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Postby ONV73C on Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:00 am

4 pics from the farm up in Kempsey, taken at around 7am with some low lying fog.

Purposely blown out. Feedback welcome


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Postby nat on Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:14 am

Nice work Michael.
I really like the way you have framed the web in #2. It is quite a striking image.
The high contrast and desaturation makes #4 stand out as well.
I have to say that I find the blown areas of #1&3 a little too distracting however.
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Postby drifter on Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:03 am

Michael the second shot is excellent and the effect works well .The first one looks pushed just a fraction too far .
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Postby Alex on Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:07 pm

Love the 2nd and 3rd shots. Excellent work.

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Postby mudder on Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:59 pm

Good strong composition and creative use of light. Particularly enjoyed the second and third images with the backlighting on the spiders webs...

The power pole in the first distracts me, but you may you may have intended to place it there in the image...

The last one might be worth cropping into more of a pano style, cropping some of the foreground?
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Postby Willy wombat on Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:54 pm

Yes the web shots are really nice. Well done!
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:50 pm

I really like the style you have created. It has a nice impact.
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Postby ONV73C on Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:04 pm

Thanks for the comments :)

Some of the blown out areas aren't everyones cup of tea, but i couldn't resist beefing up these images with the high contrast to achieve the style.

mudder, i agree, the last one could lose some of the grass, it is a slightly dead area of the pic.
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Postby wmaburnett on Mon May 01, 2006 3:33 pm

Great detail in t he spiderwebs!
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Postby marcotrov on Mon May 01, 2006 4:12 pm

The second one works well. It would be greatly enhanced in my opinion if it weren't for the telegraph pole and lines. Although one perspective could be that it stands as tension between the natural and man-made world.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 01, 2006 5:45 pm

#2 and #4 are my pick here the spider web and the fog/cloud intrigue me in the images (respectively).

#1 and #3 are weaker IMO, but I condemn the experimentation.
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon May 01, 2006 6:14 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:#2 and #4 are my pick here the spider web and the fog/cloud intrigue me in the images (respectively).

#1 and #3 are weaker IMO, but I condemn the experimentation.


Condemn the experimentation :? . Surely you mean "commend" Craig? :D
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Postby ONV73C on Mon May 01, 2006 11:05 pm

marcotrov wrote:The second one works well. It would be greatly enhanced in my opinion if it weren't for the telegraph pole and lines. Although one perspective could be that it stands as tension between the natural and man-made world.
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Yes! very good take, i like it... although it wasn't intended ;)

lol @ Willy, well spotted
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue May 02, 2006 12:04 am

Willy wombat wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:#2 and #4 are my pick here the spider web and the fog/cloud intrigue me in the images (respectively).

#1 and #3 are weaker IMO, but I condemn the experimentation.


Condemn the experimentation :? . Surely you mean "commend" Craig? :D


Ooops! I must be going Banana's!

I did mean Commend. :oops:
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Postby Jonas on Tue May 02, 2006 10:13 am

Hi Michael, I really liked the effects on these pics. I was a bit distracted by the black fence post of #1, but #2 and #3 are impressive. That spider web really stands out.

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