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OLD CHALET SURROUNDED BY THE SNOW
markbalcom commented on massimo_alberto_bonelli's gallery image in Journalism
An interesting thing is all the non-parallel planes made by snow covered roof tops. In addition there is plenty of detail in the foreground: wall, wood, fencing, snow, but focus is softened by the weather conditions as I look in the background until detail disappears in a grey, textured sky. All the lines and planes really make my eyes dance all over this fun and artistic shot. -
I like this image for its use of close complementary colors: warm earth tones to yellows, and cooler greens. The closeness in light spectra of yellow and green lets things pop and blend well simultaneously, I think: A neat trick. -
If you'd like to see an old version for comparison go to http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17857085. -
I returned to the original capture (dng format) to increase contrast and clarity, and reduce the vignette for more delicate cloud features to show. Comments are welcome.
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It is truly a lovely photo. I like the very selective focus and how each of the carnations becomes more blurry as I look deeper behind the front one, and the background just a touch of variation in tone and texture. You've made a great image with just a few ingredients. -
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understory and fence posts P1010245-6x45
markbalcom commented on markbalcom's gallery image in Landscape
A few feet of snow have fallen since this capture made with a digital camera with a sensor that is converted for infrared photographs. -
This railroad switch had just been dug out, but another storm blew in.<div></div>
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snow-falling-on-a-beaver-pond-P1030102
markbalcom commented on markbalcom's gallery image in Landscape
Comments welcome. I like the grey on grey snowflakes in the air with the clouded sky in the background, and black on black of bare limbs in front of an evergreen tree. I'm curious for others' responses to the image. -
Dedication Hill (please view large)
markbalcom commented on Christal1664882414's gallery image in Journalism
The gravestones are good composition lines to draw my eyes to the church building. Good detail in the dark toned areas like the tree trunk and pair of windows to the right is preserved together with delicate texture and dim shadows on the snow. Nice shot. -
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Very nice night photo--Plenty of detail and texture. The six mostly silhouetted people in the lower right quarter of the frame seem to walk out of shadows into the brightly lit street. As an element of composition, I think they echo the shooting star with the tail being the street scene that wraps above and beside them. -
There are regular geometric shapes and symmetry here in the two buildings, in the three windows beneath the roof, in the windows on either side of an entryway of the rear building, but the regularity is broken by the dark entry with no side windows at one corner, as well as the more chaotic patterns of the shadows of trees and feathery clouds above; and this creates an interesting tension. I appreciate the amount of detail that remains in the brightly illuminated white wall in the foreground. -
This shot brought Joni Mitchell's lyrics to my mind.
