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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: combsequine on January 05, 2019, 09:50:45 pm
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A little nervous about posting, but I would like some insight from others to help me get better. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190106/0e113ab1ee91c0442060d6737432ea3a.jpg)
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Don't be nervous. Welcome! I like very much the dark enigmatic tones matching the composition. Unique, in my experience.
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Welcome to LuLa, Comb. There's a thread somewhere on originality in photography. What you just posted is one of the most original pictures I've seen on here. It shows that creativity in photography is possible.
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Combsequine, are you sure you're not bcooter?
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Definitely unusual. More please.
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Welcome to LuLa, Comb. There's a thread somewhere on originality in photography. What you just posted is one of the most original pictures I've seen on here. It shows that creativity in photography is possible.
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Very distinctive look. What post processing software are you using?
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Combsequine, are you sure you're not bcooter?
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Ditto. I remember stuff from Coot posted a few years ago that was similar.
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I appreciate the feedback. Sorry, I don’t know who Coot is. Back story is I have been off and on with photography for better than 20 years. But tapered off after college and access to a darkroom. Some years back my wife and I had our first child and she wanted pics. My answer was to get an updated camera vs paying for someone else. Kind of got me back in the game and enjoying it. Cruising dirt roads is how I wind down at times. I rounded a corner any thought “this would make a good black and white”. Simple as that. Using me as kind of an anonymous foreground interest is a concept I have been working on, but has proven more difficult than thought. I like this one more than most I have tried. In reference to a question from Faberryman, just Lightroom.
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So it's a selfie? If I had to guess, I would say New Mexico.
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Very nice.
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Very nice work.
JR
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drralph, Arizona.
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Combsequine, are you sure you're not bcooter?
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I instantly thought of the shot of the guy and the Jeep (?) too!
Guess we both like and remember Cooter's work!
Rob
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As others have posted it's definitely a +1 from me and also as others have posted VERY original (at least to me). Welcome to LULA sir!!
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Joining the welcome and accolades.
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As others have posted it's definitely a +1 from me and also as others have posted VERY original (at least to me). Welcome to LULA sir!!
Really? You don't remember the Cooter set? If memory serves, they were an advertising series of frames for male clothing, but that's hardly the point. They were in colour, if that helps jog the memory.
Maybe before your closer intetest in LuLaLand? That could explain it.
None of this is to knock the new man's picture; welcome to the snake pit, combs!
Rob
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Wow, thanks for all the good feedback. I’m very open to some critique too. Like I said, this is just an idea I have had for a while. I went to a drive last Saturday and tried the same concept. The light sucked and I knew it, but I was out and might as well shoot something. This was me again, with my meth lab this time. I don’t care for the pic, but what are your thoughts on the concept?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190108/bf7abc390161c5b8993cc30960ecc43e.jpg)
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I find both of these images quite arresting, so for me your concept works, even if it's not my own style.
Welcome to the LuLa zoo, and please post more.
Eric
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Welcome! Fine shots, both. I think I'd prefer the second if it had as little of you as the first (that's not a personal comment!). Cropping a little off the left would add mystery.
Jeremy
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Welcome! Fine shots, both. I think I'd prefer the second if it had as little of you as the first (that's not a personal comment!). Cropping a little off the left would add mystery.
Jeremy
And utterly ruin the equilibrium.
I like the shot as is, but am happy not to be in the terrain. I don't think the light sucks at all: it gives a mood that works on me. Just because I don't fancy the idea of the place doesn't suggest the thing doesn't work; it might actually mean that it has worked very well indeed.
Rob
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Jeremy, I agree for just the reason you said, this setup just didn’t allow for that much.
Rob, it was just one of those days where there was a thin layer of cloud over the whole sky, and everything was very flat. This road is only about a 30 minute drive from my house. I love the country down there and should spend more time there than I do. With work, a three year old and a three month old, I just don’t get out as much as I once did.
Thanks again everyone for the feedback.
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I think the first shot is exceptional, the second less so, but there's no shame in that.
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Thanks for all the help. These are in line with what I’ve been trying. The one with the crosses is from a year ago. I just never got the shot
I had in my head. The other is from a couple weeks ago. Both are buddies I happen to be out with at the time. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190121/a4dc175d3987df79f01052ba14eddbb3.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190121/60e22b9568d2fe476a595f3ed006e1ec.jpg)
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Had to edit last post.
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That was supposed to be “shot”. Sorry
You can modify your post after posting.
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This series is really growing on me.
My favorites so far are the first and the crosses. I all of them, the mood and ambiguity are quite powerful and expressive.
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I like the crosses photo a lot. Suggests to me the guy with the gun has just shot the headstock off the right grave guitar/marker. And may be responsible for the graves too. ;)
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