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Hi Katie, 

I don't think you should be so dismissive of MH's critique. Just because someone you respect tells you it's good doesn't make it so. There's an awful lot of people giving thumbs up comments because it takes balls to tell someone that their photo sucks and secondly it takes much more effort to make it constructive. 

I had similar thoughts about this photo to MH? Too much random activity and seems to be a snapshot rather than any real message or interesting observation made. Also any photo with backpacks and bum bags basically ruins it.

Check out books by Cartier-bresson, Doisneau and Elliot Erwitt to discover what street photography is all about.

Very dynamic. Fine capture of all that water movement.

While leading a workshop in Paris, I witnessed one of the participants

shooting a particularly photogenic door when when to her surprise a priest

in his collar emerged. Similarly, later in the day, I had set up a

composition in a colourful and lively neighborhood including a door and

part of a fruit shop when just as unexpectedly a distinguished looking

gentleman exited. I managed to catch a frame through the steady stream

of pedestrians.

One of the great simple pleasures in Paris - a stroll in Tuileries, enhanced

on this occasion by the blossoms of spring.

Wonderful!

A mask at Accademia during the 2012 Carnevale. You see very few

images from this location of masks since it means sacrificing a sunrise at

San Marco.

If you would like to join me on a workshop during next year's Canevale in

Venice, please check my website or contact me.

Cornwall,UK

Two frame frame stitch.

A sumptuous portrait. Excellent.

Fabulous details and scene.

So elegant!

Nice use of light. Something about the tilted pose looks a little awkward but overall I like this very much. Wonderful toning.

My favourite time to photograph, the period of afterglow just before

nightfall.

I'm I going crazy or does nobody else notice something askew with this photo? It looks like the blurring has been applied post-capture with some funny haloing around the subject. The light is quite nice but the pose of the deer itself isn't the most elegant. I thought the purpose of this forum was constructive criticism. I would be interested in seeing a less processed version of this.

One of my favourites from my 2012 Carnevale portolio, this conveys the

serenity of the quiet canals away from the madness of San Marco.