joeharrison

Excellent shot! Much enjoyed and in my favorites.

Regards - Joe

From my point of view this shot has a three dimensional effect. Excellent work.

Regards - Joe

Very well done and a very quiet, peaceful image to view.

Regards - Joe

Stupid? How you spell stupid? Superb!! (that's better) - imagination and creativity. Great stuff - 7/7. I hope you keep doing this work. It's a much needed escape from the usual, and I will be back to visit often.

Best regards - Joe

Mehmet - This is only one of the outstanding images in your portfolio. A great character study, extremely well done, and on a train as well. 7/7

Best regards - Joe

Hello Stanislav - Nice B&W shot. None of the whites in the image are overexposed and the blacks are black. I like the overall composition because you have room on the left to show where the raft came from.

Great start. Keep shooting. Best regards - Joe

Thanks for the positive comment on my silhouette Mike, which led me here and to this shot which really stands out. I don't think it would work without the streetlamps. They help to keep the other two elements separated. Well done.

Regards - Joe

Hello Eystein. Nice stock shot. You could add a message to the out of focus portion. Best regards and many thanks for the ratings. - Joe

Hi Peter - Some would say that you could improve this image quite simply by ... but don't listen to them. It's just fine as is.

Regards - Joe Harrison

Hello Peter - I've looked at this image so often now that it ended up in my favorites. One of the elements that  make it extremely interesting for me is the background, and another would be the level of attention the subjects have for whatever it is they're watching. A classic black & white. The only thing I would change would be the slight overexposure of the woman's face. 

In my humble opinion and with best regards - Joe

Hello John - Really great, classic shot. My only suggestion would be , if possible, to give it more room back and front.

Regards - Joe

Well done Jean-Marc.

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I accidentally stumbled into your work in the past five minutes. This image when viewed larger is an excellent example of portraiture which is extremely well done. I have enjoyed it very much. 7/7

Regards - Joe Harrison

I really enjoyed this image. The subject, the composition, the lighting and post editing are all excellent, as is the rest of your portfolio. Regards - Joe Harrison

Excellent work. If I had taken this shot - wish I had, I would make several slight adjustments in her complexion, only because I like blowing things up to 24X36 & larger.
I would remove: the several very small light spots showing on the very center of the nose. One spot on her right eyelid top and one on her upper right lip. Then I 'd double check for anything similar that could become a flaw in an expensive enlargement.
Regards - Joe

Hello Yudha - Very interesting work. On this shot you could remove the objects that are floating in the water just to the left of the boat and try to give it a similar exposure value and slight sharpening as seen in your other Kelapi Seller image. My humble opinion only. Really enjoyed your portfolio.

Regards - Joe Harrison

Gurpreet - Thanks for your positive comments on the portrait in my portfolio.

I found this image of yours very interesting. Had I been there I may have agreed that they are "just curious" but when I look at the expression on their faces I see they may have become "bored and lazy" and possibly even a bit cynical in their captivity. A great documentary shot that held my attention for quite a while.

The one distracting issue would be the overexposed boards in the fence but that doesn't take away from the message I choose to gather from the image. Have you tried any of Scott Kelby's Books? There is a way to adjust the lighting on the fence.

Regards - Joe Harrison

The anonymous button is now turned off. It was never my intention to remain anonymous. In some ways I hate this technology :) Joe

Diane - You should be able to look up the model of your camera online and there will be a manual there that can tell you how to change your ISO setting. The reason for using the highest possible quality settings is to give you the best possible shot you can get with the camera you're using, and pays off when post editing and making enlargements. I'm as guilty as anyone else when it comes to trying to salvage a garbage shot in a post editing program, when all I really want to do is a color correction, or B&W conversion, re-sizing, etc.

I shoot raw only as well. Of course this is all very subjective and there is a fine line between settings and opinions and how to get a good photo. That's why, as I'm trying to improve my work, my opinions are extremely "humble" and will remain so.

Shooting on manual only, I tend to depend more on the speed than the f-stops. In this shot I probably would have used 1/60 for a hand held that would maintain the depth of field. And since it's digital I'd bracket the shot. You can see what you're getting right away. Slightly overexposed always has less digital noise and can be adjusted in post edit.

I'm trying to get the best shot I can in camera and use Photoshop as a lab where I do slight adjustments only. Quite a challenge.

Regards.

Hello Diane - Just my humble opinion. I always use a tripod and level the shot. You can use a bubble level if there are none built into your tripod for horizontal shots. You'll need one anyway for vertical shots. Some people just go handheld and level later in Photoshop but they have less control when shooting telephoto or longer exposures.

Make sure your camera is set at the highest quality level and a 100 or less ISO setting. Then work on your composition. In this shot you might have wanted more of the bottom and less of the sky, placing your center of interest on the waves. A lens hood, and slightly different camera angle would have cut the glare on the right of frame.

Hope this has helped.

Regards - Joe Harrison

Nice shot - Joe

Excellent shot. - Joe

Nice shot Amit. A slight more sharpness to the face and eyes possibly? Or maybe just the eyes. A few slight flaws to remove from the forehead? Great shot in any case, whether right side up or upside down. - Joe

Awesome shot Stuart. Don't change a thing. - Joe

Hello Richard - Interesting portfolio. We originally had to do these sandwiches/split/mirror images with film or slides. Same exposure on two shots, slightly over exposed, whether on film or slides, then move either back & forth until an acceptable image was achieved. Then tape the film or remount the slides, and send them off to the lab.

Congratulations on having such a vivid imagination in a subject which is not always, if ever well accepted. Our eye always goes to the center but if you scan the sidewalls there are many other creatures to be viewed as well.

Well done - Joe