michael mills

March 31, 2008

It is truly a great capture. One little thing I might suggest: Use your photo software (i.e. Photoshop) to get rid of your arms, hands and camera in your visor. That, I believe, would inhance it greatly.

January 6, 2008

I continue to be drawn back to this photo although I personally do not like it. The cropping is very good. The model's expression is captured nicely. B&W tonal qualities run the full range...although her left cheek below her eye is a little blown out. What bothers me is what appears to be the over sharpening done. Her skin texture appears harsh which gives her a "cold" look. Not physically cold. Rather, spiritually cold. But, perhaps that's what you were shooting for? I would like to see less sharpening and a slight Gaussian blur to her face (except her eyes, of course) and scarf. That would have the result of drawing ones attention to her. As it is, ones eye is drawn all over the photo due to the competing elements of the sharpening. But again, this may be what you were trying to achieve. If so, you succeeded! Best regards.

November 29, 2007

Absolutely beautiful!!! Where was this taken?

November 29, 2007

At the lodge where I stayed in Jasper there was a small lake and this

lone chair. I sat down to enjoy the view and hoped that a few elk

would walk by. They didn't that morning...but then the chair itself

became a nice focus of attention. I'd appreciate your thoughts....

November 18, 2007

Thank you for all comments. Banff NP and Jasper NP are certainly 2 of

the most beautiful places on the face of the earth!

November 15, 2007

One of the things I like about macro work is the ability to take the

ordinary and present it in an unusual way. "What is it," we often

ask? And usually, once we discover the 'secret' a smile crosses our

lips as we utter a collective, ahhhhh. The minor paradigm shift we

experience provides a sense of enjoyment in seeing something a little

bit differently than we ever saw it before.

BTW, the subject of this photo is merely the cap from a USB flash

drive....

October 5, 2007

Lake Moraine is about 10km from Lake Louise, the more popular lake in

Banff NP. This was taken early morning.

July 4, 2007

This was my first attempt doing the highlight blowout technique in

Photoshop. All thoughts welcome! Thanks for looking!

July 3, 2007

Please let me know what you think I could have done

better/differently with this. The background was originally quite

dark. I added a little texture to it and a slight gradient to give it

a little interest without taking control of the photo. I also toned

down a bit of the contrast in the boys face. Thanks for taking the

time to resond!

June 25, 2007

I presented this photo in its original form almost a year ago when I

was in Kabul. But that photo didn't seem to capture the desperation

and hopelessness that many of the refugees suffer. This version seems

closer to doing that...at least from my point of view. Comments and

suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks for your thoughts!

June 24, 2007

I'm still in the process of learning Photoshop and was trying to

convey the aloneness of this child by washing out the colors of the

original photo. All comments and suggestions are appreciated!

June 23, 2007

I like this overall. Nice hues and saturation, shadows and highlights. Additionally, you applied good artistic thought to the composition. I do think it could benefit by simplifying it a tad, though. For one, the flower planter keeps distracting my eye from the chair and reflection of the window. Additionally, the trees in the background, while well exposed, are too much in focus for my taste. I would consider cloning out the flower planter and blurring the background just a little to soften it and draw the eyes back to the chair...which is wonderful! Great job!