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06/20/2004 03:29:25 PM |
You got lucky with one thing on this shot, the lighting.. thats about it.. composition is off, the bridge unbalances the entire shot, you would have had better luck leaving the bridge out entirely..
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03/20/2004 07:21:16 AM |
| Wonderful in a faintly bizzare and surreal way. |
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02/18/2004 05:56:00 AM |
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Message edited by author 2006-05-05 14:34:03. |
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02/17/2004 03:48:50 PM |
| On my third trip through this Challenge I still very much enjoy this image from Baker Beach. Your model (or you with a time release) are enjoying some of S.F.'s good weather. Nice. If it were mine, I might play with a polarizer. It isn't, it's yours. Anyhow, this scene is still a good 7. |
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02/16/2004 03:18:54 PM |
| Looks uncomfortable. Too much clutter to focus on just the man. |
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02/16/2004 12:19:42 PM |
| Love the concept. Makes me wish for solitude! |
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02/16/2004 09:32:39 AM |
If Michelangelo and Salvador Dali would collaborate, the result, I image, would look something like this. :-)
Despite some evidence of noise (sky, sand) and a slightly spongy focus (especially from the subject's toes to torso), this is a strong and profoundly satisfying image with a considerable range of interest.
The perspective givens of the photo reveal a classical balance reinforced by an s-curve along the line of view. The colours (especially the browns, greens and near-greys) are rich, boldly contrasted without squelching the tonal range where critical.
The subject's natural, almost meditative pose and focus are captured very credibly, while his physique correlates forces evident from the rubble of his immediate environment. The subject, via pose, expression, built and presence radiates a pensive confidence, which, IMHO, commands an existential interest beyond the pleasure of aesthetics that can be so easily had from this image.
The somewhat straightforward and, apparently, uncomplicated manner and treatment (by impression) of this shot provides great ease and access to what I consider a potentially complex interpretation.
I consider this a photograph of human value, in that it points out qualities of human existence rarely shown, i.e. the merits of dissociation. And it does this simply. |
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02/14/2004 05:40:05 PM |
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02/14/2004 09:16:53 AM |
| Letting go yourself ... hum!!! I like it. -8 |
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02/13/2004 12:48:43 PM |
| What a wonderful little spot - I love the bridge swooping across the water behind. He doesn't look overly relaxed - the pose may be a little forced - but I think the composition and setting are excellent. |
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02/13/2004 04:15:52 AM |
| Nice composition, his expression says it all. Is it a self portrait? |
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02/13/2004 02:48:51 AM |
| and its even a great shot of the bridge! |
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02/13/2004 02:28:16 AM |
| what a nice landscape....looks very relaxing |
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02/12/2004 12:33:04 PM |
| Nice composition.... wierd... but nice composition. 8. |
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02/11/2004 04:33:42 PM |
| He knows how to relax.....and the right spot. Geeezzz that water right there is COLD 365 days a year.Good composition and dof. |
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02/11/2004 12:40:46 AM |
I don't get it! What does this pic. have with "letting go"???
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02/11/2004 12:11:44 AM |
| Good composition, but the focus looks off to me. |
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