nickolay_lavrik

I always appreciate comments with so much detail. But, as a matter of fact, I have not paid much attention to Ilan's lonely 3/3 rating. I noticed Ilan's rating only after reading Vlad's comment that specifically pointed it out.

After that I even went through Ilan's portfolio - naturally, with anticipation of some outstanding works. While I did find two photos that I liked and even rated 6/6 one of them, I was disappointed with many others. For instance, it's hard for me to believe that a photographer with a good eye and taste would produce (not to mention upload on PN) a photo with completely washed out sky. Nonetheless, even this type of photos can get an average rating of 5.5/5 if 2-3 viewers like them. I could probably add my 3/3 to lower that average but, of course, that would be considered "revenge rating" ;-))

 

Hope none of us takes this too seriously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The highway did have an appreciable degree of elevation at some point.

It was interesting for me to see M. Hayward's version since my own alteration included a little stretch vertically. While the highway had an appreciable elevation, it is hyperbolized in my image (see for comparison the original image above and "a side view" below).

 

I think "flattened" version also makes sense. I also agree that the road in my compostion is dangerously close to the dead center.

 

This photo was subsequently altered to obtain the image above.

I appreciate your attention to this image. My idea was indeed to use the contrast between the textures and colors of the still rock and smooth water flowing around. I did not like the crop of the orginal frame (see the image attached below). In addition to rotating the image by 40 degrees or so, my adjustments included playing with tone curves and adding the background with gradient fill in the upper corners.

 

While I realized that result is somewhat crude or at least ambiguous (or, perhaps, abstract?), I wanted to know whether the viewers find much aesthetic appeal in the contrasting textures, shapes and colors of the rock and water.

 

Thank you again for stopping by.

 

Nice work. In my opinion, it is very good as is. Thinking of possible improvements - the dark part the of the window frame on the top in the background can perhaps be cropped out (or removed digitally)?

Any suggestions, comments and critiques welcome. Thank you.

Colors, sharpness and control of DOF are outstanding.

I am glad that most of you liked my after-work experiments. Obviously, they are not as rigorous as those that I do before I get home. For instance, the shadow in this image...

 

Thomas, I do appreciate your comment about the shadow. This shadow on the right is something that I overlooked or, more frankly, even have not thought about.

 

Vlad, I do not mind any kind of discussions and comments next to my photos as long as they are polite ;-)) In fact, I had some thoughts similar to what you mentioned. My conclusion: PN is a good recreational site with a lot of educational potential. The overall idea, design and functionality of PN are excellent (7/7). It is definitely original. It is also useful as a resource in social psychology ;-))

 

Exposure and the tones are good. But I have to agree with the previous comments about the composition (cut-off feet and the tree). The models look posing and overly clean, thus somewhat opposing the tittle. I think it is solid 5/5

 

Thanks also for rating some of my recent photos.

Vlastimil and Armindo, I appreciate your comments and, in fact, have to agree with them. This image is one of my exercises in which I often struggle with the semi-manual mode of A40 (the lens does not stop-down beyond 1:14).

I like the idea as well as the way it's executed.

Excellent colors.

Excellent image as is but I would agree with Timo about the cropping.

Beautiful photo, creates a feel of instanteneous transfer into that place. The haze in the background gives good perception of the depth.

A very good photojournalism work. I think it's up to National Geographic's standards.

What a play of lines, colors and textures!

Excellent work, George.

While I am not very excited about the subject, I think it's very well done overall. Well composed. Tones and colors are excellent.

Very nice!

Comments and ratings welcome. Thank you for stopping by.

Absolutely wonderful blue. The green and red complement the blue.

Simple subject but with a distinctive mood. Very well done.

Excellent sharpness and DOF. Warm, almost overpowering yellow works very well here.

Expressive and funny.

Not a usual PN portrait. Very well captured. There is a philosophical value to it.

Very nice.