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Oh, this is nice! It would take too long to 'splain what I like. So, I'll just list what I don't like... uh...

I know you know, but I dunno. I can't quite see it.

 

It looks like a picture I would like. It's just too small to really see what's going on. I think a larger display would negate the darkess in the lower third somewhat also.

 

From what I can see, (imo) a photo like this screams for a ruler straight horizon. Otherise, I am distracted somewhat. (But, I'm also distracted by shiny things, so take it for what it's worth.)

Defnitely not ordinary; wonderful color and texture.

Someone melted my Sony! Interesting PSing, it took me awhile to see it as a video camera and people.

 

However, I think an abstraction should have "meaning" apart from its real source. I found myself trying to figure out the source and not enjoying it in and of itself.

Hey Paul, thanks for sharing your photos. I looked at the rest of your photos also. You have been given some below average ratings, but you keep plugging away. That's commendable. Keep working it.

 

I did notice that your images are similar in that the exhibit a slide to the blue and they lack sharpness. I was wondering if these were scanned from prints?

 

I think you are being limited in some respect by the tools you use. Keep working at it and don't give up. You don't have to have the most expensive equipment, you just need to master the equipment you have. Figure out how to use your technical "limitations" to your advantage.

This product shot needs less product and more consumer (cat). The cat needs to be lit better; show off the eyes and fur.

I like, I like, I like. Why? It has great framing and nice contrasting elements that work so well together; the path (is it a path), the sky, the angle of the trees, the texture. Nice job. Now I need to go turn up the heat in here.

Nice texture and good framing. Would you please tell people to stop walking on your snow.

These are tough for me. It is hard to get a shot that really makes it for me, and it is hard to describe what "it" is when it does. Keep working the theme.

Good photo. It may need that "pop" factor: higher saturation, more blur. Keep working it.

Strong visual. The "utilitarian object" becomes art is nicely done.

I read all of your comments above, and all you left for me to say is, "Ditto!"

 

(I have GOT to get to these sooner.)

You did it! Congratulations.

 

I have seen three Christo's tonight and commented on them all. The last comment I made talked about how hard it is to be original with art photos, especially of art like Christo's.

 

But, you nailed it. Good job!

Whale at take off. Nice capture.

 

It is tough to get beyond the "tourist" look in a situation such as this without the gear ($$$). A 300mm to get up close and personal while softening the background would have elevated this image to another level.

 

Maybe if the original image can take it, do a little PS to create that in post.

Remember, a photo is more than its technical execution or its present condition. I like this image and the others being shared in this series because of the value it contains beyond all that.

I would like to sit around a fire looking at these pictures and hearing the stories of the man who took them.

The faded image of this cold, stark mountain connects us with the warm story of a father and son. Thanks for sharing.

Christo!

Very nice. I like the encroachment of the gnarled "fingers" of this tree into the soft green patch of flowers. Or, is it the flowers that are encroaching?

Shades of "The Last Picture Show." I love that movie!

Gorgeous color and superb framing.

Just curious where this was taken. I like it.

The structural curvature adds just enough surrealism to keep it from being a boring "another under the pier" shot, yet not so much as to lose realism. I like the balance. The coloring is also nice and "sandy."

I like the contrast of the ruler straight horizon against the bending piers. The only thing that "may" have made it stronger would be to emphasize the horizon's straightness by making it perfectly straight through the frame also.

I like that interesting pose. Unusual. It makes you look. Well... that's not all that makes you look.

It possibly could have been improved by loosing the light and details in the lower right corner. It could have been a study in blues and blacks. I think that may have been more interesting.