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Postby Mal on Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:18 pm

OK I have been here long enough - almost two weeks! Lets hear some real critiques on this one...
Sorry about the size the orginal is on a CD somewhere!!!

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Postby Geoff on Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:48 pm

nice image Mal with a nice DOF. What lens did u take this with? Wouldn't mind seeing the colour version as well!

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Postby MHD on Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:51 pm

Love the texture on the chain... there is some lens flare there... dont know what you could have done to avoid it though...
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:55 pm

Mal - I love the concept but IMO I would have focussed more to the front of the pic instead of into it - don’t get me wrong I like it :D
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Postby Mal on Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:12 pm

Geoff I hate to admit but this was taken with a super wide angle attachment from an old studio camera, hense the lens flare MDH. I actually held the wide angle in front of the lens of my camera "Dodgey Bros" as it is known in the TV industry. I would love to have a nice wide angle for the D70... One day.
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Postby big pix on Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:18 am

I like the way you have composed this image and the shift of focus away from the start of the chain which makes one look at the image to take it all in. Would like to see this as a large poster with a bit more contrast to make it a bit more dramatic

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Postby flipfrog on Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:01 am

great idea, but my personal opinion is that this shot does not work in black and white
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Postby Mal on Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:44 pm

flipfrog wrote:great idea, but my personal opinion is that this shot does not work in black and white

Point taken flipfrog but the trouble with the colour one was that the chains were brown and looked more like dog droppings! Well that's what my wife said when she saw the orginals. Couldn't get it out of my head so I went B/W with the shot.
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Postby boxerboy on Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:01 pm

Mal wrote:
flipfrog wrote:...the trouble with the colour one was that the chains were brown and looked more like dog droppings! Well that's what my wife said when she saw the orginals. Couldn't get it out of my head so I went B/W with the shot.


Mal, your wife is very polite. Mine, however, may have been a bit more blunt. :oops:

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Postby Killakoala on Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:56 pm

I reckon it looks great in B&W. However i also reckon the DOF is a bit too shallow, not a lot, but a little. The photo is well composed though and is appealing to the eye.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:02 pm

Mal wrote:
flipfrog wrote:the trouble with the colour one was that the chains were brown and looked more like dog droppings! Well that's what my wife said when she saw the orginals. Couldn't get it out of my head so I went B/W with the shot.


Funny - when I first saw the pic I thought that there'd been a rotweiler or two out for walkies. :lol:
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