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First of all I want to congratulate Darrin for his outstanding

photograph.

 

As I just saw this image

(http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/travel/sophisticated/ST-BU

RMA.html ) in the travel section of the New York Times, the issue

I want to raise is the sad state of affairs with certain locations

being photographed again and again and presented as images

of great originality. It reminds me of the hordes that follow the

tripod holes of Ansel Adams now armed with GPS devices and

proudly publishing their endevours. You cannot put a copyright or

a trademark on a location/time combiantion and there is a lose -

lose situation whatever you do. If an image can be copied and

repeated by artisans with a high degree of success, where is its

value and who can put a claim on it?

First of all I want to congratulate Darrin for his outstanding photograph.

 

As I just saw this image (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/travel/sophisticated/ST-BURMA.html ) in the travel section of the New York Times, the issue I want to raise is the sad state of affairs with certain locations being photographed again and again and presented as images of great originality. It reminds me of the hordes that follow the tripod holes of Ansel Adams now armed with GPS devices and proudly publishing their endevours. You cannot put a copyright or a trademark on a location/time combiantion and there is a lose - lose situation whatever you do. If an image can be copied and repeated by artisans with a high degree of success, where is its value and who can put a claim on it?

 

 

Exposure seems to be a bit too long. The background is hard to define without the explanation in the title. Nice image, good concept

Contrary to some comments, I like the top end, the shapes are almost human, the shaddows suggest an embracing of two characters, while the highlighted centre has the shape of a reversed silhouette. A touch of surealism, the ghost of Dali is still roaming Barcelona. Congratulations!

Apart from minor technical glitches, easily attackable in photoshop, 10/10.

Leave the top there, work on it; the art directors love the negative space (room for text...). Yes, we can be purists, go for the perfect, pictorially perfect shot, but in the real world, photographers have to make a living as well. And selling a photo for an ad campaign or for a poster can bring in more money than a limited print run for arty customers.

stunning, but... crop the top or do something to it

Sorry Rene, far from your usual.. the shaddow from the nose too long... and the strange shaddow around the lips make you think at the problems of well known female tennis star... great eyes though

Emotionally charged... Thank you for being there.

 

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