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There is a beautiful pattern within the chaos here. Very well done - pulling something like this off is difficult.

Ahhh... it took me quite a bit of looking to see that...

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Love the composition here... love the smear of black smoke across the top third in contrast to the light sky. Everything here says "dirty and industrial". I like the way you have portrayed this theme.

Your creativity and willingess to explore here is refreshing. Keep it up!

The comment about the colour of the hikers' attire is one which has surfaced before and, aesthetically, is a most valid one. With respect, however, I have to disagree.

 

The purpose of this photo is humans/hikers interacting with the trail/environment/experience. Hikers rarely wear non-garish attire, and the fact that they stand out amongst their environment is an important visual element here.

The colours of the environment are also important... it tells a lot about the lush, west-coast, temperate rain-forest that is essential to the West Coast Trail experience. In a photo such as this, the way the environment and experience are portrayed is everything.

 

Thanks again Peter, I really appreciate your thoughtful comments.

Yes, it would be nice... even nicer would be the weather that was warm enough to allow you to lie outside in a hammock ;-)

 

Thanks Cherlyn and Charlotte.

Thanks for the feedback, Peter... it is not nit-picking at all, rather it is very much appreciated.

 

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Placement of girl to lower right? Perhaps... and I can see how that would work, but I still like the idea of her being 'penned in/isolated' by the pattern and having her towards the centre better helps that concept along.

 

Unfortunately I don't have spot metering on this camera so I'll have to notch the over-exposure up to a learning experience. I whole-heartedly agree with you on the need for some additional work here in Photoshop. Thanks for the suggestions - this is something I will look at when I have time.

 

Distortion? Yes, I considered attempting to straighten out the lines to make a more perfect pattern, but then the idea of having something which messes with your eyes a little also appealed to my admittedly strange aesthetic tastes ;-)

 

Thanks again, these kinds of critiques are most helpful :-)

Yes Knicki, you may do as you please :-)

...just wanted to echo Mark's comments about how wonderfully the bird stands out against the B+W. The first thing I thought was the bird was adding a splash of colour to an otherwise grey day.

I heard you'd had some snowfall. What I love about snow in Vancouver (as opposed to the rest of Canada) is you get that great effect when rich, temperate rainforest colours are caught out by the wet snow.

Thanks Blagoy... there is indeed little in this world that is as magical as a sun-lit autumn canopy.

Thanks Blagoy and Dimitris

Thanks Kim :-)

I like the pattern also - and the extreme contrast between the cracks and the bright orange. Well seen and composed.

It does look like a whale. Nice composition.

Hi all, due to problems accessing this account (a mix-up with email accounts and passwords) I have created a new account here: http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=1446588

 

If a moderator happens to find this message I would appreciate it if THIS account (not the new one) were deleted.

 

Thankyou most kindly for your feedback and comments.

 

Regards, Andrew.

To me this speaks about the joy of being a child with time to spare on a lazy summer's day. Well composed.

Outstanding composition. The higher saturation migh be stealing from the effectiveness of the lines a little bit, but otherwise this is brilliant.

Beautiful light - especially the way it allows for the contrast between the warm glow on the birds and the blue/greens of the ocean.

It would be interesting to see the results if you pumped up the saturation a little bit - just to give the colours in the stained glass a little more punch.

Regards, Andrew.

Thanks David :-)

Very cool subject matter. Good composition with respect to line and shape. Keep working with it...

I think losing some of the sky would help this to be a much more effective composition (perhaps even a tiny bit more than what Sebastien suggests). Nice tones in the landscape part.

wow... I really love the nice, soft, misty look of this. It plays off against the dark tree trunks and bright autumn colours in the most fantastic way. Very nicely done.