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Yes, Maastricht, I remember.

Anyway, I like the silhouette treatment.
But I have a very minor remark.

What I like a bit less here, is the fact that on the bottom of the picture, the left part is empty sky. It gives me a sense of unbalance, like the statue might topple over to the left.

But I do understand why you could not show a solid base along the bottom : the statue is, I believe, elevated and if you showed the ground or base, we would see pedestrians and all kinds of distractions.

This is where I would be tempted to cheat, and just add a solid black border of 3-5 mm along the bottom of the frame...

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tinternaut said:
Still to ill to go out and shoot so an absolutely ancient one from me
today (shot with a Canon Ixus 430 on a trip to The Gambia a few years
back. Blown highlights galore but I think the expressions are
priceless.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_hindle/342424425/



As always when it comes to monkeys though, the following highly
important rule still applies:
"The smaller the monkey, the higher the probability it will beat the
living t out of you for looking it it wrong."
Just so you all know 8-).
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Monkeys can be fun.

In Artis they have a colony of monkeys that wash their vegetables before eating, in the pond surrounding their area. In the 1950s, one monkey started doing that, and the rest of the colony followed and had kept doing it. Goes to show that also in the animal world, culture and habits are passed on, and not just instinct. I have a picture of that someplace.

But on to your image.

The expression is indeed the main attraction here.
About those highlights, something can be done.

You could selectively darken those areas, or just crop them away, at the same time bringing the expression of the "main" monkey right to the center of the stage.
Like this :



Apart from the crop, I brought highlights and shadows a bit closer to each other, then decreased brightness a bit and increased contrast.

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Hi Jason,

The monkeys are very cute. It took me a moment to realize that that arm and leg embracing the adult are from the young one we can see peeking out - looong limbs!

However, those highlights are distracting me. I'd definitely crop the top and also the sides, though not quite as much as Roel.

Cheers
Christa
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Hi Claus,

When I saw your title, I was expecting a photo of a homing pigeon or something:-) I really like these instant panos; panos in general, actually.

The composition is good here, with the eye being led over to the city buildings. While I like the mood of after-sunset darkness creeping in, I'd bring up the shadow on the land and water just a little bit.

Cheers
Christa
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Thanks for looking and commenting. I hope to go through some more photos of my vacation or get some new shots instead of family snaps for next week:-)

The original version of this photo looked like I'd shot it through some pantyhose: there was this fine dreamy film over the entire frame. It was quite peculiar actually: the sun must have been hitting the lens in just the right angle to create all-over, perfectly uniform haze (and this was with lens hood on!). Anyhow, one click on auto-levels cleared up the foreground, and I was happy with the result.

The dreamy backlit look is indeed a matter of taste: in this shot, I liked it and left it. I realize that the cone (what it was doing there I have no idea - kids...) and the car are a bit distracting; I may try toning down the orange of the cone a bit and maybe crop a bit more at the top. Btw Roel, the car was parked: practically no traffic in that street, very safe for the kids. I'll also try to add some contrast and see how I like the result.

Cheers
Christa
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RoelHendrickx said:
cnb said:
The original version of this photo looked like I'd shot it through
some pantyhose:
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I would not know how that would look, from experience, but I can
imagine.
Must try that sometime...

LOL
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It was what came to mind - I have never tried it, actually, so don't accuse me of that weid habit:-)

Rumor has it that shooting through some very fine pantyhose gives a smooth look to portraits, much like modern-day airbrushing in PP. Not sure if it's true, though.

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Your emoticon tells me that you know I did not seriously... etc ... etc ...
cnb said:
RoelHendrickx said:
cnb said:
The original version of this photo looked like I'd shot it through
some pantyhose:
Click to expand...
I would not know how that would look, from experience, but I can
imagine.
Must try that sometime...

LOL
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It was what came to mind - I have never tried it, actually, so don't
accuse me of that weid habit:-)
Rumor has it that shooting through some very fine pantyhose gives a
smooth look to portraits, much like modern-day airbrushing in PP. Not
sure if it's true, though.
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There is quite a number of stories of peculiar techniques floating around.
Remember the classic about smearing your lens with vaseline?

What I actually did try once, was pre-focus, breathe on the lens and then shoot through the condens as it was clearing away. At that time, the results did not look well, but I think it should be possible to do something with that too.

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Even a lefty needs his right hand.
Bootstrap said:
a few weeks ago i broke my wrist and all was well until earlier today
when i lost all feeling in my right hand. seems that there's a nerve
issue. thank goodness i'm left handed!

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Bill Turner
Eschew Prolixity.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Infrared Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/wmdt131/ir_photos
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That's it, folks : this is the "36 Hours Time Limit" (more or less).

If you still feel like leaving more feedback for another image, feel free to do so (particularly if you have not yet done it).

Or maybe you can (group-) reply to the feedback you have gotten. This could include a new version of your image, taking on board the comments received.

But save your NEW images for next week's thread, because feedback on new images this week is no longer guaranteed once the Time Limit is posted.

Note: this is NOT a random "rule" to annoy people. The fact of the matter is that this thread is moderately to VERY busy during two days, and then it cools down. So if you post late, you run the risk of being disappointed by the lack of feedback.

Images posted until this minute will still get feedback, if maybe only from me and maybe not today or tomorrow, but later.
Thanks all.
Cheers
Christa

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Thanks carizi, zuikowesty, cnb, Gorred and peroni for the nice comments

Alex
 
Gautham started that limit and having a limit is good (for the reasons that I explicitated in the Limit-post).

I think 36 hours started because of time zone differences.

I think Gautham intended it to be fast and furious in 24 hours, but that does not work well around the globe. In another time zone, you would get only 12 hours.

I think 36 hours was good, as an extended 24 hours, but in practice I ended up more around 48 hours : started around noon and ended between breakfast and noon.

With the current amount of posts/pictures -- and most importantly, with the current participation in giving C&C -- I think 48 hours would not create too much of an overload for the thread-starter.

But it is up to Christa.

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Roel Hendrickx
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my E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara: http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
 
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Seems Göran nailed it, I was looking for an abstract view of assymetric symmetry or something in that fashion, guess I shouldn't have said anything about the dam ;)
Well, anyway thanks for the comments, they are always helpful...
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Daniel
 
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