jdsuttonphotography

I love this image. Having spent a week and a few thousand images in Santorini, I came away with nothing to match this. Spectacular light makes the image. Framing is good, though I think I would have cropped in on left and top and marginally on the right, to focus attention more on the cupola.

I particularly like the forced "read" from lower right to upper left, contrary to the usual western read of right to left; it adds some visual tension that supplements the perfect light.

 

I certainly like the image on first look; made me want to look closer. But then I have an issue with what I perceive to b different sources of light. Based on the wonderful clouds, the light should be coming from the back or from the right; but the light on the beautiful cords is from the top left or the top right back; definitely blocked by the board from the sky source.

It's an interesting dilemma; effective image versus truth of light sources.

While the exposure is good, and the shot does show the environment, I think you should move in (presumably with a telephoto lens). The moose is too small in the frame to provide necessary information, and it loses impact; score would be 4 and 4.

I truly enjoy this photograph, the colour, the composition, the subject, the concept (silence - yes I hear it); brilliant!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the kind words Morley; yes it is in the wild.

I did not add any extra light, so yes, I believe your assumption about reflection from the flower buds is correct.

Apparent depth of field is due to the use of the telephoto and image size is due to use of an extension tube with the lens.

While I really enjoy your work generally, I must say that I am partial to your "Cartier-Bresson" type images,having got my start the same way. I wish I had had your abilities when I had those opportunities, lo those many years ago. Makes my heart ache a bit.

But thanks for showing me more of what I had hoped to accompish in those days (the early 70's); it's inspiring even now.

I've tried it and failed; so I really enjoy your wonderfully lit image; all details are very well done, background, lighting, detail, compostition, just everything; congrats.

I like it that you take such a complex scene and reduce it to its simplest, yet exotic essentials. Good choice of media; wonderful control of depth and planes of interest.

And I should say while I'm here that I do truly enjoy your work; it is overall exquisite!

Thanks for sharing it with us.

What great colours! And I love the pattern effect. As someone else noted, not so original but nevertheless, extremely well executed.

Wow; isn't Paris a great place to shoot! You have done a nice job of capturing the atmosphere; what I particularly like is the fact that the foreground tree at the top is not blacked out, showing good detail, and giving the whole image a nice sense of balance. Paris makes me want to work in B&W too.

overall, your work is great; I like this photo and chose to comment on it because of its similarity to one I have in my Europe porfolio; (or I'm currently around 50 or so on the list) and it's there too.

would like to see more of this fine work

thanks

thanks Anton:

using my favourite butterfly and small bird combination, a Nikkor 300 f4 with extension tube PN11, on a tripod;

backlit, probably wide open (so effectively 5.6), using center-weighted metering;

butterfly was flitting around a meadow of thistles, but with my Swiss Arca ball head, I can follow reasonably well and still stay sharp.

hope that's helpful

Georgio:

I've been looking at your work and really like it; some images more than others, but there is a consistently good vision, and obvious thought and care in the making; congratulations.

what a wonderful shot; even though a part of me wonders if it is real or created digitally, the end result is spectacular, and I congratulate you on that. What a great bit of luck or good planning to be in that location at that time; I'd be interested to know which it was - never been able to get a lightning shot.

Anyway, good shooting, and planning.

just a bit too heavy on the black; otherwise a good concept and well executed.

wonderful image;

just a touch heavy on the right side with all that darkness;

marks not higher on originality because we see so many of these stacks images;

though I hasten to add that for me that does not detract from the beauty of this image.

Brilliant! Great timing, lovely light; I really like this picture.

Nice colour; nice design.

I'd have liked it better if the black design element on the bottom did not bleed out of the frame, so it was surrounded by green on all sides.

Good moody light; I might have tried a composition that would have the stream coming in from a front corner of the photo, so it created a diagonal in the image; and it would be improved if the foreground water was either blurred right out or more in focus.

Still a nice image.

Nicely constructed; good vision; like the warmth and the mystery of the shadow.

Nice portrait; good lighting and colour, but it could be improved by seeing a catch light in the eyes - perhaps by popping just a bit of flash.

WOW! Great shot Nicolas; love the light; nice framing, and I like the background too.

Wow! love the vivid colours; great use of angle and having the contrasting blue background helps too.

overall quite nice; but like another commenter, I am confused about the center of interest; is it the center of the flower or the bug? they seem to compete for attention. And i agree that there is an issue of depth of field re that; trust me, I know how impossible that is;

still, overall, quite a nice image

I've since looked at the folder; didn't immediately recognize this photo as related to that fabulous one in silk; great portfolio; especially like the one in silk but the next one, side/back is great too; good work; nice to have a model so photogenic; good lighting