Jim_Tardio

One of the best panoramics I've seen. Please post more if you have them.

I have to say that I like this one better. The extra light on the back wall and the toning down of the sweater makes for a more balanced shot...exposure wise.

But there's something to be said for the original, darker, and more mysterious version.

Either way it's a fantastic shot.

I like the blurred figure. It gives a little action to the shot. The pattern is very interesting but the figure makes the shot work.

I get a great feeling of standing there myself watching the match. It must have been an important game to have so many watching.

I enjoyed your whole portfolio.

I like the photo for all the reasons listed above...but what I find amazing about this shot is that it was taken in 1975.

Maybe this should be a topic for another thread but one of the main enjoyments of the internet has been to see shots like this...that most likely would have been filed away in a shoebox in the attic had the web not come along.

It gives us all a chance to see beyond what the established media wants us to see. In the past, all we had access to was what the major magazines decided was good enough for us to see.

How many more treasures await us that are currently buried in closets or garages?

What an age we live in.

My first impression was "Christmas card"...I see someone above thought the same thing. I was immediately taken back to my childhood when I would sit by the tree and look at the pictures on the cards.

Really first rate.

Great depiction of real life. I'm worried those roofs will collapse with so many sitting on them.

I love the look of Kodachrome and you use it perfectly. What it has over the current E6 films is that beautiful vivid color palette, but tempered with a good rendering of pastels. What a shame Kodak let this film...and particularly it's processing...fall by the wayside.

Please post more.

Very striking shot. I would be interested to know if this was cropped, or if it was several shots stitched together. I've tried to do this and it never comes out.

 

Your shot really captures the vastness of Alaska.

I admit I'm a sucker for this kind of shot. I've taken so many of these myself that I feel like I'm standing there next to you.

 

Yours is fantastic.

I'm not implying that this shot received no enhancement by either film choice or manipulation in the scanning process, but those of you who claim that colors like this are not "real" need to get out more.

The large expanse of sand is every bit as important as the water and the umbrella. Without that scale the feeling of being alone in paradise is lost.

I figured you weren't serious...but you never know....these are French folks, afterall.

 

The dog looks terrified. She's got him in a half nelson, really stretching out his leg there with her left hand.

 

He doesn't know which hand to bite.

I love this shot. But do you really think that's another dog in her bag? It looks like a shawl or wrap of some sort.

 

Perhaps you saw more evidence while you were there.

 

Great catch.

I give it a thumbs up in true Roman fashion. You say you stitched this together...was it more than one XPAN shot?

This is like watching the doggie porno channel. Those crazy Greeks!

 

The small dog makes the shot. I can't stop smiling.

Just wonderful. I feel like I could jump through my monitor and start walking.

Aside from the comet itself and the windmill, I like all the stars. It really gives the feeling of outer space. Wonderful.

I like the way you've captured the light on the long pipe. With the red ball at the end, it reminds me of a thermometer.

 

I think it has too much sky, however. The very dark spot in the upper right doesn't fit. I'd crop about a third of the sky out.

 

 

The best stuff on photo net. Your whole H.C.B. folder is great. You have that special "eye" to capture a wonderful moment that most of us would just walk by.

 

You need your own website to showcase your work.

It's a fine shot for what you had to work with. No doubt that view cameras, split-neurtral density filters, etc...could have been used to improve the shot.

But for a cheap point and shoot you did the right thing. You put it on your tripod and got the shot before you lost the light. At least you didn't just whip the camera out of your pocket and fire away, flash and all.

Much travel and vacation photography is unfortunately done in a hurry....usually other folks are waiting, or a schedule has to be kept. Speaking as a travel photographer, there's never enough time.

It's a good effort and a good enough shot, IMO.

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I think it's a wonderful shot, Peter. I found your whole porfolio to be fantastic, and I urge the rest of you to check it out.

I like the composition and the fact that her hand is hiding her expression. It just adds to the mystery of the shot.

 

I don't like Astia film, however. The more I see it, the more it looks muddy and yellow...to me. Of course this has nothing to do with your great shot...just my own personal bias.