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[SI] Curves - comments from Stick
Stream-of-conciousness comments:
Road-trip: A study in light and dark as well as curves, of the sundial. Nice. I like the limited amount of crisp detail. stick_1: One end of San Vicente, a church in Avila, Spain. I chose this for the three different sizes of curves and the colour contrast with the sky. stick_2: Firework night in England (we try to remind the Government what a good thing it would have been for Guy Fawkes to have succeeded). I liked the colour combination of these ones, and the gravity curves combines nicely with the air-resistance feathering. Tim Conway: Wind-flattened crop. Nice idea but too busy at the top of shot. Maybe just crop to the lower half? Auditorium roof: Striking. Nice curve and the sky focusses the attention. Has a bit much of the hdr look for my taste. Bowser: Architectural curved building with windows. A spiral on a cylinder, with extruded windows. The cone at the top isn't helping - there's not enough of it be be part of the composition. This doesn't say much to me as a whole, I'm afraid. Bowser: The bridge. Has a fisheye and isn't afraid to use it! Fully in keeping with the mandate, and someone had to. Eric Stevens: A lazy chair, a dipper for sake, a big bronze art piece? I love the mottled blue; it looks almost furry, and contrasts well with the sharp granular ground. Maybe a bit over-sharpened? Eric Stevens: Under-bridge lighting. The curve of the bank in the foreground shows well but further back it gets too busy. Eric Stevens: Rollers. Lighting makes this difficult; the colours seem pushed too far for me. Bob Coe: Auditorium (again). Plain shot; nice basic curve. The orange fence (?) doesn't help. Bob Coe: Kendall Square T. Not enough curve here versus all the modern rectilinear building. Get closer? Concentrate just on the decoration? And why don't I remember this portal from twenty year ago when I was there? Bob Coe: Footpath. Doesn't jump at me. There's more curve in the road bridges off to the left. Martha Coe: Woodland shot. The path? A couple of the sapling branches? Martha Coe: Dried flora. The vase, I suppose, and the almost circular leaves. Too dry for me. Martha Coe: Bowl of fruits. Off-globes of the pears and a avocado contrasts the regular circle of the bowl and mount. The avocado skin isn't showing the texture I'm sure it ought to have - is this a case where it's fair to cheat and dust with chalk? Can careful lighting bring it out? Cooper: Dome, versus cylinder. I like the colours, and that the internals of the dome are visible. Cooper: Reflections, distorted, of windows. Excellent. Cooper: Stained Glass. Looks too much like graphic art. Cleary: Wave curl. Classic shape of the breaking wave plus the blowing spray. Nice colours. Wish I could take them like this. Duck: Yellow car. Plain curves, perfect concours. Duck: Bugatti. Two curves, ok, but not too interesting. Car nuts only. Duck: Red thing. Presumably another automotive item. Polished, check. Curved, check. Abstract, yup. Not enough context. KPet Statue. Doesn't grab me. KPet Tent? Building? Nice hyperbolic paraboloid; an unusual but good-looking curve. The wrinkles help to move the attention around. KPet Merc. Three circles/ellipses, ho-hum. Jim Blue: Big arcs. Nice, plain and basic. Contrast in colours, again, seems to be what's working for me. Rob: Euphonium? A bit busy, and not squarely on-mandate, but a nice shot. frankEss: Knobbly tree. Yes. frankEss: Wispy clouds. No; too vaporous. frankEss: Unidentified thing under tarp. With traffic cone. I can't see anything here to comment on. It's dark, mainly. Peter Newman: Roller-skating interrupted. High iso test shot? Very tight crop? Where did all that noise come from? Peter Newman: Car and boat (apparently). I don't see them. Peter Newman: Modern doorway. Nice emphasis of the cylindrical build, bright against the mono windows. Was it really like that or did you desaturate? -- Cheers, Stick |
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[SI] Curves - comments from Stick
"jgh" wrote in message ... Stream-of-conciousness comments: Tim Conway: Wind-flattened crop. Nice idea but too busy at the top of shot. Maybe just crop to the lower half? You're right. I wish I would have done that. It would be a better photo. Thanks for commenting. |
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[SI] Curves - comments from Stick
On 11/21/2012 9:29 PM, jgh wrote:
Stream-of-conciousness comments: Peter Newman: Roller-skating interrupted. High iso test shot? Very tight crop? Where did all that noise come from? All three. I rarely use noise reduction, but should start. Peter Newman: Car and boat (apparently). I don't see them. Camera rotation and color reversal help make objects difficult to identify. A car and a boat were in the scene. Peter Newman: Modern doorway. Nice emphasis of the cylindrical build, bright against the mono windows. Was it really like that or did you desaturate? I slightly desaturated on the left side because I didn't like the yellow reflections. Otherwise, that was pretty much the scene at 13th St & Ninth Ave, in NYC. -- Peter |
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[SI] Curves - comments from Stick
On 11/22/2012 10:45 AM, PeterN wrote:
On 11/21/2012 9:29 PM, jgh wrote: Stream-of-conciousness comments: Peter Newman: Roller-skating interrupted. High iso test shot? Very tight crop? Where did all that noise come from? All three. I rarely use noise reduction, but should start. Peter Newman: Car and boat (apparently). I don't see them. Camera rotation and color reversal help make objects difficult to identify. A car and a boat were in the scene. Peter Newman: Modern doorway. Nice emphasis of the cylindrical build, bright against the mono windows. Was it really like that or did you desaturate? I slightly desaturated on the left side because I didn't like the yellow reflections. Otherwise, that was pretty much the scene at 13th St & Ninth Ave, in NYC. Correction. I revisited the image. You are right, I desaturated the entire background. More on the left than on the right. -- Peter |
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