"neat image with visual impact +"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
" Another good one ! I wish I had been there !"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Looks like your sensor could use a clean up."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"I like the separation and placement of the planes in this image."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"Nice! Not often you see an image of another plane accompanying the snowbirds."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"very effective graphic image."
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"Yet another clean and simple yet thought provoking image by Tim."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"well seen and captured, lovely evening light."
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"This is really being observant - good eye."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"This photograph has great lines and rythym, it is an oft done subject this is a wonderful treatment.The special part is teh placement of the white leaves and the retention of detail in the highlight areas as well as the shadlows."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"a lovely candid portrait nicely rendered in b/w, just try to tone down the 4 highlights at the back of her head which compete with her face"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Sure, once I get my PC back from the shop :-("
Jim Seaton
about 1 year ago
"Jim, could you post this photo in it's colour version?"
Mark Helm
about 1 year ago
"Street scenes are tough because there is always so much clutter. I suggest that you really focus on the rule of thirds to highlight your subject, and don't shoot from head-height. Try crouching down or standing on something to get more impact from a different viewpoint."
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"My original title was "disappointed" but that was causing some confusion so I changed it. My intent was to show the midway person on the left standing there out of the action, looking in at the people hiding under their umbrellas. The people he wishes were playing his games."
Jim Seaton
about 1 year ago
"The titles great. The problem is that right where you would expect the main subject to be (i.e. rule of thirds) there is nothing. This leaves the viewer wondering what the photographer really wanted us to see. It's still nicely framed with the curb, arching tree branch and tent tops holding the image together. "
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"OK, how about...Rain, Rain go away....come again another day."
Jim Seaton
about 1 year ago
"I'm sorry, I don't understand the story this tells, even with the title, but I agree nice tonal range."
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Without the title, and even then I had to search a bit for meaining in this photograph. Great tonal range."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"I like this, it is good...but, show us an image that speaks for it's self, where you don't have to describe it to us in the title "
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"I like this composition, and it works well in black and white. Would suggest cropping the sidewalk from the foreground. Something is wrong with the sky, kind of blotchy."
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"If I may add my 2 cents worth...no matter how much work goes into an image like this, it makes me think that the photographer was not happy with the original image and tried to salvage something by using photoshop wizardry to make an acceptable image. Jim, you sure are exploring the boundaries of photography with what you have been showing us lately, keep it up !"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Dave, I think that there is a psychological aspect to 4x5s and chemicals... they force you to slow down and carefully consider each shot. It's easy to get carried away by the speed and power of digital, but you can choose to shoot slowly and carefully with digital if you want to. For example, only take very small memory cards, always shoot raw (larger files), and use the power of digital to simulate film later. Use pano techniques to composite single shots from multiple images, forcing you to select subjects with care. Anyway, while this painting-style image is not my cup of tea I appreciate the effort that went into it... a lot of time was spent carefully manipulating it and in that sense it's actually more like large-format film shooting than "regular" digital shooting - you can only do a few of them so you have to take care over each one. I've never been in a darkroom in my life, but I still consider myself a photographer. :-)"
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"I have mixed feelings as well, it's a new program (toy). So I gave it a try and thought I would throw it up for comments. You have to do one stroke at a time. You can do the same photograph and have it look different every time. As you can probably tell, I'm not an artist."
Jim Seaton
about 1 year ago
"I am thinling that a;; of ths digital manipulation makes me want to get out my 4x5 camera ansd some chemicals and become a photographer again."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"I am having mixed feelings about turning photographs into paintings, maybe as photographers we wanted to be artists, but couldn't draw a straight line, now as photographers we want to be artists but can't hold a brush."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"Without the title it would be hard to see the impact of the photo, which is why we do not give titles to prints in judging. A good use of selective depth of field, but as our eyes are naturrally drawn to the infocus and bright areas in a photo you are immediately taken out of the photo by the bottom right corner. Try burning in that corner a bit."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"Depth of field is just too shallow for this type of picture, the background is great, almost seems to be in motion, but there is only a small lip of a flower petal in focus. "
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"I wish I had taken this myself, great image with optimum shutter speed for motion and keeping camera still under an action situation for sharpness."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"That building is going to be looking pretty run-down too, soon enough..."
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"This work perfect with "What you see is what you get" dont expect more..."
Sorin Petri
11 months ago
"Heh... me too. I think you've pushed the colours a little too far on this one... the red banding between forehead and hair is distracting."
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"I keep wainting for teh rest of the image to load."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"the white border should be thinner. It presently distracts a little from the subject"
Paul Garner
11 months ago
"the border emphasizes the negative space on the right, I think the background hurts this. Clean up the texture to all black on the left ?? "
Bill Niessen
about 1 year ago
"Lovely moment in the sky Ross - good spotting."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"Ross, you're really starting to develop a style with your 'flora' closeups, they get better and better. I like this one! "
Bill Niessen
about 1 year ago
"I can see it ... and yet again, you have captured the beauty of a green spring."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"The yellow lined frame is a nice addtion as we don't see a lot of this here. If you are using Photshop and perhaps in other programs there isa tool called stroke, which put a clean frame with sqare corners exactly around the picture as wide as you choose."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"As much as I can understand taking this picture,on my monitor it seems very yellow, not the redish yellow of a summer sunset. Also I guess the boat leaving the picture and almost touching the frame leaves a little discomfort."
