Flying
by FranziskaLang

Comment by inspzil:
Great motion shot. Like the way you framed him with the ground so much lower. A really nice shot -9

Close Shave
by FranziskaLang

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review

Not much work to do here.... This was one of my favorites during the voting. I think the way you used a real picture frame for a frame was a fantastic idea, as opposed to just adding a frame with software. The wood shavings poping out of the picture and over the frame really make this picture for me. Give a real sense of depth, so that I feel like I could reach in and touch it. Exposure, focus, depth of field, contrast, color saturation, this one has it all. Excellent job of lighting, shadows were well controlled so as to add texture, but not compete or obscure. This photo is an example of how it should be done.

Flying
by FranziskaLang

Comment by ChrisW123:
Very cool shot... I'd recommend cropping so the rider is right up in the top corner (1/4 inch space), and so the shot is less wide. The ground is perfect as it is. 8.

Close Shave
by FranziskaLang

Comment by mcmurma:
Congrats Franziska! I thought this might be yours... The frame looked familiar, but the color was wrong. Still, I thought you may have used a different one, or maybe you just painted it!

Where the Earth boils ...
by FranziskaLang

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
The challenge called for a liquid NOT water. This looks like water to me, but I have been known to be wrong before.
This is a really really nice photograph. I like the whole scene as a whole. I like the steam, the colors and the road in the background.
There are a few things though that I see that as indivudual aspects could have been improved upon.
It's true that the road does lead OUT of the photo, and in this case only suceeds in creating a distraction. But, I still like it. lol
The far 'horizon' where the dirt meets the darker background LOOKS tilted, but it isn't. I'm not really sure if it's the road that creates the illusion that it's tilted, but something is.
Other than that, I think your focus and clarity are really great, and I could actually see this in the magazine cover challenge. I think it would work better in that challenge than the liquid without water challenge.
Looks like a very nice place to visit.
~Heather~

Virginia Wildlife Magazine
by FranziskaLang

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Neat shot of the hoverfly. A little wider DOF might have been good as the tail and far wing are out of the range quite a bit. The main body seems pretty good, but even the front of the face seems a bit off. Overall, a very high impact photo and I like it! 9 Rob the Swash

Virginia Wildlife Magazine
by FranziskaLang

Comment by Kavey:
Beautiful composition and DOF. 9

Flying
by FranziskaLang

Comment by LarsPaysen:
Nice job! 9

Virginia Wildlife Magazine
by FranziskaLang

Comment by inspzil:
Almost really clear macro.. Good effort

Close Shave
by FranziskaLang

Comment by FranziskaLang:
This is actually a very simple photo ... I took a picture frame (w/out the glass) and a lot of pencil shavings. Arrange the shavings within the frame and on top of the frame. Take picture, crop, do the usual post-level adjustments. I've used this technique before for the kitchen art challenge (with pasta and a differently colored frame). The idea comes originally from someone else (don't know who) who submitted a picture using this technique and a scanner to create something similar.

Btw, please feel free to copy this if you'd like, after all, I copied it too! ;)

Originally posted by clues56: Very good. I wish you would write a tutorial on how you made the border with the shaving coming out. I won't copy, I promise. I would like to know for myself.

Message edited by author 2003-06-16 22:16:03.