lachaine

Tastefully set-up and composed iPhone photo. I can't tell what they are exactly because I'm colourblind, but I like the overall colour scheme. I'm sure it would have looked nice as a black and white as well.

I'm not going to critique anything about this, but I do want to say I really like this photo of the old Nash.

It's not an unattractive image. The thumbnail was good enough to draw me in, because I love pictures of old buildings, and it looked promising. However, there are a few areas for comment.

 

If you intended this to be a documentary type photo of a last standing old building, it's way too photoshopped. It doesn't look like a photograph, but more like a painting. Perhaps a little too much sharpening. A good candidate for black and white, possibly (if you have the original unaltered file).

 

If you wanted a more artsy type of image, it may or may not meet that expectation, but I'm pretty sure I can see the areas in the sky that were burned-in using the burning tool. Some of the strokes are obvious.

 

The composition is good, but experimentation with different angles might have given more impact to the building, and less to wires and other distractions in the background. Other than that, and the obvious burning-in strokes, the original has potential for an attractive image.

I've taken many pictures like this, and I've had the same problem: white is too white, ends up as a blown highlight. I think that for a picture like this, you really need exactly the right light: diffuse, such as perhaps an overcast day, or either early or late in the day. Direct sunlight or bright hazy sunlight is probably going to be too bright on the whites.

I'm an old sailor and I love nautical pictures. This is a nice composition. The only thing I would suggest is that, in a picture like this, it might be better if the bollard in the foreground were also in sharp focus. Nice colours.

Very nice vertical composition I think. It would be an excellent photo if it wasn't for the large burnt out highlight in the middle.

Nice first picture. I like the background setting in particular. I think it's a little too dark, perhaps. I don't have a Graflex, but I've used a Polaroid pack film camera, which is very similar, only smaller. Polaroid film tends not to handle strong contrasts as well as regular film would. In this picture, you can see that, for example, on the dark side of the face.

I live in Ottawa, and we've had the same cold here. Congratulations on being able to go out and take a nice photo like this one. I sure didn't!

Superb photo Luis. Thanks for directing me to it from the MF forum. Did you use a tripod for this, and do you remember at what ISO you rated the XP2? Just curious about it. I've used XP2 a lot on 35mm, and I find I get the smoothest tones when I rate it at ISO 200. It has become my favourite B&W film. In 35mm format at least, I like it better than Tri-X and HP5, both of which I've also used.

Very pretty scene, with pastel-like colours.

I love these kinds of pictures. Makes me want to get one of those zero image pinhold cameras myself.

Very appealing black & white photo. Nice composition.

Very pretty picture, beautifully executed. That would certainly make a nice print to hang on someone's wall.

I love this street photography-type shot. It's an interesting scene that most of us would never see - a little slice of local lifestyle.

Very nice. I particularly like how the sunstreak highlights on the grass gives the photo some extra texture.

Nice scenic photo. Gives the feeling of actually beig on top of that cliff looking down.

It's nice to see what others more capable than me can do with their F80 :)

Very nice, mood-evoking photo.

Good for you. I also posted some old restored photographs I took many years ago. Since photography records a slice of time, in a way, old photographs take on a special value.

It's the right composition if YOU like it, but I like it.

This photo grabbed my eye, I guess because of the bright colours - maybe having colour deficient vision has something to do with it :)

 

I just finding so pleasant to look at. Good composition too.

The photo is fine, but what a beautiful basset. Exactly like the one I had as a kid.

Not bad. I'm no expert, but I might have printed for a bit more contrast - made the foreground trees a touch darker.

Great shot! What a wonderful looking car - from a long-time Alfie fan who has never been able to own one.

I like that. You seem to have captured the mood of heading home after a good time at the beach.