese only because I have spent plenty fo time in Japan.

 

It's difficult to see that the two girls are Japanese. I assume from your comment that the interest of this picture is because it is the steps in The Last Samurai, and if that's important you want to find a way of showing the Japanese environment.

I like the dappling but the dark areas seem a bit too dark. I tried turning up the brightness on my monitor, this didn't help much. I think you could have afforded to give a bit more exposure without burning out the highlights.

Good concept. A tiny bit of fill flash would have brought out the detail in the statue.

I find the shallow focus distracting. It makes the horizontal join in the middle very obvious. This pair of images would be better presented as two separate puctures.

Lovely shot, very atmospheric. All the right boxes are ticked -- the figures are on the intersection of the thirds, the sky is the top third, the line of the walkway and the curving line of the river create a sense of progression and depth within the scene. Good exposure and tonal range as well.

Very beautiful colours but the horizon looks leaning to the left. This is easy to change in Photoshop. If you use a tripod you can put a small spirit level on the camera.

Normal landscape advice is to use the 'rule of thirds' and place the horizon on the upper or lower third of the picture. However, I find this this shot appealing, because of the pastel colours, and the way the watery line on the left converges towards the distant mountain. The clouds add delicate structure and there is a sense of recession caused by the haze.

 

It is let down by the horizon not being level. This is easily corrected by rotating the frame.

 

There seems to be some lens flare or something creating a bluish band across the bottom right hand corner. That is something to avoid in future. Try holding a piece of card to keep the lens in shadow.

A very interesting composition leaving over half the frame pure black. To me the image seems slightly to lack sharpness -- this may be the scan. A touch of fill-in light under the chin might have brought out the line of the jaw. I get the impression that the subject has a slight beard. This would be difficult to separate from the dark clothes he is wearing, but if the beard is important to the subject you want to try and use it in your portrait.