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with comments from Philip Grosset "Hello, my name is Todd Weselake and i live in Fernie B.C Canada, I have haer a few phots that i scaned on, the scanner put little dots on then but hey, what can ya do! hear is a little on each picture. 1)beefood.jpg- I took this picture in hope to have the background fuzzy, and the bee on the mountain daisy to be visable, i think i suceeded on this, what are some good tips on making it better? 2)clayton.jpg this one i like, before i scanned it you could see his jaket a bit better, it wasn't so dark, what do u think of this picture? 3)ferniesnow.jpg This one turned out good too, i think, it looks just like this originaly, what do u think? 4)inversion.jpg this one was a bit darker before, and the mountains in the background didn't dissapere into the sky like they do here, wat do u think? Thnks for the feedback, do you e-mail back your response or do i look on the web page? thanks." (Todd Weselake) |
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| Your photo on the left would have worked better if you'd come in closer, as I have done on the right. It was a good idea to throw the background out of focus, but unfortunately your camera angle still doesn't give us a really clear picture of the bee. Perhaps more of a side view would have helped. |
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| This is a pleasing picture, but positioning your main subject right in the middle of it isn't necessarily the most effective place for him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The white blotches (caused by snow?) rather distract from the figures in the distance, so, in my version on the right, I've removed most of them and moved in closer so as to concentrate more on the two figures. You may like the white specks - but to me they look a bit too much like a damaged print. You may also prefer to show all that snowy space around them, so take your pick! |
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| Your photo on the left shows a dramatic view, and I like the way you used a foreground figure to give it depth. But it might be more effective if you put him more in the immediate foreground, and also moved him away from the middle so as to give him space to look into, as I have done on the right. I email you to tell you as soon as I get your pictures up on the site. "Hi, here are some photos, I thought I would send to you to review. The first one (ricks house) was taken this summer, and it's the view from my back yard. I took the picture mainly to use up film, but I am glad I did. The 2nd picture (lake of annecy) was taken in June, and it is the 2nd largest lake (lake of Annecy) in France, and is located in the Alpes. I took this picture while floating on a paddle boat with 3 of my friends on a sunny afternoon in France, it was great! The 3rd photo (kps house) is a picture of my uncle's old farmhouse. I was wanted to capture the fall colors, the rustic bridge, and the delapitated home. Thanks for you comments. P.S. You have a very nice website!!!!" (Brenda Duhme, Maquoketa, Iowa - College Student) |
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| Your photo on the left has indeed come out very well, but might have been even better if the black cow in the right foreground hadn't been chopped in two! Always keep a look-out for prominent objects being cut off in this way. In my version on the right, I've excluded it altogether, and also arranged the most prominent cows and the buildings at intersections of thirds. The sky too now comes a third of the way down the picture. I think the result looks a little more deliberately composed and is even more pleasing. |
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| This looks good too. I see why you couldn't provide any foreground framing, but it would have helped to give depth to the scene. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I don't think this photo does all you'd hoped for, as the emphasis is so much on the framework of the bridge, yet we don't see much of the bridge itself. It might have been more satisfying to have seen more of it, as we are too far away to see the house at all clearly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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