steven lundberg

Quite an amazing display of light and color for a brief 30 seconds. While it would probably be hard to take a bad photo of this subject, your technique is right on target here and the result is wonderful. Is this scanned film or digital?

She looks a bit jaundiced on my monitor... perhaps I'm overdue on calibrating. Nice pose, and framing.

Your post processing seems fine to me on this. Where I think you could have improved things a little is with your angle of exposure and your crop. Having seen the larger cropped version, I'd like to see much more of the yellow slide on the left to help contrast all the blue... and that bit of foliage on the upper right I find a little distracting. A move of the photographer and camera to the right might have eliminated that and included more of the yellow, without upsetting the overall balance much. The subject is great, but I feel it would have been worth trying several more exposures to try for less splash around the face.

I love the use of light and shadow, and the way you chose to frame this. The necklace is the only element I'm having trouble with... seems to lead my eye out of the frame, so I'm wondering if it would work better without it.

I don't know how I missed this one before. I love this one... did you use a sepia tone effect on this? The contrast and texture are wonderful. Big hug my friend, thanks for sharing.

 

-Steve

Wonderful shot Aimee. I'm curious how you did the effect with the shadows to make it look like pencil shading. Cheers, Steven.

You've captured a wonderful mood, with soft and subtle tones. I like the effect of the silhouette of the horse, and the lines of the building and fence. The tree on the right pulls me a bit out of the frame, and I might try cropping it out, along with a good portion of the sky, or space, above the building, to focus the attention more on the horse. Although perhaps not needed, I might also up the contrast a little to compare, to accent some of the darker elements more. Regards, Steven.

Fun, full of color, and an interesting capture. I might have tried for a narrower depth of field to blur the background, as the t-shirts distract from what I feel is/are the main subject(s). Also maybe work towards lightening the middle figure a little, and just a tad more contrast overall. Good eye Sam. Regards, Steven.

Nice use of narrow DOF, and a good choice on the black and white. Well framed, and a great photo, but perhaps just a little dark overall. Regards, Steven.

Sorry, I forgot I rotated that attachment... it's upside down.

What a fantastic piece of equipment. Now if I can just figure out how to use it! Been spending a lot of time on my Flickr account instead of here, as that's where our critique group is moving to. I'll check on your portfolio once in a while to see what you've been up to. Happy shooting!

 

Steve

Beautiful. Very fine detail, and good choice on the sepia tones.

I perfer this over the B&W version. The colors add more to the texture and feeling of age and weathering. One suggestion, I might have experimented with compositions where the door was not so centered, and possibly included more of the walk in the forground... maybe two steps back and a slight shift to the right... heh heh, may I have this dance?

 

Esteban

Ahhhh, you know how I love the reflections. This is my favorite of this series. The texture and the deep saturation of the colors draw me in, and give an almost abstract or impressionistic feeling. Makes me wish there was more water in my extended back yard.

 

Steve.

I love this shot. Beautifully framed, technically excellent, and a truly timeless moment. So many wonderful images in your portfolio, but this one is hands down my favorite so far. Thanks for sharing this one.

 

Steve

This place looks familiar. Nice job with this one, as I know how hard it is to get a good backlight shot directly in to the Sun. I forgot to check the details on this one... did you have to bring the exposure down in PS, or is this how you shot it? It has the feeling of a neutral density filter to it. I'm really enjoying your portfolio!

 

Steve

Hi Claudia. Great to see you on board at PN. These hands and this capture truely tell a story. Working hands indeed... it looks as though they've been doing this sort of work for a long while. A wonderful composition, with nice balance between highlight and shadow, particularly in the way the shadow makes the hands and single yarn pop out. I look forward to watching your portfolio as it grows.

 

Steve

Great composition, and nicely captured, and a good theme fit. I can't think of anything I'd change here. Good job PT.

I'd have to agree with a slightly different angle, and perhaps just a little further back, on the technical side of things. On the composition side it's a creative take on the theme, and whether intended or not, tells me a story of clothing discarded in the heat of passion, leading my eye to the bed, and then the contrast of the harsh daylight through the window hinting at the reflective and sobering mood of the morning after. Then again, the story could be a simple as this women, much like my own daughter, was never one to be concerned with clothing laying about wherever it happens to fall when changing... but what would be the fun in that interpretation? B&W was the right choice in my opinion, but my personal taste runs towards a little more contrast. Good theme fit, and well done.

I like the composition, the reflections in the vertical water droplets, and particularly the suggested edit. I too have a little trouble with the theme fit though. I took a series of photos similar to this a month ago, only at night with the neon lights of the local theater complex as my light source. That was with my film camera, while my digital was in for repairs, and I haven't developed them yet. Thanks for this fine photo, which has reminded my to finish up that roll and get it processed. You have me wondering if any of it turned out worthwhile. I'm sure glad my digital camera is back!

 

Steven

Hmmm, as I look at this for a while, I start to feel like it has an applied texture, as opposed to my first reaction that it was someone's face pushed in to a fabric stretched tight... if indeed it really is a face. The proportions don't seem quite right to me. A good composition even at first glance, this held my interest and scrutiny longer than normal, and I liked it even more the longer I looked. All that to me adds up to a job well done PT. I don't even mind the hot spot others have mentioned. So ante up PT... is the texture applied or is this as shot? Regards, Steven.

While the contrast of textures is an interesting idea, and this is a good theme fit, I'd have to agree with what's been commented, that the composition could use a little more work. The B&W works better to my eye.

I like the subject, the diagonal composition, and the way the main texture separates the light from dark. The string makes for a strong texture and focal point, but I would have to agree with the previous comment about having all the string in sharp focus... hard to do I'll admit, with a curved object, and still blur the background. Ordinarily I wouldn't go for such a symmetrically even composition, but in this instance it adds a much stronger focal point.

I really like both edits you tried compared to the original... especially like the way your last one came out. Very nice work PT! Steven.

Hmmm, maybe it's time to recalibrate my monitor again, as all these texture photos are coming across my machine with fairly flat contrast. The way it looks now I'd recommend increased contrast, and perhaps saturation (curves adjustment, normal instead of lumniosity). Maybe it's just been rainy and overcast everywhere this week. Nice composition, framed very well, and a theme fit. Does this work in B&W?