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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 29, 2010, 10:25:51 pm

Title: Kite
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 29, 2010, 10:25:51 pm
Given that I recently offered some harsh critique of images posted in this forum, I thought it is only fair to open myself for the same :)

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Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2010, 05:16:14 am
Given that I recently offered some harsh critique of images posted in this forum, I thought it is only fair to open myself for the same :)

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Two options:

United Colours (Underpants) of Benetton;

The Flying Burrito Brothers play Bel Air.

Nice tight formation, whoever you shot!

Rob C
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Chairman Bill on October 30, 2010, 05:38:54 am
Red, white & black! Nazi kites! Oops, Godwin's Law
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: fredjeang on October 30, 2010, 05:43:30 am
Slobodan, as you're far from being a beginner and that I know what kind of good images you are able to produce,
this image is indeed an open door from criticsm bombing  ;D,

Keeping in mind that we are not talking about a beginner but an honorable veteran, right?

- There is no movement captured in the paralell curves wich makes the image too static
- The tint of the blue sky is boring and clouds have a dominance that doesn't help
- Saturation of the sky could be less to not compete with the colors of the subject
- the composition tells nothing, it's messy, too far and would deserve a good cropping and putting the axix to the bottom paralell for example

in fact, a banal and boring image in the very long list of aerial shows snapshots.

Have I been harsh enough? Or you want more...
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: stamper on October 30, 2010, 06:17:20 am
Slobodan, as you're far from being a beginner and that I know what kind of good images you are able to produce,
this image is indeed an open door from criticsm bombing  ;D,

Keeping in mind that we are not talking about a beginner but an honorable veteran, right?

- There is no movement captured in the paralell curves wich makes the image too static
- The tint of the blue sky is boring and clouds have a dominance that doesn't help
- Saturation of the sky could be less to not compete with the colors of the subject
- the composition tells nothing, it's messy, too far and would deserve a good cropping and putting the axix to the bottom paralell for example

in fact, a banal and boring image in the very long list of aerial shows snapshots.

Have I been harsh enough? Or you want more...

You should try criticizing it instead of praising it?  :)
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: fredjeang on October 30, 2010, 09:07:22 am
It was a joke Stamper, I was teasing Slobodan.
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2010, 09:20:23 am
It was a joke Stamper, I was teasing Slobodan.


Fred, for 50€/day (each!), can I have those two girls added to the package for France too?

Rob C
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 30, 2010, 09:58:40 am
Slobodan is feeding us red (and black and white) herrings ....
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2010, 01:26:41 pm
Rob  :o, are you revealing your hidden nature?



What, do you think I'm a spendthrift?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: popnfresh on October 30, 2010, 02:37:54 pm
I don't think it's quite awful enough. Don't you have anything that's more awful?
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 30, 2010, 06:27:27 pm
… Have I been harsh enough? Or you want more...

Fred, this isn't funny… there have been several suicides in the States recently, from kids to teenagers, as a result of cyber-bullying (i.e., harsh online criticism, threats and insults).

Is that what you are doing to me here, Fred?  ???

… Is it, Fred?  :( :(

… Is it!?  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: fredjeang on October 30, 2010, 06:28:54 pm
Yes!! ;D ;D

But we have a french say that goes like this: "qui aime bien châtie bien"
wich means: "the one who loves well punishes well" ;)
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on October 30, 2010, 07:19:56 pm
Seems like everything is heading in the general direction of down...
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 30, 2010, 07:34:22 pm
Seems like everything is heading in the general direction of down...

No, Chris, my image was NOT meant as a comment on the general direction LuLa is heading :D
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: Rob C on October 31, 2010, 03:58:26 am
No, Chris, my image was NOT meant as a comment on the general direction LuLa is heading :D


Now, now, Slobodan; most of us had forgotten about the clunky new mechanics; thought it had always required using Word in order to write more than a couple of lines...

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Kite
Post by: stamper on October 31, 2010, 04:39:42 am
It was a joke Stamper, I was teasing Slobodan.

And so was my reply! ::)