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Hi James

 

Lovely shot. My only suggestion would be to consider darkening it a touch and adding a whiff of additional contrast - this would sharpen the detail a little and add saturation to the colours, hope that's of some use to you.

Hi Mike

 

I flew 8000 miles to visit the NASM in 04 - very special (but shyly admit to enjoying the SR71 on the carrier at Pier 91 in New York only because I could touch the nose). I think you have a good shot here, what follows is just my view on the world - ok? First I try and always use a tripod, monopod, or steady at a rail (such as you may have done here from the walkway) I do this so I can close down the aperture as much as possible in order to bring crispness into the shot detail. I also bracket every time by about a half stop. If this were mine, I'd convert it to pure B&W in PS or similar programme, sharpen the heck out of the wind louvre detail using contrast and silouhette the visitors. If that was looking good, I'd add some low saturation blue into the shadows only - s'funny but blacks with a touch of blue in them always look blacker to me. That said, this is just one man's view and at the end of the day, you've still got an interesting shot of the most beautiful thing to ever fly. Hope it's useful to you.

Marcin, I prefer this to the colour posting. The tonal range, detail in the hair and eyes all work much better this way. Nice cropping as well.

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I think this beats the 'blue tint' variation hands down; what makes this one work for me is the extra contrast. I I'd have preferred to cut that leg off near the boot top or (my preference close the shot with the complete boot within the frame. That said, I'm no expert and your portfolio speaks for itself. Cheers

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Nice portfolio Niko - but this is among my favourites; the colour's there but does not overwhelm the subject or setting, contrast works for me. I thought over the prior comment about sunlight etc - I can see what was meant but I just see that as variations on a good photo. The pose in this works and allows for the strong compositional elements you've chosen - I'd be inclined to stick with this as it stands. But, hey, this is photography and there's miles of room for different tastes, right?

Even as a kid (and long before anyone had heard of Stephen King) I

found circuses, clowns, carnivals, etc unsettling. There's always

been a touch of the macabre about these things for me. With

apologies to Melbournites, this is something I've tried to draw out

strongly with the entranceway to their favourite theme park. Thanks

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one of those, 'grab it, quick!' moments. Open to

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Hi Mario

 

I have only just joined and come to this work belatedly; it is superb! Bravo! The tonal range by itself provokes interest and thew arrangement is very well balanced - I love it.

Thanks for the tip, Alton.

Hi John

 

You seem to have acquired sufficient superlatives in the prior comments to keep anyone going for awhile! My only suggestion is that while I'm an acknowledged admirer, I admit to really enjoying the slightly 'earthier' feel of this shot; a number of shots in your portfolio are shot in an environment that seems well-heeled, I like this for the sheer sense of 'ordinaryness' (if that's such a word)in the surroundings - I'd love to see you explore the theme further. Lovely shot.

As a rule, I hate, 'taken out of the window of a plane' shots.

However, en route to Melbourne Australia last October I captured

this; far from feeling unhappy about the wing element, I feel it adds

a nice touch of contrast to the natural beauty below.

My first real effort at digital manipulation. The whole area was

rather run down and seedy; the phone box was the only decent splash

of colour for yards around - I chose to exagerate the effect.

One of my first street pics. I loved the way that the woman appears

to be ignoring the 'cheeky' pose in the hoarding.

Few statues I have seen catch a sense of high drama better than this

(although I admit that the Civil War 'charge' by the statue of

General Grant in Washington D.C takes some beating). Any

manipulation of the image has aimed to preserve the drama and tighten

the viewers' focus. Sadly my notes of the day were lost and if

anyone can supply the name of the statue I'd be deeply grateful