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by dartompkins

Comment by Jinjit:
Wonderful DOF and great lighting.
The different kinds of stripes make this a very interesting b&w picture.

Uncropped Natural Camoflauge
by dartompkins

Comment by Neil:
This is great in B&W. I note that there appears to be a catchlight in his eye here but not the first, and I like that. (Edited: Removed comment about crop. Actually, I think this crop is fine, and best).

Message edited by author 2005-02-07 09:52:37.

Back Off (Color)
by dartompkins

Comment by Neil:
I think this one works best in color. This is great, and probably can even stand a tiny bit of saturation boost, at least on my LCD.

Under Water Color
by dartompkins

Comment by mycelium:
this picture will be highly underrated.
it doesn't do so well at this size but it would look good, i think, much larger.

Back Off
by dartompkins

Comment by parrothead:
That is unbelievable! I love the dof that you got with it too! What does the color look like?!

Impressions of White
by dartompkins

Comment by shavenwalrus:
Looks a bit blurred unfortunatley (unless that's the look you were going for).

Back Off
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Comment by banmorn:
What a great expression on this Lionfish (?). Great capture!

Mauve
by dartompkins

Comment by suemack:
For me the focus is a little too soft. The colours on this shot seem cold to me, I'd love to see it with warmer colours.

sue

Mauve
by dartompkins

Comment by Bear_Music:
I'm with Brad on this one, possibly even more strongly than he is. I find the picture quite unappealing, frankly. The soft focus is the least of its problems. The oevrall murkiness of the image is offputting, The composition is static, the unintersesting dark area at the bottom takes up way too much of the photo's real estate...

This may sound harsh, but I've seen far, far better work from you so I know you can improve on this. Unless you're trying to convey murky, washed out, unbalanced and ambiguous love, of course, in which case you're right on the money :-)

Robt.

Robt.

Mauve
by dartompkins

Comment by Brad:
Hi Darlene,
I'll put my 2 cents in (please don't throw anything at me..)

My first impression is a shot that was blown up too much (if that makes any sense). The soft focus effect actually looks like out of focus to me. The color appears a bit flat/lacking contrast & color depth, which would be OK if presented a little different maybe? Maybe not dead center too? A soft focus halo effect may work better with part of the rose (rear center perhaps) a bit more in focus. Hard to put my finger on it.

Do keep in mind my opinions are bit "different" though.