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I love #1, was that with the 7-14 or the 9-18?
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Ken
 
Hi Tim

The first one rocks!

I like the dynamic appeal of that picture. Your pp may not be everyones taste, here I find it underlines the indented expression (I guess?).

Well done and thnk you.
Emilio
 
2nd and 3rd ones I like most. Though, don't think this big black C in the middle of third one adds anything to this image ;) Other how great shots!

1st one is nice also, with good composition. I'm not sure about transition to BW.

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Hi Tim,

I really like the composition and light and sharpness in the first shot, though the colour-to-b&w transition is not my thing. The third one has a strange optical effect: it looks like the different areas of water are on different levels. Or maybe I'm just too tired this Monday morning?:-)

Cheers
Christa
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I have little if any remarks on that one.
The second is less interesting because it is a more mundane perspective
The third is a good pano, but a bit small to really view well.

In the fourth I don't know what bothers me, but something does : maybe I feel the flowers are cut a bit short.

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Hi Tim,

I did not read any of the replies to not give me any influence, but I will have a look later. I have also changed order on the questions since I think they are in the wrong order.
Timskis6 said:
Which are your favorites?
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No doubt, number one is outstanding.
Timskis6 said:
What do you see that I'm missing?
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I wish there was a bit more space open to the right. The fore ground seems cut off a bit too early, but still, a very nice image.

Thank you for sharing them.
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Tim

In the first I really like the tones of the sun/shadow elements of the rock - left, top. near face then actual shadow.

I feel a little cheated out of seeing the edge of the rock (right) and I'm not sure if I need to see the end of the shadow - it might be interesting but I'm not sure (one of those is it better to deliver or tease! - no right or wrong)

I like the relatively straight up and down line in the foreground offset by the curved lines of the waves and swell over to the left.

Nice

Clearly it can't be any better than that right now as it wasn't taken with a 30/620/G1 ;o)

The second has great presence and looks balanced, the last is very stylish.

A welcome change

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The first one is very nice, with interesting PP to desaturate the sky. My tendency would be to do the opposite to offset the red in the rock with deep blue sky, but this works nicely. The rock could be in the frame a wee bit more, as it seems to get a bit soft at the edge.

The second is also nice, but I'd crop some of the foreground to accentuate the horizontal/low diagonals.

Third is a classic postcard style, but the last one, the DOF doesn't quite work for me - needs either less or more on the flowers. Perhaps a different lens and working distance would yield a better effect and still get the right look on the gravestones (which are perfect).
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Shawn Wright
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These are top pictures!
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emsig said:
Hi Tim

The first one rocks!
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Pun intended? lol
emsig said:
I like the dynamic appeal of that picture. Your pp may not be
everyones taste, here I find it underlines the indented expression (I
guess?).
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I appreciate your comments, and you certainly know the look and feel I was hoping for. The original image (5EV stack) had too much punch and little or no appeal. After playing with some presets in LR2 I expanded on this one and found something that looked nice. I tried to accentuate the rock (and surrounding rock(s)) while leaving the rest out. Hopefully that's what I achieved.

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
MarkusDaaniel said:
2nd and 3rd ones I like most. Though, don't think this big black C in
the middle of third one adds anything to this image ;) Other how
great shots!
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I know, I know, but that image was submitted for sale (45MP version), so I had to do something about the smaller version on the web. I couldn't export that size in LR2 so I added a cheapo (C) I had saved in PSP.
MarkusDaaniel said:
1st one is nice also, with good composition. I'm not sure about
transition to BW.
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What specifically didn't you like about it? Would you rather see a blue sky, or tinted blue sky, similar to in image #2?

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
cnb said:
Hi Tim,

I really like the composition and light and sharpness in the first
shot, though the colour-to-b&w transition is not my thing. The third
one has a strange optical effect: it looks like the different areas
of water are on different levels. Or maybe I'm just too tired this
Monday morning?:-)
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Thanks for the comments Christa. You're right, there are definitely two shades of water in that pano. The artificial barrier in the water separates the two regions, and presumably colors them based on depth (I guess?).

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
RoelHendrickx said:
I have little if any remarks on that one.
The second is less interesting because it is a more mundane perspective
The third is a good pano, but a bit small to really view well.
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I always have this problem when displaying panos, Flickr only lets me display at about 1000 pixels on one side or less, which really limits the width of the pano. That pano is 45MP and downsized significantly. It was a 9x(3x1) merge, meaning each image was a 3EV stack, then pieced together 9 images across. At ISO100 this gives each pieced image significantly lower noise and increased sharpness - something it needed since I was so far away from the water.

I actually put about 30 minutes effort into this because I had to clone out all the sails on the boats. I took 3 frames for each image, meaning the boats were moving between frames, and when compiled into Photomatix I got a good amount of ghosting, despite the program's attempt to eliminate it.
RoelHendrickx said:
In the fourth I don't know what bothers me, but something does :
maybe I feel the flowers are cut a bit short.
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I have to agree, the flowers are cut a bit short. I would have liked to include more of them but they were so messy underneath I decided to keep the nice part instead.

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
olyflyer said:
I did not read any of the replies to not give me any influence, but I
will have a look later. I have also changed order on the questions
since I think they are in the wrong order.
Timskis6 said:
Which are your favorites?
Click to expand...
No doubt, number one is outstanding.
olyflyer said:
What do you see that I'm missing?
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I wish there was a bit more space open to the right. The fore ground
seems cut off a bit too early, but still, a very nice image.
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Interesting. I had not thought about this until you mentioned it now. At 7mm (landscape orientation) there was quite a bit of room in front of me, but I do agree that portrait orientation at 7mm may have given a better image. Thanks for the comment, it will keep me thinking next time I frame something like this.

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
photo_owl said:
Tim

In the first I really like the tones of the sun/shadow elements of
the rock - left, top. near face then actual shadow.

I feel a little cheated out of seeing the edge of the rock (right)
and I'm not sure if I need to see the end of the shadow - it might be
interesting but I'm not sure (one of those is it better to deliver or
tease! - no right or wrong)
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Originally I had the rock framed to include the entire thing, but of course my horizon was off-axis and rotating and crop left me without the entire rock in the frame. Sigh...

Interesting thought on the shadow - perhaps a different angle and I could have included the entire rock and entire shadow, or perhaps it would have required a different sun position as well.

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
zuikowesty said:
The first one is very nice, with interesting PP to desaturate the
sky. My tendency would be to do the opposite to offset the red in the
rock with deep blue sky, but this works nicely. The rock could be in
the frame a wee bit more, as it seems to get a bit soft at the edge.
The second is also nice, but I'd crop some of the foreground to
accentuate the horizontal/low diagonals.
Third is a classic postcard style, but the last one, the DOF doesn't
quite work for me - needs either less or more on the flowers. Perhaps
a different lens and working distance would yield a better effect and
still get the right look on the gravestones (which are perfect).
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So you feel the entire bouquet should be in focus, rather than just the yellow flower?

Shot with the 50-200mm at about 200mm wide open. I could have stopped down to about f/5 and got all the flowers in focus.

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Tim
'I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.'
E3/E410/7-14/12-60/50-200/25/EC-14
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timskis6/
 
The first one grabs me. But I must admit that I was taken aback a little at first on the sky color as I had first thought it could have been natural and polarized. But the more I look at it, the more I like it. Very creative.
Jim
 
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