DELETE THIS ACCOUNT

January 4, 2007

Zoom effect doesn't do anything for me.

January 4, 2007

Apparently this is what LSD does to your brain. ;-)

January 4, 2007

The "luminous" effect isn't working for me.

January 3, 2007

At times I find myself looking at the tree trunk more than the model. Really don't like the angle of this, at least not with the level of detail still visible in the background.

January 3, 2007

Some aspects of the lighting seem right for the look you seem to be after, while others (sharper shadows still obvious in places) do not. The borders / rounded curves do not add to the effect - quite the contrary. Overall - Interesting but not at this point pleasing.

January 3, 2007

Regarding the frame on the left - its a terrific composition. Looking directly off frame like that is often unsettling and in this case, that works for the image very well. Not knowing the dog and its owners, can't tell if the image on the right works. As a pair they work... but that image on the left stands on its own as well.

January 3, 2007

Love the shot; dislike digital sepia. Oh for some Tri-X on this one. What's it like in B+W?

January 3, 2007

I like other of your landscapes more than this one; can well appreciate waiting for the light on the tree to be right but I find the luminousity of the field is such that it overpowers most of the frame, including the tree. It has an interesting feel overall but as I said, not my favorite.

Edit: I decided to look at this a second time during another sitting, before reviewing anyone else's work today, and find now that this is my favorite image of your uploaded gallery. This doesn't surprise me - sometimes I like spicy food and othertimes I like salad with little on it. Today I'm clearly reacting more strongly to the composition which is quite unique and shows fine graphic sense.

January 3, 2007

Very humourous.

January 3, 2007

Gritty, suits the subject matter well.

January 3, 2007

Very funny!

January 3, 2007

That must be Peter Parker in the reflection. No wait, it can't be!

January 3, 2007

Very interesting and no doubt a lot of work went into this - the zipper imprint on the avocado flesh is a nice touch. But for all the detailed effort in this, I have to note where detail was not looked after -- if the point is to deliver an eye catching product shot, the sticker shouldn't look beat up... in fact it should be perfect (and at more of an angle to impart some energy) for after all, the brand is key.

January 3, 2007

Very interesting; I wonder if cropping out most of the mountain detail above, leaving just enough to show the silhouette of the trees, would make this more powerful? A little unorthodox suggestion I'm sure - but if done then the focus moves to the bright reflection which naturally leads the eye to the underwater tree roots. Might not work. I almost passed by without taking in the detail underwater is why I mention this...

January 3, 2007

These sorts of dead on shots tend to feel a little dull, particularly this one staring down into the planter bed.

January 3, 2007

Evocative.

January 3, 2007

Pretty. Too bad the highlights on the wood are blown out, but it still works. Wonder if a square crop removing some of the left side of this image (may end up losing a little of the right too) would work?

January 3, 2007

I carried a Contax 139 around for a very long time. The blue cast reminds me of old Ektachrome indeed.

January 3, 2007

There's an antirely different photo lurking in this image - crop square from the right, avoiding the archway. Also interesting...

January 3, 2007

The sky and land are dramatic; its too bad the light at the time didn't do anything in particular with the sea. I think an unorthodox crop of much of the water would improve this greatly.

January 3, 2007

Think you needed a little more DOF here; various parts of the object (talking foreground only) come in and out of focus, robbing the eye of a natural resting place. Just a little more depth might have solve this, or conversely, going much shallower might work too.

January 3, 2007

Quite lovely. Might be more so without the vignette. One comment regarding the post - the look back has added what appears to be a neck fold. Might not matter but worth trying to avoid when it can be avoided without harming composition.

January 3, 2007

This sort of image either grabs you because the colours and vibrancy appeals, or it doesn't. For me it doesn't work.

January 3, 2007

This would be 100% better if you'd used as narrow a depth of field as you could, in order to make indistinct the background. Also if possible to do so, you could help reduce the impact of the background building by dropping lower to the ground to put the bright windows of the "Mattress Firm" building fully behind the brick wall of your subject.