For all comments and votes collectors - join here!

[uese]

thanks for all making this work so far - still making up for all the comments I've received. let's continue!!

you have some amazing shots man. really impressed.

Many thanks (also for your comments) - you have some great work yourself!

[astevecali]

Great thread.

I have recently joined and in the process of creating some galleries.

Feel free to comment on the galleries and photos here...

[uese]

Great thread.

I have recently joined and in the process of creating some galleries.

Feel free to comment on the galleries and photos here...

a warm welcome from my side - have fun!

[mobydoc]

May be, it would be good, if a constructive, technical comment on a particular image could be posted on this forum rather than on the person's gallery so that more people could benefit and discuss... That is if it doesn't hurt anybody's feelings, of course.

As uese kickstarted the thread for us to comment on his shots, I have been working through his galleries and following the suggestion of pascale_b have made (sometimes technical) comments on some of uese's photos.

I am new to these forums and so am unsure of the protocols, but would like to post my comments about their photos on this thread. Please advise me if this is inappropriate.


This is a very clever shot, especially as you have managed to avoid appearing in the shot yourself.

I love the way that the multiple layers work/don't work together.
The modern room behind the glass, the cars in the street reflected in the glass, the traditional panorama across the harbour through the glass and the old buildings reflected in the modern medium of the plate glass.


Night shots and water shots are two of my personal favourite themes to shoot. You have managed to do both at the same time. I am jealous!

In my opinion, the composition is unbalanced as the eye is being drawn out of the picture to the left. The right side is dark but has an arrow pointing left (generated by the lights on the steps and their reflection reinforcing the darkness of the quayside). This leads the eye to the much brighter area on the left, but there is no containing vertical at the left edge of the shot to hold/frame the edge of the shot.


Lovely abstract composition.
As Forrest Gump might have said - "You don't know what you've got until after you open the box!"
It could be a kangaroo that is moving left to right, changes colour and falls over face first.


Sunset and dawn are two marvellous times of day in my book and I try hard to capture them in their full glory.

The contrast between the subtlety of the indistinct sun/sky/horizon and the definite trees in the foreground is a great juxtaposition.

Would this contrast have been enhanced by the use of some foreground flash?
It is often difficult to remember to use flash in daylight.


This is an wonderful and extremely complex study of landscape and colour with many different planes of depth and features within it.
How many peeps have seen the man in the river masking the reflection of the right hand waterfall?
Are they waterfalls or are they tree trunks?
The orange blossom on the right appears to be at the front of the shot, but it is masked on the left by a blade of green.
The background appears to be washed out, but is there any way of overcoming that without underexposing the foreground. Would daylight flash have been effective in resolving that?

[Edit #last] Seems to be working now - don't know what I was doing wrong - sorry about that

[heffa]

[img=http://www.pbase.com/uese/image/28233731/small.jpg][/img]

[Edit - Please can someone tell me where I went wrong in trying to display small versions of the images I am commenting on?]

After "[img" change the "=" to "]". Then remove "]" after ".jpg"

Here is the corrected version -- hit "quote" to see the code:

[cits_4_pets]

I think leaving messages ALSO at the image itself is best since that way the photographer will see it. Often they are not on the forum. You can always leave a Private Message for an image, which is what I do if I get real critical and do not want to hurt feelings. My positive comments are always public. I did not see pix in the post so need to bounce back and forth between the forum and the photo...I find that not very efficient...One photo at a time discussion I think would be easier. But it was kind of you to take all the time to post your critiques.

I thought that you need just to put just the photo# in...[img]98420719[/img] instead of full address : but that does not appear to work at least in the preview mode...

I am very new to the digital photo world just getting my 1st DC (Panasonicd FZ18) this year.

I have tried my 1st attempt using special effect filter http://www.pbase.com/cits_4_pets/image/101324562

I also just added some regular shots of hummingbirds to: http://www.pbase.com/cits_4_pets/hummers Got one
shot with 3 feeders and 5 hummers... Not sure what species they are. Any ID appreciated.

I hope you will enjoy.
Flo
Http://www.pbase.com/cits_4_pets from animals to windows

Subject: For all comments and votes collectors - join here!

May be, it would be good, if a constructive, technical comment on a particular image could be posted on this forum rather than on the person's gallery so that more people could benefit and discuss... That is if it doesn't hurt anybody's feelings, of course.

As uese kickstarted the thread for us to comment on his shots, I have been working through his galleries and following the suggestion of pascale_b have made (sometimes technical) comments on some of uese's photos.

I am new to these forums and so am unsure of the protocols, but would like to post my comments about their photos on this thread. Please advise me if this is inappropriate. << message cut
>>[Edit - Please can someone tell me where I went wrong in trying to display small versions of the images I am commenting on?]
[Edit - Thank you wienerman - hope this works]

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[whig]

I think the principle of "comments trading" is great and worked well a year ago. So: For any 5 comments/critiques on any of my galleries/photos you'll get (at least) 6 back.

That sounds just like most flickr groups =)

[uese]

anyone else up for comments?

[ee66]

That sounds great: I will do that as well as much as possible.
I really appreciatethe fact that there are people willing to get constructive comment on pBase
I also leave critiques and comments in private form and make all others public and I have set up few nice technical correspondence with other photographer. Looking forward to see it on a grand scale!

cheers

E.

[uese]

That sounds great: I will do that as well as much as possible.
I really appreciatethe fact that there are people willing to get constructive comment on pBase
I also leave critiques and comments in private form and make all others public and I have set up few nice technical correspondence with other photographer. Looking forward to see it on a grand scale!

cheers

E.

welcome to the club - enjoy the ride!

[stephenb70]

Good idea this, I am not a comment beggar but I do appreciate constructive comments and criticisms, I have lots of images on my pages but there are a lot that I don't rate myself yet they have attracted positive comments. This all helps me to improve my photography and hopefully my comments can do the same for somebody else.

http://www.pbase.com/stephenb70

[nickphoto]

So this is how people get so many comments on their page.
I thought my work just sucks! I will have to join this club shortly. Usually, it takes me a while to go through the images and see what I like and actually have something to say about it. Other than "nice work".

[uese]

keep em coming...

[uese]

Hi Uese,
Nice idea you got here. I'm quite new round these parts. Seems to me thats what pbase should be all about. Count me in.
I might not get time to go through everyones pics but will do my best.

Thanks
Keith
http://www.pbase.com/kpoynton

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Welcome to the club! I'm sure many will enjoy your work around here.

[lys1022]

Well, as I said to Uese, I'm not a professional. I have a simple camera, a basic digital point and click with 10x zoom and the only flash I have is the one on the camera. That said, I would love feedback on ways to improve my techniques. I am not going to be able to upgrade equipment for some time, probably, so it really comes down to things that I can do to make my eye better.

Please feel free to browse my galleries and tell me what you think about my shots. If you see something you like, I'd like to know what you like about it, and any constructive criticism on shots that could be better in your opinion would be great.

I'm slowly working my way through people's galleries and am commenting here and there as I can.

Thanks, all!

Lys