wilsontsoi

I like the composition, colors, warm tone and use of slow shutter speed to convey movement.  It takes experience and trained eyes to realize that in photography, as in visual arts in general, there is more to a successful piece of work than sharpness alone and that in fact, sometimes complete sharpness is undesirable.  The warm tone along with subject matter combined to give a festive Latin feel and liveliness.  For this actual capture, I would guess that you had maximized the use of what one has at one's disposal, specifically slower f4.5-5.6 kit lens of Panasonic G1, with great success, IMHO.

I like the slightly back lighting which really brings out the colors and details on the butterfly wings.  Though that very same light burnt the flower's petals quite a bit, but not much you can do there unless using a flag to block off light hitting the petals, or use fill flash to balance out shadow & highlight (which would've given you an entirely different look and feel.)  The in-focus plane is excellent and the out-of-focus background is perfect and makes the subjects pop; giving the butterfly and the flower a three-dimension appearance.  Lastly, the composition is well considered and pleasing.

I like your cleverness to frame/crop this image to line up with the horizontal blinds shadows which instantly results in an illusion that the outlets are mounted out of square.  The black and white treatment simplify the image and allow the viewers' focus to be only on the outlets and shadows.  the only nitpicking I have is top crop off a bit from top (about 20%) for a visually more balanced composition. 

A canal lock in front of St. Nicolasskerk in center of town. Click photo

to view larger. Feedback is welcome.

Curious to hear what your opinion on this might be. Please click photo

to view larger and thanks in advance for your feedback.

Hi Guy,

I think that you captured this very well at just the right moment of airborne. I'm sure you shot it wide open to blur away background and isolate the athletes. Well done.

Hi Marina,

I like the panning approach which made this different from many other wildlife work. The in-focus deer anchored the photo while the patches of colors provide another added visual interest on top of the low shutter speed motion blur. All in all it's a success in my book. ^_^

The original is up-side-down of the posted. Do you find this confusing?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Potsdamer Platz Sony Center with its sail panel roof structure has

slightly different look to it as night falls. Click on photo to view larger.

Feedback is welcome.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply on "Beginning of the End."

This one is so well done. It must be tough to position the seringes to show up clearly and at the same time to work well compositionally for all 6. wonder what you'll end up calling this photo and/or what the story behind it.

Hi Viva,

Shooting through a layer of linen gives this photo a unique point-of-view. Combining that with her pose, stare, selective focus, and nice tonality control, the result is very pleasing. I'm tempted to crop a bit off the top to reduce bright area above and consequently bringing her eyes further up the frame, but that's a minor point. Well done.

A composition of the Reichstag (click on photo to view larger.) Works

for you?

Hi Jose',

Clever use of long focal length that compresses a scene thus making an illusion that they are much, much closer than they really are. Good choice of small f-stop as well to keep both forground and background subjects in focus. While some might prefer a straight out-of-camera look, the sepia & vigenetting treatment give the image a warm, antique feel which is in character with subject matter. However since this is already worked on in post processing, then perhaps clone out the tree leaves at top right of frame would clean up this nice image even more? Nicely done. ^_^

Hi Dave,

It's always a pleasure to view your work. While the aesthetics might be debatable on this one due to subject matter, the technical and conceptual aspects of your work are top notch. The symetrical composition, the repeating pattern, the isolation of green color vs. other seringes' red markings, and the simple, even top/rear lighting (presumeably from a medium softbox) makes this image work aesthetically. As for the message the photo might communicate, I suppose there are 2 routes; on a positive note, perhaps a vaccination being distributed until all are out except one, and a negative story would be some sort of hard drug being dispersed into the masses. Oh well, I'm sure you have your own original, intended message as you typically do in the past. Let us know. ^_^

Hi Eric,

I really like the contrast between the warm, orange reflection vs. the cool blue terrain. The opposing vertical lines of the reflection also contrast well against the horizontal lines of the ground. Another point that makes this interesting is the sharpness of the terrain vs. the blurred reflection. Very artistic IMO. ^_^

Hi Willy,

Your patience paid off with a terrific result. The clarity of lightnings and pouring rain is commendable. The color of distant sunset and house's illumination give a warm feel to this spectacular scene. Although I'm tempted to suggest cropping off the left to form a 2:3 vertical composition, I'd leave that alone. Very nice job. ^_^

Hi Kenvin,

Always a pleasure to see your work which is always of high quality and with a style of your own.

Hi Ada,

This is nicely composed with clever infrared/monochrome approach that gives an atmospheric feel to the image. Well done. ^_^

Hi Lou Ann,

Nice composition, reflection, and colors. ^_^

Hi Zulfu,

I like the cloud formation and its reflection. The horizon can probably use a little straightening up. The dead tree trunk gives a nice focal point.

Hi AK,

I like the quality of light in this. ^_^

Hi Loic,

Very nice use of wide angle on foot prints that lead viewers into the photo. The side lighting brings out sand texture nicely as well as providing richly saturated colors. Well done.

Hi Ken,

Ahhh...that explains it then. Indeed 500mm f4 wide open would yield a very sweet out-of-focus background. Yes, it's been a while and I'll try to keep it up. ^_^

Does this make you feel like travelling by train? Perhaps reminds you

of recent trips? Does it work for you photographically as well? Thanks

in advance for your feedback.