Critiques

  battousai (827) 2008-10-05 7:15

I'd like this image much much more if not that terrifying ugly orange frame...

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Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-10-05 7:10

Hey Luko,

I love the framing here and the general mood for the image. I think it's slightly tilted towards the left side but I might be wrong or it might be result of wide angle distortion (the columns and the wall are not perfectly parallel). However, as far as I am concerned this image does not defend itself as a standalone image but would work perfectly in a photo story. I guess it's a part of your photo story so it's a great pity we can't upload whole photo stories on Trek Earth.

Best,

Pawel

PS. Would be even better if not the Canon colours (whoops.... ;))

  battousai (827) 2008-10-05 7:06

Excellent image, I totally love its mood. Those kites look so surrealistic, like some alien entities slowly crawling upon the man.

Best,

Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-10-02 12:19

Was it so sharp when it came out of camera or did you use a lot of sharpening on this picture ?

  battousai (827) 2008-10-02 12:17

I'm not very into landscape photography but I really love what you achieved here. Light is perfect: the fog, golden light beams of rising sun. It looks like a beautiful painting.

Really really nice shot.

I've heard D300 is quite a nice camera. I'm using D200 myself from time to time (lately I mostly shoot film) and I'm thinking on switching to D700 when I get save some cash.

Best

Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-10-02 6:16

Mi tez sie podoba. Takie wesole, malarskie zdjecie. Bylo by jeszcze fajniej jesli by przesunac wiatrak troche na lewo, w strone mocnego punktu kompozycji ale ta kompozycja nie jest tez zla. Podoba mi sie wyrazne rozgraniczenie pierwszego, drugiego, trzeciego i czwartego planu. Fajnie sie "czyta" to zdjecie.

Pozdrawiam

Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-10-02 6:13

Hey Cath,

I think this is a wonderful picture with a lot of potential. I'm saying potential because I think you didn't go to your limits with post production here. It looks very nice in colour yet you forgot about reducing the colour grain just a bit. In my opinion it would help a lot and give the picture much more softer look.

I'm mostly a B&W person that's why I've tried to do a workshop of this picture in a B&W manner. I hope you like it.

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Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-10-02 6:10

This is a great photograph, Cath. Goes straight into my favorites.

  battousai (827) 2008-06-30 2:48

Hi Sascha,

What I miss here is movement - a human element, or at least a dog... As for B&W, looks a bit dull. Certainly it's sharp, but what I miss here is play with tones. I'd work on this picture using simple dodge & burn tools... Stress the shadows, improve the contrast a bit.

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Pawel

  battousai (827) 2008-06-30 2:45

I like it, mostly because of the nice depth of field, f/1.2 lens gives you. As for the colour I like it too but I have some doubts about it. My screen sucks but it appears really greenish here. Traditional B&W would give far too much contast here. Green works well, gives the whole thing nice, subtle atmosphere. I'd try a shade of brown as well maybe.

All in all, good photo. I'm personaly very attached to Beijing hutongs because I lived in Beijing for 2 years and also lived in a small hutong for over 6 months. So far, it was the best period in my life.

Best

Pawel