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February 26, 2003

Excellent moment! I really like the shot, especially the framing and tone variation, but I think the photoshopping applied to the background (gaussian blur) is either unnecessary or overdone. The lasso flaw adjacent to the girl's right arm (our left) where the background remains in focus detracts from the attempted depth-of-field impact. It saddens me to see such excellent photography suffer on the digital playground.

February 7, 2003

Impressive subject, pose, and array of tones and textures. I'd be interested in seeing what the non-PS'd image looks like. The digital blurring seems to have affected the border between the floor and the fabric on floor a bit much, as well as giving much of the image an artificially smooth and flawless look (much the same way that Playboy airbrushes their models).

February 3, 2003

The crooked framing was (as guessed) intentional to accomodate for the subject's fretboard and head, as well as some drums. I was shooting mere inches from the band @ 17-20mm.

As I frame shots in-camera and print to black 99% of the time cropping is pretty much out of the question. Aestetically speaking, the crookedness of the image can express either the band's movement or the sense of getting kicked in the back of the head by a rowdy audience :)

January 29, 2003

Excellent composition. It could easily be used as a teaching aid. So many great elements; the curve, horizon placement, tree location, color contrast and balance. I really like it.

January 29, 2003

Great color saturation and apparent sharpness. Love the wide angle stuff.

January 29, 2003

Very interesting portraits you've managed to capture in this folder.

January 29, 2003

good texture and contrast. contrast in both tone and texture juxtaposition.

January 29, 2003

I like the depth of focus, composition, and lines in this image quite a bit. Very cool

January 29, 2003

Interesting piece with good contrast. I believe I know the answer, but I can't help but ask myself "Is the egregious dodging and burning of the sky/bell intentional or a flaw?"

January 27, 2003

Good color manipulation and sharp detail. I like it.

January 24, 2003

Excellent color play. I thought this was a retouched B&W image at first, a style that I dislike, but seeing this is true color really impresses me.

January 24, 2003

Impressive. Very nice photo to look at with great tones. The sign's contorted nature leaves one to imagine the scenarios that molded it that way.

January 24, 2003

great exposure, nice tones and sharpness

January 24, 2003

ah, the elusive drummer shot. good color. I think the foreground guitarist and the slight blur hurt the punch the image could potentially have.

January 24, 2003

great colors, too bad 3/4 of his face is obscured.

January 24, 2003

Great angle with good hightlight tones.

January 24, 2003

Photographic Sweat!! Great band to see live. Good job of capturing the intensity of the crowd. Too much negative space for my taste. Great catch, especially with the neck and hands blending into a simultaneous reaching moment of rock and roll rapture!

January 24, 2003

Great toning and wonderful exposure. The toning really makes the sax natural and crisp!

January 24, 2003

Haha, Melvins. Good pose in what appears to be a full-rame neg. Only criticism is the soft focus.

January 24, 2003

Outstanding image. I love the shallow focus and the cockeyed disorienting angle. It gives me the sense of being pissed and falling down. Great blacks.