Critiques

chartres (174) 2007-05-14 19:34

very nice portrait shot, good colours and sharpness, DOF... I don't think I could come with any suggestions for improvement, except maybe for cropping about 1cm from the left, I think it makes it a bit tighter. Well done

chartres (174) 2007-05-14 19:28

An interesting street shot. I like the idea of contrasting the 'real life' with the fashion poster. It's a pity that people are so small, though. I understand that you wanted to capture the reflection of the poster and the poster and the group of people. But honestly the reflection is taking a huge part at the bottom and it doesn't add terribly much to the subject, yet it doesn't allow you to close on people.

chartres (174) 2007-05-14 19:17

Hi, Brendan!
Very nice technique! Fantastic colours and sharpness. too things do not work for me, though - red line in the frame and the sun in the middle of the picture. I think it makes the shot a bit unbalanced with bottom right corner being "too heavy". But that's my opinion. High score for the technical side, though.

chartres (174) 2005-07-07 1:19

I like this one. Nice point of view, good facial expression, loud costume. I recommend you to crop out the top part of the picture. You don't need it. It's a portrait and the red shutters (volets) are a bit of distraction, I think.

chartres (174) 2005-06-10 2:12

I'd agree with Keitht, the image fails to produce any dramatic effect. The scenery is beautiful and the composition is right, but the flat white and liveless sky is not really impressive. I'd say this scene is really hard to shoot during the daytime because of the high contrast between dark trees and the sky... The option is to wait for the good light. Maybe the sunset...

chartres (174) 2005-06-08 3:15

It's a nice view, but did you leave the fence in the picture on purpose? It doesn't look appealing.

chartres (174) 2005-05-26 1:32

clear and sharp picture. I liked the place when I was there last month.
I tend somehow to be annoyed about the people on the foreground. Figures are too small to matter, however they somehow distract attention from the scenery. Maybe if the girls were not right in the centre... Like it is now, it looks like people are not there on purpose, but just happened to be on the way

chartres (174) 2005-05-25 20:59

I see where you were going with this shot. Not exactly the friendliest eyes those birds have! But somehow the picture is not working for me. I think, this mostly for two reasons:
1. the first seagull's legs are cut, looks like it's half in and half out, just because fo this detail
2. too much background. Should have been more of the birds to make the shot impressive

and finally the second bird's eye is slightly out of focus.
One point for bravery

chartres (174) 2005-05-25 3:14

This is an absolutely stunning picture! Soft colours, impressive foreground, beautiful mountains.

May I suggest one thing, though,
crop off 1cm from the bottom - make the composition tighter. The bottom left part is somewhat empty (don't think I'm obsessed with left-bottom parts, he-he, but honestly - too much free space to my mind) as it is now.

I'd add some contrast to the shot, as well. It's not going to spoil the shot, it's mountains after all...

chartres (174) 2005-05-25 3:05

This is a suggestive landscape indeed, however all these coloured spots and the post in front of the sun attract more attention than the landscape. The exposure is very uneven, since you have the sun in the left part and it did some nasty things to your photograph.
Finally, it does look like the horizon line is not horizontal