alexander munro

I think the B&W gives the best representation of tranquility. Great work.

 

Alex

Wow. Seriously, dude - your stuff is great. Thanks for the inspiration,

 

Alex

Wow! Wow, wow! Your galleries are great - thanks for the inspiration!

 

Alex

I think you have a good eye. I'm not a big fan of your flower shots (a little formulaic), but the rest of your portfolio shows a lot of promise. You seem to be good with abstracts and portraits. Good luck!

 

Alex

I won't ask what you were doing here (I'm a Plateau boy), but I'll contribute a comment nonetheless. If you crop the photo to include only the brickwork on the sides with the contrasty lighting on the top (no cement overhang), and use the stained (no doubt blood from jumpers) concrete as the bottom border, this gives an incredible, high impact shot. Buy a car.

 

Alex

Now that the contrast remark is out of the bag, I do find the hand a tad overdone, but nothing that would kill the photo. The pose is great (it's so hard to find good models), and the composition works very well. Well done.

It's nice, but I hate the lemon yellow colour (at least on my monitor), and I think there is too much space on the right of the frame for my taste. Good eyes.

 

Alex

I'll pass on the beefcake, but the photo is very well done. The lighting on the model is fantastic, I just wish there was more detail in the grass on the left hand side. Perhaps this is an artifact of the scan. Good work.

 

Alex

The framing is well done, but the image is much too soft. A good portrait needs to be much sharper.

 

Alex

You may want to consider re-examining the contrast settings to regain some lost detail in the trees. Some early evening lighting would add extra punch.

 

Alex

You might want to re-try this shot without the lamp-post, when more interesting lighting prevails.

 

Alex

On a less constructive note, there could be several ways to turn this into a more interesting photograph. Try recomposing to give a more interesting picture of the chain. If you want to try macros, you could try highlighting aspects of symmetry, shooting from unusual perspectives and angles, or find appealing patterns or lighting. Take into account how the background will affect the overall balance of the picture. Cheers,

 

Alex

I just find it too contrasty overall. I would suggest some cropping to get rid of the large chunk of dark foreground. Cheers,

 

Alex

It isn't bad, but I would say there is a bit too much heterogeneity of colour, and more depth of field is needed. Cheers,

 

Alex

I think it's a well composed portrait, although the lighting might have been a bit more dramatic. My only real criticism would be a distinct lack of "extreme" overall, perhaps due to the suburban park, late afternoon background.

 

Alex

As it stands, this is a picture of ice 3 feet high at the side of a road. There does not appear to be any one element or subject which defines the picture, and it lacks a message. The cropping has left rogue features on the top left and bottom which are distracting, and the lighting is flat and uninteresting. Overall, the picture feels dull, and without any recognizable elements other than dead shrubs, lacks perspective.

 

If light was playing off of the ice macro shots might have worked; alternatively, a wide-angle might have shown how the ice is encroaching upon other features in the vicinity. Different angles might have given interesting or distorted perspectives that accented contours and three-dimensionality, but this dead-on shot feels a bit dimension-less. Hopefully that was constructive.

 

Alex

Wow! This is a good picture! I especially like the rear of the car peeking out from around the corner. The fact that it isn't completely visible adds a great, asymmetric twist to this otherwise fairly symmetric photo. Well done.

 

Alex

I like the concept but personally I find there is too much contrast. Cool yin/yang effect, though. I think that the difference in texture throws me off a bit as well. It still caught my eye!

 

Alex

Red seems oversaturated, but maybe it's just my monitor. Otherwise 7/7. Nice shot.

I'm not sure whether this shot needs more room at the bottom, as has been suggested. I find that the nervous clinging of the hands, combined with the tight cropping gives a sense of desperation or suffocation which adds to the photo. Well done.

 

Alex

I like it. It gives the impression of loneliness and waiting.

 

Alex

That is really, really, really sharp. Wow. A great subject for a great lens. Really.

 

Alex

A beautiful photo. Great lines!

 

Alex

"Nice depth of field"? Are you serious? This is a photo of a basically two-dimensional image! As a drawing 6, as a photo 1 (remember...this is "photo".net. The rest of the pictures in your folder are quite good.

 

Alex

A beautiful girl and a beautiful photo. I love how her face recedes into that wonderfully textured hood. Your street portraiture is inspired. Congrats.

 

Alex