john mackay

What an absolutely magical photo--just beautiful.

I wish I'd taken it :))

Cheers...John.

Jean,

Remarkably ambiguous--well done.

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Nice work in similar spirit to Stieglitz's Equivalents from the 1920's.

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Thanks Denis, Micheal,

It was a handheld shot (un-cropped) that from memory was taken from a distance of around 18" (.5m). A family of three of these wild Kookaburras had been tamed at some stage and used to come down to our patio every morning to see if they could scrounge up breakfast.

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Comments and critiques always appreciated.

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This is photography! A tale of looking in and looking out--a nice sense of tension. 6/7

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What Mario said :))

Very cool. 7/7

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Kristijan, painting with a flashlight? I'm impressed. Very creative.

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The closest a photo of a flower has ever come to making me feel as if I could smell it's delicate fragrance. Well done!

Thankyou also for your comments on one of my recent photographs I appreciate it.

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This is a magic photograph. Also, I just adore your photos of bee-eaters in your portfolio as well as the kingfishers--just magic.

Thankyou for commenting on my work. I look forward to seeing more of yours.

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Beautiful tones and colours.

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Martin, thankyou for your compliments. This is one of a dozen anniversary roses I gave to my wife. In point of fact the photo is only a small portion of the flower head--I would guess 1:1 macro.

http://www.wildframe.net/images/equip/rose_the_making.jpg

The photo is a colour infrared albeit with a degree of red shift present in the JPEG version displayed in the critique forum--doing purple is very hard with JPEG compression.

Thanks once again...John.

Bridal Trike used at local wedding

...had to kick the bride and groom off :)

As always, comments and criticisms gratefully accepted.

"...that girl put a spell on me" -- JimiHendrix

As always, comments and criticisms gratefully accepted.

A Yellow-bellied Sunbird sits patiently for hisportrait.

As always, comments and criticisms gratefully accepted.

This has a nice abstract quality to it. The negative space that forms around the face and neck in combination with the soft focus effect heightens this abstract quality for me. Nice work!

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Make me wonder where they have been and where they are going.

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A White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) gently tests the water

in an attempt to stir-up some breakfast.

Comments appreciated.

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Another from my Fuji G690. I think I must have made this photo a dozen

times over three different occasions before I finally made something I

liked.

Comments appreciated.

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2nd day with my Fuji G690.

Comments appreciated.

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This was a break with tradition for me as usually I take my beachshots inside facing out. Something on this day made me turn around andI was like "Wow!" then I made two exposures and in this one my timingwas just right for the incoming wave. Sadly though I've had to put myPlaubel Veriwide up for sale--sounds of muffled sobs... Yeah, I knowbuild a bridge right?

It's my first colour photo that I've felt comfortable with postingon Photo.net

Let me know what you think?

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My apologies for the incorrect assumption.

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The only distraction or anomolie for me is the very sharp edge transition from mirrored water to windswept. I would reccomend blending the transition between the reflected and non-reflected waters a little more.

Unless the fore-ground water is in a wind protected land-locked tide-pool the water will never transition from mirrored to windswept in a single pixel :)

So, you need to work on your blending at the intersection of those two waters perhaps using feathered selections in combination with blur.

In fact in this instance I would reccomend taking the mirrored waterline right back to the lands edge at the foot of the mountains.

Cheers...John.

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I really appreciate it. I recall as a youngster spending fun times hanging from my arms on playground equipment; my head lowered down pondering my dangling feet or alternatively hanging upside down from mylegs feeling the giddy rush of blood into my head and wondering if my eyes would pop out. ;>

Regretfully, I also recall a classmate who as we discovered at school assembly one morning had hung himself, albeit in a bus shelter at the age of thirteen. Something that to this day I have never accepted or understood--I don't think I ever will. I'm pleased that I managed to conceive an image that drew many of you into touching two very possible but opposite realities of life simultaneously.

Thanks once again.

Cheers...John.