Ok, thanks.
Nov. 6, 2024
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on the edge
Skinner's Bluff, Ontario, Canada
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Very nice scene with its Autumn colours. I like the ledge as a foreground element leading into the scenic view.
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Very nice sunrise/sunset and I like that the foreground is not completely silhoutted with enough detail still visible.
However, I would have cloned out the power lines, especially the ones running up and down the middle. For me they are a distraction "splitting" the scene somewhat.
Anyway, just some food for thought.
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A pleasant fall image with colors changing in the hardwoods, a scene that could easily have been taken on my Kentucky trip. The oranges of the trees work well with the complementary blues of the sky and reflection, which is lovely. (Hint: a pano crop of the bottom half, flipped upside down, would make an interesting artistic alternative).
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Though it appears the base photo might be interesting, well composed and well taken, the color overlay spoils it for me. It's just too garish for my taste. Interesting insect, much like some I see on milkweed plants here this time of year.
And out of curiosity, I am wondering what you, its creator, feel like the color overlay effect adds to this image? What is your goal in using it? How did you choose the overlay? I use overlays fairly often, mostly texture but occasionally color, but quite differently, so I am interested in your ideas.
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No problem. Thank you minniev.
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That's pretty amazing. I have never heard of or imagined such a thing, though with 3 sons and 3 grandsons I've had plenty of ant farms. The creativity to imagine such a thing as this is off the charts. Thanks for sharing it with us, a fine documentary series. I disagree about photographic value, as I think the one of the viewers,with the stalwart pigeon toed person in the pale green hat staring at the amazing display has artistic merit.
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Like Mike, you have shared a bit of a project. And it is interesting. Great result on the final "ghost at the keyboard" who seems like he might be teleporting to another realm after the concert. I've only done light painting once and it came out quite terrible. You've done much better than I. The first one,with all the twirls, is an interesting artistic result too.
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Those rich blues are almost like paints.The blue works well with the orange tones of the table, and both work well with the pale pebbled backdrop. But yes the secret weapon is the set of diagonal lines of various widths that divide the frame into slanted quarters, guide the eye, and parralel one of the branches of the flowers. Quite nice.
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Lovely dramatic sunset with variegated color tones that cover all the rainbow except the greens. I like the minimal treatment you've given the trees as an L shaped partial frame. Usually I dislike power lines but these seem to have function: they are holding up the sky.The have an almost 3D appearance, adding depth to the frame. Their shape echoes the L of the left tree line. So I have to conclude they enhance the photo rather than detract from it.
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Fascinating image, and it works well in monochrome. The fact that the fellow is reflected twice is a little disorienting but makes the photo that much more interesting. The interspersed rectangles and lines offer balanceee. But the most interesting character is the woman who is barreling straight into the graffiti-covered window on her bike. Very well done.
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Beautiful very clear colors. The forest is just starting its fall turn so nothing is spent yet, and the colors that have turned are just brilliant against that blue sky and blue water. I like that you left the slab of stone in front, angled to keep it from being boring. It gives me a perch. The triangular shape of the slab and the (inverted) triangular shape of he cloud formation echo each other. Lovely.
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Forgive me. I can't look at this photo without seeing a certain long red tie that I have seen far too often. Sorry Rich42.
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Mike,
Sorry. What about the image reminds you of the guy with the red tie?
Rich
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Lovely scene with very nice colours. I like that you didn't clip the sky when you took the photo. Clipped skies is one of my pet hates.
Depending on how much you would like to highlight the shed, these two crops also work very well for me.
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Thanks Minniev! The “pebbled backdrop” is just a slightly textured wall. The grazing light makes it look really dramatic. The texture is invisible otherwise.
Rich
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It's the shape of the vase.
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What you haven't seen are the other 27 pictures which didn't come out as well. But the technique is easy. I started by reading this digital-photography-school.com/beginners-guide-to-light-painting/ and this digital-photography-school.com/how-to-shoot-light-trails/
Setting up the camera took some time. The best tip I can give is turn off long exposure NR. It means everything takes twice as long.
You need a dark room because you are going to be using speeds measured in seconds (like 20). For the circles, remember to keep moving - that way, the body holding the light won't appear. The ghost was easy - I just asked the piano player to leave after 10 seconds of a 20 second shot. My camera has a countdown timer built in, so it was easy to know when 10 seconds was up.
It is great fun to do - and you can do it in your living room.
Alan
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The colour treatment with the diagonal striping, though weird and unnatural, does make the bug stand out.
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Those are fun experiments with painting with light.
Once you start thinking about the technique, other applications will come to you.Nobody will ever make anything better in that regard, than the Albanian photoprapher Gjon Mili's photos of Pablo Picasso literally creating a painting with light.
Photos made for LIFE magazine.
I had known the images, and learned more about Mili in his birth town Korçë while visiting Albania last month.
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You have just defined yourself as a true photographer: one who takes notice of the light, and how it enters a room differently on different times of day, and (bigger picture) on different times of day on different days in the year.
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A ghost in the woods.
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