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I don't think I ever gave a 7,7 to anybody. This photo was skillfully crafted. You've managed to get the whole face into sharp focus. I think the choise of angle was perfect. The forehead happens to be in the center of the frame, but it's out of focus! How neat! The eye goes for the face instead. The cropping is superb. She's leaning on the side and the face being close to the edge only accentuates that, sort of shows that she's about to collapse and disappear from the frame. The lettering on the cap serves as a neat prop to remind of the real world this shot was taken in. You are a true master.
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I would like to see more DOF in this one, but hey, no-one's blaming you. A 6X7 and 50 asa film for street photos with available light? Takes guts and lots of skill. You certainly know how to capture the expressions. -
Ideally the background should have been darker but apart from that this photo really works. I appreciate that unlike other PS smart-asses you left the background unaltered.
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Damn... I like street photography, especially the portraits. I love your work, man. I recognize the tonality of my favorite PanF and wow... I mean what a choise of film and what a choise of camera! The classic for street photography has always been Nikon FM and TRI-X to cope with difficult lighting. But a 6X7 and 50 ASA? You know what I'm talking about. By the way, I'm not sure if your Bronica is 6X7. Excellent. I myself wouldn't dare stick a 6X7 in a face of someone on the street, those monsters tend to scare people. You manage to capture very intimate expressions. Do you scan the film or prints? In any case I wish you all the best in overcoming the technical (maybe due to financial) difficulties to utillize the whole potential of the originals.
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Technically it's very close to perfect. I have no idea how you managed to get everything in focus, since I know that Speed Graphic offers limited controls (I must state though that I don't have the original in front of me). It's the cropping that I don't like. I can see what you intended to do but I think that the cropped '3' causes lack of ballance, since there's nothing cropped in the opposite corner. I can't really offer any advice since I don't have the clock in front of me, I just stated what this picture does to me.
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At first I took this for yet another of your 3D designs. The info states that the photo was taken with a digital camera, that was the reason of my confusion. Prosumer digitals offer great DOF even at wide apertures the fact I will have to get used to at some point. Good angle, good choise of lighting. Good idea to include plenty of the wall. I think that the photo is slightly under-exposed though and the 'mess' in the bottom left corner is rather a distraction, nothing you cannot 'enhance' in PS.
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All the photos tonight were crap until I saw this one. Not bad. A documentary taken on film, not silicone. That's becoming rare. I love film.
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Since when Genies wear T-shirts?
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Oh my... How much more Photoshopping are we to see?
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Major mistake: the background is sharper than the subject and thus draws more attention. That's about the best that I can say about this picture.
For your information: there are millions of untrainted users who can 'play' with Photoshop, achieve similar (if not better) results, be endlessly proud of themselves until someone like me exiles them from Utopia.
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I admire street photography but don't have what it takes to do it myself. -
If you are looking for appropriate rating or worthy critique then I must say that you've come to the wrong place. The people here would vote 6,6 for a close-up of female genatile or another sort of eye-candy. They are not aware of the existance of such things as visual movement or interaction between elements. Your work is rated by a bunch of amateurs who have bought their 'prosumer digitals' only yesterday. I would think nothing of it and try to take my work elsewhere. As for the shot... A very bold expression although her pose looks unnatural. Bold composition. The empty space between the model and the cropped car creates tension. This is very liberal and looks close to a photo that would appear in Vogue. I like the film's tonality, not to confuse with the tone of the photograph which in my opinion should contain slightly less green and yellow in it. -
Run! It's gonna fall!
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I am not sure as to what you were trying to achieve with your technique of multiple exposures but I find this neither interesting nor aesthetically pleasing. The vignetting of the lens doesn't help. If you contact me I will tell you how to perform a very neat test for vignetting of just about anything: lens shade, filters, matts. You won't need film for this test. -
Where's the ad that's supposed to be in the empty space? Nice one. :)
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Shake blur. What's that in the background? I know that it wasn't the subject but it's bright and draws attention. Better luck next time. Know your camera's and your own technical limitations.
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The presence of the UV light usually contributes to depth but there seems to be an excess of it in this photo. I wonder if everything that could have been done has been done indeed.
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Nice. I like vertical panoramas. That twig in the upper left corner is quite a botheration.
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Not bad. Reminds me of Eggleston's 'landscape' where he photographed a ketchup bottle and bunch of other stuff on top of a table in a cheap diner.
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I saw the original photo you posted. This, uncropped version is better in my opinion. Photographing wild animals in captivity is not an easy task. Seldom there is a striking photo. My advice to you is to get as close to the fence as you can. When dealing with predators this can be risky. I think that the key element in a good wild-life photograph is to catch ANY expression on the animal's face. This jaguar seems to be submerged in melancholy. Maybe because there's a fence around it?
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And I was sure it was Velvia. Digitals certainly have their place in serious photography. I don't see a real point of interest in your photo. Nice try with that stone though. I would change the composition entirely by getting much much lower with my camera to emphasize that stone and get much more of that dramatic sky. Possibly I would go for a longer lens. I would try working in B&W and darken the sky by all means available.
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