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Wow! The color here is great!! Did you use any filter?

 

The spiralling cloud at the top adds something diferent to this picture. Very nice

Great!!! I agree with all the comments above, it really is a nice abstract. It´s very peacefull, there are no ripples in the water, adding to the sensation of silence and quietness...

 

 

Nice shot, I particularly like that last frame :^)

 

There seems to be some changes in the light in the different frames, might just be the low quality of the image though. But very nicely done!!

Reminds me of Kubrick´s 2001. Looks like a futuristic walkaway... The lines and colors are great!!

 

I agree with Mathias, I noticed it even on the thumbnail.

Reminds me of a ghost town. I´d prefer a little more sharpness, but I believe that´s difficult with a pinhole camera (am I right or is it the other way: pinholes are sharp?). I just don´t like the vignette, it´s too strong.

 

BTW, just went through your pinhole folder, this is the one I like the most.

It definitely looks like something from a fantasy book. I like the vignetting, looks like a huge sunset. The forest is a good idea, but it will be a whole different scene, IMO. I´d also move the man to the left, giving some space between the two figures. I also agree on the unnatural position of his hands, it´s weird. But how does this work as an undies advertisment I still don´t know...

I agree with Rick about the sharpness, but I think the series is great! Thge way you change focus from the HD to the reflected image is very interesting. And I think the border could be simpler also.

 

I guess I'll send my cat to sleep over. Hope he'll learn how to model. OK, my cat is 12 years old, and all he does is lie around sleeping all the time, can't blame him. He is cute sleeping, but that wouldn't be a very original picture, just a cute one.

 

I like your folder very much, specally because I do have a cat and know how difficult it is to get good pictures of them with an original approach, like you do.

I couldn't agree more on the comment above that called this a modern "The Kiss". It's a very nice picture, the couple very sharp, alien to the moving world outside. I like the centered subject, I agree with the elves comment.

 

Congrats on the POW!!

All the trouble you went through to get this shot was really worth it. It´s beautifull, the lines are great for framing those distant mountains, and yet they still remain as the main subject!!

 

One thing bothers me though: the shoreline is a bit tilted. I wouldn´t have noticed it but for clouds. They aren´t as straight as the shoreline (nor I would expect them to be) but unfortunately they are tilted to the same side (clockwise), exagerating the effect. Maybe you could tilt it the other way and crop the margins to get this right.

I guess I would prefer even more muted colors. I sort of picture this as a rocky mosaic floor in a place outdoors, such as a bandstand in the middle of a park... I´d prefer some more earthly (brown or light brown) colors. But that is just because of how I picture it.

Very realxing... There are not even ripples in the water to disturb!!!! Nice colors, I like the reflction of the sky a lot. Matches the feather, sort of looks like it´s floating. Because of this, I´d say I agree with Jeff, more smaller droplets. Or, as Ken suggests, an off center dropplet. But it is a great shot nevertheless.

Good use of the road, it leads the eye to the picture. I like how it disappears in the fog and not only behind the trees.

 

I agree on the burning of the snow(?), and to add more contrast to the guy, it will make him stand out more.

I like this one better than the one with David. I like how you created the sense of movement with these parked cars.

 

A lower angle (though you would have to be in the boxes) and the tele compression might give you an even better shot.

Geat shot!!! Great boat too!! Very sharp.

I agree with the previous comment, though just panning would solve your problem - and you would end up with some nice colors in the background.

Also, panning would add movement to the car. A F1 stopped dead is not a very interesting picture.

Muito interessante. A garrafa e verde mesmo, ou foi o efeito do flash?

Nice picture.

The whole scene is a bit dark, contrasting with the bright subject, emphasizing him. The flash highlight on the right adds energy to the scene, a sense of movement, of something happening. The blurred people and the bus helps a lot too. The bus is a nice and simple background, IMO better than a car, it´s less distracting.

 

 

I´d like to see more of the interviewer and other camera people though. This would also throw the subject (sure looks like Christopher Lambert) off center.

Great!!! I can´t stop laughing!!

 

Check this folder for unusual pet pictures (including a great portrait): http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=242420

Why the difference in the originality rating? 4.8 here, 5.5 on the other (and they are the same shot!!!).

I like the idea, but I think the PSing is overdone (the out of focus areas, the transition is not smooth - upper left, and some areas are in foucs, which should be out of focus, according to the rest - the pieces on the upper right). I´d like to see the unPSed version.

 

Otherwise, the lighting is great, she really looks like a doll, and the mood is very, very creepy.

I also like them both, but I think the other one lacks something. It´s just too tight. The cat seems to be thinking, contemplating, looks better with some room around it. But the tight crop draws attention to its eyes.

 

OTOH there is something in the other shot that I really like, took me some time to realize what it was. It´s the position of the eyes, and IMO, they´re the most important part of the picture. In the other shot, they´re on upper third, directing the eyes to the bottom, and making them go round the picture, and then to the center again. In this shot, they are right in the middle, and the upper half of the picture (very interesting, with the ears down) gets less attention than it deserves.

 

I guess I like the other one better, but I also like the ears. Sorry, have no idea on how to fit them together.

 

The stripes are great! Without them, the shot would be interesting, with them, they are better still. And very thoughtfull caption.

I don´t believe you just chase your cat around to get all these great shots. C´mon, how much are you paying him for the modeling job?

Great! What a photogenic cat!

I know how you feel... I´ve been trying to get a few decent pictures of mine for a while now, unsuccesfully. He has an odd habit of sitting in front of the window and watching passers-by on the street. Detail: I live at the 7th floor, so he has to look down, and is a very interesting pose, with "his kingdom at his feet" (or should I say paws?). But every time I grab my camera and prepare to take a picture, he goes away.

 

That´s why I was (and still am) very impressed with your picture.

Very nice picture. Looks like he is posing for you. Never seen a pet picture like this. How did you get him to pose for you? Or was it just by chance?