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I no longer work at this paper John, yes it was a small town one, but the only one, so was politically powerful locally, It was one tiny part of Media Mogul Rupert Murdochs empire.

 

 

As well as the forceful character in this gents demeanour and the nice contrast in the image, the flowing lines of his beard, the elegant head piece framing his face, and other clothing make for a very nice composition. The complementary out of focus background is the perfect finishing touch. I agree totally with Ben's comment about the unnecessary title. Well done!

The trick with documentary photography is to compose as best you can in the circumstances and frame a bit loose to avoid this situation and allow for some cropping options, also take several frames.

 

Apart from the cropped toe , it is excellent. Good eye.

Nice shot George. I wonder if you were to let the budgie, would the cat would be friendly enough to encourage the budgie to sit on his tounge?

This version is my choice, but the thread with the colour pic is wonderful.

 

 

Living proof that a picture is worth a thousand words, this image evokes many emotions to the viewer, and causes polarisation.

 

 

I really appreciate your eye for the incongruous that is a Blago trademark. The bear and the handler giving each other total attention, the handler because it is income, the bear because of its nose, and the couple in the background with their attention focused totally on themselves.

 

Not to mention the composition and technical aspects of the pic, I'll even rate this one!

Plenty of comments on this one Blago I prefer the black and white and just followed the link in the thread beneath it to see what this one was like.

 

We have had everyones viewpoint, and your perceptive eye knew there was a great story with this image.

If you have got this far, click on "single Photos BW" at the top of

this page,to open my single photos folder, open the other image with

these two people in it, titled "The Editor and the Mayor", the

opening comment will tell you what this pic is all about or

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topic_id=1481&msg_id=00ATNu&photo_id=2965181&>HERE

Not being an American or Belgian citizen, this image evokes no patriotic fervour in me, however it does evoke the feelings of pathos of war and the ultimate fate of many of the young men that were involved in this historic event.

 

 

Even without the flags and flower this is a powerful image of the cost of war, with the cold and desolation of the fog and snow, and the crosses marching off into the mist.

 

 

You can also add 19000 German dead to that toll Geert, for a total cost of 38,000 lives for this particular battleground.

Nice moody image, and well composed and exposed, what would have made it better in my own opinion would be if the short boat in the gap was not there, but we take what we are presented with, and for a found image it is good.

The usual pack of inaccurate and self seeking praisers uttering their inane bullshit in the multitude of useless overpraise for this common portrait style.

 

The image shows that you have the ability to relate to your portrait subjects and draw pleasant aspects of their character to the fore.

 

Also that you have a good eye for contrast, so that your digital file converts to a good contrasty black and white in this difficult to balance black and white image.

 

Your technical skills are good, but with the proviso that it is not difficult to get good images with a modern DSLR in complimentary lighting.

 

I do not mean to diminish the nice enough portrait, but to inject a bit of reality into the ridiculous antics of your mate rating circle.

 

I do not increase the number of ratings for people that belong to such groups and if I were to rate this image it would be a 5+4

The Editor of the newspaper I worked for saved the life of the then

Mayor when she choked on a morsel of food at a Mayoral Banquet by

quickly noticing what had happened and applying the Heimlich

Manoeuvre.

 

Next day they both decided that in the general interest of the public

that the story should be published with a pic of them demonstrating

how the manoeuvre is applied.

They did this in the press room in to much merriment from the

journalists working there and insisted that I take the image, which I

as staff photographer and ordered to do so by my boss, had to oblige.

 

Of course after taking several different poses, I suggested that a

nice peck on the cheek would also be appropriate, and of course the

peck on the cheek was run on the next days front page.

 

The other images were presented to the editor at various editorial

staff functions.

Another fine image Colin, with your usual excellent choice for perspective and compositon with the bridge leading the eye into the picture and on to the derilict church with the bleak background. I prefer your B/W version to the two other options suggested by posters. After you took this pic I reckon that you should have sprinted across the bridge and chased the sheep out of the frame and took another image with no signs of life at all to emphasise the barreness, but that is just nitpicking on a fine photograph on my part , and a nasty suggestion of extreme physical activity to a man only a couple of years younger than myself!

Yes, it is oversharpened, and a bit overexposed, but apart from that, plenty of character is evident in this pic. I hope you took a few and gave Osama $10-00 for his troubles!

Comments and critiques welcome as always

The name is great, as is the photographers vision and skills

Looks like the head, front feet and a bit of the carapace of a humugeous Turtle.

Like many of the pics you have posted recently this one is well below the standard of images you posted a couple of years back Yuri. Average image, and because I only rate images that have good photographic merit, and this one does nothing for me it will not get rated, It is pity you respond to any non salutary criticsm in such a childish manner Yuri. It has caused me to lose respect for you as an individual and photographer

Good skills!

Even with a rough and ready distortion correction this is still one freaky place!

They ran these particular locomotives in the North Island of New Zealand only Colin. (I am a South Islander so this is the only version I have personally seen). Steam was phased out during the late 19-60s. Yes, I too am old enough to have travelled in a few steam drawn trains in my childhood and youth. The taste of coal dust and smell of smoke and sulphur plus the inexorable power of the loco chuffing up to speed makes a diesel powered train a rather soulless device in comparison. Thanks for the comments everyone.

Mike summed it up very succinctly.

Thanks for the kind comment and yes, I believe this one is Allison powered Colin.

That 400 DO is sharp. Well framed and great perspective.

Where is the after shot Michael? We know that you took one before you raced backwards and placed your camera well away from the surf before you went to the assistance of you half drowned wife!

The P 40 Curtiss Kittyhawk is an aircraft that had a historic role

in the Pacific theatre in the early stages of WW2 and this particular

one served with the Royal New Zealand Airforce in the Pacific at that

time. Comments and critiques welcome as always,