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August 24, 2008

If I remember correctly from his "Understanding Exposure" book... this is his lovely wife.

July 24, 2008

This is a fantastic image as is the rest of your portfolio, a number of which could have been chosen for POW. The thumbnail on the front

photo.net page doesn't do it justice at all since there is so much space in the image. I love the glare off the parasol. I just don't

understand the choice of clothing for the model.

July 1, 2008

I see what you are going for, and it mostly works. I just think the tilt is too severe that it becomes a distraction.

July 1, 2008

I didn't see the color, but this image begs for color. Couple things to think about: you cropped off all the trees. The wood is dead center in the middle of the bottom of the frame. Maybe if you shot lower and gave it more weight it would help. The image lacks anything that draws your eye in.

July 1, 2008

This is a great image John. What would make this really awesome is to photoshop out the three leaves on the right and reshoot with the foreground leaves in focus too. But I'd love to see this printed large and hanging somewhere. Bravo.

July 1, 2008

John. I recognized your name and took a peek to remind me of your portfolio. You certainly don't need a critique from me! Many of your images are awesome. This just doesn't do it for me. There's no focus of attention. And the tree stalk in the middle left going up is distracting. But, heck, you've got a 200/2. Good for you. Go have fun!

July 1, 2008

I think this would look a lot better if you cropped out a little on the bottom and the branches on the right. You could still retain the 2:3 ratio. Very nice.

July 1, 2008

This is very attractive. But there's little to anchor the image. i bet if you cropped out the bottom quarter, the sky would get more weight and draw your attention to the scale of the rocks.

July 1, 2008

great image. the only complaint is that the depth of field isn't quite there for the eyes. but i love the framing, lines, etc.

April 30, 2008

I agree with Diana. This is very nice. Makes me want to look more: up, down, left, right. There's a real sense of mystery here. Great job!

April 30, 2008

Really pretty.

April 30, 2008

Ah...I see the other image posted with the interesting tree... I agree with the other poster that it would look great as a BW.

April 30, 2008

That doesn't make it work either (I tried cropping off the bottom, the left). The problems are that it's too symmetrical and the trees are rather boring. The horizon is off too. The sky needs a deeper blue. Maybe try wider angle and get up closer to one tree.

April 30, 2008

I like what you are going for. But I think you need to see the plate more for more impact. Did you blur the background and foreground in post? It looks a little unnatural.

April 30, 2008

This is stunning. I like the square crop. I wish I could see this full size on my screen to see the detail in the bird. Wonderful.

April 30, 2008

The title is exactly the feeling i get. great job.

April 30, 2008

At first I didn't know if I liked the black background, but that kind of makes the image interesting. Done in photoshop I suppose?

April 30, 2008

Thanks for looking? How can you not look?

April 30, 2008

Is this a good action photo? What would you do differently?

April 30, 2008

Well honestly, I am a sheltered American, and don't think of such beautiful images when I think of Iran. It screams "hot"! I love it! This is shot at 300mm I assume?

April 30, 2008

This is truly gorgeous. Where is this beautiful locale? There is another photographer here, I thought I had him in my favorite persons list from Australia who posted some similarly highly saturated images like this. I cannot seem to find him. I thought it was Tony Dummett, but I checked and maybe he's changed his images. Really nice. Looks like large DOF. Digital/film?

April 30, 2008

Image is very soft.

April 30, 2008

Oh: white balance looks slightly warm.

April 30, 2008

There is nothing I don't like about this. It's somewhat of an unusual image. Perfectly done. The slight blue sky coming through really makes the image as well as the gentle sloping of the trees.