shotbyjamie

Incase anyone wants to know, this was handheld for 2 seconds with no post editing.

Don't worry about the highlights and shadows. This is the most original slot canyon shot I have ever seen. I love the range of light and tones you've captured here. Very well done.

This has to be one of the best nightlife shots I've ever taken.

Let me know what ya think.

I acutally find the rainbow unnecessary and maybe even distracting. Nevertheless, I'd love to have a print hanging on my wall.

Great compostition and lighting.

Absolutely one of the best vapor trail shots I've seen. Perfectly done! Great emotion.

Being a plane geek, I love this shot. You don't see to many of these.

Being a photographer, I'm wondering what happened to the colors.

This is the best reflection shot I've seen yet. The only critiuqe I can offer is there seems to be an odd noise pattern in the people on the right. Great shot though. And courage for shooting in the rain.

Either the ball needs to be lower, or we need more room at the top. I also have this urge to change the angle a bit so we're not so far behind the net. I'd like to see it more from the side. You really cuaght the moment. I just wish the ball hadn't got cut off.

The grain/noise on the child in the background seems a bit odd. Am I seeing something pertinent here, or am I seeing things?

 

Compositionally, I have to say that I find the child in the bakground distracting. Great capture on the subject though.

Any comments on this shot, or any others in my gallery would be

greatly appreciated.

Where were you standing when you took this? I'm guessing the Wells St. bridge. It's a nice shot, but I live there so I guess I've gotten spoiled by seeing these views on a constant basis. It's nice to be reminded not to take for granted the places where you live.

I never thought much about the lights at the bottom. Acutally, now that you bring it up, they kinda bother me. A bit distracting, oh well.

In response to a previous critique, I happen to enjoy the softer colors. Some may say flat, I say natural. I think the framing and compostion is text book on this shot. The DOF may be a bit too shallow, but I immediately recognized the flamingos in the background.

 

My main point of contention is the bokeh of the lens. I know this can't necessarily be controlled to easily by the photographer, but the way the flamingos are rendered is bothersome to me. It looks like some of them are doubled from motion blur even though there was no camera shake.

The branches ae different. If he did use a multiple flash setup I don't care. It is an outstanding image that I'm sure we would all be proud to have in our portfolio.

I saw your post on the yahoo group. I really like what you were going after here. I would have really liked to see a tighter crop. I would take a chunk off the bottom and right. Also, while I fully understand the tricks of such a narrow DOF, I should point out though that I'd like to see the eyes crisper. I do love the candid quality a lot though.

I absolutely love this image. What makes it great is the statement that was captured in the subject. This guy works in a foundry. He has better things to do that have his picture taken by some annoying photgrapher. The glasses are a MUST. They fully enhance the cold, uncaring vibe of the workers espression. Some people might say you need to capture the work to tell the story of this guy. Here, the guy says it for you. "I'm busy and don't have time for a stupid picture." Regardless of what this guy does there, it fully communicates the down-to-earth, get-the-job-done work ethic of an industrial workplace.

 

Oh yeah, the lighting and layout are excellent too. Excellent eye.

I didn't really grop the image, but what you like me to have included in the shot?

I agree with the previous posters that this a very evocative image. An excellent eye.

I'm curious about the colored checker pattern across the image. Despite the quality of the scene, this problem is very distracting. It appears to correspond with the pixel pattern on a ccd sensor.

Yeah, nice composition, but the blown out highlights are a bit distracting. The highlights on the roots in particular. Also, I think the people take away from the very majestic tree.

I do wish the bridge booth was a little more lit. As far as the composition goes. I might go back and take another look. To get the subjects in the frame I had to use my 20/2.8 (if I remember right) from where I was standing. I either shot it from the very edge of the curb or the median in the street. There is a lot of visual clutter in that spot-signs, lights, etc, so I couldn't move around to much. I had few option as to where I could place my tripod.

 

Thanks for the comment!

Yeah, for some reason, a lot of the images from the shoot have a really soft focus to them. It had to have been my autofocus just barely missing. Shooting at 2.8 didn't help either.

Actually the line we are talking about is what is known as a corpuscular ray. (A little bit of interesting info from my USMC weather observer brother.)

The rays of light that often poke through clouds are called corpuscular rays.

 

Wickedly spooky shot by the way!

I don't think this nesassarily takes away from the image, but there seems to be a diagonal line starting just right of the top left corner going down to the right. Is this an artifact caused by the ND filters?

 

Regardless of this, it is still an awesome image.

How did you get that black background? I have a whole folder on that exhibit. I've been there a couple of times and can't figure out how you got that black background. There is always so much background foliage in the glass houses. I'm curious to know where at the exhibit you shot this.

Guessing from the rest of your work, I'm gonna make a wild guess that you live in Streeterville somewhere. I'm up in Old Town.

I do love that Radio Flyer at the Pier.