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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on April 13, 2013, 11:38:43 am

Title: Stealth
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 13, 2013, 11:38:43 am

(http://s20.postimg.org/7k7vr2yzh/stealth_fw.jpg)

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 13, 2013, 12:52:50 pm

It's so stealthy that I had a hard time working out what it was!

What does it look like in colour?

Jeremy

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 13, 2013, 01:48:49 pm

Like this.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8646119360_8a2d37e35f_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 13, 2013, 02:56:33 pm

Color - B&W
  1    :   0

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 13, 2013, 03:02:30 pm

Yeah...I think you may be right... this sucker was about 15 inches long...maybe 4.5 inches in diameter.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2013, 04:51:33 pm

Pretty wild!

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: degrub on April 13, 2013, 10:15:42 pm

I like #1 and the title. It took while to figure out what it was. That made it interesting. #2 was nice, but my first reaction was just another pretty koi picture.

Frank

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Ed B on April 13, 2013, 11:00:06 pm

Quote from: degrub on April 13, 2013, 10:15:42 pm

I like #1 and the title. It took while to figure out what it was. That made it interesting. #2 was nice, but my first reaction was just another pretty koi picture.

Frank

Agreed. I thought the B&W was a skull under water but was still unsure. As soon as I saw the color version I knew immediately what it was, kinda took the fun out of it.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Michael West on April 13, 2013, 11:54:32 pm

Cam we be certain that it's not a drone  8)

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: sdwilsonsct on April 14, 2013, 10:47:43 am

B+W for me. I like the abstraction enhanced by the irregular reflected black lines.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 14, 2013, 12:24:43 pm

I have gone in and make a few editorial changes, almost to the effect of a duo-tone but not quite...does this add or subtract from the "mystery" quality in the abstraction?

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8261/8647997385_e21e91997a_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Ed B on April 14, 2013, 06:08:24 pm

I like the added contrast but I don't think it changes the mystery, it's still difficult to tell what it is in either one.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 15, 2013, 07:47:10 am

That would be the idea of being "stealthy." While this Koi was in a controlled environment in which no natural predators existed and people couldn't get close enough to build in a fear factor, I found it quite interesting all the Koi in the small river-place built for them, seemed to change coloration as they moved from the brighter areas to the darker areas just as they would in a less controlled environ.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: amolitor on April 15, 2013, 09:28:09 am

That's very interesting. It suggests to ME that are least some of the above-water predators can't see color. Or at any rate those colors.

Title: Re: Stealth
Post by: AFairley on April 15, 2013, 01:40:26 pm

I prefer the B&Ws, and prefer the higher contrast version.