Brian_Edwards

About as derivative as it's going to get.

This is really very beautiful.

 

Best wishes!

More evidence that technology isn't everything. Now that you know that your autofocus works, go out and take some interesting pictures.

Kudos on a very original image. I am usually not a big flower shot fan, but this image is certainly very interesting and well-done. Also, I think that a lot of symbolism can be drawn from this image, which adds greatly to its artistic merit.

 

Great job!

What strikes me about this image is what appears to be a wide-angle perspective that helps to separate the subject from the background, which stands in contrast to the rather flat perspective that we often see in shots taken with longer lenses.

Great lighting with just enough detail in the subject to make the overall image quite interesting.

The inclusion of the foreground makes this shot and separates it from many that would have emphasized the mountain. Great work!

I am going to differ from many, if not most, of the comments made thus far. I just don't see the sense of irony (or contradiction, or whatever) that many others see in this image, and I don't believe that any amount of cropping (or any other kind of adjustment) is going to change that. While the many of what appear to be gas or electric lines (and meters) make for a rather unattractive wall, I don't see any sense of suffering or despair on the part of the child. By the very existence of the lines, the child appears to be well-dressed, warm, and well-cared for. We might not think that the surrounds are terribly attractive, but they are functioning, the wall appears to be recently painted, there appears to be no physical damage to the property, and the child doesn't appear to be disadvantaged or suffering in any way. While very competently done, I just don't see the point.

Beautifully framed and focused, but I would prefer that highlight behind head be burned in slightly. Otherwise, a wonderful image!

This image has terrific tonality.

I am not sure whether it's only an issue of rotation. It seems to be tilted back a tad, so perhaps a perspective correction (easy in PS2) might be in order.

 

Otherwise, very nice shot!

 

Best wishes,

 

Brian

While I appreciate the effort that must have gone into making this image, it just doesn't

work for me. There's all of space below the lower rock, but very little space to the left, and

little space above the larger rock. These factors make for what seems to me to be a fairly

awkward grouping of subjects. I fully realize how hard it is to get an image with two

subjects (or, in this case, objects) to work. For whatever reasons, odd-numbered pieces

seem to be a little easier to balance. There is also an apparent tilting back of the larger

rock which, vis a vis the smaller rock, creates a somewhat awkward perspective. Finally, I

have absolutely no idea what the toning of the image contributes. While I certainly like the

look of duotone images, it's not at all clear what the toning contributes here. I agree with

the many that have commented on how good your other images are, and would have liked

one of these to have been chosen instead of this one. On the other hand, this image

should certainly generate a lot of discussion, all of which will be interesting and

thoughtful, regardless of my preferences and the preferences of others.

 

In any case, best wishes!

Bravo! And you have resisted the urge to over-sharpen, which has ruined a lot of other portraits that show up on PN.

A terrific pose, but lighting is too harsh.

It could be that the animals blending into their environment just might have contributed to

their survival.

Terrific job!

For whatever reasons, the cropping suggestions are getting progressively weaker. Cutting off

the top, bottom, or either (or both) sides of the images makes the image look too

compressed, i.e., too one-dimensional. The original cropping leaves enough

space on the upper-right of the image to separate the structure from the background. I have

a hunch, but this is really just a guess, that the photographer might have sensed this when

composing the original image.

The crop definitely worsens the image. It causes the image to lose the sense of depth that

makes it interesting.

This might have been more interesting without the plants and car in the foreground. Perhaps you should have gotten closer.

Background a little too busy.

You're either too early or too late. I would have preferred having the moon occupy more of the open sky on the right.

We are an opinionated bunch, but most of us are well-adjusted enough not to take too much of it too personally. My comment above, though a bit negative, is just a reflection of my own tastes. The photographer who shot it did a terrific job. I particularly like the job he did on focusing (it looks as though he used a view camera and tilted the front or rear standard (or perhaps both) to get the foreground in sharp focus). Nevertheless, the shot is just not my cup of tea. In any case, I have a preference for black and white, anyway, so perhaps my opinion would be different if the shot were in black and white.

Another nicely framed, properly focused, well exposed, competently manipulated, and really boring sunset.

I can't say I agree with the cropping suggestion. It seems to lose some of its depth when the top is sliced off. Wonderful shot!

I can't tell whether this is spotaneous or posed. Maybe it doesn't matter, but what usually makes these kinds of subject-background juxtaposition shots interestings is their spontaneous nature.

 

On a separate issue, I don't see how anyone could consider this shot original (I've done far too many myself...trying to mimic HCB, of course).