graham john miles

Stunningly sharp and perfect lighting. Masterful. Was this with a Hasselblad?

Adorable, just the sort of girls to bring home to meet mum.

The sepia was a perfect choice for this subject. The image has a soft creamy quality, yet still shows enought texture to be interesting. A perfect balance, well done.

This is actually quite stunning.

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Lake Huron, late August. Ontario.

It's been a while since I have visited your portfolio. Overall your portraits are quite honestly remarkable. This one I wanted to comment on because of the parallel with the mood of Diane Arbus. It struck me immediately when I viewed the full sized image. Not a copy though, more a re-intepretation with your own stamp. Wonderful stuff.

A humid morning..

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Lovely image Jack. You have a marvelous eye for a picture.

I can't quite remember Jack, if it was Hong Kong or Taipei.

Gentlemen I am a little late reading your comments, and Jack thanks again for your positive critique. I was surprised by how this turned it since it was a quick shot over the bridge in Stratford UK. Fortuitously, everything came together and the Swans displayed this delightful creamy quality. Perhaps PN has become a little huge and the volume of work overwhelming for the casual viewer. I still love to browse the galleries and find treasures on a regular basis. The quality of work is phenomenal and perhaps the barrier has been raised excessively high, but often my pleasure here comes from the most subtle of images and I respond more to photographs for the emotion they elicit rather than the visual dynamics. I took my full gallery off quite a while ago Jack as you noticed. I was actually a little tired of my own stuff and wanted to start from fresh sorting the chaff from the wheat so to speak. One of the dangers of PN, is that we may tend to use it like Flikr or Picasweb albums using it as a repository for our work good or bad. It can become a snapshot archive, which I think goes against what the founders originally intended. I had posted a while back seeking opinions on what people considered an appropriate number for a portfolio of a photographers favorite work. One reader thought 20 the best number to avoid gallery fatigue.

There are some contributors with over a 1000 images and often as not I find myself quick scrolling until something catches my eye. Overall, a word of appreciation from talented peers such as yourselves is enough accolade to keep me happy.

Thanks Jack, you're comments always mean a lot. Best wishes for the season

You've found a perfect balance with the muted tonal range. It would also be a lovely black and white image, so either way you can't lose. I would like to have seen a bit more detail in your mum's face. By bringing her face out of the shadow, which could be done with some careful editing, you will strengthen the perception of their emotional bond.If you don't want to mess with it, it is still a treasure.

Canal Bridge, Birmingham UK

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Exquisite.... in every way.......

A quick run through your portfolio tells me you are a master with black and white. The lighting on this image is extraordinary and the tonal range remarkable. You balanced the shadows and highlights beautifully. However, I am going to go out on a limb and say that to my eye further cropping would enhance the photograph. The anchor for the composition is the half-hidden figure in the bottom left corner. From him the image fans out to encompass the remaining characters. This is where my eye wants to stay The inclusion of the top third of the image with plastic awning and lighter shades of the outside building wall seems to dilute the composition and add unnecessary confusion.

My temptation would be to square the image cropping from the bottom of the awning up.

To my eye the results seem more balanced and powerful.

Exquisite portrait. The colours are beautifully muted. Excellent work.

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Like a scene from and old German Experssionist movie. Love it!

A lovely new interpretation of Edward Weston's pepper studies.

Yes, excellent, one of the best portraits I have seen here in a long time.

Exquisite little study in chiarascouro. Technically well done to avoid bleached highlights in the doorway. Square format works well. Excellent.