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Pleasant image with great framing. The refecting light on the top edge of the left wall creates a white curvy line. That, together with the fading floor, drives the eye harmoniously through the leaves to finally reach the indistinguisable blown-up left-central part of the photo. Contrasty, moody and delicate.

Hand printed on highly-textured aquarelle paper and selenium toned.

Hand printed on Arches and selenium toned.

Hand-coated emulsion on Arches and selenium toned

No flash was used. The photo results from a combination of lateral panning and slow shutter speed. The camera was vertically constrained (tripod mounted).

Hugo,

 

I recognized the place (Alhambra) right away. It means that you have delivered your message. For me

a less perspective distorted version would be better.

Although the lightning is overall near excelent, the model's face seems a bit overexposed to me and

therefore distracting (but not much). Of course, it might have been done by purpose. Nice shadows complementing the matching mood-subject.

"...might be that some photogs feel landscapes the only appropriate subject for photography. That's fine - but I wouldn't turn to them for advice on portrait photography."

 

As far as I can remember Jeff (who does fantastic candids on the streets) has mentioned that he has improved a lot his photography by taking advice of a landscape photographer... (please, correct me if I'm wrong). Irony?! Well, what we all don't need is just a narrow mind.

 

BTW, marvelous photograph Chris.

It's a powerful and beautiful portrait. Her slightly out of focus nose bothers me a bit, though. Anyway, this photograph reminds me Sebastiao Salgado's portrait, but in color here.

As a suggestion, I'd definitely try out some B&W.

It can make it even more strong, IMO.

Graphically strong with beatifull texture and pleasant contrast. A nice example of a well done

street photography shot.

This picture shows a large amount of details given by the situation. It's only possible due to the harmony and connection of the items in the context, therefore keeping it clean.

 

Hey, that's a great photo that cames with a great discussion and analysis by the previous contributors... Rare event. Nice!

One dominat-tone photos tend to be flat and boring. It's NOT the case here and its NOT an easy achievement. The soft ski values complement well the scene. The naked trees and hills highly contribute for the interesting mood. The photo could be shown as a bit larger version though.

After four days looking to this photo I didn't get tired of it. Sometimes I even take a couple of seconds or so to look at it again. An opaque fabric might render the overall scene better, but it still holds its mood as it is due to the well done lightning and composition.

well rendered color and texture, well lightned, well composed and very creative shot of one of my favorite subjects. limbic system is ON!

Although colors are vibrant, it's too contrasty for me. A reflector or fill-in-flash off camera could reduce the (too)dark shadows. A larger aperture (like f/4) might help to isolate the subject from the background that makes the photo lighter. It also would help to get higher shutter speeds, since you're handholding it. At last, I personally would shoot it in vertical, so you don't cut the top and bottom of the flowering. It's also aesthetically better, since the subject

is rather long than wide. Keep up the colors, they are nice! Hope it helps,

Great lightning technique. I couldn't ever imagine one would be able to get such colors using plain Royal Gold...

What I like about this photo is the different view. Grand Canyon photos tend to be boring, commmon and flat, i.e., it's always the Canyon and sometimes the Colorado River passing by is shown. Here the use of the backlit cliffs as window-type frame contrasting with the slightly hazy ski works pretty well for me.

The out-of-center human subject is a plus adding the notion of perspective and probably the most important element in the overall composition.

Nice contrasty and saturated image. I must confess that I kind of like the sureal colors. When I saw it, I inquired myself Velvia + what?! Well done.

Nice color rendition, although the right side of the photo looks a bit dark to me. A slight touching might do it.

 

[Andre it's not your OS setings. In my experience, if you put french speakers together, they speak french no matter where they are and how multi-national the group is. Voice softwares aren't up to the web development, so they write...]

very nice shot!

I also like the snow. It gives a nice mood to the photo. I'd also try to back off a bit and include a larger part of the statue in the frame.

Nice lightinig producing soft shadows and excelent eye catchlight. Your leg draws my attention though. Even more by the fact the fabrics of your pants and shirt don't match.

Although I found it kind of nice, I have to agree with Kevin and say that often the conceptual difference between an image and a photograph seems

not be clear for many people...

I only miss the catch light in the baby's eyes, but anyway I think you didn't have much time to

plan the shot... Great candid.

I agree with Bonn. The shadow confusion catched

my eyes immediately. Another problem resides on the fact that the photographer shadow and the

"natural" shadows don't have the same intensity.

The picture looks really nice

due to the combination exibited by the color/texture on the dunes. The shoe marks adds an interesting perspective. However, the shadow paradox doesn't allow me to get convinced about

this photo... Would an artificial light source be used behind the photographer in order to create it? Would it be a result of a double exposure?