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"The visitor center at Rondeau Provincial Park.. Had quite a showcase with what animals to be found in the park. Though I should add that this particular snake won't be found in the park - think it was a baby boa constrictor, that's not native to Canada..."
Ross Blakey
about 1 year ago
"Uh, thanks Ross... where was the snake? Pet shop?"
Eleanor Ovtscherenko
about 1 year ago
"Great contemporary photograph. I would eliminate the small white line around the image."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"diagonal adds impact, great capture of child's expression"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"The colour and contrast are wonderful with good shadow detail. Only thing that bothers me is the brightest object, the feather, leading your eye out of the picture, I wish it didn't touch the edge of the frame. "
David Robinson
about 1 year ago
"One of my favorites this year. Great image."
Gary Molenkamp
about 1 year ago
"This is the Merit Award image for Scapes Without Water in the Glennie Exhibition"
Eleanor Ovtscherenko
about 1 year ago
"I think this is strongest 'water' image I have seen in a long time! I would like to see this printed. "
Dominic Langley
11 months ago
"this is a great image and so suitable for the B&W format,excellent tonal range."
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"and the absolutely beautiful tonal range. A keen eye to see this beatiful image"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"I just wanted to say how much I like this image. I love how the ovals of the skylight and the railing echo each other, and the absolutely beautiful "
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Nicely done Ross. I was very taken by some shots of 'passed' flowers by a photographer in Vancouver. So much so that I purchased on because I just couldn't get the image out of my head. I think there is really something to be said for this type of beauty."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"Thx all! 300 2.8 w/ 1.4 TC, BetterBeamer on flash, 1/200, f4 (wide open due to ), aperture priority"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"The DOF is absolutely perfect to my eye on this image. Would you share the details i.e. lens, shutter priority, f-stop?"
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"I echo Paul's comments...classic image !"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"lovely pose and the green and white work so well together.......... very nice capture for a birding novice :-)"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"I had no idea we have egrets in the area!! He's beautiful."
Eleanor Ovtscherenko
about 1 year ago
"good color contrast, great timing with beak open, I can almost hear it singing"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"very busy branches but it works and doesn't seem to distract my eye...... I think due to the colour difference with the subject"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"Nice interest shot. Makes me wonder what happened next,"
Richard Blosdale
about 1 year ago
"excellent image.... being within the clouds really accentuates the subject"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"great shot, I can't think how it could be improved, the clouds around the wing are perfect"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"wow, perfect shot, clouds, pilot looking at you, very sharp "
Bill Niessen
about 1 year ago
"very nice lighting on flower and DOF is good................ a thin frame arounf would help define the left side which is a little too amorphous compared with right."
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"side lighting is very effective, dof works well"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"good DOF, colour saturation and lighting......... would like all flower in focus"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"Nicely timed!! Love those feet being all in step... Looks like you had a grand time at Longwoods! "
Ross Blakey
about 1 year ago
"very well balanced and efffective composition"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"I agree with Tim. It has a futuristic look about it........ see it being used in an advert"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"although all of these 'oil and water' pattern photos are stunning, I find this one stands alone because of its graphic simplicity !!"
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"Congrats on your bubble picture in the June Shutterbug magazine, well done"
John Kirkland
about 1 year ago
"don't get lost in this other "space world" Bill....... like the warm colours in this one"
Paul Garner
about 1 year ago
"Bill, your "bubble images" are truly spectacular!"
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"Eleanor: yes... the tiny little eyeballs at the end of snails' eyestalks!"
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"I think of eyeballs every time I look at this."
Eleanor Ovtscherenko
about 1 year ago
"My guess on the background would be a fake sunflower."
Brenda Fee-Perkins
about 1 year ago
"Very artistic! Mysterious background would be . . . . ?"
Rob Paterson
about 1 year ago
"This is just a variation on the light table technique Bill Boswell has been doing using oil and water"
Bill Niessen
about 1 year ago
"Also very mysterious and artistic. Are you sharing secrets?"
Rob Paterson
about 1 year ago
"Very appealing; colours great and nice patterns!"
Rob Paterson
about 1 year ago
"Great shot, the tonal range in the sky is very interesting"
Bill Boswell
about 1 year ago
"Nicely done, and well framed. Is this a composite of several shots or a long exposure?"
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago
"Level of contrast and length of exposure contribute to a quality image"
Rob Paterson
about 1 year ago
"Yes ! ...the quality of the light in this I find intriguing."
Tim Wilson
about 1 year ago
"There's something funky about the lighting in this shot... I like it"
Fraser McCrossan
about 1 year ago