michaelmarcus

great location, great positioning of subjects. great thinking / idea on the spot. or on the bead, i should say.

I'm not sure about whether or not to have post-processed it. I would have like it either way, and I think that what you have done enhances rather than detracts. I can stand for a little hyper-reality and am endeavoring to learn more about PP and HDR myself. I think I would have straightened this a bit, though.

And you got her to smile for you. Someday all in this part of the world will smile, I hope. Great image!

OK, so Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon is not your usual

"street." I think photo.net people in charge should add or redefine

some categories. Anyone, what I like about this one is the

composition. It can be: "you go your way, I'll go mine", "one path to

the same truth", or "looking for Zion" in a landscape made spectacular

by the hand of God" (Zion? or whatever the right Biblical right term

would be for a Mennoite/radical Anabaptist). hope you like this one,

too. I am finding more and more that photos I often thought less of

are more admired by people in the critique formum. I have much to

learn, and hardly got any scanning at all done this summer! Just a

sign of more fun to come. This was originally digital anyway, D70s,

stupidly shot only as JPEG fine and not in RAW. I have taken an oath

to never shoot anything but RAW again.

Enlarge to savor the seven utterly different facial expression. As I

am obsessed with waiting for "decisive moments", I humbly suggest that

this one may be about 50% in HC-B territory. On the other hand,

suggesting something like that is anything but humble!

Watching cultural performances.

BAPS participant.

Scanned from slide, probably Ektachrome. Nikkormat, 50 mm Nikkor, no

fill flash, no meter.

On the way to the ghats, in Varanasi, India. Summer '06

Wagah Border, the Pubjab.

At the Wagan Border with Pakistan.

near Kunming, China. Tourist Guide, not Han Chinese.

I'm using a 3.5 E with a Tessar that an old pal loaned me. Traded the 2.8 F w/ Planar away long ago ,and always regretted it! Also have a Yashicamat. Glass of both is pristine, and viewfinders still bright! Now that I finally know what HDR is (I posted a new folder the other day, with "pseudo" images) maybe I'll bring the MF somewhere nice with a tripod, bracket 3 exposures of a landscape, digitize the negatives, buy HDR software, etc. etc. etc. Oh, I forgot, I have to retire first. Three more years. I hope Leica will still support the M8 and upgrade the firmware. If not, I guarantee that next digital will be a high end Nikon. Also have to hope that there will still be Ektar and B&W for the M7! I have a Zeiss 21mm w/M mount, and was recently admiring the Voigtlander 50:1 Nokton. But the wallet is a bit thin...I had to get hearing aids instead!

Garba, Gujarati style, India; Navaratri Festival. The village idiot

has only recently heard about HDR, and this is among his first

attempts. It is, however, "pseudo." The photo was originally digital,

however, Nikon D70s, fall of 2006, 07 or 08.

In West Bengal, Seramphore. I feel like the village idiot. I only

just recently heard of HDR, and this is one of my first attempts,

though it is "pseudo". I was wondering how people did what they were

doing with light!!! I haven't been big on PP etc. Still shooting

film, in fact. But this was originally digital.

How do you do this??? You are a conjurer of light and magic.

for your comment. as for this wonderfully colorful image, may I ask where it was? I guess that most of the textile designs are of Asian origin; this is a topic that interests me greatly, both photographically and academically. "Paisley" is Indo-Persian, spread to Arabs, spread to Spain, spread to Americas, etc. etc. Michael

congratulations, you caught a great moment. and the composition is great.

I like that you shot / made this B & W, and whatever it is (shadow?) projecting from left foot. If there are cheeks, it's a portrait, no?

amazing! when I retire I am going to learn how to do this! (I happen to know Arabic)

everything about this image is great, the range of colors and symmetry. I also have been to this place. AND we resemble each other!

love the colors.

love it. I have something similar in one of my India folders, taken of schoolgirls and from a bit further away. this is much better than mine! I like the contrasting expressions, one happy, the other sad.

Public festival, outside of India.

Hindu aarthi, Navaratri utsav.