juaini

This is the best one of all of your x-process stuff. I'm glad I bookmarked your thread over at the (cough) *other* forum, I was really curious about the results from your experiment. I think the color bleeding is a great effect.

I would've just gone down on my knees (or even belly; yes I've done that in public :)) and shot from a lower angle, to get in more of the path leading to the steps, and to get rid of the boring white sky.

 

Just keep shooting.

I love the textures and the warmth. I was a very imaginative kid, and I used to love to stare at pictures just like this one, and imagine what might lay at the top of the steps, and what might I be running away from as I climbed them. So for me, I like it because it's a reminder of how the 7-year-old me spent hours daydreaming... a very low-tech but personal view of what this picture says to me.

 

It looks much more impressive when viewed "large". The frame certainly works better.

Sure, I'll comment. :) He's cute!!

Born and raised! Well, almost: I lived in Petaling Jaya, right up till it was time to go to college. I packed up and flew across the planet to Nashville. And I just know too well what "Bukit Bintang" shoes look like, as I have many, many pairs myself... ;)

 

Well looking at it now, I can tell it is an evening gown; sort of a modern, urbanized cheongsam? Not quite something you'd want to wear to your family's annual Chinese New Year gathering. I suppose the Bukit Bintang shoes are appropriate after all...

 

Are you based in KL? Perhaps I could look you up the next time I'm in town.

I think, the most amazing thing about this picture is that you can see the rocks under water in the foreground. I love it.

I was looking at this image for the longest time, and I couldn't figure out what I was looking for. I finally got it.

 

I know that I couldn't achieve something like this if I tried for the next year, but there is one thing that bothers me slightly: the shoes. They're very "night-on-the-town", Bukit Bintang (since you live in Malaysia, I'll add a KL reference here), and it just doesn't seem right. If I recall correctly, these seem to be the same shoes worn by the "Barbie doll".

 

This might just be my biased view. I myself am Malay, and although I do appreciate that this was not meant to be a documentary portrayal of the rural Malaysian girl, but I do feel that maybe a pair of wooden clogs might have been more suited to finish it off. Even better, a pair of embroidered slippers like the Chinese and the Nyonya in old Malacca used to wear; ooh, that would be perfect! But then again, it doesn't look like you were going for the authentic rustic charm thing :) Forget everything I just said, the picture is great.

 

In any case, this is a fantastic photograph. Full of mystique, and full of texture. I also really enjoyed the picture of the handicraft and gong, it makes me appreciate how rich the Malay culture is.

i totally agree, this is a great shot.

i think this is the best of your plant shots. minor technical details that detract from the image: shadow under the lime, the leaf on the left is the same brightness as the lime and grabs attention away from the main subject, background is too irregular. keep shooting!!

i like the composition, but i think you need more depth of field, because most of the spikes seem out of focus. good effort.

the colors are good. i like the orchid's in-your-face attitude... not that orchids have attitudes, but you get what i mean. the only grouse i have is the black fence in the background, it's a little distracting, and you can even make out the neighbour's plants!!

 

it's a nice effort, though. i'm assuming this was taken in your yard, so it just shows that you don't have to go far to get good pictures.

I agree with both the above posters. If you were thinking of polarizing to get more color saturation, it's probably unneeded for a film like Velvia. OTOH, Mark is also right in that the water is too rippled to be a reflection shot. Personally I would have used a polarizer to get rid of the reflection, or better yet, wait for another day when the water is calmer. But then this isn't always practical...

Re: using a polarizer with slide vs print film. The medium used doesn't affect the operation of the polarizer. The difference is merely the fact that slides inherently have higher color saturation than print film, thus most of the time you don't really need a polarizer to up the saturation even more.

David, great shot. You should explore the site even more, I'm sure it has a lot of great perspectives. The only thing that bugs me a little is the shadow of the cloud on the upper right quarter of the photo. Ahh, I long for the sunny days...

This has to be one of the most unique and eyecatching photos I've seen here. I just turned turned 20 a few weeks back and am sad about having to leave my childhood behind. Always having been the crazy one at school (in my family I'm just ordinary because everybody is as crazy as I am) I really appreciate the idea of two completely different worlds being thrown together to produce something that speaks so loud.

 

btw, I love the title you've given to it. Sounds just like me!