** Weekly C & C Thread #29 ** It's All About the Photos, Folks

Inspired by the kindly folks over at the Olympus forum, who remind us that their thread is not camera specific

So here's the idea:

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As for the C & C: This part is the most important. Please don't just say "Nice photo!" and leave it at that. Look at the photo. Figure out what you like and what you don't like. Tell what you would have done differently. Think about the exposure, the composition, the processing, the focal point. Be constructive, but be critical. This is the place to learn.
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Does this work for anyone?
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John

Cool. I like the abstract treatment and how you play up the horizontal lines with the extra wide crop. I'd have perhaps tried to put the tree a bit further into the image, but that's just me; I have no idea if that'd really be an improvement or not.

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"Does this work for anyone?"

It sort of works for me. But there's something not quite there and I can't really put my finger on it. It's either that I'd want the shadows to stretch further out over the image, or that the snow structure near the left edge is very different (road edge, I guess) and sort of breaks up the snow field.

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An alley in Kobe Chinatown:



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Western shoreline on King Island in Bass Strait, site of many shipwrecks in the days of sail. K200D and humble DA18-55mm kit lens. Colours as the camera saw them (no PP).



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Robert
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Excellent. I like the strong sense of perspective, and the classic placement of the main centre of interest. Great colours too. Perhaps a little static, and the airconditioner on the wall detracts from the overall atmosphere, but they would be my only mild criticisms.
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Robert
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Lovely pic. But then I have a yellow lab that thinks he's part fish.

The only thing I think is that maybe the dogs head blends in with the water a bit much. I'd like to see his/her head defined/visible a bit more (but then I am a bit biased).

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rgmwa said:

Western shoreline on King Island in Bass Strait, site of many
shipwrecks in the days of sail. K200D and humble DA18-55mm kit lens.
Colours as the camera saw them (no PP).

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Very nice colors. Vibrant. Makes me want to see more. Maybe a touch more water (I can almost see the curve of a wave). Maybe a little wider. Very nice all in all.

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Roger Hayslip

Nice subtle colours and back-lighting on the water and ripples. As the previous poster commented, it's a pity the dog wasn't more clearly defined, but it's a very good shot.
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Robert
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I was out for a stroll this weekend and came across a pond with some geese. I'm not much of a wildlife or landscape shooter, normally I shoot kids and people. And after chasing the geese for a while with my 16-50 (didn't have anything longer with me) I noticed the leaves in the shallow portions of the pond.

I've been playing with the pic for a while. I don't think I like the original compostion out of the camera (seems too centered). So I'll post the original untouched snap and the cropped, processed pic that I'm playing with.

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Cropped and tweaked



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Roger Hayslip

Reminds me of shadow-puppets. Good texture in the snow, and interesting effect of the shadows following the contours. I like it, but probably not enough to hang it on the wall.
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Robert
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I definitely prefer the improved contrast in the processed shot. I like the frozen leaves, but it lacks something to retain my interest. I think it needs something in the ice that is different and stands out. Maybe a different colored leaf, or something sticking up through the ice or something.

It is a neat shot though, and thanks for sharing.

Eric
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Hi

If I were taking a shot of shadows, I would think about what the shadow's significance was. Not any shadow, but a particularly interesting form that told some kind of story about the persons or things casting the shadow. I think this is a really challenging subject, especially with snow as the surface.

Adam

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Interesting that you took these shots from well above the surface. Did you think of taking them down at around surface level? Maybe that's a different kind of effect anyway. Still, I love to search out flat texture patterns also, esp. in water.

What time of day did you take these?

Adam
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I like the choice of subject. The image comes across as very noisy. Is that deliberate?

I might also crop it so to limit the overly busy colour and form, as I prefer a more simple approach, and am very interested in "classical" shapes and their interaction - circle, square, straight lines. I might just choose to make either the lights or the man as central subject. I'd crop out the left margin completely as it's too busy and distracting.

Adam
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Adam Aitken said:

Interesting that you took these shots from well above the surface.
Did you think of taking them down at around surface level? Maybe
that's a different kind of effect anyway. Still, I love to search out
flat texture patterns also, esp. in water.

What time of day did you take these?

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Hi Adam,

I took the snaps at around 7:30am est. The sun was just up a bit over the horizon and it was around 12F and blowing hard. I didn't get down closer mostly because I was drawn to that frost line and it was out from the edge a good ways. It certainly was an interesting spot to look at and if it hadn't been so cold I might have spent more time there exploring different angles and composition. Anyways, that's something to keep in mind for the future - thanks for the suggestion, looking and commenting.

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