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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stamper on December 01, 2012, 05:38:58 am

Title: Seeing the Light
Post by: stamper on December 01, 2012, 05:38:58 am

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: Tony Jay on December 01, 2012, 06:08:12 am

Oh yes! I like!

The composition is excellent.
The tonalities especially in different regions of the image to either enhance detail or hide it - fabulous.
This image is telling stories on lots of different levels - enigmatic and intriguing - in fact because one is not sure what the "full story" is the interest value demands second and third looks and much pondering.

You gave me much pleasure viewing your creation.

Tony Jay

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: WalterEG on December 01, 2012, 06:47:23 am

I agree with what tony said so eloquently.

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: RSL on December 01, 2012, 08:05:57 am

Very, very nice catch Stamper. Love the geometry. Bravo!

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 01, 2012, 08:44:34 am

+1

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on December 01, 2012, 09:07:39 am

Quote from: stamper on December 01, 2012, 05:38:58 am

Thoughts?

 I like it. There are some slightly odd-looking lines around the girls' legs, but I imagine they're compression artefacts.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: RSL on December 01, 2012, 10:00:53 am

I think Stamper may have pulled the Clarity slider a bit too far to the right, but in a print the lines probably would disappear.

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: seamus finn on December 01, 2012, 11:48:43 am

Agree with Tony.

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: marvpelkey on December 01, 2012, 09:30:52 pm

Although the exterior has a story unto itself (looks a bit like a face with a winking eye), it's the interior that really speaks. I really like the way the light brushes the various edges and subtly disappears into the ceiling beams. And the silhouettes of course! Well seen and well captured.

Marv

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: stamper on December 02, 2012, 04:13:02 am

Thanks for the feedback. Regarding the lines it may be the sharpening I did. I took a series of images and I set a shutter speed of 1/250th and auto iso. The light was low so some of the images showed slight motion blur. This image probably suffered the least from the motion blur. The scene is the dark cloisters in Glasgow University. A well known place for photography with quite a few opportunities for photography.

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: francois on December 02, 2012, 12:21:26 pm

Definitely a five-star image!

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: wolfnowl on December 02, 2012, 09:36:44 pm

Any more symmetry and I`d have thought you`d mirrored it.   :)  But then the two women would be walking into each other.  Very nice.

Mike.

Title: Re: Seeing the Light
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on December 03, 2012, 07:47:55 pm

Very nice indeed - I especially like the little old dear in the background with the scarf on her head, yes this is a picture to enjoy looking into and around.

Quote from: RSL on December 01, 2012, 08:05:57 am

Very, very nice catch Stamper. Love the geometry. Bravo!

+1

Dave