Door In The Floor
by magnetic9999

Comment by Turbotech:
Cute. Nice job with editing.

Door In The Floor
by magnetic9999

Comment by Jacko:
What a great photo. You really over did it in Photoshop, sot guess what, I'll give you a 10. Good luck. Excellent work. 10

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Comment by magnetic9999:
Since some asked about my toning, here it is, my trade secrets ;)...

In Photoshop:

1) Do a black and white conversion to taste using the Channel Mixer .. This can help you bring out elements that you want more contrast in your picture.

2) Open Hue/Saturation. CHeck the box which says 'Colorize'. This adds a tint to the black and white. Adjust the hue and the saturation of that to taste. i find backing off the saturation is a good idea, it makes the tint more subtle.

That's all there is to it!

Door In The Floor
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Comment by catpixel:
imaginative

Door In The Floor
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Comment by inspzil:
Conceptually one of the best of the week, if not the best. Well taken too. Great job!! - Inspzil

Door In The Floor
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Comment by mariomel:
Very cool image. Well done.

Door In The Floor
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Comment by Sonifo:
So which one is the evil twin? hehe. Nice shot. Great cropping work. Good luck.

Modern Romance
by magnetic9999

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

(hmmmm, didn't i just read a critique on my milk piture by you??? :-))

COMPOSITION
I think the composition of this is very strong. The eyes focus on the roses and then pull the eyes from them, up the stem and out of the frame. What would it look like, though, if it were flipped so that the eyes followed the stems into the frame. I don't think it would be necessarily better, just different. Very interesting choice of subjects --definitely sticks in my head.

TECHNIQUE
The lighting here is excellent. Except for one small spot near the white rose, it is not blown out, and the details show nicely. The focus also works for this. My only "complaint" would be that the red rose looks soggy. Did you pour the milk over, or sit the flowers down in the milk? IF you poured it, maybe you should have just sit them down in it and then sprinkled with milk. If you sat them there, I think you left it under the hot lights too long!!!

OVERALL EFFECT
I really liked this shot -- I thought it was creative and unique. The only detraction was mentioned above, and that was the soggy flower. Hope you didn't give these to you wife or anything!! (wink, wink)

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Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~
Congratulations Kollin! Your best score ever you said in the chat, frustratingly enough with a point and shoot and no preparation at all. Turns out it is a winner. :)

You have a very good eye. ;)

Would be cool to critique it and guess what happened when I hit the button....... But what to say about it? It looks almost perfect, I had to think about it for 36 hours to figure out what to say about it. And I still don't know, those portraits of yours were easier (and confirm the good eye). :)

Composition (content)
Good combination of subjects, they seem to strengthen each other. You have a corner sign and the corner of a building. Curves, circles and steps in/on both. The hoods on the lights could correspond with the pillars of the building.
The sign/lamppost is stylish and creates a timeless picture, like no time has passed since it was put there for all I know a century ago. The strenght of the building is that it doesn't break that spell. And it is further enhanced by your choice of toning, that reminds of old photo's and movies. Therefore it is very pleasing to look at.

The composition is very nice, because you show the cornersign, while the building creates the corner. The angle at which you shot both is great (also in combination with them entering the frame in the lower corners), it makes the angle of the lamppost meet the angle of the building somewhere, without looking distorted. The first thing you read is "New York" and then it leads you up up and away, hey I want to see more! :)

The building is nice too look at, in comparisson to other buildings, because it has a round corner. But the real strength of the round corner is the opposite shadows above every window, that is a very cool touch. Without that it would be a lot duller and perhaps even boring.

Background
I like it that the exposure of this hasn't blown out the sky completely. There is still a hint of clouds and tonal differences that are not created by filling in a blow out by using a blueish toning.

Camera Work (Technical)
Good job.

Digital Processing (technical)
Very cool toning, could you tell me what you did with it?
Good sharpness. Nice subtle frame.
Altough I can't see jpeg artifacts or quality degradation, there is still room for saving it at a higher quality.

My opinion
Favourite. :)

Message edited by author 2003-01-28 13:51:16.

Door In The Floor
by magnetic9999

Comment by Inga_fang:
very, very good