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Gehad_JoyRider · 19-06-2015 06:46PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

posted by Art Deko

it's a bit dark on the left, which makes it look slightly unbalanced, or 'spotlighty' in the centre.

Art decko my advice would be to disregard the above!

mystic86 · 28-06-2015 10:32PM

This thread has gone very quite!

I don't feel qualified to criticise on here, but I'll give it a go this time for these two pics in the hope that the thread might become a bit more active...

swingking wrote: »

Rougey Coast, Bundoran

For me, I think I'd probably crop out the stones in the foreground, I think it looks cluttered and doesn't add to the photo, for me the photo is about the lovely sky and the two headland things leading towards it, so I'd probably cut down to the sand, but hey that's just me.

obrano wrote: »

Sisters at Play

Nice subjects, interesting faces, I just think perhaps the shutter speed and aperture might be a little off..? I think 1/50 of a second on a 50mm lens is probably too slow and I think you can see a bit of motion in the photo..? F4 might be a little open too for 2 subjects?

Just my opinions, I'm only a noob myself so sorry if I am wrong/offend

magicbastarder · 29-06-2015 09:07AM

mystic86 wrote: »

Just my opinions, I'm only a noob myself so sorry if I am wrong/offend

bollocks to that. stop apologising.

mystic86 · 29-06-2015 09:27AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

bollocks to that. stop apologising.

Jeeze, ok.

magicbastarder · 29-06-2015 09:31AM

that was intended light-heartedly.

mystic86 · 29-06-2015 04:31PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

that was intended light-heartedly.

lol, look how many thanks your 2 comments got!

*hides in corner*

Tiriel · 01-07-2015 12:55AM

Where was this taken?! Woah!

Iancar29 wrote: »

-Bolts from above-

hi res version

.Longshanks. · 01-07-2015 02:54AM

Tiriel wrote: »

Where was this taken?! Woah!

Link says south dakota in the states

Stunning shot.

mystic86 · 01-07-2015 02:56AM

.Longshanks. wrote: »

Stunning shot.

Self congratulatory :P

I agree though by the way

Tiriel · 02-07-2015 10:50AM

mystic86 wrote: »

Self congratulatory :P

I agree though by the way

I'm not sure what you mean by self congratulatory?!

Art Deko wrote: »

Untitled by Greg Matthews, on Flickr

That made me laugh, super timing!!

mystic86 · 02-07-2015 10:51AM

Tiriel wrote: »

I'm not sure what you mean by self congratulatory?!

oops, thought it was the same guy who took the photo

:eek:

Sorry

beth-lou · 03-07-2015 10:48AM

.Longshanks. wrote: »

I just love the colours in this. Gorgeous.

The Black Oil · 04-07-2015 10:49AM

Modern buttons and lights aside, it reminds me a bit of one of those shots you'd see of an American bus from decades ago.

The Black Oil · 04-07-2015 11:29AM

Iancar29 wrote: »

-Bolts from above-

hi res version

What was it like to see this in person?!

magicbastarder · 04-07-2015 07:19PM

posted by art deko:

i love the composition, but it's a bit contrastier than i would reckon is optimum.

kelly1 · 06-07-2015 11:24PM

^ Looks fine to me, very little loss of detail I'd imagine.

CabanSail · 07-07-2015 03:01AM

^ Looks to have too much sharpening applied for a screen image. Probably OK for a print though.

magicbastarder · 13-07-2015 10:12AM

'Nothing amiss' by slowcyclist:

apart from the horizon, that is...
the haloing around the mast is a bit too obvious too.

slowcyclist · 13-07-2015 11:52AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

'Nothing amiss' by slowcyclist:

apart from the horizon, that is...
the haloing around the mast is a bit too obvious too.

Thank you for the feedback Magicbastarder. Both observations spot on, I was editing a number of photos from the Dun Laoghaire Regatta and missed the obvious.

Tiriel · 20-07-2015 02:14PM

Lambsbread wrote: »

Youghal Diving Rocks by AindriúH, on Flickr

Really lovely shot but I'd love to see more of the steps - make them a bigger feature!

magicbastarder · 20-07-2015 03:33PM

i was just thinking the same thing - i wonder what a crop to square, hard to the right hand side of the frame, would look like.

Lambsbread · 20-07-2015 07:35PM

Thanks for the feedback. It is a different type of photography that I am used to.

There was a rock blocking the steps and it appeared a black box in the bottom corner.

Edit: Here is a photo from the same night at a slightly different angle:

IMG_2472 by AindriúH, on Flickr

mystic86 · 21-07-2015 12:31AM

Lambsbread wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback. It is a different type of photography that I am used to.

There was a rock blocking the steps and it appeared a black box in the bottom corner.

Edit: Here is a photo from the same night at a slightly different angle:

IMG_2472 by AindriúH, on Flickr

Would you try cloning it out?

Lambsbread · 21-07-2015 02:20PM

I'll be back soon enough to try again

I'll spend a little more time setting up the shot this time. It normally takes me more than one visit to get the shot.

mc_grens · 23-07-2015 08:08PM

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

Art decko my advice would be to disregard the above!

Art Deko I'm interested in how you went about capturing the picture of the girl, and some of your street stuff in general. Was it candid or did you make eye contact first? Are you shooting with a long lens or something shorter like a 35 or 50 mm?

I like this style of photography, but I'm not at all confident or comfortable doing it.

mystic86 · 23-07-2015 10:33PM

mc_grens wrote: »

Art Deko I'm interested in how you went about capturing the picture of the girl, and some of your street stuff in general. Was it candid or did you make eye contact first? Are you shooting with a long lens or something shorter like a 35 or 50 mm?

I like this style of photography, but I'm not at all confident or comfortable doing it.

in case he doesn't see this you can get some details on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_matthews/18529897608/

mystic86 · 24-07-2015 02:45PM

dinneenp wrote: »

John Grant at Galway Arts Festival:

C&C welcome

Seems very murky?

mc_grens · 27-07-2015 12:10AM

mystic86 wrote: »

in case he doesn't see this you can get some details on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_matthews/18529897608/

Cheers Mystic!

OldGoat · 27-07-2015 09:28AM

mystic86 wrote: »

Seems very murky?

A comment, not on the photography but on the subject of the photograph.
I love this man's writing. He has a wonderful turn of phrase. In one of his many (anti)love songs he had me scurrying to the dictionary to look up the word 'Callipygian'.

As for the photograph I'd like to see a little more negative space on the righthand side.

kelly1 · 28-07-2015 05:39PM

To add to the comment made by Mystic86 in post# 58, I do like the man's expression. But it seems to me the subject is a bit underexposed. I'd also like to see a bit of light on the background which would make the subject standout more and not get lost against the black.

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