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Perfect in every way. I'm truly jealous.

I see something like this and I really start to wonder. This person not only spent the time to create the poster but then went beyond that to wear it to express their (obviously strongly held) opinion. I'm somewhere between impressed and dumbfounded.

 

Anyway great image.

M.M. "I don't see the 'fade away'...

"It's better to burn out than fade away"

From the song "Out of the Blue" by Neil Young.

"risky photo", I like that description, and I like the image. I especially like how the right leg of the figure is angled and how appears to be lifted, which in my mind translates to running.

 

I don't know, this just somehow works.

Oh, and one more thought: I think the email address is both unecessary and distracting, though less so here than on other images in your folders.

Seems a little flat and perhaps a bit too yellow. Here's a quick change. Hope you don't mind.

I love the composition, it's very direct and engaging. The short haircuts and common dresses implies some type of relationship. I like this.

No defense of manipulation can rescue this image from its own failings. From both a technical and aesthetic point it doesn't deliver what it promises.

 

In my opinion an image needs to be more than "pretty at first glance". However, given the large amount of gushing praise, that clearly isn't the case for some people.

It's nice when you get something you're happy with even if almost no one else gets it.

 

I can see how you might like this, it has a sort of yin/yang quality to it. Blown out upper section balanced by the black bottom, the crossing waves at right angles.

 

If you want attention shoot breasts or overly saturated landscapes, but I'm guessing you're looking for something more than a hollow diversion.

This whole folder has a great feel to it. I think you've captured a wide range of emotions. Some images strike me as sexy, some playful, and others seem quite intimate (yet never intrusive). I feel you have treated the subject in a very original and complimentary way.

 

 

By the way I could have placed a comment on practically any image, as they are all done so well, but this particular one has an "off-kilter" almost surreal quality to it. I mean think about it: it's a pregnant woman standing on a coffee table, holding her belly! The fan, the top of stockings showing...it's not traditional in any sense, yet doesn't feel contrived. It just works.

 

This series in an album would be a great family treasure.

Yup, I'd be right next to you with this stuff.

"We all have the same reaction in saying this is way above the standard of posted photos.

That's not what I was saying at all.

I can certainly appreciate what you were after and the result. I'd be very happy with this.

I really like how dark this is. I'm assuming it was an exposure choice but either way it has a great feel.

This is another example of yours that I love.

Such a lovely, lyrical review from K...and I would have to agree, I find the green color-cast strangely complimentary to this simple, yet well executed, image.

"This should be obvious and important to anyone with a critical eye.

I realize that it's bad form to reference yourself in a response but...

I just went back and noticed that this is mage is loaded into a folder entitled "Digital Art". This discovery completely nullifies my arguments for the photographer to provide more information. I apologize for requesting more from the photographer.

One final thought: I considered removing my comments, but since they are now part of a discussion, the responses wouldn't make much sense. So I'll leave it up to Anne to decide if they should remain.

David, would you care if an image was created entirely outside of a camera? If it were constructed simply as product of "clip art" and Photoshop? Would the image still be a photograph? It wouldn't to me.

There is a line between what I consider a photograph and a piece of graphic design.

And while I imagine it might be difficult to get a group of artists (an all inclusive term) to agree exactly where where the line should be drawn, I think most would agree that it at least exists.

Mario already pointed out the what immediately caught my attention: the contradictory lighting on the birds. This should be obvious and important to anyone with a critical eye.

Mario, in defense of Anne, if you click on the Details tab you will see that the "Manipulated?" field is listed as "Unknown or Yes".

 

That being said however, I too was disappointed that no mention of the obvious cloning was offered. This is a piece of "graphic design" as David aptly describes it, and providing that context is necessary for a proper understanding and appreciation of this image.

 

Considering that this is a photography site, it's alarming to me that so many people either don't seem to notice or worse yet, don't seem to care about this important distinction.

I passed one of these up for $3,500 US about 12 years ago. Still think about it occasionally, Oh the pain...

Anne, clearly you're a very good photographer, as evidenced by your portfolio, but I have to ask: how much of this image is an actual photo and how much has been digitally created?

 

I ask because the bird on the right and the one on the left appear to be exact copies. This strikes me as important since without this context I have a hard time evaluating the image.

 

If I rated images this would be a 7/7. I like everything about it.

David, I would agree up to a point, since blow hightlights can easily be acheived in post-processing. But wanting to capture as much information on the negative (or image file nowadays) is a still a worthy objective. Nothing gets (easily) added to the print that isn't already there.

 

And Andrew, the more I look at this the more I like the graphic quality it has. Search for an Edward Hopper painting titled "Summertime" to see what I mean.

It's a nice image Andrew, but I wouldn't be crazy about the blown-out highlights either. I might guess that your meter was "fooled" by the dark area of the steps and automatically opened up a bit more than you wanted. Too bad because this looks like bright sun and that's an easy situation to manually set exposure for.

 

FWIW "steps 2" is much better (but that image is bettere balanced in terms of light and dark areas and therefor easier for the camera to get the exposure right).

Philip, if this were an actual photo it wouldn't have received the 2/3 ratings. Do you even understand the objections some people have to this?

I've been reviewing past comments recently and I happend up this series. I have to say I like them even more now that I see them again. They have a very dream like quality. Good work.