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Ofcourse it is better the original vertical composition.

The second one is explaining the problem scaling. Few of us had a problem with solving the mistery of a measure.

 

Now when I can compare I have a clear vision of an image. But the waves at foreground looks like a clouds.

 

I wonder, what was the wind speed.

Truly magical moment! I'd choose rather clean and fresh yellow leaves.

Very joyful and decorative image. Those trees are beautiful.

I love the composition and the colors are perfect at autumn.

My favorite colors, yellow and blue.

The structure of the trees are very interesting. Their white color, yellow tree tops under the blue sky. Decorative image!

 

Kind regards!

I can't figure out the measurement of the cliff and the waves.

Seems to me this is a quite high cliff. Isn't it?

I had to look at it for a long time because at first look its all confused. The tones on the contrary, are monotone and almost unreal and it gives a sense of fairy-tale. Maybe I would add a coach and a woman wearing the dark purple coat that would be standing near the edge, just to catch the sense of scaling.

It is very magical photo!

The second and the third image is great! I like technique using velvia and polarizer. I'm an old fashioned.

I have never get the feeling of artificial and fake images.

HDR technique is giving a rather scientifical quality of the image, and in my opinion, that's why the images looks to you unreal.

 

Thanks Doug for finding about HDR!

Vivid and very interesting picture of how it all begins with understanding the gravity. Who is the man and why is he in the apple?

 

The tree is standing above the gear wheels. I can't reach your simbolism.

Very harmonious composition with blue and orange tones. I like the orange tones and structure of the land. To me the scenery invokes a feeling of gratitude and awe.

Technical is simply perfect. It's crystal clear, and nothing without polarizing filter!

The similarity could be in the gesture of the hand and dark colors.

This second image is more beautiful, more harmonious. I also visited your web and everything is in one concept. I like it all. They are very cristal images. I'm photographing with films and I'm getting rather smooth images.

It's just perfect art work. I would like to have it on my wall.

A crystal leafs that are so tangible and I wish I can touch them.

The water and droplets looks like a Mercury, so real, but on the other, surrealistic and original. For that I'll mark you with 7/7.

The weak part for my opinion is, maybe, the feeling of emptyness. Like something is missing, like the touch of human; the hand that touches a leaf. Because these lilly pads simply wants to be touched.

You said right! Good point. Interesting idea!

It is subtle and aesthetic motive with poetic theme. The trees are perfect and they seems to me like a ballet dancers in their graceful shapes. Subtle silver background of winter period points out that rather melodramatic trees. This is all strength.

The weak part for me is that the trees looks like a graph. The bright shadow in the upper left corner is disturbing a little bit.

For Edmond Besan.

I like how you replenished me. Turning an ordinary into an extraordinary is achievement in the work of art.

 

How to strenghten the mood here: To take selfportrait near the window in a way that Doug's face is looking through the window. The cigar smoke would be more pleasent if it would pour forth in a less quantity. The cigar should be placed between the fingers. In that way the gentle mood will create a manful expression.

Very brilliant idea with red and black. Looks like an agency.

So original, 7/7.

Best regards from me.

Super close-up and that's why the head looks abstract. Her shape disolves and focuses only on the eye. And in her lens I can see her world. Some abstract lights reflects at the lens. Inside the lens is that beautiful iris. The whole eye shines like a glass and the rest of the picture doesn't matter. Very interesting motive.

Weaknesses: The whole photo pervades the low-key tones. The eye could have been bigger and with bigger reflection.

6/7.

Nice story! 7/7.

Here is what i think: The girl is a neighbour and she lives opposite of that house. Before she went to sleep, she saw the lights up at the neighbours' house. She was very curious about it because she doesn't have a father, and came out infront of their house. She's stareing at that fatherhood and nothing else.

It is real aesthetic art photo. Very original and therefore unusual, 7/7.

Seems like a dream to me. Is this image from your dream?

Interesting study which reminds me of Rene Magritte's "State of Grace" (the bicycle and the cigar).

Also it reminds me of Bach's famous poem "Edifying Thoughts of a Tobacco Smoker".

Here I'll quote from the book of Douglas Hofstadter: "Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid": "...Thus over my pipe, in contemplation of such thing, I can constantly indulge in fruitful meditation, and so, puffing contentedly, on land, on sea, at home, abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God."

 

I think it misses artistic expression because this photo is about an ordinary day. It misses more light infront, and the light from the floor has overexposed the right side. It would be nice without it. ISO 400 is fine.

I must say here that when I was working on mine self-portrait, I was prepairing it for a couple of weeks, using a natural source of light from the right side, playing with shadows in a high key tones. Have a look on my PN site.

7/7

 

If it's created by nature, then it's certainly a life. This is how it is in life.

It is very original idea. In this case I would aslo say that is like a cartoon scene. I guess, you took a horse for a walk through that beautiful meadow and at one point you placed your camera on the ground and push the wired switch. In any case, if you didn't do in that way, I would certainly do. It's funny and dear scene. The kids would love it.

 

Best regards from me!

Like a fairytale. Amazing!

Remarkable finding! To see that it takes to have a divinity inside of yourself.

Whatta behaviour! Where did you find that insect? Intelligence of nature is everywhere.