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    #32
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    posted by Art Deko

    18529897608_d4b1e0aee6_c.jpg

    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! :)


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    #33
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    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: »
    19016707380_4c783fc4dd_c.jpgRougey 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: »
    19232566252_e9bf30b6b8_c.jpgSisters 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


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    #34
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    mystic86 wrote: »
    Just my opinions, I'm only a noob myself so sorry if I am wrong/offend
    bollocks to that. stop apologising.


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    #35
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    bollocks to that. stop apologising.

    Jeeze, ok.


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    #36
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    that was intended light-heartedly.


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    #37
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    that was intended light-heartedly.

    lol, look how many thanks your 2 comments got!

    *hides in corner*


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    #38
    Tiriel
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    Where was this taken?! Woah!
    Iancar29 wrote: »
    -Bolts from above-
    353735.jpg
    hi res version


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    #39
    .Longshanks.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭.Longshanks.


    Tiriel wrote: »
    Where was this taken?! Woah!

    Link says south dakota in the states

    Stunning shot.


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    #40
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    .Longshanks. wrote: »
    Stunning shot.

    Self congratulatory :P

    I agree though by the way :o


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    #41
    Tiriel
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    mystic86 wrote: »
    Self congratulatory :P

    I agree though by the way :o

    I'm not sure what you mean by self congratulatory?!
    Art Deko wrote: »
    19322072846_ed346307d2_c.jpgUntitled by Greg Matthews, on Flickr

    That made me laugh, super timing!!


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    #42
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    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


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    #43
    beth-lou
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭beth-lou


    .Longshanks. wrote: »
    18752753484_5a052c58d1_c.jpg

    I just love the colours in this. Gorgeous.


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    #44
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,329 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    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.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #45
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,329 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    -Bolts from above-
    353735.jpg
    hi res version


    What was it like to see this in person?!

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #46
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    posted by art deko:

    19221828118_5ef272d5d0_c.jpg

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


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    #47
    kelly1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


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


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    #48
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


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


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    #49
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    'Nothing amiss' by slowcyclist:

    19031185024_73e60de25d_z.jpg

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


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    #50
    slowcyclist
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭slowcyclist


    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.


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    #51
    Tiriel
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    Lambsbread wrote: »
    19186905483_e9dc22b736_c.jpgYoughal Diving Rocks by AindriúH, on Flickr

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


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    #52
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,733 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.


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    #53
    Lambsbread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭Lambsbread


    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:

    19678180019_efeea0a797_c.jpgIMG_2472 by AindriúH, on Flickr


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    #54
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    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:

    19678180019_efeea0a797_c.jpgIMG_2472 by AindriúH, on Flickr


    Would you try cloning it out?


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    #55
    Lambsbread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭Lambsbread


    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.


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    #56
    mc_grens
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭mc_grens


    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.


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    #57
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    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/


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    #58
    mystic86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    dinneenp wrote: »
    John Grant at Galway Arts Festival:

    19341649413_571a1a813d_c.jpg

    C&C welcome


    Seems very murky?


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    #59
    mc_grens
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭mc_grens


    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!


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    #60
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    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.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #61
    kelly1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    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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