davidbrown

Critiques welcome

Critiques welcome

Critiques welcome

It's focusssed/sharp and the bug is unusual, but it just doesn't "do it" for me. I don't like the unnatural, garish background and, once noticed, the out of focus antenna is untidy. I'm not a fan of the "misted look" either; it's getting a bit overused, cliched. You have some other macros in your folder that I prefer - photo_id=6493305 and photo_id=6478534 amongst others.

Nice photo Mike which works really well, that I would have been proud to have have taken of my children and put in a frame - didn't quite get round to it though!

 

One small negative criticism though; that the adult's supporting hands are unbalanced in that, as a result of the light and shadow, they are different colours (one orange and one purple!) and there is a watch on the left hand. Once your eye has wandered away from the girl's face this detracts slightly from an otherwise excellent photo. The other photo in your folder (of an older daughter??) is nicer in this respect.

 

Nevertheless, I do appreciate the difficulties of taking this type of image and it is an excellent photo.

 

David B

Comments and sugegstions welcome

Thankyou for your comments / suggestions.

Wow, what an atmospheric scene; you can feel the cold and hear the silence.

 

Any further info, Geir, on how you achieved the result...Straight out of the camera or any processing beyond the basic controls?

 

David

HaHa..Hi David, there are a lot of us about, and I'm afraid I'm not so "mini". Anyway, I wasn't trying to say the photo is contrived (although reading my comment again, it comes over a bit like that) just that each time I looked at it, even if it is a result of the perspective and the moment, it doesn't look quite true. It just "jars" in the mind; I prefer many of the photographers other photos. Looking at it again, if I crop out the thin strip of foreground that contains the out of focus mud, it seems to jar a bit less and I prefer it.

I don't want to spoil the party, but I find the perspective of this photo odd as the relative proportions of the hyena and the flamingo just don't look right and "jar". If the hyena really is meant to be chasing the flamingo, it isn't convincing beacuse the flamingo looks like it's a long way off to the hyena's right in which case the hyena isn't chasing the flamingo. I can't look at it without thinking someone is trying to pull a fast one. It just looks "wrong".

Looking west on a cold March morning. Comments and criticisms welcome.

.. yes, the colours were exceptional that evening, I wish I could have made more of it.

for your encouraging comments and ratings.

Another one from the garden today. Again, manual Elicar 90mm Macro on

Nikon D80. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Sunset on a warm summer evening in North Cornwall. Comments ans

suggestions welcome.

One of today's autumn seed pods, taken in my back garden, using an old

Manual Elicar 90mm lens on my Nikon D80. Comments / suggestions welcome.

Seen on water's edge at Beaulieu

Nice atmosphere here. I think it looks better if you crop out the lower 2/3 of the sea.

Typical highland weather, changes with little warning.

Suggestions/advice welcome.

Very peaceful village on the Loch. Feels stuck in time, somewhere

around forty years ago. The houses are stretched out along the

single road by the water edge, hence the panorama in an attempt to

capture the atmosphere. Four photos stitched.

Comments welcome

Nice, unusual - difficult to judge the scale at first glance (that's not a criticism)

Comments welcome, thanks.

Eilean Donan castle seen at (slightly unusualy) low tide showing the

colours of the seaweed rather than the usual moat. Comments welcome.

Thanks for that Karthik