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Something from PMQ

Postby Mj on Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:53 pm

A little something from Port Macquarie... not had much time behind the lens for quite sometime... so I'm sure to need quite a bit of fine tuning... anyways... here's a start... cheers, Michael.

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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby Geoff on Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:26 pm

Beautiful leading lines, cloud formation and composition with nice contrast!
My only criticism is the blown sky and water reflection, camera left.
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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby Mj on Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:40 pm

Yep sure is blown !!!

Still trying to decide whether the blown sky and water needs attention or better left alone... sometimes it results in flattening the picture, losing dimension... and in a way, as it is, it's a more honest representation of what was.
Might have a play with the water and leave the sky as is perhaps. btw... like your website... looking good.
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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby surenj on Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:13 pm

Love it even with the blown areas...
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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby karenkwan on Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:16 am

The blown areas are quite distracting, but aside from that, it's very nice :)
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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:37 am

Let’s be honest, anytime we point a camera towards the sun we have to compromise between what is blown and what is not.

The trees, boring. The beacon,boring (although integral to the total image).

What is totally beautiful IMO are the railings and even more so than that, the shadow of the railings. Time and again my eyes are drawn to that shadow and without the sun being where it is, the shadow would not exist in that form.

So, in conclusion I find it totally acceptable to have the blown areas because they are the cause effect of the final composition :up:
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Re: Something from PMQ

Postby Flash in the pan on Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:42 am

Agree with the shadows point. I feel like squatting down when I look at the pic and shooting again just to get more railings and shadow.

Good stuff.
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