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mcclurec (199) 2005-02-22 8:28

I think that anil-ahuja and Josh have it right. I was doing a workshop as josh was posting his comment and I think we both arrived at the same conclusion. With cropping, I feel that it focuses more on the people and some of the subtle inter relationships between them. I like to tones and the carpet in addition to the faces and expressions. You have a good eye, keep working at it. Thank you for the image.

mcclurec (199) 2004-12-09 12:38

Excelent color and exposure. Good use of the format and composition. Very good job, thank you. i would like to see something in the way of photographers notes however...

mcclurec (199) 2004-06-26 6:41

Welcome. This is an excellent start. To start with I must say that I don’t agree with Jan about the faces…..I like the fact that there is no discernable faces or expression. For me it helps put the emphasis on the shapes and form created by their bodies. Faces would cause you to try and interpret the personalities rather than explore the photographic presentation. I might even like to have seen their heads more lined up to increase the affect of both bodies merged into one. Your composition and cropping is excellent. I like the juxtaposition with the art work on the wall (today / yesterday, aggressive pose / conservative pose, tight cloths / loose cloths) and how their body angle leans back towards that history but not crossing that “line” . I like the range of color quality and the affect of the color contrast but I see it as more in line with the history vs today analogy. The exposure in highlights a bit blown out and it could be a bit crisper. I would like to see more of a comment…..and I would like to see more photos like this one! Excellent job.

mcclurec (199) 2004-04-01 6:17

An excellent panoramic. The lighting does an outstanding job of creating and capturing a mood as well as setting off the buildings in a very striking way. The only change I would make would be to crop the right hand side just inside the large white building with the yellow doors. That would put the church in thirds and give you a little bit more dynamic composition. ( I cant do a workshop at the moment) EXCELENT JOB.

mcclurec (199) 2004-03-21 7:48

Love the composition, look and feel. The open spaces are great. Excellent job framing the image with the tree and power pole. Having the path leading into the scene does a great job of bringing the viewer into the countryside. An awesome idea might be to take the same pan in each of the seasons for a great series. What program did you sue to assemble the image? There are two circular patterns near the center in the foreground field that can be remove with relatively little work, depending on the program you are using.

mcclurec (199) 2004-03-18 8:22

I like your idea for the pan, but I agree with gadinga, more information would help. You have some ghosting in your image where the images were not lined up completely. I too have a problem with the “newspaper” type of burning in of the sky, I feel that since the human eye will be drawn to areas of contrast, not burning the sky in or blending the burn into the tree better, would keep the center of interest on your subject. I would also like to see the shadow detail lightened up, I am sure there is lots of info there.

mcclurec (199) 2004-03-18 7:46

Excellent job! I love the detail and contrast range you were able to pull out. Using Tower Bridge to provide location and reference worked well. Have you tried blending bracketed exposures to help hold detail and tones over the whole tonal range rather than trying to pull it out of curves? I have seen an increase in quality using that technique.

mcclurec (199) 2004-02-21 23:09

What an eye catching and awe inspiring pan. I can only imagine how much more of a rush it must have been, actually being there. The only thing that is a draw back in my opinion is the cliff with ropes on the left. In composition terms, it is a barrier that I have to overcome just to get into the photo. If that was cropped out, you would have a wonderful invitation to enter the picture and the mountain on the right would help maintain balance, location and provide reference. Because of its darkness (the mountain on the right) I don’t spend much time lingering there and return to the highlights in the main scene and the detail there. Excellent choices in the field to capture the view in front of you and its scope. Thank you for sharing it with us.

mcclurec (199) 2004-02-01 0:31

I agree with everyone else here, but at the risk of getting the masses upset ;) , I think that a change to your cropping would even improve the strength of your image. By cropping out the small building to the right, you would place you main subject in thirds, similar to your “This is New Jersey?” image, and not have a distracting hotspot away from your main building. While in PS I would also add an adjustment layer to lighten the shadows of the main building to give it a little more life and emphasis. My two cents. I love the sceen and your outstanding leading lines.

mcclurec (199) 2004-01-30 15:44

Outstanding colors and composition. I agree with joseelias that there are some soft areas that realy take away from an excelent image. I would guess that you used stiching software and that is were you run into the problem. Its more time consuming but if you were to manualy put it together in something like PS, your control and quality could be top notch. Excelent timing and color saturation.