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Lovely expressions of fun on both their faces, and I like the toning too. It's a nice shot, but for me it's let down by the slightly confused background.

Mike
 
A nice scene, but in both cases a slightly more meandering/indirect/asymmetrical presentation of the rocks would I think work better - it's a wee bit symmetrical for my taste.

Of the two I prefer the second one, the landscape format gives the rocks room to breathe and a nice feeling of space.

Mike
 
Hi thommo,

Thanks for your comment on 'mother and a child in a stream'. I like your river/harbour/lake shot and would like to see that little patch of blue in the foreground amplified somehow. On my monitor the image is contrasty and a bit dark (but I have just switched on the computer - maybe I should wait a few minutes!)

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Mike, thanks for your critical comment. Much appreciated. For your shot I had a very pleasurable surprise when I realised the fake city skyline. I like that in photos, when you do a double take and suddenly everything is not what it seemed!

Changes? I'd crop out the car on the left as it doesn't add much to the main interest (pedestrian and her backdrop).

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Symmetry and lack of focus on the background objects throws the first one off for me. And the two major posts ending right near water level, makes me think that there is a reason for this location but I just can't figure it out.

For me, when I have something like this happen where I think I've got a good photo or that there is a good photo to be gotten, but the actual image on screen doesn't cut it, it's usually because I didn't pay enough attention to the transformation that occurs between 3-d multi-sensory experience and the 2-d photograph on the screen. In other words, I was seduced by my experience of the place, and didn't pay enough attention to how it would look in a photograph.

For me, my 'whole' experience of something and my 'photographic' experience of something are often very different. It's a different way of approaching the world, of being in the world. For example, I am a birdwatcher, but I have no interest in photographing birds. I've found the pleasure I get from watching birds is counter to trying to photograph birds.

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The veining in the porcelain made it seem almost as if the marble was growing into the urinal. And somehow that made me think of sculpture and Italy, and then the golden glow of light from above. A little play in Photoshop, lay image in, erase, lower opacity to blend, and there you are...



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I cropped it a bit more, the car on the left was indeed distracting, I like it better this way

 
Nice dynamic view, clean all around. I wonder if you cut a bit off the right- maybe the pair of lights as right corner? This might be a square. Upper right area is just overwhelmingly empty. If it was large print, I don't think this would bother me, but white glowing monitor is a bit too present?
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I'll take the image as is, no need to crop. The car grill works well for me. I see it as an urban scene with all the inherent conflicts and disruptions, like the shadow going up and across the 'distant scene' (no need to say that it is a backdrop; people will see that shadow at some point). Reminds me of Lee Friedlander, Jeff Wall even.
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I really like the first one.

The Semi HDR is very nice... but there is also an odd Juxtaposition between the shining car and the country side.
Very interesting and pleasing to look at.
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To me, this looks like a family snapshot from 1950s or so. The coloration, the overall look and glare. And the pose of the father, a bit stiff and severe to me. Something very 'British' to me in this image. I like it a lot, to be clear.
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I prefer the first shot. I like the extreme processing for the extreme car. It works well even though the image is over saturated and processed a bit.

The second shot it looks like you are having trouble deciding between the foreground and the sky and the vertical orientation doesn't work well with the side to side car in this case. Maybe work on a different crop. This might have worked better with the car turning toward the camera a bit.

Neat shots though, and keep up the good work.

Eric
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